Lunch and Learn Webinar Series September:

Health Care Financing:  Recent Changes and Challenges for the Future

WEBINAR OBJECTIVES:  

• Describe the CPT code development and valuation process
• Discuss current reimbursement challenges for psychologists participating in Medicare, Medicaid programs, and private insurance
• Explain state and federal advocacy plans and initiatives to improve reimbursement for psychologists.
• One CEU Credit Hour given

Presenters: Dr. Stephen Gillaspy, Senior Director, Health Care Financing, Office of Health Care Financing, American Psychological Association

Dr. Stephen R. Gillaspy is a licensed psychologist and since August of 2019 has served as the Senior Director for the Office of Healthcare Finance within the Practice Directorate at the American Psychological Association APA.  Prior to joining APA, Dr. Gillaspy was a Professor of Pediatrics within the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center since 2005. He completed his graduate training in Clinical Psychology at Oklahoma State University and completed his Clinical Internship and a Post-doctoral fellowship in Primary Care and Health Psychology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.  Within the Section of General & Community Pediatrics he served as the Associate Section Chief, Director of Research, and Director of Clinical Psychology.  Dr. Gillaspy also served as the Director of the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline.  He has been an active researcher in the areas of pediatric obesity, tobacco control, mental health screening, health disparities, and medical education.  At the state level Dr. Gillaspy has served on the Board of the Oklahoma Psychological Association and served as President.  Nationally, Dr. Gillaspy has served as the American Psychological Associations Advisor for the Health Care Professional Advisory Committee to the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) and served as a Division 54 (Pediatric Psychology) Representative to the Interdivisional Health Committee (IHC).