New Chair, Distinguished Leaders Expand BHG Medical Advisory Board By Nancy Buttyan, Chief Marketing Officer A lot has happened with our Medical Advisory Board since its launch in 2020, starting with our inaugural Chair, Dr. Vivek Murthy, MD, being nominated by President Biden to serve as our U.S. Surgeon General for the second time. We’re grateful for the time and expertise he gave us […]
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By Samson Teklemariam, LPC, CPTM, VP, Director of Clinical Services Professional development and license renewal just got easier for BHG employees. Launching soon are our free, training courses, some of which earn NAADAC-accredited CEs. You’ll have a mix of live and web-based sessions to choose from such as motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care, clinical supervision, documentation
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Vaccine Campaign Winners Check out our November Vaccination Campaign winners who received $100 e-gift cards. Thank you for taking care of “us” so that we can take care of our communities. Mariana Lazarin, MSW Supervisee in Social Work, QMHP A/C – BHG Chesapeake Treatment Center Anthony McGrath, Counselor – BHG Mobile Treatment Center How to participate in the campaign In support of BHG’s infectious disease vaccination policy, we
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By Dwight Mussleman, Chief Development Officer BHG continues to strategically grow where there is a pressing need for our approach to real recovery. I’m proud to share that BHG has completed one of the largest acquisitions yet with Valhalla Place in Minnesota which includes four OTPs with 185 staff caring for 3,050 patients. A Kaiser
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SAMMS Update Goes Live Successfully for First OTP By Rebecca Hardman, PMP, Director of Project Management and Clinical Informatics I want to say a huge thank-you to Program Director, Lisa Smith, and the whole team at our Paris Treatment Center for being such a welcoming group and so willing to work through a pilot process
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We love seeing how you are living our culture. From our monthly Vaccine Campaign winners to special celebrations, check out how colleagues across the country shared photos with us about how they’re lifting spirits and living our culture. BHG Jackson Gives Out the Sweets on National Chocolate Day BHG Jackson celebrated National Chocolate Day on October 28 and brought some “sweet” joy
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What a powerful Thanksgiving gift to us all. Many thanks to Sheryl Banang, BS, MS Program Director, BHG Jackson Treatment Center for sharing her colleagues’ poems. Sarah and Sierra, thank you for your profound, encouraging poetry expressing how you see and capture our patients’ recovery experience. You Got This By Sarah Hauke, BS, Counselor Chills, fever, body aches, and muscle pain, too.
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Veterans Share Stories about Life after the Military American Veteran is a four-part documentary series on PBS tracing the veteran experience throughout American history. Episode Three, The Return, shares first-hand stories about the difficulty for veterans returning to civilian life. Veterans Tell Difficult Stories through Art and Music Check out this inspiring Mind Matters segment on the TODAY Show story
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By Linda Ballard, Chief Human Resource Officer “All freedom isn’t free for all. A lot of sacrifices and lives were lost for it, so the recognition [from BHG for Veteran’s Day] is well received.” Franklin Jones Jr., Program Director, BHG Chesapeake South, Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy To Our Veterans, We Thank You On
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BHG Doubles Down on Improving Patient Retention, Outcomes By Julie Koenig, RN, Chief Operations Officer Every day, our leadership team talks to colleagues across the country about the challenges and victories of helping patients stick with their recovery journey, especially during those first 90 critical days. As we’ve made much progress in upgrading our infrastructure,
