Don’t Miss The 2025 Alera Health ONEcare Symposium!
Join Alera Health and ONEcare participants from across the nation for a half-day symposium in New Orleans, LA, on June 10, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
This event will celebrate our collective impact and share best practices and innovations. Starting with a hosted lunch, the second annual ONEcare symposium will feature private presentations from Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer of OPEN MINDS, guest speakers from the managed care industry, and multiple ONEcare network best practice presentations. Register today to build your knowledge of population health models through case study presentations and networking with c-suite payor and provider executives from across the country!
Already Participating In A ONEcare Network?
Please join us by clicking RSVP Now above. This includes complimentary registration to the OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute on June 10-12, 2025.
Not Yet A ONEcare Participant But Want To Learn More?
Click here to request to attend, and you will be extended an invitation as space is available. Organizations providing health and behavioral health services in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, and New Jersey are especially encouraged to apply. Come and hear what the buzz is about!
From Insight to Impact: Connecting Data, People & Possibilities
2025 Symposium Schedule
Welcome
Mike Rhoades, Chief Executive Officer of Alera Health will open the symposium with opening remarks.
Mike Rhoades
Mike Rhoades is CEO and Founder of Alera Health, the largest population health manager of behavioral health Integrated Systems of Care (ISOCs) in the US. As CEO of Alera Health, Mike oversees the assemblage, governance, technology, analytics, and APM contracting departments supporting 13 ONEcare networks supporting over 3M patients to improve health outcomes and reduce unnecessary costs. Mike was former VP of Population Health at Community Care of NC and COO or RHA Health Services.
State Of Value-Based Care In The United States
Monica E. Oss
Monica E. Oss, M.S. is the founder of OPEN MINDS and serves as its chief executive officer, executive editor of its publications and websites, and executive lead of its consulting engagements. For the past three decades, Ms. Oss has led the OPEN MINDS team and its research on health and human service market trends and its national consulting practice. She is well known for her numerous books and articles focused on the strategic and marketing implications of the evolving health and human service field – and its focus on the verticals of the field serving consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs.
Ms. Oss has extensive experience in developing and implementing growth strategies for a wide array of organizations in the field. She has expertise in industry trend analysis, reimbursement and rate setting, and creating actionable plans for market success. In her role, she has led numerous engagements with state Medicaid plans, county governments, private insurers, and health plans, service provider organizations, technology vendors, neurotechnology and pharmaceutical organizations, and investment banking firms – with a focus on the implications of financing changes on delivery system design.
Prior to founding OPEN MINDS, Ms. Oss served as an executive with a nationally managed behavioral health organization, responsible for market development, actuarial analysis, and capitation-based rate setting. She also held a position as vice president of the U.S. risk management and underwriting division of an international insurance company.
Ms. Oss has been the keynote speaker at the conferences of dozens of national associations and has been published in a wide range of professional journals and trade publications. She has provided Congressional and state legislative testimony on issues as diverse as the financial impact of parity and payer medication access policies.
Ms. Oss has led a range of industry research and consultation initiatives, serving as principal investigator on research projects that include the examination of national managed care enrollment and service patterns, development of provider rate structures for government entities, creation of return-on-investment models for technology investments; design of performance-based compensation models within public and private health plans; and analysis of the economic impact of changes in benefit design, adoption of evidence-based practices, and new technologies.
Strengthening Collaboration Across The System Of Care
Renee White, MSW, LCSW
Renee, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, has been serving or supporting individuals in need of behavioral health care for over 30 years. She spent the first half of her career in direct practice serving youth and families, many of whom were engaged in the child welfare system, and she received training on multiple evidence-based therapy models. As the community-based agency grew and expanded over the years, Renee’s role also evolved into training and supervision of other clinicians and leading company-wide quality improvement initiatives. In 2019, after 15 years with a statewide comprehensive behavioral health organization, Renee was promoted to executive lead of the organization. As the Vice President of Operations, Renee had clinical and operational responsibility for ensuring 10,000 members, many challenged with serious mental illness, received high-quality behavioral health treatment and crisis support.
