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Impacting Healthcare Reform '08, the 2008 Santa Fe Summit on Behavioral Health, saw the gathering of 185 leaders to discuss and debate the inclusion and impact of mental health and substance use care in the presidential election, the development of state-level insurance coverage initiatives, and broad-based efforts by coalitions to ensure that mental health and substance use are included in discussion regarding healthcare. Materials and overheads prepared by members of the Summit Planning Committee and faculty attending the event are available from the links below. Overheads are linked by name of faculty mamber. As work groups developed during the Summit continue their efforts reports of that work will also be included here. Reports and summaries of specific topics will also be included as they become available. The College would like to thank Dr. Ron Manderscheid for his leadership of this meeting, faculty members for their challenging and inspiring presentations, and members of the planning committee and the board of direcctors for their additional work that contributes to the success of such an event. Questions about the Summit may be directed to Kris Ericson, executive director, by contacting the office via telephone (505-822-5038) or email (executive.director@acmha.org). Pre-Summit Materials
Prepared by ACMHA members T. Stephanie Oprendek, PhD, California Department of Mental Health and Alicia Smith, MHA, Health Management Associates Presentations
Setting the Charge - Ron Manderscheid, PhD Mental Health and Substance Use Care in the 2008 Election - Linda Rosenberg, MSW, President and CEO, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcre
- Tom Coderre, National Field Director, Faces & Voices of Recovery
- Video from Representative Patrick Kennedy, US House of Representatives
Mental Health Surveillance: BRFSS In Action - Ali H. Mokdad, PhD, Centers for Disease Control Mental Health and Substance Use Care in State Universal Coverage Initiatives Steering the Ship of Health Care Reform - A. Kathryn Power, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA (remarks presented by Mr. William Hudock) Work Group Materials
Five work groups met during the course of the Summit focused on discrete populations of people in service and how to address the specific needs of those groups. As materials from those groups become available, or as work of the groups continues, more information will be added to this section. Mental Health Weekly
Two recent issues of Mental Health Weekly include significant coverge of the 2008 Santa Fe Summit. The March 17 issue provides an exclusive report on Summit events, followed by the March 24 issue which includes an article on the integration panel of primary care physicians offered on Friday, March 14. Access to both issues is available from the links below. ACMHA extends its appreciation to the editors of Mental Health Weekly for providing these documents. Mental Health Weekly, March 17, 2008
Mental Health Weekly, March 24, 2008 Summit Photographs
SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline joins ACMHA President-Elect Pamela Greenberg, President Eric Goplerud, and 2008 Summit Chair Ron Manderscheid.
Dick Dougherty, DMA Health Strategies, and Arthur Evans, Philadelphia Office of Behavioral Health, discuss the plenary session.
Ali Mokdad, Centers for Disease Control, is joined by ACMHA Board Member Laurie Alexander, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, following his presentation on the BRFSS during lunch.
ACMHA members Dennis Mohatt, WICHE; John Morris, Technical Assistane Collaborative, and Jacki McKinney, Philadelphia Office of Behavioral Health, continue discussions about strategyand implementation work groups.
Former Governor and Secretary Tommy G. Thompson (third from left) is joined by (left to right) Dr. Gary Blau, SAMHSA, and youth representatives Marvin Alexander, Samantha Jo Broderick, Amanda Gregory, and Brad Williams. 
Mentors and learners in the 2008 ACMHA Mentorship Program class meet at Summit. (l to r) Ron Manderscheid, Stephanie Oprendek, Janie Bailey, Charles Ray, Dick Dougherty, Lilah Westrick, John Morris, and Clare Miller. 
Dr. Herbert A Pardes, President and CEO, New York-Presbyterian Hospital System, addresses the gathering following acceptance of the Saul Feldman Award for Lifetime Achievement in Santa Fe on March 14.
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