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 – 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), 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 and Panel Discussion: Sharing Mental Health and SUD Information in PA, Approaches and Recent Changes

Tierra M. Pritchett Ed, CHC
Deputy Commissioner  Administration, Finance,and Quality Division
Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, City of Philadelphia

MCO Representatives
Amie Hoffman, Geisinger Health
Jessica Leibig, Keystone First
Nick Degregorio, UPMC For You

10:30 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. – Update and Breakouts: Utilizing ICPs and the TiPS program; How PCMHs can benefit from their use

Two breakout options:
Facilitated discussion: Adult Care Providers and Integrated Care Plans 

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric Care Providers discuss TiPs 
• Katrina Fletcher, MD, TiPS 

11:25 am Wrap up