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OPEN MINDS consultants are health and human services experts for organizations serving consumers with the most complex support needs. Our team has a deep understanding of the financing and service delivery for consumers with chronic conditions, mental illnesses, addictive disorders, cognitive disabilities, autism, dementia, and Alzheimer’s.

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Meet the Consultants

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

Ken Carr

  • Financial Management Of Health & Human Service Organizations
  • Strategic Planning & Strategy Implementation
  • Service Line Assessment & Development
  • Strategic Management & Business Process Improvement
  • Determining Unit Costs & Financial Sustainability
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
  • VBR: Financial & Metrics Readiness

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

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

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

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

Sharon Hicks, MSW, MBA

  • Health Plan Outreach & Contracting
  • Provider Market Assessment & Growth Positioning
  • Strategic Planning & Payer Mix Diversification
  • Strategic Management & Business Process Improvement
  • Data Governance
  • Technology Assessment
  • Clinical Billing Review
  • Procurement
  • Practice Management

Richard Louis, III

  • Health Plan Outreach & Contracting
  • Provider Market Assessment & Growth Positioning
  • Strategic Planning & Payer Mix Diversification
  • Growth Strategies & Business Development
  • Service Line Assessment & Development
  • Market Positioning & Strategic Partnership Development

Lauren Sims

  • Change Management
  • Determining Unit Costs & Financial Sustainability
  • EHR & Other Tech Selection & Implementation
  • Health Plan Outreach & Contracting
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Innovative Partnership Development
  • Payer Contracting & Reimbursement
  • Performance Improvement, Data Analysis & Reporting
  • Strategic Management & Business Process Improvement
  • Strategic Planning
  • Succession Planning & Executive Transitions
  • System Integration Including Computerizing Clinical Work Flows
  • VBR: Financial & Metrics Readiness
  • Other Creating Health Workspace