STAR-SI Program Management Meeting
November 8 – 9, 2006 Bethesda, MD

Purpose: To introduce the STAR-SI program, emphasize the state's role as the convener of change, and review the role of the state and provider partnership in process improvement.

The Annual Star-SI Meeting was held on Monday, April 23, 2007. Click on a presentation title below to view the presentation PowerPoint (in PDF format).

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

8:30am – 8:35am

• Introductions and Meeting Overview
  Presenters: Frances Cotter and Jay Ford

8:35am – 9:00am

• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Welcome
  Moderator: Frances Cotter
  
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  H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM, Director, CSAT
  Jack Stein, LCSW, PhD., Director, Division of Services Improvement, CSAT
  Victor Capoccia, PhD., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

9:00am – 9:45am

• Panel Discussion: Creating Partnerships for Change
  Moderator: Jay Ford
  
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  Forming positive working relationships with treatment providers is a crucial in creating a partnership for change. Maintaining the relationships is critical and leadership buy-in is essential. Facilitated discussion with Jack Kemp, Director of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Services, Delaware; Janet Zwick, SSA Director, Iowa; and Terry Cline, Commissioner and Health Secretary, Oklahoma. Question and Answer period to follow.

9:45am – 10:30am

• Overview of STAR-SI and the NIATx State Diffusion Model (PDF 485 KB)
  Presenters: Frances Cotter and Jay Ford

10:30am – 10:45am

• Break

10:45am – 11:15am

• CEO Leadership in Organizational Change
  Presenter: Tom Mosgaller
  
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  Learn about the roles of the SSA Director and Executive Sponsors in supporting successful organizational change.

11:15am – 12:00pm

• Review of State Barriers to Provider Change and Identification of Potential Changes States can Implement to remove those barriers.
  Presenter: Jay Ford
  
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  What barriers to change would a provider remove if they had the power to do so? This interactive exercise builds from SSA homework to call providers and ask about two barriers to improving access and retention (not financing). The session will identify those barriers, ask states to select one barrier, and identify a change that they will test to help overcome the barrier.

12:00pm – 1:00pm

• Lunch

1:00pm – 1:30pm

• Ideas For Success: The Partnership Role in STAR-SI (PDF 62 KB)
  Presenter: Tom Mosgaller
  
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  Learn ways to create partnerships and how communities leveraged commitment and change to improve client services.

1:30pm – 2:30pm

• STAR-SI Grantee Cafe (PDF 49 KB)
  
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  Examine the role of the payer/provider partnership. Discuss ways the state could help facilitate change and implement strategies that support and sustain an active payer/provider partnership.

2:30pm – 2:45pm

• Break

2:45pm – 3:15pm

• Performance Management For STAR-SI : Tools, Tips and Techniques (PDF 137 KB)
  Presenters: Jay Ford and Frances Cotter
  
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  Overview of the STAR-SI Performance Management Goals and Outcome Measures. Learn about the tools, tips and techniques available to states and providers to measure and monitor access and retention improvements.

3:15pm – 3:30pm

• Overview of GPRA Reporting Requirements for STAR-SI
  Presenters: Suzanne Cable and Deepa Avula

4:45pm – 6:00pm

• Recap of the Day
  Presenter: Jay Ford

6:00pm

• Meet for Dinner with Coaches

Thursday, November 9, 2006

8:00am – 8:15am

• Review of Day 1 and Objectives for Day 2
  Presenters: Frances Cotter and Jay Ford

8:15am – 8:45am

• Strategies for Establishing a Learning Collaborative (PDF 65 KB)
  Worksheet (PDF 58 KB)
  Presenters: Todd Molfenter and Steve Gallon
  
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  Learn how to effectively establish a state-wide learning collaborative that promotes partnership communication, opportunities to share success, and creates an infrastructure for change within the state.

8:45am – 9:15am

• Peer Mentors: The Role of NIATx Members in STAR-SI
  Moderator: Jay Ford
  
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  Panel Discussion: Effective use of peer mentors in Maine: a facilitated discussion with Kim Johnson, SSA Director, Maine; Lynn Madden, STAR-SI Coach; and Scott Farnum, STAR-SI Coach

  Role Clarifications: The roles of peer mentors and the peer learning network in supporting change.

9:15am – 10:00am

• STAR-SI Grantee Cafe (PDF 35 KB)
  
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  This café will support the previous two sessions. Participants will examine ways that the states can effectively establish a state learning community, and discuss how to use peer mentors most effectively to further this collaboration.

10:00am – 10:15am

• Break

10:15am – 10:45am

• GPO Guidance and Feedback
  Presenters: Frances Cotter and Suzanne Cable
  
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  Discuss the purpose of the Cooperative Agreement, STAR-SI Terms and Conditions, the role of the GPO, and next steps, such as the revised implementation plan and semi-annual progress report.

10:45am – 11:30am

• Change at the Provider Level: Lessons Learned
  Presenters: Lynn Madden, Scott Farnum, Steve Gallon, and Jennifer Wisdom
  
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  Learn about how providers have implemented the NIATx model to improve access and retention.

11:30am – 12:00pm

• NIATx Resources, Key Events and Implementation Timeline (PDF 66 KB)
  Presenter: Beth Hribar
  
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  Discuss NIATx resources and key upcoming events.

12:00pm – 12:15pm

• Wrap-up and Adjournment
  Presenter: Jay Ford

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