Gilbert Lichstein is the Chief Operating Officer at the Illinois Health Practice Alliance (IHPA), a behavioral-health focused independent practice association serving members through value-based agreements throughout the state of Illinois. This organization has demonstrated success in generating pay for performance, quality, and shared savings results for the past 7 years, and Gilbert has played a key role in developing and maintain the clinical model, data systems, and agreements that help make the model a success.
Prior to his role at IHPA, Gilbert oversaw a range of residential and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment programs and is licensed as a Counselor in the state of Illinois. Gilbert’s clinical interests include program implementation of evidence-based practices, and Gilbert is a MINT-trained Motivational Interviewing trainer. Gilbert holds Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Clinical Psychology, and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics.
Gilbert is based in Chicago, and enjoys cycling and playing music in his spare time.