COMPA Symposium: Maximizing Patient Care in an Evolving Treatment Landscape

Learn how to respond and adapt to new and potential changes in regulations, policies, and funding at the COMPA Symposium!

About this Event

The Coalition of Medic*tion-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates (COMPA) is hosting a full-day symposium to explore adapting and maximizing patient care in the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) during recent and potential policy changes. Providers and policymakers will focus on new/final regulations from SAMHSA and the DEA regarding buprenorphine and methadone, responsible implementation of new treatment flexibilities, remaining sustainable amidst funding shifts, and addressing an increased level of stigma surrounding opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).

Presentations and interactive panel discussions will address key topics such as: implementing federal regulations to maximize effective, patient-centered care, responding to variable reimbursement and funding, answering worsening stigmas, and ensuring patient access to comprehensive, quality care.

Event Summary

Join treatment providers and policymakers to discuss:

• How to preserve patient access to care amid changes to federal policies.

• How to implement new treatment flexibility from regulatory agencies.

• How to keep OTPs sustainable when funding is uncertain.

• How to respond to escalating stigma and NIMBYism surrounding methadone programs.

The purpose of the symposium is to educate attendees on how to adapt to new regulations and policies to continue meeting the needs of a vulnerable patient population. The symposium will promote timely collaboration among stakeholders by fostering communication and encouraging meaningful dialogue.

There is an option for attendees to register to attend virtually, however participation in Q&A is limited to in-person attendees. Questions from virtual attendees may be addressed after the Symposium.

Our Valued Sponsors
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Agenda


🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Registration/Coffee and Refreshments: Meet our Sponsors

🕑: 08:30 AM - 08:50 AM
Welcome Remarks

Info: Allegra Schorr, MS, President of the Coalition of Medic*tion Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates (COMPA); John Q. Young, MD, MPP, PhD, Chair and Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health, Frances and Thomas Gambino Professor in Psychiatry and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Zucker Hillside Hospital

🕑: 08:50 AM - 09:30 AM
Opening Plenary Panel - list in formation
Host: Chinazo Cunningham, MD, Commissioner of OASAS

Info: Presentations by our Plenary Speakers

🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Questions and Answers

🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Presentation of OASAS Report
Host: Ashly Jordan, PhD, MPH, Dir. of Res. & Prog. Eval, OASAS

Info: Recent Trends in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Initiation and Engagement at Opioid Treatment Programs in New York State with Q&A

🕑: 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM
Morning Break

🕑: 10:50 AM - 12:15 PM
Fiscal Sustainability and Meeting Clinical Goals in Challenging Times
Host: Debra Pantin, MSW, MS, CEO, Outreach, Chair, OSFAB

Info: Fiscal Sustainability and Meeting Clinical Goals in Challenging Times: Maximizing Revenue. Panel discussion on payors and reimbursement, Partnerships, and Opioid Settlement Funds. A roundtable panel discussion.

🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch provided

🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Tour of Zucker-Hillside Hospital OTP
Host: Patricia Hincken, MSW, Director Addiction Recovery

🕑: 01:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Afternoon Workshops

Info: Roundtable Panel discussions - additional panelists TBA

🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Treating the Complex Patient: A case-based discussion.

Info: Panelists: Soteri Polydorou, MD, Medical Director, Addiction Medicine, Northwell Health; Sonia Lopez, MD, FASAM, Damien Family Care Centers; Grace Hennessey, MD, Chief of Addiction Psychiatry, OASAS; Pamela Mund, MD, Chief of Addiction Medicine, OASAS

🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Stigma and NIMBY: How should providers respond?

Info: Panelists: Sally Friedman, Esq., SVP Legal Advocacy, Legal Action Center; Sandeep Kapoor, MD, MS-HPPL, Vice President, Addiction Services, Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health; Patricia Zuber-Wilson, Associate Commissioner, Prevention; Zoraida Diaz, District Director NYC, OASAS

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