Integration of Substance Abuse and Primary Care in FQHCs
NACHC/NIATx Collaborative

Coach Assignments

• Michael R. Lardiere, LCSW (Contra Costa County Health Center)
  Director, Health Information Technology
  Sr. Advisor, Behavioral Health
  National Association of Community Health Centers
  mlardiere@nachc.com
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  Michael R. Lardiere LCSW is currently the Director of Health Information Technology and the Senior Advisor for Behavioral Health at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC).

  Mr. Lardiere has over thirty years of health care experience in inpatient, outpatient and managed care settings and was behavioral health administrator for one of the largest FQHCs in the nation. He has extensive experience in integrating behavioral health and primary care. His managed care experience includes senior positions in clinical and provider relations areas and was responsible for provider contracting, profiling and quality for over 20,000 clinicians and 5,000 facilities in the Northeast.

  Mr. Lardiere is engaged with Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs), health center controlled networks, Primary Care Associations, the National Health Information Network and other health information systems to advance the field of health information exchange. He is responsible for developing strategy and in assisting health centers across the nation in implementing various HIT strategies to improve quality care. In addition, as an experienced and licensed mental health professional, Mr. Lardiere not only provides consulting services in mental health, substance abuse but also in integrating these services with the medical fields.

  Mr. Lardiere is a Board Member of the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) and is a member of the CCHIT Behavioral Health Workgroup setting the EHR standards for behavioral health for behavioral health EHRs.

• Todd Molfenter, Ph.D. (Ohio North East Health Systems, Inc.)
  Co-Deputy Director, NIATx
  todd.molfenter@chess.wisc.edu
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  Todd Molfenter is Assistant Scientist and Deputy Director of NIATx, part of the Center for Health Enhancement System Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is Principal Investigator for a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Clinical Technical Assistance initiative, co-investigator for on a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) trial, and specializes in organizational and systems change interventions and research.

• Aileen Wehren, Ed.D. (Project Samaritan - Palladia)
  Vice President Systems Administration
  Porter-Starke Services, Inc.
  awehren@porterstarke.org
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  Aileen Wehren received her EdD from Rutgers University in 1981. She has worked in community behavioral health for the past 23 years. Areas of focus include revenue cycle management, process improvement, risk management, and managed care contracting. At Porter-Starke Services she works with the local FQHC to develop effective integrated care for patients at the FQHC and for seriously mentally ill adults in the CMHC setting.

  Member: Health Finance Management Association

• Bill McFeature, Ph.D. (The Daily Planet VA)
  Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology
  Director, Integrative Behavioral Health Care Services
  Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Incorporated
  bmcfeature@svchs.com
  bmcfeatur@radford.edu
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  Bill McFeature, PhD is currently the Director of Integrative Behavioral Health Care Services for Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Incorporated. Dr. McFeature has worked in primary care clinics for the past 15 years specializing in primary care and behavioral health integration within rural community health centers and private practice settings. He is a consultant and a member of the Access Council Committee for the Virginia Rural Health Association promoting best practices and state initiatives in primary behavioral health models of care within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

  Dr. McFeature has also provided consultation to the Delaware Rural Health Initiatives speaking to primary care and behavioral health integration. He has participated in the SBIRT one year study( 2009-2010) funded by SAMHSA promoting the development of brief assessment and treatment of substance abuse disordered patients within FQHC settings utilizing SBIRT coding. He is also a graduate faculty member with Radford University Clinical Counseling and Integrative Care Research Programs.

• Eric Goplerud, Ph.D. (Greater Prince William Community Health Center)
  Director, Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems
  George Washington University
  goplerud@gwu.edu
  www.ensuringsolutions.org
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  Eric Goplerud, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and research professor of health policy at the George Washington University Medical Center. Since 2002, Dr. Goplerud has directed Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems, a research program at GWU supported by grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and various federal agencies. He also is president-elect of the American College of Mental Health Administration.

  Previously, Dr. Goplerud was associate administrator for policy and planning at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). He also has held senior policy and research positions at the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Division of Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President.