Conferences & Events

The VACBP hosts three annual conferences where we will bring subject matter experts, senior officials at DMAS and DBHDS, policy leaders, MCO representatives and others to our members so they can learn, make connections, promote their agencies, pursue partnership opportunities, ask questions and share concerns.

Spring Annual Meeting and Conference
May 23-24, 2022
Charting a Path Forward for Success: Building a Better Behavioral Health System

The VACBP's Spring Annual Meeting and Conference included the following sessions:

The New Administration's Vision for Virginia's Behavioral Health System, featuring Secretary of Health and Human Resources, John Littel
The Future of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, featuring DBHDS Commissioner Nelson Smith
The Future of Community-Based Behavioral Health Services in Virginia: Project BRAVO, featuring Dr. Alyssa Ward (Behavioral Health Clinical Director, DMAS), Dr. Alexis Aplasca (Chief Clinical Officer, DBHDS), and Heather Norton (Deputy Commissioner, DBHDS)
The Who, What, When, Where, and How of Value-Based Contracting, featuring Melissa Mannon (Acting Director, Value-Based Purchasing, DMAS) and Amanda Becker (Executive Director of Behavioral Health, Optum Health)
Ensuring Virginia's Children are "Safe and Sound," featuring the Honorable Janet Kelly (Special Advisor to the Governor and head of the Safe and Sound Task Force) and Dr. Alyssa Ward (Behavioral Health Clinical Director, DMAS)
Rate Development 101: A primer on behavioral health managed care rates, featuring Ron Ogborne, MA, FSA, MAAA, CERA (Mercer) and Brad Diaz, FSA, MAA (Mercer)