Organizational Members

We’re a health and human services consulting company with deep reservoirs of talent, decades of expertise, and an upbeat, collaborative approach. We’ve been helping clients with system improvement, evaluation, planning, and financing for over twenty years. Our team comes from direct service, government, education, justice systems, child welfare, and other settings. And we specialize in healthcare, justice, and social services. If you are designing, implementing, or evaluating systems—or if you’re looking for support with financing or evidence-based practices—we can help.

Avant Consulting LLC is a consultancy dedicated exclusively to the Behavioral Health Care industry.  Its team of industry experts helps systems of care thrive through financially sustainable models, effective use of information technology, and successful navigation of complex strategic, compliance, reimbursement and operational challenges. 

The Behavioral Health Care team at Dickinson Wright has nearly 70 years of combined industry experience. Our lawyers represent clients as they navigate through the behavioral health care reformation brought on by the 2008 Parity Act and the 2010 Affordable Care Act. From the beginning, our attorneys have been involved in the latest developments affecting the industry, including developing behavioral health insurance exchanges; integrating primary medical and behavioral health programs; creation of clinically integrated networks and implementing new CMS managed care, stark, parity and coordination of care regulations.

Mental Health America (MHA)’s work is driven by its commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need them; with recovery as the goal.

NYAPRS is a nationally acclaimed change agent dedicated to improving services, public policies, and social conditions for people with mental health, substance use and trauma-related challenges.  We advance this mission through the promotion of human rights, health, wellness, recovery, and full community inclusion, so that all may achieve maximum potential in communities of choice. NYAPRS is a peer-run organization that ensures that the authentic voice of people with lived experience drives all our actions and activities.

Community Care Behavioral Health Organization (Community Care) is a nonprofit behavioral health managed care organization that is part of the UPMC Insurance Services Division. Based in Pittsburgh, Community Care was created in 1996 to support Pennsylvania’s HealthChoices program for Medicaid recipients. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of the community through the delivery of effective and accessible behavioral health services, with a focus on recovery.