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Meet the Consultants

Paul Duck

  • Strategic Planning & Strategy Implementation
  • Growth Strategies & Business Development
  • Integrated Primary Care Models & Clinical Operations
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
  • Change Management & Team Building
  • Service Line Assessment & Development
  • Development & Implementation Of Payer & Provider Strategic Alliances
  • Health Plan Outreach & Contracting
  • Strategic Planning & Payer Mix Diversification
  • Organizational Re-Engineering & Operations Management

Michael Allen

  • Strategic Planning & Organizational Development
  • Clinical Quality & Performance Management
  • Transformational Leadership & Team Building
  • Service Line Development, Expansion & Optimization

Kim Bond, MS, LMFT

  • Behavioral Health Treatment In The Public & Community Setting
  • Clinical & Contractual Compliance
  • Clinical Oversight
  • Budget Management

Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D.

  • Integrated Behavioral Health System Design
  • Strategic Planning For Mental Health & Substance Use Delivery Systems
  • Behavioral Health Financing & Policy Reform
  • State & Federal Legislative & Regulatory Strategy
  • Measurement-Based Care & Clinical Performance Management
  • Behavioral Health Policy Authorship & Thought Leadership

Dee Dewitt

  • Financial Management Of Health & Human Service Organizations
  • Planning & Change Management In Healthcare Organizations
  • Financial Operation Of For-Profit & Non-Profit Healthcare Organizations
  • Organization & Service Line Financial Analysis & Planning
  • Determining Unit Costs & Financial Sustainability
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnership Development
  • Strategic Management & Business Process Improvement
  • Strategic Planning & Outcomes Productivity
  • Determining Unit Costs & Financial Sustainability
  • Strategic Planning & Payer Mix Diversification
  • VBR: Financial & Metrics Readiness

Lauren Frantz

  • Event Planning & Management
  • Marketing Strategy & Execution
  • Campaign Development
  • Event Content Development & Speaker Coordination

Sharon Hicks, MBA, MSW

  • Financial Management Of Health & Human Service Organizations – Both Service Provider Systems & Health Plans
  • Health Information Management & Management Of Electronic Medical Recordkeeping Systems
  • Technology Selection & Implementation
  • System Integration Including Computerizing Clinical Workflows

Andrea Mander, MAS-PHM

  • Strategic Planning & Transformational Leadership
  • Creating, Implementing, & Transforming Health Systems
  • Designing Trauma-informed Best Practices In Behavioral Health Programs
  • Population Health Management
  • Strategic Management & Business Process Improvement

Margaret Mays, Ph.D.

  • Health Plan Contracting & Reimbursement
  • Accreditation & Regulatory Practices
  • Process Improvement Development
  • Performance Measurement, Outcomes & Comprehensive Program Metrics