The 2003 National Conference on Performance Measurement & Case Management for Mental Health & Substance Abuse Programs
 Enhance Treatment, Measure Performance and Integrate Services for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

March 10-11, 2003
 The Performance Institute
Arlington, VA

 

 

● Enhance Treatment
Increase the Effectiveness of Your Case Management Programs by Implementing Best Practices from Around the Nation for Meeting the Varied Needs of Your Client

 

● Define Outcomes and Measure Performance

Develop and Implement Performance and Outcome Measures for Effective Substance Abuse and Mental Health Case Management

● Address Dual Diagnosis and Mixed Caseload Situations
 Implement Best Practices for Case Management Programs for Dually Diagnosed and Mixed Caseloads

● Integrate Services
Forge Partnerships and Ensure Seamless Treatment and Assistance across Multiple Departments or Service Providers

Dear Mental Health or Substance Abuse Program Manager, Contractor or Grantee:

 Your are invited to join leaders from federal, state and local mental health and substance abuse agencies from across the nation as they share best practices, lessons learned and innovative strategies for developing, managing, and measuring your case management programs.  Learn to create performance-based case management strategies to increase the effectiveness of your services and improve your ability to report outcomes.

 

Enhance Treatment and Services for Your Clients

The 2003 National Conference on Performance Measurement and Case Management for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs, March 10-11, is your opportunity to improve your case management skills in order to increase the effectiveness of your programs.

This conference outlines federal, state, and local frameworks for performance measurement along with innovative methods to design, manage and evaluate your case management programs.  With these tools, you will have the ability to develop model case management programs to best meet the needs of your mental health and substance abuse clients.  These strategies will include working with dually diagnosed clients as well as mixed caseloads. 

Measure Performance and Report Outcomes to Funders

Develop and implement performance and outcome measures for effective case management and report on outcomes to enhance program funding and client services. 

 Through best practices, case studies and expert presentations covering mental health and substance abuse outcomes, measurement strategies, and models for performance management, you will emerge from this summit equipped with a practical framework for improving the performance of your programs and linking resources to results. Whether you use grants or managed care contracts to fund your services, you will acquire strategies to manage funding streams to maximize results.

Integrate Service by Forging Partnerships and Ensuring Seamless Treatment across Multiple Departments or Service Providers

The strategies and best practices from the nation’s leading mental health and substance abuse programs are waiting for you review.  Join us for this critical event that will prove to be an important part of your efforts to improve your agency’s performance.  Register today by calling 703-894-0481 or visit us at www.PerformanceWeb.org!

 

Sincerely,

 

Luisa Córdoba

Director Health and Social policy

The Performance Institute
   

 

Day 1:  March 10, 2003

 

8:30      Keynote Address: Performance and Partnership Strategies for Improving Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

 

9:30      Leadership Panel: Best Practices in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Case Management

 

10:45   Break

 

11:00    Use of Performance Measures for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

 

12:15   Networking Luncheon

 

1:30      Evidence-based Treatment and Outcome Measurements

 

2:30      Client Tracking, Data Collection, and Performance Reporting using the Latest Information Technologies

 

3:30     Break

 

3:45      Partnerships for Performance:  Linking Managed Care, Criminal Justice, Non-Profits and Community Health Centers to Achieve Integrated Treatment and Improved Performance in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Interventions

 

4:45     Adjourn

 

 

  

Day 2: March 11, 2003

 

8:30     Performance Measurement Framework for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Case Management

 

9:45     Break

 

10:00   Recruitment, Retention and Training of Case Managers for Mental Health and Substance Abuse

 

11:00    Case Managing Multifarious Caseloads

 

12:00   Networking Luncheon

1:15    Post Conference Workshops:  Designing Outcome-Based Measures for Your Agency

 

·        Concepts, Models and Techniques for Identifying Outcomes for Your Program

·        Use Logic Models to Connect Case Management Activities to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Outcomes

·       Best Practice Tools for Measuring the Quality of Services:  Partner Satisfaction; An Essential Measure for State and Local Government and other Funders

·        Using Actual Performance Data to Support Learning and Innovation

 

Workshop A: Outcome-Based Measures for Mental Health

           

Workshop B: Outcome-Based Measures for Substance  

                        Abuse

 

4:15     Adjourn
   

Co-Sponsors of the 2003 Conference on Performance Measurement and Case Management for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs:
American Mental Health Counselors Association
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

Exhibiting and Sponsorship Information:
To learn more about exhibit and sponsorship opportunities at Performance Institute educational seminars and conferences, please call James Simpson at 703-894-0481.

Hotel Information:
The 2003 Performance Measurement and Case Management for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs  will be held at the Performance Institute, in Arlington, VA.   A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn  at a discounted rate of $148.00. Please contact the hotel at 703-528-4444  for reservations. Be sure to ask for the Performance Institute conference rate.

Hilton Garden Inn
1333 Courthouse Road
Arlington, VA  22201
Tel: 703-528-4444
Fax: 703-528-4933
Tuition:
The fee to attend this conference are:
Conference & Workshop    $1,295
Conference ONLY                  $995
Workshop ONLY                    $300

Group Discounts:
Contact James Simpson at the Performance Institute at 703-894-0481 for more information about group discounts.

Administrative Note:
A 10% cancellation fee on registration will be charges for cancellations received less than three weeks from the sate of the conference. As speakers are confirmed 6 months before the event, some speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program.