Renee is currently supporting 2 Clinically Integrated Networks in Arizona comprised of 10 behavioral health integrated care companies as the Vice President of Network Operations at Alera Health. She is excited to use her clinical knowledge and operational skills to assist these networks with refining their workflows to ensure members are engaged in treatment, and receiving timely health screenings and the highest quality of care possible.
Renee earned a BS in Psychology from the University of Arizona and a Master of Social Work from the University of Kentucky. She has held clinical licensure since 1999.
Pharmacy Cost & Rx Patterns To Drive Population Health Strategies
Don J. Fowls, M.D.
Don Fowls, M.D. is a nationally known psychiatrist and health care consultant who works with organizations across the country to develop solutions for the many challenges they face today, including integration, value-based reimbursement, managing complex, special populations, and strategic partnerships. Dr. Fowls has worked with several national and regional health plans, health systems and providers to address these areas. He has also helped a number of start-up companies with product and business development, enabling them to strategically identify their best opportunities and then successfully pursue them as customers.
Dr. Fowls previously served as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development for Value Options and its parent company FHC Health Systems for eleven years. He also worked at Schaller Anderson Inc. as Executive Vice President, Business Development, and President and CEO of its behavioral health subsidiary.
In Arizona, he recently served as the behavioral health advisor to the Practice Innovation Institute, one of the CMS Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative grant awardees to transform the practices of health care providers. As part of this process he co-led the Behavioral Health Affinity Group nationally. He also served as Chief Medical Officer of Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care, the first fully integrated behavioral health plan in the nation.
Dr. Fowls is recent past Chairman of the Board of Copa Health, an Arizona-based community provider of services for behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disorders and continues as a Board member. He is also immediate past President and current Chair of Government Affairs for the Arizona Psychiatric Society and a Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association.
Shifting Sands Of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations’ Expectations
Nick Duran
As the lead director of Medicaid business strategy and health policy Nick reports to the Medicaid Chief Growth Officer (VP, Product & Business Development) for Aetna, a CVS Health company that serves nearly 3 million Medicaid members. He’s responsible for leading a team that identifies and creates strategies to drive growth in new and current markets based on healthcare policy and Medicaid state priorities.
Nick builds and maintains relationships with key stakeholders including community organizations, nonprofits, providers, associations, and state government. He interacts with leadership across various state markets to support a culture focused on strategic growth, organization, and team development.
He has over a decade of experience in the health care industry, specializing in state and federal health care programs. Prior to joining CVS Health, Nick served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives. In the Legislature, he served as ranking member in both the Health and Human Services and Appropriations Committees. Nick has also served on several private sector and civic boards, including Board of Trustees for the Jackson Health System, the largest public hospital system in the United States.
Developing A Data-Driven Workforce: Adventures In Data Literacy
Beyond The Chart: Unlocking Population Health With External Data
Jose Castillo, MBA, PMP
Jose is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with 16+ years of experience managing large-scale infrastructure projects in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments. A Civil Engineer by training, Jose brings his knowledge in project management, business processes improvement, data analytics, financial analysis, and operations to provide a different and unique perspective to the healthcare industry.
Jose holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Project Management from Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas, Venezuela, and a Master of Business Administration from North Carolina State University, with concentrations in Financial Management, Operations and Supply Chain, and Data Analytics. Jose is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Navigating Nuanced Population Health Strategy, State By State
Data-Driven Engagement: Transforming Operations & Care
Yumekco Little, MBA
Deb Aldridge
The Quality Code: Unlocking Excellence Through Collaboration
Jaimica Wilkins, MBA, CPHQ, ICP, CLSSYB
Jaimica Wilkins is the Senior Vice President of Quality at Alera Health and co-chair of Health Equity. With over 17 years of distinguished experience in health equity, quality management, innovation, and continuous improvement, she has led transformative initiatives at macro, meso, and micro levels, significantly enhancing outcomes and operations. Jaimica is also a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, and ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP). Her career is marked by impactful collaborations with large health systems, government agencies, and payers building quality improvement departments from the ground up. Her visionary leadership, creating sustainable systems that drive health improvements, has earned her positions as a thought leader on boards and councils, most recently, NCQA’s Public Sector Advisory Council. Most importantly, Jaimica thrives on improving the world around her.
