NatCon19 Conference by National Council for Behavioral Health

NatCon19 is organized by National Council for Behavioral Health and will be held from Mar 25 - 27, 2019 at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America. This CME and CE Conference has been approved for a maximum of 22.5 Credits.

NatCon19 is dedicated to offering professionals and practitioners the opportunity to enhance their knowledge in mental health and addiction treatment and services, improve their skills, exchange information on best practices and learn strategies to incorporate the latest research and new trends in their practice.

NatCon19 Learning Objectives: 
• Promote development of innovative, locally responsive services in community-based settings.
• Improve the overall quality of services delivered and increase the competencies of clinicians.
• Assist organizations and practitioners with the vision, knowledge and skills needed to shape new and emerging mental health and addiction systems and support our vision in a rapidly changing health care environment.
• Address the continuing education needs of our attendees and provide solutions to meet goals that ultimately create healthier lives for consumers we serve.

Conference Tracks:
• Addictions and Co-occurring Disorders.
• Board Governance.
• Community-based Organizations and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics. 
• Children and Adolescents. 
• Research-based Innovations in Access, Programs, and Practices. 
• Juvenile and Criminal Justice. 
• Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention. 
• Financing including Medicaid Waivers, Value-based Purchasing, and Benefit Design Innovations. 
• Payer/Provider Partnerships. 
• Technology (EHRs, Apps, Wearables, Big Data, and AI). 
• Communications, Marketing, and Branding. 
• Prevention, Peers, and Recovery. 
• Mental Health First Aid. 
• Organizational Excellence/Practice Improvement. 
• Strategic Initiatives that Motivate Staff and Better Serve Patients. 
• Social Determinants and Population Health. 
• Under-served Communities, Diversity and Cultural Competence. 
• Bi-directional Primary/Behavioral Health Integrated Care. 
• Transformative Collaborations, Consultations or Design Thinking Projects. 
• Federal, State and Local Policy Initiatives • Special Populations including Veterans, Older Adults, and LGBTQI.
• Suicide Prevention. 
• Trauma-Informed Care and Trauma Treatment.
• Staff, Management and Leadership. 
• Measurement-based Care, Outcomes and Practice Improvements. 
• Partnerships, Mergers, and Acquisitions. 
• Health Systems/Hospital Innovations in Behavioral Health.

Preconference Universities, Sunday, March 24, 2019 at NatCon19 in Nashville.