2023 ANNUAL HEALTH POLICY MEETING

Promoting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth in North Carolina: Solutions for a Brighter Future

 

 

According to the 2023 North Carolina Child Health Report Card:

  • 1 in 5 high school students report seriously considering suicide, and 1 in 10 reported actually making an attempt.
  • Suicide became the leading cause of death for children ages 10-14 in 2019.
  • More than one in 10 children ages 3-17 in North Carolina had a diagnosis of depression or anxiety in 2020.
  • LGBTQ+ students are more than three times more likely to consider or attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.
  • Only 43.3% of adolescents aged 12-17 with major depressive episodes received treatment for depression.

At the 2023 NCIOM Annual Meeting, speakers examined the causes of rising prevalence of mental health and substance use issues and encouraged innovation in how we care for children, youth, and families in our state.

 

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Mark Casey, DDS, MPH

Dental Director, Division of Medical Assistance

North Carolina Department of Human Services

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Mark Casey, DDS, MPH

Dental Director, Division of Medical Assistance

North Carolina Department of Human Services

Past NCIOM Annual Meetings

2023 Promoting the Mental Health and Well-being of Children and Youth: Solutions for a Brighter Future

NCIOM's 2023 annual meeting highlighted the factors that influence the health and well-being of our state’s children, from social drivers of health to protective supports at the family, individual, and community levels.

2022 Building the Workforce for a Healthy North Carolina

NCIOM's 2022 annual meeting focused on the challenges of recruitment, retention, and support for North Carolina’s workforce for health.

2021 Achieving Healthy NC 2030 Behavioral Health Goals

 

The NCIOM's 2021 Annual Meeting explored the behavioral health goals identified by the Healthy NC 2030 initiative. The meeting featured expert speakers on topics including substance use and overdose, access to behavioral health services, suicide prevention, and adverse childhood experiences.

2020 COVID-19 and the Impact of Foregone Care

 

The NCIOM's 2020 Annual Meeting explored research on the long-term potential impacts of foregone care due to COVID-19 on population health and the health system. Panelists and speakers discussed the factors that drove these impacts, such as changes in insurance coverage, capacity of the health system, changes to models of care and payment models, and drivers of health.

2019 Transforming Medicaid in North Carolina

 

The NCIOM's 2019 Annual Meeting discussed Medicaid transformation in North Carolina. Discussion topics included the Healthy Opportunities Pilots, the NCCARE360 resource platform, navigating the transition, monitoring, oversight, evaluation, and special populations, as well presentations by representatives from each of the Medicaid Prepaid Health Plans.

2018 Team-Based Care for a Healthier North Carolina

 

The NCIOM's 2018 Annual Meeting explored how practices and systems across the state are evolving from coordinated care to team-based care models. While coordinated care has been widely embraced and implemented across North Carolina, true team-based care is still an elusive target for many health systems and providers. Team-based care has the potential to improve efficiency, effectiveness, value, outcomes, and patient and provider satisfaction. However, profound changes in culture and organization of care, education and training, financing, the fundamental nature of interactions.

 

 

2017 Accountable Care Communities for a Healthier North Carolina

 

The NCIOM's 2017 Annual Meeting focused on  how community organizations, health systems, insurers, and others can share responsibility for the health of our communities using an accountable care communities model. Accountable care communities address health from a community perspective, pulling multiple stakeholders together in a coalition that shares responsibility for addressing multiple determinants of health. Accountable care communities use collaborative and integrated strategies to promote health, prevent disease, and ensure access to quality services.

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