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300+ Behavioral Health Executives Shaping the Future of Access, Workforce, and Financial Strategy

Behavioral health executives and health system leaders at leading organizations come together to compare what is in motion, where they are investing next, and how they are navigating change across their organizations.

More behavioral health executives attend this conference than any other.

Focus Areas

What's Driving the Conversations

Led by CEOs, CMOs, COOs, and behavioral health leaders, these sessions focus on how organizations are prioritizing investment, navigating pressure, and making decisions across access, workforce, and financial strategy. Leaders move between conversations based on organizational priorities, rather than following a fixed path.

AI Strategy & Innovation

For leaders governing behavioral health strategy, measuring ROI, and aligning teams around decisions that cut across clinical, workforce, and operations.

Sample topics: Access Expansion · Workforce Stability · Care Integration, Financial Strategy, Regulatory Pressures

Financial and Regulatory Strategy

For finance and operations leaders working through margin pressure, payer scrutiny, and the operational decisions that define performance right now.

Sample topics: Reimbursement Pressure, Payer Scrutiny, Cost Management, Regulatory Compliance

Care Integration and Clinical Quality

For clinical and administrative leaders making decisions about how integration takes shape across behavioral health, primary care, and acute settings.

Sample topics: Care Coordination, Clinical Integration, Outcomes, Patient Access

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Search sessions by day, speaker, or topic to explore the full range of conversations across the conference.

SELECT DAY

Wednesday, November 4

TimeTrackTypeSession
7:00 AM—Networking OpportunitiesRegistration Opens
8:30 AM01Semi-Keynote PanelThe Next 5 Years of Behavioral Health: Winners, Losers and New Ideas
8:30 AM02PanelBreaking the Silos: Integrating Behavioral Health Across the System
8:30 AM03PanelFixing the Economics of Behavioral Health in a Value-Driven World
8:30 AM04PanelBehavioral Health Data That Drives Executive Decisions
9:20 AM01PanelProving Behavioral Health Value to the Board
9:20 AM02PanelRural Behavioral Health Access, Telehealth and Workforce Strategies That Deliver
9:20 AM03PanelHow Behavioral Health Fits in Value-based Care: Budgets, Strategy and More
10:00 AMNetworking OpportunitiesNetworking OpportunitiesNetworking Break in the Crystal Foyer
10:20 AM01PanelThe 30-Day Window: Strengthening Post-Discharge Transitions to Prevent Psychiatric Readmission
10:20 AM02PanelLeverage Data to Drive Behavioral Health Outcomes and Big ROI
10:20 AM03Featured SessionThe Hardest "Yes" in Healthcare: Designing Access at the Front Door of Behavioral Health
11:10 AM01PanelThe Case for Behavioral Health as a Growth Engine
11:10 AM02PanelThe CEOs Helping Shape Behavioral Health in Today's Landscape
11:10 AM03PanelIntegrating Addiction Care Into Hospital and Emergency Settings
11:10 AM04PanelBuilding the Community Partnerships That Fill the Access to Care Gaps
12:00 PMNetworking OpportunitiesNetworking OpportunitiesNetworking Lunch in the Crystal Foyer
1:10 PM01PanelPolicy Shifts Reshaping the Next 3 Years of Behavioral Health
1:10 PM02Featured SessionBeyond the AI Hype: What Really Drives Results in Revenue Cycle Automation
1:10 PM03PanelWhere Modest Behavioral Health Investments Delivered Outsized Returns
2:00 PM01PanelBuilding a Resilient Behavioral Health System from Crisis Response to Continuum of Care
2:00 PM02PanelYouth Behavioral Health as a Systemwide Growth and Access Priority
2:00 PM03PanelBig Ideas to Sustainably Scale Behavioral Healthcare Access
2:00 PM04PanelBehavioral Health Standardization vs. Autonomy in Multi-Hospital Systems
2:40 PMNetworking OpportunitiesNetworking OpportunitiesNetworking Break in the Crystal Foyer
3:10 PM01PanelPowering Up the Behavioral Health Workforce
3:10 PM02PanelDiverting Behavioral Health Crises From the ED: Community Partnerships, Mobile Crisis, and Stabilization Centers
3:10 PM03PanelBehavioral Health Strategy Every CEO Is Rethinking
4:00 PM01Celebrity KeynoteCelebrity Keynote - Jason Selk
4:00 PM02Celebrity Keynote LivestreamLivestream of Tom Brady's Celebrity Keynote
5:00 PMNetworking OpportunitiesNetworking OpportunitiesHappy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

The Conversations That Move the Industry Forward Happen Here First

Every fall, the behavioral health leaders driving access, workforce, and financial strategy spend two days comparing notes, pressure-testing ideas, and deciding what comes next at Becker's Fall 2026 Behavioral Health Summit.