Realizing Integrated Care At State/National Scale
The CIN Accelerator: Hard & Soft Benefits Participating In ONEcare CIN
Peggy Terhune, Ph.D., MBA, OTR/L
Dr. Peggy Terhune has served as President/CEO of Monarch since 1995. Monarch provides long-term services and behavioral health services for people of all ages with mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual/developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury.
In a career spanning more than 50 years, Peggy has worked in multiple settings as an occupational therapist and organization leader. During her tenure at Monarch, Peggy has grown the company significantly focused on giving individuals with disabilities joy and respect. She is the recipient of numerous regional and national leadership awards.
Peggy holds a BS degree in Occupational Therapy from Indiana University, a MBA from RIT and a Ph.D. from The UNC Greensboro.
In addition to her career, Peggy is mother to seven adult children, two of whom were adopted as teenagers and a grandmother to ten grandchildren. For over twenty years, she and her husband, Bob, have fostered children with and without disabilities. A servant leader, Peggy continues to provide community service in a number of ways. For fun, she serves as an adjunct faculty member for Wingate and Duke Universities and is a Certified Lay Preacher in the Lutheran Church, ELCA Synod.
Blake Martin, MHA
Blake Martin, MHA, serves as Monarch’s President. Under the direction of Chief Executive Officer Dr. Peggy Terhune, Blake leads the organization’s strategic planning efforts, build and maintain relationships with state and national policymakers and oversee operations of key business units, enabling the company to continue as well as expand the delivery of exceptional care across all services.
As President, Blake is directly responsible for identifying and developing strategic opportunities and maintaining relationships with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, statewide local management entities and managed care organizations (LME/MCOs), social services agencies, licensing agencies and the people and families Monarch supports, among other key stakeholders.
Blake brings extensive experience in health care administration, operational oversight and fiscal management, having most recently served as Monarch’s Chief Strategy Officer, where he led the development and implementation of a new five-year strategic plan. He holds both a Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree and a bachelor’s degree from Pfeiffer University. He also serves as a member of Pfeiffer University’s Board of Trustees.
James McDonald
Mike Rhoades
Mike Rhoades is CEO and Founder of Alera Health, the largest population health manager of behavioral health Integrated Systems of Care (ISOCs) in the US. As CEO of Alera Health, Mike oversees the assemblage, governance, technology, analytics, and APM contracting departments supporting 13 ONEcare networks supporting over 3M patients to improve health outcomes and reduce unnecessary costs. Mike was former VP of Population Health at Community Care of NC and COO or RHA Health Services.
Presentation Of GRIT Award
What’s Next For ONEcare?
Mike Rhoades
Mike Rhoades is CEO and Founder of Alera Health, the largest population health manager of behavioral health Integrated Systems of Care (ISOCs) in the US. As CEO of Alera Health, Mike oversees the assemblage, governance, technology, analytics, and APM contracting departments supporting 13 ONEcare networks supporting over 3M patients to improve health outcomes and reduce unnecessary costs. Mike was former VP of Population Health at Community Care of NC and COO or RHA Health Services.
About ONEcare
Alera Health assembles and manages integrated systems of care (AKA ONEcareTM networks) for patients with primary and secondary behavioral health issues. Leveraging their Care Optimization SystemTM (COS), ONEcare providers receive “care alerts” that improve disease detection, anticipate crises, and enhance patient engagement. ONEcare networks have improved timely access by 10X and reduced unnecessary inpatient utilization by up to 50%. With over 150 organizations representing 15,000 clinicians nationwide, ONEcare networks saved over $200M in 2023, maximizing health outcomes for patients and value-based earnings for participants.
Click here to request to attend the ONEcare Symposium. You will receive complimentary registration to the entire OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute for applying to the ONEcare Symposium.
