: Volunteers needed Volunteers from Cleveland County are needed to serve on the Consumer-Family Advisory Committee for Partners Behavioral Health Management. The Consumer-Family Advisory Committee advises and advocates on behalf of consumers and families in the planning and delivery of mental health, intellectual/developmental disabilities and substance abuse services. Committee members must be consumers of behavioral [...]

Still, he did manage to look ahead: California has reduced its investment in mental health issues. … But the economy is recovering, and we can start now in the process of rebuilding, Chesbro said. I hope to see the rebuilding of the system. The first step in that process, Chesbro said, is to take a [...]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently revised its standards for how detained immigrants are treated. For the first time since 2008, ICE has announced it will improve medical and mental health services to immigrants who are in detention or in the process of being deported out of the country. The agency says it will also [...]

Members of the mental health community claim Gov. Pat Quinns proposed $53 million spending cut will cost the state in the long run, but Quinn and others say the cuts are needed to balance the budget. Quinns cuts targeted services not covered by Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income individuals, and are not [...]

WAVERLY — Its official: Pike Health Services is part of Adena Health System, effective today. The Pike County-based health care provider joined forces after completing merger discussions and entering into formal agreements that were approved by both boards of trustees. This is a historic development that will greatly benefit patients, as well as our two [...]

CHICAGO, Mar 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Northern Trust announced today it has been selected to provide global custody and related services for UnitedHealth Group, a leading diversified health and well-being company based in Minnetonka, Minn. Northern Trust will provide safekeeping, accounting and Investment Risk & Analytical Services for $25 billion in insurance assets held [...]

Cossetta Stroud appeals a Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) Board of Appeals (Board) December 30, 2004 final order, issued at the conclusion of her fathers challenge to DSHS terminating her independent provider (IP) contract. Stroud assigns error to the DSHS Boards reviewing judge (1) assuming original jurisdiction, rather than appellate jurisdiction; (2) evaluating [...]

WINNER: Physician Rajiv Sood, MD, FACS Medical Director, Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center, Wishard Health Services; Professor of Plastic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine It was practically a given that Rajiv Sood, MD, would become a doctor. His mother, a pediatrician, had her office in the familys house, and from age six the concept [...]

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In the Friday, Feb. 3 issue of the Sherwood Park News, I took an in-depth look at the negative results of Alberta Health Services (AHS) having taken over ambulance care throughout the province in April 2009. The numbers speak for themselves. Strathcona County has seen negative effects from the takeover. One major issue is that [...]