2019 Annual Forum – February 8th, 2019
Here are a few of our favorite highlights.
"Cigna is proud to be a Gold sponsor of the forum and to fund the Charlene and Shane Ventanilla scholarship memorial fund. We know there is no health without maternal mental health." – Dr. Jeff Klein, Cigna Market Medical Director
"Trauma is in the eye of the beholder." – Cheryl Beck, keynote, leading nurse researcher, birth trauma
"Instead of focusing on caring for my 4 pound premature baby, I was combing through hospital bills. We went to an in-network doctor and hospital and in total we had to take a cash advance to pay for the $10,000 in remaining bills... My postpartum depression lasted over a year. I was never asked how I was doing, not by my doctor, pediatrician or the hospital." – Joanna Joshua, mother of three
"She came into our case management service for lactation support and scored extremely high on the EPDS screening tool and was ready to walk in front of traffic. We were able to connect her in 48 hours to her OB for treatment plan development." – Founder of Mahmee in the Women's Tech/Start up breakout session
"I'm thankful that I am this strong willed person and that I fought my way to a recovery state of mind but everyone is not me." – Kay Mathews, mother of Troya, her stillborn baby girl
AGENDA
Friday, February 8, 2019
California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
All times are Pacific Standard Time
8:15–9:00am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00–9:20am
Welcome and Introductions
9:20–9:30am
A Mother's Personal Story #1
Joanna Joshua
9:30–11:00am
KEYNOTE
Birth Trauma and Maternal Mental Health
Cheryl Beck, DSNc
11:00–11:15am
Break
11:15am–12:30pm
PANEL
Raising the Bar:
California Legislative Policy
and Health System Best Practices
Moderator:
Joy Burkhard, MBA
Founder and Executive Director, 2020 Mom
California MMH Health Policy & Implementation Resource Overview
Speakers:
Nina Martin
Investigative Journalist Lost Mother Series,
ProPublica
Joy Burkhard, MBA
Founder and Executive Director, 2020 Mom
California MMH Health Policy & Implementation Resource Overview
Patricia De Marco, MD
Medical Director MMH, Hoag Women's Health Institute, Orange County, CA
Gabrielle Mauren, PhD, LP
MMH Innovation Award Winner Park Nicollet Health Services, Twin Cities, MN
12:30–1:30pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:30–1:40am
A Mother's Personal Story #2
Kay Matthews
1:40–3:00pm
PANEL
Cost of Untreated MMH Disorders and
Payor Perspectives on Improving Maternity Care
and Mental Health Outcomes
Moderator:
Carole Mendoza
Director IBM Global Health Benefits and Wellness
Board Member, 2020 Mom
Speakers:
Adam Wolfberg, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Ovia Health:
Cost of Untreated MMH Disorders
Christine Morton, PhD
Research Sociologist, Author Birth Ambassadors
Becky Bailey
Senior Director Global Health Benefits and Wellness,
eBay
Melissa Real
Director U.S. Health Benefits Qualcomm
Stuart Lustig, MD
Senior Medical Director,
Cigna Behavioral Health
3:00–3:45pm
RECEPTION in the COURTYARD
HomeBoy Bakery Dessert Bar
Keynote Speaker
Cheryl Beck,
RN, DNSc, CNM, FAAN
Leading Birth Trauma Researcher
& Professor, University of Connecticut
Dr. Beck is a professor at the University of Connecticut, School of Nursing. Over the past 20 years Dr. Beck has focused her research on postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. She has published over 100 journal articles on such topics as postpartum depression, and birth trauma including PTSD due to childbirth. Dr. Beck is a certified nurse-midwife and holds a master's degree in maternal-newborn nursing from Yale University and received her Doctor of Nursing Science degree from Boston University. Dr. Beck is also a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She has received numerous awards such as the Eastern Nursing Research Society’s Distinguished Researcher Award, the Distinguished Alumna Award from Yale University and more.
Speaker
Nina Martin
Nina Martin, the lead investigative journalist of the Lost Mothers series, will both speak about her two years investigating the U.S. maternal death crisis, and moderate a panel addressing best practices in maternity and maternal mental health care.
