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500+ Behavioral Health Executives Shaping the Future of Access, Workforce, and Financial Strategy

Behavioral health C-suite executives, service line leaders, and specialists at leading organizations come together to compare what is in motion, where they are investing next, and how they are navigating change across their organizations.

More behavioral health executives attend this conference than any other.

Focus Areas

What's Driving the Conversations

Led by CEOs, CMOs, COOs, and behavioral health leaders, these sessions focus on how organizations are prioritizing investment, navigating pressure, and making decisions across access, workforce, and financial strategy. Leaders move between conversations based on organizational priorities, rather than following a fixed path.

AI Strategy & Innovation

For leaders governing behavioral health strategy, measuring ROI, and aligning teams around decisions that cut across clinical, workforce, and operations.

Sample topics: Access Expansion · Workforce Stability · Care Integration, Financial Strategy, Regulatory Pressures

Financial and Regulatory Strategy

For finance and operations leaders working through margin pressure, payer scrutiny, and the operational decisions that define performance right now.

Sample topics: Reimbursement Pressure, Payer Scrutiny, Cost Management, Regulatory Compliance

Care Integration and Clinical Quality

For clinical and administrative leaders making decisions about how integration takes shape across behavioral health, primary care, and acute settings.

Sample topics: Care Coordination, Clinical Integration, Outcomes, Patient Access

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Search sessions by day, speaker, or topic to explore the full range of conversations across the conference.

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Wednesday, April 21

TimeTrackTypeSession
7:00 AM—GeneralRegistration Opens
8:30 AMTrack 1PanelAI in Behavioral Health: Where It's Actually Adding Value
8:30 AMTrack 2PanelProving the Value of Behavioral Health to Payers with Metrics and Documentation
8:30 AMTrack 3PanelBuilding a Lasting Behavioral Health Infrastructure
9:20 AMTrack 1PanelWhat Real Behavioral Health Integration Looks Like and How to Do It at Your Org
10:00 AM—Networking OpportunitiesNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 AMTrack 1PanelRecruiting and Retaining Behavioral Health Clinicians in a Competitive Market
10:30 AMTrack 2PanelFrom Fee-for-Service to Value-Based Contracts: The Behavioral Health Playbook
10:30 AMTrack 3PanelBehavioral Health at the Policy Table: How Executives Can Make Their Voices Heard
11:20 AMTrack 1PanelThe Next 5 Years of Behavioral Health: Where Are We Headed?
11:20 AMTrack 2PanelTech-Enabled Crisis Response: New Models to Reduce ED Reliance
11:20 AMTrack 4PanelM&A and the Future of Behavioral Health Consolidation
12:10 PM—Networking OpportunitiesNetworking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
1:20 PMTrack 1PanelExpanding Behavioral Healthcare to Rural Areas: Bold Ideas with Real Results
1:20 PM02PresentationPractitioner to Patient: Healing with Humility
1:20 PMTrack 3PanelBig Ideas to Move the Needle on Youth Mental Health
2:10 PMTrack 1PanelThe Behavioral Health Collaborative Care Model at Scale
2:10 PMTrack 2PanelThe Real Math of Upstream Behavioral Health Care: How to Quantify Value
2:10 PMTrack 4PanelBuilding Financial Durability Beyond One-Time Grants
2:50 PM—Networking OpportunitiesNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PMTrack 1PresentationWhat Does 'Winning' Look Like? Defining Success Metrics for the Future of Behavioral Health
3:15 PMTrack 2PanelWhat's Working to Navigate Behavioral Health in Medicaid and Medicare Populations
3:15 PMTrack 3PanelWhat We Learned After Overhauling Safety in Our Behavioral Health Units
4:00 PMTrack 1Celebrity KeynoteCelebrity Keynote
5:00 PM—Networking OpportunitiesHappy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

The Conversations That Move the Industry Forward Happen Here First

Every spring, the behavioral health leaders driving access, workforce, and financial strategy spend two days comparing notes, pressure-testing ideas, and deciding what comes next at Becker's Spring Behavioral Health Summit.