Behavioral Health Management Solutions

   
     
  Our Clients  
     
  We serve behavioral health, social and human service organizations in all 50 states and all Canadian provinces. Typical clients include:  
 
bullet Hospital corporations and health care systems
bullet Medical centers
bullet Psychiatric hospitals
bullet Behavioral health inpatient units
bullet Residential treatment centers and facilities
bullet Addiction and chemical dependency treatment programs
bullet Therapeutic foster care agencies
bullet Children and youth programs
bullet Community support programs
bullet Independent and transitional living facilities
bullet Day treatment and partial hospital programs
bullet Developmental disability providers
bullet Day treatment programs
bullet Juvenile detention centers
bullet Case management organizations
bullet Insurers and managed care organizations
bullet Equity firms interested in behavioral and specialty health care
bullet Behavioral health corporation owners, investors, and Board of Directors
bullet Native peoples' Tribes in North America: child welfare, drug and alcohol treatment, behavioral health, aging, and social services
bullet State, provincial and county departments and ministries of human services
bullet State, provincial and county departments and ministries of mental health
bullet State, provincial and county departments of substance abuse treatment
bullet State, provincial and county departments of mental retardation
bullet National health and human service companies and providers
 
     
 

Sample SCI Consulting Projects

 
     
 
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Behavioral health product line business, operations, and market assessment including demand analysis, strategic service line plan, management and throughput of mental health/substance abuse patients in the emergency departments of 4 regional medical centers – Sentara Healthcare, Virginia Beach, VA

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State mental health privatization project, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

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Behavioral health information system review and Meaningful Use analysis, Wishard Health System, Midtown Mental Health Center, Indianapolis, IN

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Behavioral health service line assessment and productivity improvement, San Juan Regional Medical Center, Farmington, NM

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Business, operations, management assessment; PRTF conversion, turnaround management/interim CEO for $61 million children and youth service system with a major child welfare privatization project, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, and community based services operating in Iowa, Nebraska, and Alaska - on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank Bond Trustee and Bond Holders

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Turnaround management, The Oaks psychiatric inpatient facility, New Hanover Health Network, Wilmington, NC

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Market analysis and plan, Samaritan Center, Vincennes, Indiana

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Behavioral health service line operations assessment (productivity, market, facilities, staffing, physicians, emergency and consult services, clinical programs) with FTI Consulting:

 
 
 
bullet Beverly Hospital system in Beverly, MA
bullet Centra Health in Lynchburg, VA
bullet Mary Immaculate Hospital in Queens, NY
bullet Methodist Hospitals in Gary, IN
bullet Wishard Health System in Indianapolis, IN
bullet Baptist Hospitals of East Tennessee, in Nashville, TN
 
 
bullet Quality improvement system, Joint Commission accreditation and CMS compliance assistance for Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, Alaska
bullet Market analysis and demand study for Borgess Health System, behavioral health system (inpatient, outpatient, group practice, Kalamazoo, Michigan
bullet Compliance, record review and audit, best practices, electronic medical record, person centered treatment and planning, Finger Lakes Health, Geneva, NY
bullet National state contracting and business development, merger and acquisitions, The Bair Foundation, New Wilmington, PA
bullet Safety review and consultation for Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio
bullet Joint Commission accreditation for Inspirations Day Treatment in Little Rock, AR
bullet COA and CARF accreditation for a psychiatric residential treatment center for children and youth in Detroit (Methodist Children’s Home Society)
bullet CARF accreditation for Jackson County Psychological Services, NC
bullet COA accreditation for Avalon Hills eating disorder program, Logan, UT
bullet Joint Commission accreditation preparation for Bellefaire JCB psychiatric residential treatment center in Ohio
bullet Joint Commission accreditation/PRTF conversion for Cornell Abraxas Psychiatric adolescent Residential Treatment Facilities in Erie, PA and Colorado
bullet Joint Commission accreditation for 7 United Psychiatric Group freestanding psychiatric hospitals with adolescent residential treatment units*
bullet CARF accreditation (twice over 3 years) for a behavioral health agency in British Columbia (The Focus Foundation)
bullet CARF accreditation for a substance abuse treatment center in Oklahoma (New Beginnings)
bullet CARF accreditation assistance for a multi-program agency providing behavioral health, visiting nurse, early childhood education, Head Start, employment services, domestic violence crisis services, and MRDD family support services (Martha’s Vineyard Community Services)
bullet COA National Conference workshop presentation 2006 on Risk Management
bullet Operations assessment and enhancement of a $56 million county-city operated social services system that provides 53 different social services programs including a comprehensive community mental health and substance abuse treatment center, children’s services, MR/DD services, older adult programs, home care, corrections and probation contractual services, with a unionized workforce (Midtown Mental Health operated by Wishard Health Services operated by the City-County of Indianapolis, IN.) subcontract with Cambio Health Solutions, Inc.
bullet Risk pool analysis and strategies for Lead Agencies managing care under Florida’s child welfare privatization and global transfer of some $587 million from the State to the lead agencies through the Florida Coalition for Children, with Milliman, Inc.
bullet PRTF conversion and/or strategic and long range plans (including feasibility and demand studies), business development for child and adolescent residential treatment centers and psychiatric inpatient units serving all age groups and populations:
 
