MNS and MPA Joint Event
CE Program
Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessment
And Health Care Reform: Are We at the Table?
We are pre-registering this event as attendance will be limited. You can pre-register online at www.massneuropsychology.org
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Annual Open Meeting with the MNS Board of Directors 6:30 to 7:15 PM No FeeRefreshments Throughout the Evening “Coffee ‘N Cookies”
Speakers
Elena Eisman,EdD, ABPP, MPA Executive Director; APA Board of Directors Member-at-Large;
and APA Council of Representatives Member representing APA Board of Directors brings us her extensive knowledge of Health Care reform trends and developments from her close work within APA leadership and her in-state leadership activities.
Karen Postal, PhD, ABPP (CN), MNS President-Elect; Neuropsychology private practitioner; and APA State Implementation of Health Care Reform Committee Member brings us her knowledge of the developing Medicare Pilot Programs in MA and Medicare Innovation Center grants.
Leslie Bourne, PhD, Chief of BehavioralMedicine for Atrius Health Reliant Medical Group in Worcester brings us her experience of providing and managing behavioral health services within a Patient Centered Medical Home model in MA.
Learning Goals
1. Understand major changes in health care payment structures in Massachusetts.
2. See the needfor active collaboration with local Medicare and private pay ACO's tomaintain client access to psychological and neuropsychological services.
3. Understand the role of the Medicare Innovation Center in grants for repeatable, prevention-centered healthcare structures.
4. Describeat least threeexamples of how psychologists and neuropsychologists can partner with ACO's.
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, 125 Nashua Street, 8th Floor Conference Room
For directions please check www.massneuropsychology.org
FREE PARKING IS AVAILABLE FOR ATTENDEES AT THE MGH LOT LOCATED BETWEEN THE BANK NORTH GARDEN AND SPAULDING. SHOW YOUR MNS MEMBERSHIP CARD OR TELL THE ATTENDENT THAT YOU ARE ATTENDING THE LECTURERegistration for CE Program includes 1.5 CE Credits
__MNS or MPA Member $20.00
__Non-MNS/non-MPA Member $30.00
__MNS or MPA Student Member No Charge
__Non-MNS/non-MPA Student Member $5.00
The Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society maintains responsibility for the program and its content.