Principal
Health Management Associates
New York City, New York
Heidi Arthur, LMSW is a healthcare consultant with Health Management Associates (HMA) where she specializes in supporting national, state, and local leaders to finance, design, and implement interventions that promote access to whole person health care. She specializes in child welfare, maternal health, and child and family mental wellbeing. Her work has focused on developing care models for states, counties, managed care organizations and behavioral health provider networks serving children and youth, with a focus on addressing the youth behavioral health crisis, advancing 988, and improved models of care for children in foster care. Prior to joining HMA over a decade ago, she was the vice president of a behavioral health grant writing firm for 10 years. She also formerly held management positions for the New York City Department of Health and the New York State Office of Mental Health. Ms. Arthur is also the parent of a child with complex mental health needs. Her family's experience seeking and receiving care was a catalyst to developing the Lifting Voices Initiative. Lifting Voices offers a methodology for children, youth, and families like hers to share their experiences of the child and youth systems of care in order to inform policy and improve practice. Ms. Arthur started her career in direct practice with children and families, including implementing an early Systems of Care program for women who were pregnant and parenting and then serving as a child welfare worker, a foster care worker, and providing intensive in-home therapy. She earned her Master of Social Work from the Columbia University School of Social Work, where she has also served as a field instructor and an adjunct lecturer. She is a frequent conference presenter and the co-editor and author of the book Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations: New Directions in Behavioral Health.
Monday, April 27, 2026
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM MDT