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Registration Link

https://www.infosourceevents.com/pages/attendee-reg-form

Early Bird Registration Ends March 18 

6th Annual Behavioral Health Business Summit

Invitation-Only | Limited to 40 Executive Leaders

Registration is now open for the 6th Annual Behavioral Health Business Summit, a one-of-a-kind executive gathering presented in partnership with Atrium Health. This highly-curated, invitation only summit will also offer rare, behind-the-scenes access to Atrium Health’s state-of-the-art behavioral health facilities, including an exclusive site tour and candid conversations with the senior administrators leading one of the nation’s most advanced behavioral health systems.

Through thought-provoking keynotes, executive panels, case studies, and roundtable discussions, attendees will gain practical strategies and firsthand insights on how leading health systems are expanding access, scaling services, addressing workforce challenges, and transforming behavioral health delivery.

Designed exclusively for senior executives, the summit delivers unparalleled access, meaningful peer exchange, and actionable insights you won’t find anywhere else.

Early Bird Rate: $995 — Limited-Time Offer (Includes full summit access and the exclusive Atrium Health facility tour)

Atrium Health Site Tour 

A highlight of this year’s summit will be an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of Atrium Health’s state-of-the-art behavioral health facilities, offering rare insight into one of the nation’s most advanced behavioral health programs.

Attendees will have the opportunity to tour Atrium Health Behavioral Health Interventional and Neurocognitive Psychiatry (INP Suite & C/A PHP), and the Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program. Round trip transportation from/to hotel hospital will be provided. There is no additional fee for the tour. 

Attendance is limited to just 40 executives from mid-size to large health systems and hospitals, ensuring a highly interactive and meaningful experience.


Speaker Faculty (We are still accepting speaker proposals. List below is in progress and subject to change) 

Opening Remarks/Keynote - Lisa McCanna, Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health, Atrium Health

Steve Merz, MHSA, FACHE, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sheppard Pratt Solutions

Eva McNeill, Assistant Vice President, Behavioral Health Outpatient Services, Atrium Health

Donnie Mitchem, Director, Outpatient Therapy, Atrium Health 

Jennifer Ziccardi, Chief Nurse Executive, Atrium Health Behavioral Health Service line 

Micah Krempasky, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Mental Health at WakeMed 

Ed Norris, MD, Physician in Chief, Psychiatry Institute at Novant Health 

Paula Bird, Vice President, Psychiatry and Mental Health Institute at Novant Health 

Daniel Wilcox, Assistant Vice President, Behavioral Health Service Line Revenue Cycle

Michael Genovese, MD, JD, Chief Medical Officer, Board Member, Access TeleCare

Steve Palatucci, Manager Advisory Services & Business Development, Behavioral Health Service Line, Atrium Health 

Kevin Dunne, Principal, Dunne Consulting Group

Katie Kaney, Strategic Advisor, Founder, Whole Person Index, CEO, LovEvolve

And many others ... 

PRICING

EARLY BIRD RATE (Register by March 18)

$995 USD per person

$1,195 (After March 19) 

Who You Will Meet 

This summit is designed for senior behavioral health leaders, including:

VPs, Executive Directors, and Administrative Leaders of Behavioral Health; Medical Directors and Chiefs of Psychiatry; Chief Operating Officers and Service Line Leaders; Directors of Behavioral Health Operations and Strategy; Business Development and Growth Leaders within health systems and hospitals


Topics To Be Discussed (subject to change)

  • National Trends in Behavioral Health Crisis Care - Review the current state pressures in Behavioral Health / Discuss expected trends in BH's future state 
  • Starting a BH Service Line with Interventional Neurocognitive Services
  • Rural Youth Mental Health Services in the School Setting (K-12 & Higher Ed)
  • The Business of Behavioral Health Service Lines: Creating Pathways for Success 
  • Overcoming the Obstacles to Value-Based Behavioral Healthcare: Practical Guidance for Payers, Providers & Employers
  • Building a Cost-Effective Advanced Practice Workforce
  • Approaches to delivering cost effective and timely psychiatric care in the emergency department
  • Overcoming challenges to insufficient reimbursement issues -specifically for behavioral health/addiction services
  • Improving Access to Behavioral Health Service Lines
  • Building an Integrated Behavioral Health Program from the Ground Up — Improving care coordination by integrating BH into primary care and ED 
  • Discuss impact of regulatory and clinical advances on the future delivery of BH services
  • Build alternative crisis services / crisis stabilization units 
  • Examining costs, utilization, and population trends in BH service lines
  • Important role of tele health -improving access to psychiatric care and reducing wait times by utilizing emerging virtual care methods
  • Technology advancements –tele-psych, teletherapy, BH navigation systems and other electronic tools 
  • Recruitment and retention of behavioral health providers 
  • Strategies for overcoming the financial, technological, and compliance challenges 
  • Identifying community partnerships to develop funding opportunities to start successful, self-sustaining programs
  • Examine the different metrics for evaluating program financials
  • Setting up and managing a crisis stabilization unit for psychiatric patients in crisis/psych emergency services – performance metrics 
  • Reimbursement / Billing 
  • Medicaid / Medicare / private insurance/ New updates
  • Strategies to handle the overwhelming demand in children and adolescents needing services 
  • And many more other topics of interest!

Why Attend

  • Experience exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Atrium Health’s behavioral health facilities
  • Learn how leading health systems are expanding and scaling BH services
  • Gain practical, real-world strategies you can implement immediately
  • Participate in candid, closed-door discussions with peer executives
  • Build meaningful connections in a highly curated, executive-only environment


Attendance is limited. Early registration is strongly encouraged.

Venue

Charlotte Marriott SouthPark 

2200 Rexford Rd, Charlotte, NC 28211 

$169.00 USD per night 

Last Day to book for group rate: Friday, March 20, 2026

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