The H Group Joins Centerstone

Centerstone and The H Group, BBT, Inc., two leading non-profit behavioral healthcare organizations, have finalized an affiliation that combines their operations and expertise to advance behavioral healthcare nationwide. The affiliation was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both organizations and became effective July 1, 2014.

“As we have explored bringing Centerstone and The H Group together over the past few months, we have grown even more excited about the possibilities we see to transform the delivery of care and improve the lives of people with mental illness, addictions and intellectual and developmental disabilities,” said David C. Guth, Jr., CEO of Centerstone. “It has been inspiring to see how well the missions, visions and strategic directions of our organizations align. We are thrilled to get this dynamic partnership started and excited about the future ahead of us.”

Centerstone and The H Group executed a letter of intent to pursue an affiliation in November 2013. The organizations conducted a period of due diligence and negotiated a definitive affiliation agreement, which was reviewed by the Attorneys General of the states of Tennessee and Illinois. As part of the final agreement reached, The H Group will become part of Centerstone, forming two new organizations, Centerstone of Illinois and Centerstone of Kentucky. John G. Markley, CEO of The H Group, has been tapped to serve as CEO of both organizations. All of The H Group’s clinics and locations will be renamed Centerstone over the next few weeks.

The combined Centerstone organization has 146 locations across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee and approximately $160 million in annual revenues. It will employ more than 2,600 people and serve more than 84,000 individuals of all ages.

“This affiliation is an exciting development for our team, our clients and our communities,” said Markley. “By combining the expertise and resources of Centerstone and The H Group, we are well positioned to grow and thrive in the changing healthcare industry and have tremendous new opportunities to drive life-changing results for our clients and advance quality care across our industry.”

The H Group is the largest behavioral healthcare provider in Southern Illinois, with a 50-year history of serving children, youth, adults and families through mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, life skills enrichment programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities. It serves nearly 9,000 clients at Illinois service centers in Franklin, Jackson, Williamson counties and in Western Kentucky. With more than 600 employees, The H Group is also one of its region’s top employers.

Centerstone and The H Group joining forces will be seamless for the organizations’ clients and communities. All Centerstone and The H Group addresses and phone numbers will remain the same and clients will continue to see their providers at the same locations.

About Centerstone

Centerstone, a not-for-profit organization, is one of the nation’s largest providers of community-based behavioral healthcare. It provides a range of support, treatment and educational programs and services to individuals who have mental health and addiction disorders and developmental disabilities. Each year, the organization serves more than 84,000 people of all ages at nearly 150 locations across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. It also operates the Centerstone Foundation, Centerstone Research Institute, Advantage Behavioral Health, Centerstone Military Services and Centerstone Health Partners. For more information about Centerstone, please visit www.centerstone.org.

This was reported by Centerstone on July 7, 2014.

Contact information: Stacey H. Nickens, Senior Account Executive, Seigenthaler Public Relations for Centerstone, 115 29th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212; 615.327.7999; E-mail: snickens@seigenthaler.com; Website: http://www.seigenthaler.com

COVID-19 Risk Management Plan August 11, 2021

We are excited to return to sunny southern California for The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute at the picturesque Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, August 23-26, 2021. To help plan your in-person attendance, visit https://openminds.com/live-mbpi/ for a schedule of events happening throughout the week.

The resurgence of the COVID Delta variant has certainly created new challenges for the country and for our families. Fortunately, the available COVID vaccinations have been very successful in preventing symptomatic infections and illness. But I did want to let you know that our team at OPEN MINDS is committed to making our executive events as safe as possible and have an active risk management plan in place. I wanted to share with you the key elements of our plan:

Masking. Every participant will receive a mask as part of their registration materials. Unvaccinated people will be required to wear masks – and vaccinated attendees will be encouraged to wear masks. If the local or state governments have more restrictive standards (including mandatory masking or requiring proof of vaccination) at the time of our institutes, we will follow those standards.

Social Distancing. We are working with the event venue to hold all sessions in the largest possible rooms with seating as far apart as possible. In order to accomplish this, we ask that you select in advance the sessions you plan to attend in-person at the event venue. This will assist us with room and seating arrangements.

Outdoor Events. Where possible, we will use outdoor spaces for networking events and smaller sessions.

Hand Sanitation. Hand sanitation stations are available throughout the event venue and hand sanitizer is included in your registration materials, courtesy of our partner, Qualifacts+Credible.

Virtual Sessions. Every session will be partially or fully available in a virtual capacity:

We are livestreaming via GoToWebinar our plenary sessions – keynote addresses and plenary panels. You can participate online from your hotel room (or from your home office if you can’t attend on-site). We will be accepting questions from both the onsite and online audiences.
Each executive seminar is being offered at two separate times, one live at the event venue and the other exclusively for virtual attendees.
We are recording the audio for each session – and will post the audio along with presentation materials after each session.
A virtual exhibit hall will be available with access to all exhibitor contact information, product demos, and engagement opportunities.

We will continue to monitor any changes in the CDC recommendations for the continued safety of the public. If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to reach out to a member of our team at events@openminds.com or by phone at 877-350-6463. We look forward to seeing you at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute.

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