 
 
bullet CO: Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center - Cornell Companies
bullet IN: Gibault; Midtown MH Center –Wishard Health System; Bloomington Meadows Hospital – United Psychiatric Group*
bullet PA: Mars Home for Youth; Auberle; Glade Run
bullet IL: St. Johns Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
bullet IN: Bloomington Meadows Hospital*
bullet KS: Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services
bullet SD: McCrossan Boys Ranch
bullet OH: Belmont Pines Hospital and Fox Run Hospital – United Psychiatric Group*
bullet NM: Mesilla Valley Hospital – United Psychiatric Group*
 
 
bullet Clinical and operations due diligence for JW Childs interest in acquiring a $700+ million national human service system working primarily in therapeutic foster care, host home, home health, and residential treatment for and related product lines for children, adolescents, adults and older adults in child welfare, juvenile justice, developmental disabilities, acquired brain injury and medical industries
bullet Statewide child welfare substitute care case rate analysis for the Arizona Dept. of Economic Security in partnership with Milliman, an international actuarial firm
bullet Feasibility study to expand psychiatric residential treatment for Prairie View, Inc. a private non profit behavioral health system with a free standing psychiatric hospital and residential treatment unit in central Kansas
bullet Feasibility study and market research for a CON for a new freestanding psychiatric hospital, residential treatment center, partial hospital and outpatient services for Universal Health Services, The Stonington Institute.
bullet Turnaround management for the psychiatric inpatient services at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL.
bullet Interim management for the psychiatric inpatient and outpatient services at Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center in Pittsburg, KS
bullet Efficiency study for the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation statewide Early Intervention program with 790 practitioners
bullet Productivity study for Indiana County, PA Guidance Center
bullet Human Services Study – Comparative Analysis for Berks County, PA
bullet Operations assessment and market plan for Summit County, NJ Department of Human Services, Richard Hall Mental Health Center
bullet Clinical productivity enhancement for a large regional county operated CMHC (Pineland MH/MR/SA Community Service Board in Georgia)
bullet Product review and business development for an ORYX approved behavioral health outcomes management software application (CS&O)
bullet Managed behavioral healthcare plan for a non profit children’s hospital (Driscoll Children's Hospital Inc. in Brownsville, Texas)
bullet Medicaid cost report, rate and licensing policies for a staff-secure 176 bed adolescent residential treatment center serving adjudicated adolescents with histories of habitual offending and sex offenses (Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center in Canon City, CO.)
bullet Operations assessment and enhancement for Connecticut Renaissance, a diverse drug and alcohol treatment program
bullet Mental health service system planning and development for Cornell Companies Inc., a national behavioral health and corrections provider system
 
     
 

* While Vice President, United Psychiatric Group

 
     
  State and County Government Experience  
     
  Some of the state and county government agencies with whom I have consulted include:  
     
 
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Alaska Division of Behavioral Health

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Florida Department of Children and Family Services

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Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation

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Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

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Arizona Department of Economic Security

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Pineland Regional MH/MR/SA Community Services Board in Georgia

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Berks County PA Department of Human Services

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Indiana County PA Community Guidance Center

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Marion County – Indianapolis jointly operated Wishard Health Services Hospital & Community Mental Health Center

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Somerset County, NJ, Dept. of Human Services

 
     
  References  
     
  We include references from former clients in all proposals. Please contact us to learn how we can help your mission and business succeed.  
     
 

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