The Learning Session will assist all the members of the health care team to understand how they all have input in the workflow surrounding suicide risk assessments and connecting to Special Needs Units. We will also provide more information to the PCMH participants about the Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program and how that can assist them to improve patient outcomes this will also include an update on the new behavioral health and substance use information sharing laws.

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. – Welcome & Overview – Suzanne Cohen, MPH, Senior Director of Population Health, The Health Federation of Philadelphia

8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – PCMH Report Outs: Addressing Urgent and Significant Mental Health Needs – Facilitated by Laura Line, Health Federation

Please be prepared to discuss your practice’s experience with at least one of the following:

Suicide Risk Assessment

• In response to the spring presentation about suicide risk assessments, what changes to your suicide risk assessment process are you considering?
• If you are already using a validated suicide risk assessment (beyond depression screens like the PHQ-9), which assessment tool are you using for adolescents and adults, and how is this assessment part of your PCMH’s workflow? What best practices or lessons learned would you recommend to other PCMHs?

988

• If your patients or PCMH have called 988 (the new number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) what was your experience?

PCMH Collaborations with SNUs and ICPs

• In response to the summer sessions about improving collaborations with the SNUs and ICPs, what best practices or information did you bring back to your PCMH team? What changes is your team considering or testing?

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Presentation: Sharing Mental Health and SUD Information in PA: Approaches and Recent Changes – Jim Sharp, Director, Children’s Division, Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association, and Jason Snyder, Director, Drug and Alcohol Division, Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association

Panel Discussion: Reactions from MCO Representatives

10:30 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. – Breakouts: Utilizing ICPs and the TiPS Program, and How PCMHs can Benefit from their Use

Two breakout options:

• Integrated Care Plan (ICP) Program
• Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program (TiPS)

The ICP Program discussion will be an interactive discussion facilitated by the Health Federation.

The TiPS breakout discussion will be led by the regional TiPS team, Penn State Health, with implementation examples from All About Children. Representatives include: 

• James G. Waxmonsky, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University Chair in Child Psychiatry, Penn State University, Division Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Penn State Health

11:25 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Wrap up