April 13th, 2021
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Schedule at a Glance 9:00 – 9:10 a.m.
President’s Opening Remarks STACY CARMICHAEL 9:10 – 10:00 a.m.
How Employers Can Tackle Epidemics and Pandemics Using Data Analytics JOHN ROBINSON 10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
The State of Specialty Pharmacy and Market Trends CRAIG RICCARDO AND KATE JELLINE 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Youth Crisis and Transition Services – A Collaborative Response to the Psychiatric Crisis of Youth and Families JULIE MAGERS 12:15 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break/Membership Drive 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Breaking the Silence to Improve Behavioral Health Conditions DAN JOLIVET
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
A Benefits Guide to Superior Client Experience CINDY FREE
3:15 – 4:15 p.m.
Moving Toward Greater Transparency in Health Insurance and Health Costs DAVE NESSELER-CASS 4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks STACY CARMICHAEL
Cindy Free
Owner, Senior Consultant, HRAnnie Over her career and working with amazing small to mid-sized clients in every imaginable HR function, Cindy has developed quite a tool-box for Human Resources, including the areas of compliance, benefits strategy and administration, recruitment, hiring, training, retention, employee engagement, team building, safety, performance, risk-management, strategic planning, as well as helping assist with highly-escalated employee relations scenarios.
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HR Annie takes a compliance, culture, industry best-practice approach to working with their clients to find reasonable, logical and tailored processes specific to their organizations. Cindy has conducted multiple trainings and workshops both for internal client organizations as well as public organizations such as Portland State University, chamber and networking groups, business alliances, and more. HR Annie conducts regular, internal, monthly webinars, inviting experts, business owners, vendors and other local partners to learn more about and share relevant HR processes, law, and trends that effect the human resources industry. In her free time, Cindy spends time with her family and enjoying the amazing offerings of the great northwest!
Kate Jelline, PharmD, CSP, MSCS Expertise: Clinical pharmacy
Kate Jelline is Director of pharmac Health Specialty Pharmacy. She also the organization’s quality initiatives patient receives best in class care. and ensuring compliance with Additionally, she plays a vital role manufacturer and clinical program pharmacist for Walgreens Special nical program team to evaluate and update disease-specific pr the practice of specialty pharmacy, Kate spent several Jelline, her PharmD, CSP MSCS degree fro anagement.Kate Kate received Doctor of Pharmacy Operations, ecialty PharmacistDirectory as well of asPharmacy a Multiple Sclerosis Certified Specia Ardon Health Specialty Pharmacy
Kate Jelline is Director of pharmacy operations and clinical Craig Riccardo, PharmD, MSC services at Ardon Health Specialty Pharmacy. She also serves as Pharmacist in Charge and guides the organization’s quality Expertise: Clinical pharmacy initiatives. Kate’s primary focus is ensuring that each patient Riccardo is Lead Clinic receives best in class care. SheCraig is responsible for all dispensing activity and ensuring compliance with regulation and pharmacist at Ardon Health S accreditation bodies. Additionally, she plays a vital role in the development and management of manufacturer practicing asandaclinical Clinical Pharm programs. Prior to joining Ardon, Kate was a clinical pharmacist based disease-specific clinica for Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, where she worked with the clinical program team to evaluate and updateto disease-specific materials improve outcom programs. Before shifting her professional focus to the practice their treatment journey. Craig of specialty pharmacy, Kate spent several years working in pharmacy management. Kate received her Doctor of egreecommunity from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and fu Pharmacy degree from Oregon State University and is a Certified Specialty Pharmacist as as a Multiple Sclerosis Certified harmacy residency atwell Ardon Health and advanced cr Specialist.
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Dan Jolivet, Ph.D.
