Tuerk Schlesinger, MBA, is the chief executive officer of AltaPointe Health where he has served for 24 years. Based in Mobile, AltaPointe is a large healthcare system providing primary and behavioral healthcare. Each year it provides more than 1 million services to 45,000 patients across the state with a $130 million budget. A national leader in behavioral health for more than 60 years, AltaPointe expanded its service array in 2018 to include primary care. Now focusing on the whole health of the patient, it operates Accordia Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center with five clinic sites. Rounding out the continuum, AltaPointe operates two psychiatric hospitals serving children and adults, 20 outpatient behavioral healthcare clinics, and BayView Professional Associates, its private practice arm serving southwest Alabama. Its team of 28 physicians and 16 physician extenders renders the medical care services throughout the organization. As CEO, Schlesinger established AltaPointe’s partnership with the University of South Alabama, College of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry for which the organization’s psychiatrists serves as the administration and faculty.
Schlesinger is a member of the National Council for Behavioral Health, the Mental Health Corporation of America (mhca), the Alabama Healthcare Reimbursement Reform Task Force-Steering Committee, Statewide Health Coordinating Council, various Alabama Department of Mental Health committees and subcommittees as well as many other organizations. He also serves on the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board.
Schlesinger earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Auburn University and a master of business administration degree from Spring Hill College in Mobile. In 2008, Schlesinger was named a Behavioral Health Champion by the nationally circulated Behavioral Healthcare Magazine.