Workforce Solutions Jam | Beyond Burnout, Sustaining the Workforce Through H.R.1

H.R.1 introduces significant changes to Medicaid that will shape the behavioral health landscape in the years ahead. As states begin implementing new requirements and organizations prepare for evolving operational and workforce considerations, behavioral health leaders will need practical strategies to support access to care, strengthen organizational readiness and sustain their workforce.

This is the final session in a four-part webinar series designed to help behavioral health providers, association leaders and workforce stakeholders understand key provisions of H.R.1, prepare for implementation, and lead their organizations through change.

Session Four: H.R.1 and the Future of Behavioral Health: Beyond Burnout, Sustaining the Workforce Through H.R.1

Oct. 20, 1-2 p.m. ET | Kara Guerriero, MPH, Founder & CEO, INCITE Consulting Solutions; Tony Zipple, SCD, MBA, Senior Consultant, Talent Optimization, INCITE Consulting Solutions

As the final session in our H.R.1 series, this webinar turns to the people carrying this change forward. Staff and budgets are stretched, and as H.R.1’s Medicaid work requirements and eligibility redetermination processes add new documentation and verification burdens, organizations are being asked to navigate constant and unpredictable change with no clear playbook. Burnout is showing up across the workforce as a result. At the individual level, it looks like exhaustion and moral distress; at the organizational level, it looks like turnover and strained capacity.

This session offers strategies providers and leaders can draw on to protect both their people and their organizations, from individual approaches to managing burnout to organizational practices that support a more resilient workforce amid ongoing uncertainty.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify strategies providers can use to manage burnout and moral distress amid rising documentation and eligibility-verification demands tied to H.R.1.
• Explore organizational practices, such as workload redesign and peer support, that offset the administrative load of H.R.1 while supporting financial sustainability.
• Build an organizational culture of wellbeing that strengthens retention and continued access to care as H.R.1’s Medicaid provisions continue to unfold.

Audience: We welcome all who are interested in key provisions of H.R.1. The material is primarily structured to provide maximum value to behavioral health providers, association leaders and workforce stakeholders. 

The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration. It is hosted as a partnership between the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Health Management Associates and The College for Behavioral Health Leadership.