Houston, Texas, United States
Experienced behavioral health Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry as well as community mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Recently twice named by Modern Healthcare to their list of Top 25 Innovators and received the Charley H. Shannon Advocate for Justice Award by NAMI Texas. Skilled in integrated care, engaging technology to increase access and quality of care, and broadening impact behavioral health services through population level strategies with a strong focus on underserved and safety net populations. Strong, innovative professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Health Care Administration and a licensed behavioral health professional (LPC) with a master degree in counseling.
• As the CEO of the largest behavioral and developmental disability agency in Texas, I oversee the planning and delivery of behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disabilities services to over 96,000 individuals per year while leading 2600 team members at 40+ care locations with an annual budget of $373+ million. The organizational structure involves 5 primary divisions (Mental Health, Crisis Services, Forensic Services, Access and Community Engagement, and IDD Services), a foundation, and 4 permanent supportive housing complexes. In addition to our 85+ medical staff members, we partner with 3 academic medical centers as a training site for medical students, psychiatry residents & fellows. • Our continuum of care includes: Integrated primary care at 5 locations, Psychiatric Emergency Center (36 beds), Jail Diversion Center (41 bed), Crisis Respite (16 beds), CSU (16 beds), CRU (18 beds & 16 beds), 24 SRO’s emergently housing homeless, Crisis Call Line (150,000 + calls and regional 988 response center), 27 CIRT teams, Homeless outreach team, ACT/FACT Teams, multiple outpatient clinics, Offender/Re-Entry Clinics, diversion courts, Harris County Jail (4th largest jail in the country), 5 primary care clinics, Juvenile Detention Services, Alternative Sentencing Dual Dx Resident Treatment Program (140 beds), Peer Respite home (10 beds), Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams, 20 non-law enforcement 911 MH response teams, School based care locations, Detox (8 beds) and outpatient SUD treatment, 5 apartment complexes, 200 transitional housing units, IDD Services, 4 IDD Cottages for residential care, IDD Crisis & Respite, & ECI services
Served as a Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health for JPS Health Network and Administrator of Trinity Springs Pavilion. A Level I Trauma Center, JPS Health Network is a safety net county hospital licensed for 567 beds with over 40 outpatient locations which provided 850,000 patient encounters last year. As leader of the system’s behavioral health service line, I have responsibility for a full continuum of behavioral health services that includes a 20,000 visit psychiatric emergency center, a 96 bed inpatient psychiatric hospital/pavilion, a 36 bed inpatient psychiatric hospital, four partial hospitalization programs, five psychiatry clinics, a school based behavioral health clinic, robust peer support services, and a network of embedded behavioral health specialists providing integrated care at primary care sites throughout Tarrant County. Additionally, I provide leadership and direction for JPS' role as the Anchor of RHP 10 and the organization’s 28 Delivery System Reform Improvement Projects (DSRIP) under Texas' 1115 Healthcare Transformation Waiver.
• Provided management and oversight of all aspects of Managed Behavioral Health Care services (including Employee Assistance Programs) for 600+ employers covering thousands of members • Supervised all operational and account management staff (primarily master level clinicians) in three regional offices
Provided management and oversight of all healthcare cost containment service departments including pre-authorization, bill audit, disability management, independent medical evaluations, compliance and return to work services.
Responsible for overall operations of a Joint Commission accredited sixty-eight (68) bed chemical dependency treatment facility