PCC webinar: How Can Telehealth Support Integrated Mind-Body Care?

“Integrated” is one of the Shared Principles of Primary Care—the idea that primary care more fully addresses the whole patient and the spectrum of issues they bring. Bringing together medical and behavioral health care is a common step toward integration, and technology is an increasingly useful tool to further integration. During the COVID pandemic, patient mental health needs and substance use disorders have mushroomed. Primary care is helping fill this need, and many clinicians are leveraging telehealth to do so. In this webinar, hear from practitioners who are carrying out integration of mind and body care using technology—what works and what doesn’t. We explore the various aspects of integration, how patients and clinicians benefit, payment implications, practice management and more.

Panelists:

  • Kim Coleman, MD, Chief Medical Officer | United Physicians, Bingham Farms, Michigan
  • William Beecroft , MD, DLFAPA, Medical Director, Behavioral Health | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Benjamin Miller, PsyD, President | Well Being Trust

Moderator: Mary T. Giliberti, JD, Chief Public Policy Officer | Mental Health America

Website mentioned by Benjamin Miller during the panel discussion: www.makehealthwhole.org

Benjamin Miller, PsyD

President, Well Being Trust
As President of Well Being Trust, Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD, oversees the implementation of the foundation’s strategies and full portfolio of investments and partnerships to help Well Being Trust have a real-world impact on America’s mental health and addiction crisis. These responsibilities build on those in Dr. Miller’s prior role as Chief Strategy Officer of Well Being Trust, through which he ensured alignment across the foundation’s grants, research, partnerships and policy recommendations. read more

Kim Coleman, MD

Chief Medical Officer, United Physicians, Bingham Farms, Michigan
Dr. Coleman is a primary care physician with more than 25 years of experience in office-based pediatrics. She currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer for United Physicians, Inc., a large, independent physician organization located in Southeast Michigan. In her role, she supports over 300 adult and pediatric primary care physicians in various clinical initiatives, including their recently launched Collaborative Care program in partnership with Array Telebehavioral health.  She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her internship, residency and chief residency at St Louis Children’s Hospital in affiliation with Washington University School of Medicine. read more

Mary Giliberti, JD

Chief Public Policy Officer, Mental Health America
Mary Giliberti is the Executive Vice President of Policy at Mental Health America. She focuses on federal policy to promote prevention, early intervention, integration and recovery.  Prior to joining MHA in 2019, she was the Chief Executive Officer of The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She also has worked in the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Serves and as disability counsel to the U.S. Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee. After graduating from Yale Law School, she clerked for Judge Phyllis Kravitch on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and received a Skadden Fellowship to work at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.  read more

William Beecroft , MD, DLFAPA

Medical Director, Behavioral Health, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan
Dr. Beecroft oversees the medical administration of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Behavioral Health and Behavioral Health strategy and planning. He has been instrumental and a strong advocate for the Collaborative Care Model. Dr. Beecroft received his MD from Michigan State University. He is board certified in general psychiatry with added qualifications in geriatrics and Consultation-Liasion Psychiatry. Dr. Beecroft was named a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 2018. read more
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