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Elk Grove Unified Partners with ‘Care Solace’ for Mental Healthcare Services

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“By partnering with a mission-driven school district like Elk Grove Unified, we’re paving a new path forward to connect students to verified community-based resources in times of need,” said Chad Castruita, founder of Care Solace.


ELK GROVE, Calif. and SAN DIEGO (PRWEB)

Care Solace, an organization determined to calm the chaos of mental healthcare coordination, has been selected by the Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) to support behavioral and mental healthcare referrals for its nearly 63,000 students, families and staff members. Care Solace equips school districts with a web-based tool that makes it easier for students, families and staff to connect with mental healthcare resources and providers in their communities.

“School is more than a place to learn, it’s a place where students come to feel embraced, included and supported and with more than 400 referrals made in the first two weeks of our soft rollout, we see that there’s an unmet need,” said Don Ross, director of student support and health services at EGUSD. “We chose Care Solace for their unique ability to further our commitment to finding solutions that strengthen the health and safety of our learning community.”

According to Child Trends, quick and easy access to evidence-based intervention offers the best opportunity to reduce the burden of economic and health costs associated with mental health disorders. Care Solace’s care navigation system uses proprietary technology and the largest database of behavioral and mental healthcare resources in California to find carefully vetted local therapists and programs in minutes. Families of EGUSD will also have access to an around-the-clock Care Concierge team, where experts guide families through processes related to insurance, provider availability, wait times and scheduling.

“By partnering with a mission-driven school district like Elk Grove Unified, we’re paving a new path forward to connect students to verified community-based resources in times of need. There are many barriers that make it difficult for schools and families to get mental healthcare. We want to lift that burden so they can focus on what’s most important – getting well,” said Chad Castruita, founder of Care Solace. “We couldn’t be more proud to support Elk Grove Unified in strengthening the wellbeing of their community.”

Care Solace provides the network necessary to help faculty, students and families determine when support is needed, and assists in coordinating community-based mental healthcare options. In areas with limited access to behavioral and mental healthcare resources and providers, professional counseling is available through online therapy sessions. Last year alone, more than 80,000 school staff and parents used the pre-screening tool, and at least 30,000 students received mental healthcare services as a result. Care Solace has facilitated an estimated 4,000 crisis interventions.

Care Solace is now available to EGUSD families and staff. For more information about Care Solace, please visit https://home.caresolace.com/.

About the Elk Grove Unified School District

The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) is the fifth-largest school district in California located in southern Sacramento County. EGUSD covers 320 square miles and includes 67 schools: 42 elementary schools, nine middle schools, nine high schools, five alternative education schools, an adult school, one charter school and a virtual academy. Offering a multitude of educational programs, including over 70 career-themed academies and pathways within 15 industry sectors, we prepare our students for college and career by supporting them with the means to be creative problem solvers; self-aware, self-reliant, and self-disciplined; technically literate; effective communicators and collaborators; and engaged in the community as individuals with integrity. We integrate rigorous academics with career-based learning and real-world workplace experiences and ensure that Every Student is Learning, in Every Classroom, in Every Subject, Every Day to Prepare College, Career and Life Ready Graduates.

About Care Solace

Care Solace is on a mission to calm the chaos associated with mental healthcare coordination for high school and college students. The organization’s web-based system works alongside multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) as a tool for school staff and families to connect with community-based mental healthcare resources and providers. The proprietary care navigation system taps into a vast database of mental healthcare resources to find carefully vetted local therapists and programs in minutes. In 2019, more than 80,000 school staff and parents used the Care Solace pre-screening tool. At least 30,000 students received mental healthcare support as a result. To learn more, visit http://www.caresolace.com.

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R3 Medical Training Now Offering $500 Off Comprehensive Stem Cell Training Course

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Stem Cell Training Course

Two Day Stem Cell Training Courses (888) 998-6343

Our courses receive rave reviews because of the hands on experience and the fact that all attendees receive a procedure as well. When learning a new skill set, there’s nothing like performing procedures! No models or cadavers, only real patients.


