We will have our special guest Kathleen Levenston who is a 20 years plus seasoned LCSW.
One of the biggest challenges in healthcare is our inability to integrate and effectively deliver behavioral health. 
In order to get healthcare right and lower cost and make it more effective we will have to get behavioral health right. 
Just a few of the topics Kathy will cover:
Substance abuse and treatment
Mental health: in general
Recovery
Suicide
Does treatment work?
We invite those who are from the payer, managed care, medicaid, behavioral health, health system, and pharma world to join us in furthering a dynamic discussion to identify opportunities to move healthcare forward.
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We have recently seen Weight Watchers acquire a digital health company Sequence.
Why?  The holy grail is in behavioral change, that is lasting. 
In our talk, Doug Sullivan, R.N. who has served as a case manager and care manager has consulted health plans and first hand walked alongside empathically using all the positive behavioral strategies, such as motivational interviewing to empower members to better health outcomes. 
He understands how difficult it is to manage members’ health and make positive and sustaining behavioral changes in a population. 
In spite of this, he is excited and optimistic that the US is just in its beginning phase of digital healthcare transformation.
Doug is passionate about being a catalyst for change in how we manage people’s health.  He sees a huge opportunity using digital apps and technology if done right with clinical guidelines and protocols.
If you are looking for a passionate conversation about moving healthcare forward you will want to join this conversation.

Ankit will be our FHIR Ninja leading us through a better understanding of FHIR Interoperability and its lasting impact on US Healthcare.Our discussion will provide a clear picture of the challenges that are current US healthcare system is facing, and what the healthcare industry is doing to over these challenges.Ankit will share with us how exactly FHIR helps to bring discrete systems and stakeholders. We are in the FHIR interopability journey and we will get to learn what these next steps hold.#fhir #interoperability #HIT #data #healthcaredata #healthcare