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Meet the Consultants

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

Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC

  • Strategic Planning & Project Management
  • Contracting Negotiations & Revenue Development
  • Performance Improvement, Data Analysis & Reporting
  • Primary Care Integration
  • Grant Development & Management
  • FQHC/FQHC LAL Development & Management
  • Whole Person Care

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

Christy Dye

  • Integrated Behavioral Health/Primary Care Models & Clinical Operations
  • Population Health & High Cost/High Need Member Management
  • Complex Care Programs
  • Data Flow Management, HIE & Interoperability
  • Integrated ACT Teams
  • Peer Health Coaching

Lauren Frantz

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

Rick Gutierrez, Ph.D.

  • Business Development Within Developmental Disability Space​
  • Network Management & Development​
  • Leadership Development & Coaching​
  • Strategy Planning & Facilitation​
  • Revenue Cycle Management

Emily Harris

  • Brand Strategy & Revenue Growth
  • Business To Business Marketing & Sales
  • Marketing Data Analytics
  • Service Line Growth
  • Process Development

Joseph Naughton-Travers, EdM

  • Development & Implementation Of Payer & Provider Strategic Alliances
  • Organizational Re-Engineering & Operations Management
  • Strategic Planning & Metric-Based Management
  • EHR & Other Technology Selection & Implementation
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
  • Service Line Assessment & Development

Ray Wolfe

  • Value-Based Reimbursement & Managed Care
  • Financial Analysis, Market Analysis, Strategic Planning, & Management
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Innovative Partnership Development
  • Performance Improvement, Data Analysis & Reporting, & Metric-Based Management