Workplace Possibilities Practice Consultant, The Standard Dan Jolivet is the workplace possibilities practice consultant at The Standard, where he provides leadership, analysis, and consultative insights into the workplace possibilities service line. He provides specialized focus on behavioral health, stay at work, return to work, ADAAA services, health management integration, and other related employer solutions. He is a clinical psychologist licensed in Georgia and Oregon, and he has worked in behavioral health since 1980. He joined The Standard in 2016 as the Behavioral Health Director Prior to joining The Standard, Dan worked in managed behavioral health care organizations for 20 years in a variety of management roles and was in clinical practice as a child psychologist until 2003.
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Julie Magers
Family Engagement & Support Specialist, OHSU Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Julie Magers works in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division at OHSU, striving to improve care for youth and families experiencing mental and behavioral health crisis. She is part of OHSU’s Outcomes and Technical Assistance Team for the Crisis and Transition Services (CATS) program and is President of the Oregon Family Workforce Association, which serves to unify and advance the family peer support profession. Julie was instrumental in the development of break-through mental health laws in Oregon that address transitions of care from hospital crisis settings to community-based treatment and person-centered supports. She was a member of the multi-stakeholder group that created Oregon’s first Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan in 2015 and is now a member of the Alliance to Prevent Suicide, which oversees the plan’s implementation. Awards include the SAMHSA Voice Award (2016) and the OCCAP Advocate of the Year Award (2017) for her high-profile work in elevating the voice of families and empowering effective advocacy for their loved ones’ safe and fair treatment. Oregon Association of Health Underwriters • 147 SE 102nd Ave., Portland, OR 97216 503.542.0924 • 503.253.9172 Fax • www.orahu.org • info@orahu.org
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Dave Nesseler-Cass
Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Regulatory Affairs, Moda Health Dave Nesseler-Cass is Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Regulatory Affairs at Moda Health and Delta Dental of Oregon and Alaska. Dave oversees the compliance program for all lines of medical and dental business including commercial, Medicare and Medicaid plans. He is also responsible for maintaining relationships with regulators and advocates on the company’s behalf regarding regulatory policy issues. He currently serves on the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Insurance Advisory Committee and has served on various other regulatory workgroups. Dave holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Portland State University. He is also a volunteer board member for the American Cancer Society’s Oregon and Southwest Washington Area. Dave has worked on health insurance compliance and regulatory issues since 2005.
pecialty Pharmacist as well as a Multiple Sclerosis Certified Spec
Craig Riccardo, PharmD, MS Expertise: Clinical pharmac Craig Riccardo is Lead Clini pharmacist at Ardon Health practicing as a Clinical Pha based disease-specific clinic materials to improve outcom their treatment journey. Cra egree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and f harmacy residency at Ardon Health and advanced c Craig Riccardo, PharmD, MSCS Certified Specialist. Lead Clinical Programs and Outcomes, Ardon Health Specialty Pharmacy
Craig Riccardo is Lead Clinical Programs and Outcomes pharmacist at Ardon Health Specialty Pharmacy. Aside from practicing as a Clinical Pharmacist, Craig develops evidence-based diseasespecific clinical programs and educational materials to improve outcomes by supporting the patients through their treatment journey. Craig earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and furthered his expertise with a specialty pharmacy residency at Ardon Health and advanced credentialing as a Multiple Sclerosis Certified Specialist.
John Robinson, MD, SM
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Chief Medical Officer, First Choice Health John W. Robinson, MD, SM, is currently the Chief Medical Officer for First Choice Health in Seattle, WA. In this role, he oversees First Choice Health’s Medical Management, Predictive Modeling within Health Care Analytics, and Quality programs. Dr. Robinson received his Bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University, his MD degree from the Univ. of Utah, and his Master’s degree from Harvard School of Public Health. He is board certified in Family Medicine. Dr. Robinson is an adjunct faculty member at Gonzaga University and has taught courses in the MBA program at the Graduate School of Business. In 2011 he was appointed by the Governor of the State of Washington to be one of the original members of the Bree Collaborative in which public and private health care stakeholders can work together to improve quality, health outcomes, and cost effectiveness of care in Washington State. In 2019 and 2020 Fierce Healthcare and Fast Company published articles about his work concerning prescription opioid use reports for self-insured employers.
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