2025

2025 Speakers:

Katherine Hobbs, M.D., MPH

CEO, Author Health

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Chris Weathington, MHA

Director, Practice Support | North Carolina AHEC

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Liz Griffin, MSW, LCSW

Manager, Behavioral Health Practice Support | North Carolina AHEC

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Cody Hostutler, Ph.D.

Pediatric Primary Care Psychologist | Nationwide Children’s Hospital

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Jason Kenechukwu Onugha, M.D., MPH

Psychiatrist and Co-Founder | Woven Clinics

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Cyril Appiagyei, M.D.

Psychiatrist and Co-Founder | Woven Clinics

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2025 Videos:

Conference Opening & Katherine Hobbs, MD, MPH

Integrated Care: Realizing the Opportunities

This presentation features a brief review of the models and evidence for integrated care, examples of real-world implementation for both payers and providers, a conversation about major barriers to implementation and how to overcome them, as well as promising developments to drive success.

Chris Weathington, MHA & Liz Griffin, MSW, LCSW

Collaborative Care Model in North Carolina: An Overview

This presentation features an overview of the Collaborative Care Model, North Carolina’s strategy and resources to support primary care practices with this model, lessons learned, challenges and successes, and the next steps. It will help you understand the Collaborative Care Model components, targeted population & reasons for implementation as a behavioral health integration model into primary care.

Panel Discussion and Q&A

BHI Implementation Panel and Q&A session with Eastern Arkansas Family Health Clinics EAFHC) and Psychiatric Consultants Dr. Cyril Appiagyei & Dr. Jason Onugha.

This year, the lunch panel showcased Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) team members from Eastern Arkansas Family Health Clinic (EAFHC), an FQHC actively working to integrate CoCM into their primary care practices. Joining the discussion and Q&A session were EAFHC’s Psychiatric Consultants, Dr. Jason Kenechukwu and Dr. Cyril Appiagyei, who shared insights on the successes and challenges of implementing CoCM in primary care settings.

Cody Hostutler, Ph.D.

Collaborative Care Model in North Carolina: An Overview

This presentation addresses Pediatric Integrated Primary Care, current practice trends, and evidence-based integrated models. It dives deep into evidence-based models of pediatric integrated primary care, examines evidence supporting pediatric integrated models and the gaps in existing science, and helps you implement evidence-based components of integrated primary care.

Jason Kenechukwu Onugha, MD, MPH

Integrating Models of Care: Expanding Telehealth, Collaborative Care and Hybrid Approaches in Medication-Assisted Recovery

This presentation will help you understand the essential components and benefits of Medication-Assisted Recovery (MAR) for treating opioid use disorder, explore the effectiveness of telehealth and collaborative care models in expanding access, and analyze hybrid tele-harm reduction models as innovative solutions in integrating behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment.

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