LAS VEGAS (PRWEB)

R3 Medical Training is now offering $500 for its Comprehensive two day stem cell training course. The discount applies to those registering online for the course and the code to use for the discount is R3FIVE. The next course is March 13-14th at the Westin Lake Las Vegas.

R3 Medical Training’s hands on courses include procedures on real patients with real biologics. The focus is on learning skills that are immediately useful in practice, which includes techniques for injections, IV, intranasal and nebulizer. In addition to learning procedure skills, attendees also get to receive a procedure for free too.

Currently, there are two options for courses. The Comprehensive Stem Cell Course offers one day of didactic presentations, and the second day includes all procedures. For the Regenerative Aesthetics Training Course, the focus is also on Hands On for hair restoration, facial rejuvenation along with sexual health procedures. Just like the Comprehensive course, attendees also receive a complimentary procedure.

For over two years now, the feedback from providers has routinely been amazing. According to R3 Medical Training CEO David Greene, “Our courses receive rave reviews because of the hands on experience and the fact that all attendees receive a procedure as well. When learning a new skill set, there’s nothing like performing procedures! No models or cadavers, only real patients.”

Each paid attendee can bring a free administrator if desired, and currently up to 20 CME credits are being offered for providers. Call (888) 998-6343 for more information.

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Opening Keynote by Shawn Galloway at AEU Regional Forums

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Shawn M. Galloway

“Shawn’s presentation not only speaks to their day-to-day needs, but also challenges them to think about safety in a way that can transform their operations from the bottom up.”


THE WOODLANDS, Texas (PRWEB)

Shawn M. Galloway, President and COO of ProAct Safety, a recognized pioneer of safety excellence strategies, kicked off the AEU Regional Forum at The Westin Long Beach in California last week.

Hosted by The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU), the nation’s leading provider of workers’ compensation to waterfront employers, AEU Regional Forums are one-day seminars throughout the year to provide educational information to waterfront employers related to leadership, loss control, workers’ compensation claims handling, and safety culture development.

Galloway’s 11 February keynote, 2020: A Vision of Safety Excellence, will be presented at additional Forums, which are planned in Lafayette, LA on 2 June and Jacksonville, FL on 9 September.

Keynote description: Do you know where your organization is on your journey to safety excellence? Do you know where to go next and how to proceed? How would you like to stop thinking and start knowing? Based on work with the best safety-performing organizations across all major industries, ProAct Safety has identified four commonalities among the most excellent organizations in safety performance and culture. Shawn Galloway will examine these four components in detail and explore how they synergize to produce excellent, sustainable results.

In this session, you will:

  • Learn the four things that companies with excellent safety performance and culture have in common

  • Learn how these four things work together to create optimal safety results

  • Learn practices you can implement to improve safety performance

“Many of the attendees of our Forums are safety professionals, so we look for speakers who can address topics that will resonate with them,” said Woody Collins of AEU, who organizes the events. “Shawn’s presentation not only speaks to their day-to-day needs, but also challenges them to think about safety in a way that can transform their operations from the bottom up.”

For more information about ProAct Safety events, visit http://proactsafety.com/events.

ABOUT SHAWN M. GALLOWAY

Shawn Galloway is the President of the global consultancy, ProAct Safety, and coauthor of several bestselling books including STEPS to Safety Culture Excellence and Forecasting Tomorrow: The Future of Safety Excellence and one of the best keynote speakers in the industry. His latest book, Inside Strategy: Value Creation from within Your Organization, was published earlier this year. He is a columnist for several magazines and one of the most prolific contributors in the safety industry, authoring over 600 podcasts, 200 articles and 100 videos. Shawn’s consulting clients include most of the best safety-performing organizations within every major industry. He has received awards for his significant contributions from the American Society of Safety Engineers Council on Practices & Standards, listed in National Safety Council’s Top 40 Rising Stars, EHS Today Magazine’s 50 People Who Most Influenced EHS and ISHN Magazine’s POWER 101 – Leaders of the EHS World. Read more about him and his work at http://www.ShawnGalloway.com.

