Learn More About Integrated Care Through Special Track

It’s an exciting time to be a psychiatrist. With the final implementation of health care reform slated for 2014, this meeting is the pivotal one for the profession to complete preparations for a new era in health care. New opportunities exist for psychiatrists to collaborate with their medical colleagues to improve outcomes, improve the experience of care, and contribute to “bending the cost curve,” thus aiding health systems in reaching the heralded Triple Aim. The Integrated Care Track will provide ample opportunities to hone your skills, learn new strategies for collaborating with your primary care colleagues, demonstrate the value added to health care teams when psychiatric services are included, and more. Here is a sampling of the exciting lineup of presentations and speakers for this meeting.

FRIDAY, MAY 17 (PRE-CONFERENCE)

9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Course: Clinical Updates in Primary Care Psychiatry: For Primary Care and Mental Health Providers

Robert McCarron, M.D., Lori Raney, M.D., and Jürgen Unützer, M.D.

SATURDAY, MAY 18

9 a.m.-Noon

Symposium: Curricula for Teaching Residents to Work in Integrated Care

Chair: Debra Cowley, M.D.; Jürgen Unützer, M.D., Lori Raney, M.D., Kristen Dunaway, M.D., Marshall Forstein, M.D., Emily Frosch, M.D., Jaesu Han, M.D., Robert McCarron, D.O., Anna Ratzliff, M.D., Ph.D.

3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.

Workshop: Integrated Care and the Patient-Centered Medical Home in the Veterans Health Administration: What Has Six Years of National Implementation Taught Us?

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Chair: Andrew S. Pomerantz, M.D.

SUNDAY, MAY 19

9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Course: The Integration of Primary Care and Behavioral Health-AIMS

Jürgen Unützer, M.D., Lori Raney, M.D., Anna Ratzliff, M.D., John Kern, M.D.

MONDAY, MAY 20

9 a.m.-Noon

Presidential Symposium: The Psychiatrist's Role in Treating the Patient With Cancer

Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine; Chair: Donald Rosenstein, M.D., Jane Walker, M.Sc., Michael Sharpe, M.A., M.D., Donald L. Rosenstein, M.D., Wayne Katon, M.D.

2 p.m.-5 p.m.

Symposium: Advances in Medical Care for Patients With Schizophrenia

Lydia Chwastiak, M.D., M.P.H., Gail Daumit, M.D., M.H.S., Benjamin Druss, M.D., Oliver Freudenreich, M.D., Linda Ganzini, M.D., M.P.H.

3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.

Workshop: Noncommunicable Diseases and Collaborative and Integrated Care: Essentials for the Practicing Physician and the Health Team

APA Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing; Chairs: Mary Badaracco, M.D., Eliot Sorel, M.D., Jürgen Unützer, M.D., Lori Raney, M.D.

TUESDAY, MAY 21

9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Workshop: Supervisory, Consultative, Collaborative Relationships: Liability Issues With Split Treatment

Chair: Kristen Lambert, J.D., M.S.W.

11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Presidential Forum: The Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care: The Evolving Role of Psychiatry in the Era of Health Care Reform

Chair: Lori Raney, M.D.; Wayne Katon, M.D., Jürgen Unützer, M.D., Benjamin Druss, M.D., Roger Kathol, M.D.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22

11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Seminar: Primary Care Skills for Psychiatrists

Directors: Lori Raney, M.D., Erik Vanderlip, M.D.