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WHAT: Baptist Memorial Health Care’s Center of Excellence in Addiction Medicine will collaborate with MississippiCare to host the second Mississippi Opioid Summit for addiction prevention and recovery specialists, physicians, and law enforcement to discuss the current state of the opioid epidemic in Mississippi and best practices for addressing the epidemic in Mississippi and the greater U.S.
WHEN: Friday, April 4, 2025
8:30 am–3 pm
WHERE: Oxford Conference Center
102 Ed Perry Blvd.
Oxford, MS 38655
BACKGROUND: Baptist Memorial Health Care and Integrated Addiction Care Associates (now Connections Wellness Group) formed the Center of Excellence in Addiction Medicine in 2019 to provide immediate, comprehensive treatment for patients who present to Baptist with substance and alcohol use disorders.
In 2022, Baptist Center of Excellence in Addiction Medicine collaborated with MississippiCare to identify post-acute, follow-up care for patients with opioid use and/or alcohol use disorder in Mississippi. MississippiCare is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides primary care, behavioral health, nutrition services and a variety of additional services, including clinical pharmacy consults, to all individuals regardless of their ability to pay.
Baptist and MississippiCare’s collaboration resulted in a Health Resources & Services Administration Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)- Medicated Assisted Treatment access grant to increase access points to treatment and provide medications and supportive services to individuals with opioid use disorder and/or alcohol use disorder.
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
Derick Ziegler, vice president and chief transformation officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care
Joey Flowers, chief strategy officer, ARCare
Lynn Fitch, attorney general, Mississippi
Robert Whitten, lieutenant and law enforcement liaison, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
Clay McCombs, training coordinator, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
Carlton Hall, president and CEO of Carlton Hall Consulting LLC (CHC)
