Two Ways to Learn: Sustainability Summit and Integrated Care Course

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LEARN

Collaborative Learning
for the Future of Health

August 11, 2026

Register for Sustainability Summit Session 2: The Sustainability Equation

Images of Moderator and panelists for the Sustainability Summit session 2.

Join us Wednesday, September 24, 8:00–9:00 a.m. for Session 2 of the Health Care Homes Sustainability Summit: The Sustainability Equation: Blended Revenue, Value, and Impact. This panel dives into reimbursement models, cost savings, alternative payment strategies, and the health plan perspective on sustaining high-value primary care.

Alex Caldwell, Director of MDH's Center for Health Care Affordability, moderates a panel featuring Dr. Christine Albrecht, Chief Medical Officer at Lakewood Health System; Nina Huntington, Director of Provider Partnerships at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota; and Angela Mattson, DNP, RN, Nurse Administrator at Mayo Clinic.

Register for the Summit Series

This session offers up to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, through the joint providership of the Minnesota Medical Association and MDH Health Care Homes.

Health Care Homes E-Learning Spotlight: Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health

Explore practical approaches for bringing primary care and behavioral health services together with our e-learning course, Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health: Approaches and Strategies.

Created through a collaboration between two Minnesota Department of Health sections—Health Care Homes and the Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives—this course highlights best practices in integrated care and Minnesota-based examples from primary care and behavioral health providers.

In this course, you’ll learn how to:

  • Define bidirectional integration and explain the need for this approach

  • Identify three key components of integrated care and how they can be implemented in primary care or behavioral health settings

  • Describe the experiences, challenges and solutions of Hennepin County Mental Health Center in developing its integrated care delivery model

Learn from real-world experiences and gain strategies to support integrated, whole-person care in your own setting.

This course is free to Health Care Homes certified clinics. If your clinic does not currently have access to the Health Care Homes e-learning library, contact your Practice Improvement Specialist for assistance. If you are unsure who your specialist is, email health.healthcarehomes@state.mn.us.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please visit the Health Care Homes website for more information.

Questions? Please email health.healthcarehomes@state.mn.us