ValueOptions Appoints Nancy Lane as Public Sector Chief Operating Officer.NORFOLK, Va. -- ValueOptions today announced that it has named Nancy Lane, PhD, as the chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for its public sector programs. In this position, Dr. Lane will be responsible for the oversight and direction of all administrative, medical, clinical and quality initiatives, as well as nation wide service center operational oversight and support. Dr. Lane has served ValueOptions in executive roles at its Massachusetts Behavioral Health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or Partnership (MBHP MBHP Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership ) since joining the company in 1997. MBHP manages publicly funded mental health and substance abuse services for more than 320,000 Medicaid members across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As the chief executive officer of MBHP, Dr. Lane successfully cultivated cultivated, n in herbal medicine, used to describe plants that are commercially farmed rather than collected from the wild. relationships with state partners to build a successful public sector program that serves as a model for others in the industry. "Under Dr. Lane's leadership, MBHP has set the performance standard for public sector managed behavioral health care," said Richard Sheola, president of ValueOptions Public Sector Division. "We are very excited that she will be capitalizing on that experience and expertise to ensure the consistent application of behavioral health best practices in all of our public sector programs across the country." Prior to joining ValueOptions, Dr. Lane held a number of management positions with several managed behavioral care organizations and has also worked as a clinician clinician /cli·ni·cian/ (kli-nish´in) an expert clinical physician and teacher. cli·ni·cian n. in the industry. About ValueOptions One of the nation's premier behavioral health care management organizations, ValueOptions serves nearly 23 million people across the country through publicly funded and commercial contracts with employee assistance, mental health and substance abuse, behavioral disability management and integrated programs. The company is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States of America. With a population of 234,403 as of the 2000 census, Norfolk is Virginia's second-largest incorporated city. . For more information, please visit www.valueoptions.com. |
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