Rena Sheehan
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Rena Sheehan, Managing Director Behavioral Health at BCBSRI, leads the development, implementation and oversight of behavioral health programs for BCBSRI. She works collaboratively with providers to create innovations within the behavioral healthcare system that facilitate cost effective, high quality services. Rena is spearheading behavioral health quality initiatives and is a consistent voice for behavioral health within the delivery system. Rena is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 15 years’ experience working in the community mental health system; as both a practitioner and senior leader. In prior roles, she led the implementation and oversight of a federal grant to integrate primary care into a community mental health center and facilitated the execution of an open access model. In addition to her clinical roles, Rena’s experience includes: partnering with providers as a provider relations representative, managing an oversight team to facilitate compliance with CMS and NCQA and developing a behavioral health care management program. Rena’s business and behavioral health education and experience combined with a Six Sigma Green Belt certification, provides the foundation for her commitment to continuous improvement within the healthcare delivery system.