C21 - Access to Care: An Equity-focused, Data-informed Strategy to Eliminating Disparities in Behavioral Health Outcomes

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Location: 404 AB, Level 2, LACC

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Relias, LLC and National Council for Mental Wellbeing guarantee this educational conference is free from bias.

Workshop Presenter(s)

Robyn S. Odendahl, MPA (she/her/hers)

Principal
Health Management Associates
Denver, Colorado
Rachel Bembas, PhD (she/her/hers)

Principal Consultant
Health Management Associates
Clifford Township, Pennsylvania

Slides
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Rick Rowley
Christen Lara

Health Information Technology Division Director
Colorado Behavioral Health Administration
Denver, Colorado
Kima Taylor, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Managing Principal
Anka Consulting LLC
Silver Spring, Maryland

To drive favorable and equitable access to care, you need a strong cohesive approach grounded in shared vision, collaboration, accountability and consumer perspective. We will outline a comprehensive strategy that emphasizes the importance and process of defining indicators of access to care and highlight how this strategy provides multiple opportunities to move a system of care improved quality and transparent data reporting. Learn how a better solution to comprehensively measure access to care and a more equitable continuum of mental health and substance use care for all who need it.

Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate an equity and data-driven approach to foster improved quality in mental health and substance use health care.
Understand the strengths and limitations of data in examining equity and access to care for all who need it.
Determine meaningful outcome measures for monitoring and evaluating equitable access to care.