Making behavioral health work
Past Event
In September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration, which sets out policies that will contribute to better integration of mental health and substance use care into the larger health care system. The roadmap advances President Biden’s Strategy to Address our National Mental Health Crisis and builds on the three pillars in the strategy: to strengthen system capacity, to connect Americans to care, and to support Americans by creating healthy environments.
On December 13, the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative on Health Policy hosted HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra for a fireside chat to discuss the administration’s efforts to advance the integration of behavioral health into health care and other services. The event concluded with a panel discussion among behavioral health experts and stakeholders, including HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm. Complementing the convening, Brookings has released two new whitepapers on policies to strengthen mental health delivery. These whitepapers can be found here and here.
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Agenda
Welcome and introduction
Richard G. Frank
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Fireside chat with Secretary Becerra
Panel discussion
Andrea Palm
Deputy Secretary - US Department of Health and Human Services
Jameta Barlow
Assistant Professor of Writing, Health Policy & Management, and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies - George Washington University
Howard Goldman
Professor of Psychiatry - University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Kenna Chic
Former President - Project Lighthouse, Georgetown University
Sandra Wilkniss
Senior Program Director - NASHP
Vikki Wachino
Principal - Viaduct Consulting, LLC
Former Director and Deputy Administrator - Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
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