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Mental Health and
Recovery Services Board Achieves Highest Sept. 30, 2009-- The Ohio Association of County Behvioral Health Authorities (OACBHA) awarded Board Certification to the Mental Health, Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Board of Putnam County. This is the highest level of certification that a local behavioral health Board can recieve. The independent association of county alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health boards provides three-year certifications to Boards that can demonstrate compliance with over 140 standards. Cheir L. Walter, CEO of OACBHA, says the certificaiton process offers a substantive and objective means by which to evaluate board's processes, systems and efficiencies. "We ask a great deal of Ohio's behavioral health boards, and it's important to be able to measure and quantify their performance," she said. "The certification process is something that we take very seriously. The reviews are thoroughm exacting and broad in scope. A multi-year certification offers conclusive evidence that a board is operating with very high levels of competency, skill and efficiency." OACBHA awards three-year certification to Boards that demonstarte substantial fulfillment of its standards, including compliance to Medicaid rules, risk management and insurance, health and safety, human resources, mission and program, goverance, finance and operations, continuous quality improvement, and ethics. |
