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Arts in Healthcare Funding Available
De Piano Chosen to Serve on MHCA Board
Welcome Community Healthcore
Guth Resigns from MHCA Board
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 What's New

 
Arts in Healthcare Funding Available

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Johnson and Johnson, working in partnership with the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, seeks to promote the use of the arts to enhance the healthcare experience for patients, their families, and caregivers. From 2001 - 2008, they have provided funding to 115 programs in the US and Canada representing leading models and initiatives in high quality healthcare through the use of arts. Proposals are now being sought from healthcare and or arts organizations that have established arts in healthcare programs with evidence of initial impact. For more information and eligibility requirements, please review the guidelines available at http://thesah.org/template/page.cfm?page_id=15 (click on picture at left). The deadline for submitting a Letter of Inquiry is August 8, 2008.        



De Piano Chosen to Serve on MHCA Board

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At its May 30 meeting, the MHCA Board of Directors selected Linda C. De Piano, PhD to serve out the term of Director David Guth who resigned as a result of the reconfiguration of his organization, Centerstone. The term ends February 2011. Dr. De Piano, like Guth, is from MHCA's South Region and therefore meets the requirements of like geographical area. She is CEO of the Oakwood Center of the Palm Beaches, Inc. of West Palm Beach, Florida where she oversees a budget of $24 million and 276 employees. Oakwood Center has been an MHCA member since 2003.        



Welcome Community Healthcore

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MHCA is pleased to announce that Community Healthcore of Longview, Texas has become that state's 11th MHCA member. CEO Inman White visited our 2008 Winter Conference in St. Pete Beach along with Sharon Putnam, Chairman of Community Healthcore's Board of Trustees, and Marilyn Wyman, Director of Operations. This JCAHO accredited behavioral healthcare center operates with 345 FTEs and an annual budget of $27 million. The center was earlier known as Sabine Valley Regional MHMR Center.       



Guth Resigns from MHCA Board

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As a result of the anticipated merger of Tennessee's Centerstone with two Indiana behavioral health centers, David Guth has resigned from the MHCA Board of Directors. His company, Centerstone CMHC, now known as Centerstone Tennessee, will be led by Dr. Bob Vero who formerly served as President and Chief Operating Officer there. Guth has become the CEO of the parent Centerstone company also located in Nashville. The merged companies began operating under the Centerstone name beginning May 1. Dr. Vero will attend MHCA's Spring Conference in New Orleans - please help us welcome him in his new role as CEO. To complete the merger plan, Quinco Behavioral Health Systems and the Center for Behavioral Health will be known jointly as Centerstone Indiana, located in Columbus, Indiana and led by Robert J. (Bob) Williams, PhD. A new corporation, Centerstone Research Institute, will be led by Dennis P. (Denny) Morrison, PhD and located in Bloomington, Indiana.       




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  • If any members are having problems accessing the Members' Forums section of our site, or you've forgotten or misplaced your Username and Password, you can get an automatic Username & Password Reminder sent to you via email. If you then still have problems, please contact Frank Collins at .
     

  • Results of MHCA's annual CEO & Top Management Compensation Report (for 2006) are available to members. The report includes a narrative analysis of the CEO portion and an accompanying section on top management staff compensation (available soon).  CEOs may access the CEO & Top Management Compensation Report results online in the MHCA Document Archives.

  • MHCA's Membership Directory is available online and packed with tons of useful and valuable information! The online Directory includes links to CEO Email and member center Websites and serves as a powerful tool for searching for specific Subject Matter Resources and other text.  Need to submit new information or make changes to your center's page?  You can do so online by completing our Member Profile Entry Form.

  • Use MHCA's  Accreditation Surveyor List to contact other CEOs who have had surveys by the same individual assigned to your center (JCAHO & CARF).

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