ABOUT PROACT SAFETY

ProAct Safety is a global safety excellence consultancy. The company has completed more than 2,000 successful safety strategy, leadership, culture and behavior-based safety projects in nearly every major industry worldwide. Learn more at http://www.ProActSafety.com.

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Box Medical Solutions has announced a formal partnership with FocalPoint Advisors to increase ocular surface disease service offerings in eyecare practices

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“FocalPoint Advisors is a natural fit to ensure doctors are able to maximize their growth in this new niche. As a company, the belief is that the success of our doctors will equate to the success of our company.” – Tim Trinh, O.D., CEO of Box Medical Solutions.


FREEHOLD, N.J. (PRWEB)

Box Medical Solutions has announced a formal partnership with FocalPoint Advisors to deliver a low-risk, turn-key solution increasing dry eye service offerings in eyecare practices. The direct cost of dry eye disease to the U.S. Economy was projected to be $3.8 billion with the cost ranging from $687 per person for mild dry eye disease to $1,267 annually for severe dry eye disease. Many doctors continue to simply prescribe artificial tears as a solution for the dry eye epidemic. Both companies recognize that poor understanding, implementation and high capital equipment cost prevent doctors from optimizing their clinics to provide patients the necessary services resulting in missed financial and practice opportunities.

Box Medical Solutions has partnered with FocalPoint advisors in a disruptive program that completely removes the risk of purchasing equipment by providing doctors the opportunity to bring in diagnostics at no cost with a 2 year consultation contract. The doctor can earn their equipment without any risk, creating a win-win situation.

Box Medical Solutions was founded in 2016 in response to a lack of affordable Meibography a vital tool enabling doctors to identify meibomian gland dysfunction, educate patients and develop a proper prognosis for therapy. The creation of the Meibox and proprietary cloud software has helped doctors remove choke points in exam rooms and allow doctors to convert any examination room into a diagnostic center. “As a company, we have found that creating an affordable solution is only one half of the equation for doctors creating a successful dry eye clinic. The second half of the equation for success with our technology lies in implementation. FocalPoint Advisors is a natural fit to ensure doctors are able to maximize their growth in this new niche. As a company, the belief is that the success of our doctors will equate to the success of our company,” remarks Tim Trinh, O.D, CEO of Box Medical Solutions.

FocalPoint Advisors, a subsidiary of FocalPoint Holdings, is a practice improvement consulting and implementation service that addresses operational challenges to meet evolving industry standards. Using innovative statistical simulations and analytical models, FocalPoint Advisors brings the power of big data to Ophthalmology and Optometry practices. Providing objective and results-oriented analysis, our role is to act as a trusted advisor for our clients as we implement solutions, increase efficiency, and improve patient care.“At FocalPoint we recognized a need to create a full comprehensive solution for doctors who are frustrated by all the noise in the dry eye market. With so many options, doctors are afraid of making the wrong decisions and therefore will postpone offering ocular surface disease services. The program offered by FocalPoint Advisors removes that burden by offering a win-win profit-sharing consultation opportunity. After thorough research and analysis, we are excited to provide our partner practices with a collection of preferred service offerings and partnerships to increase practice efficiency while enhancing the patient experience,” said Anish Kapur, M.D., President of FocalPoint Holdings.

About FocalPoint Holdings

FocalPoint Holdings, the parent company of FocalPoint Advisors, is a privately held investment and management firm specializing in healthcare and technology companies. As an experienced partner to outstanding management teams, FocalPoint helps build durable companies with sustainable value, especially within the ophthalmic industry. With their team’s depth of knowledge in multiple industries, FocalPoint is the perfect partner for entrepreneurs and business executives looking to grow their business.

Additional information about Focal Point Holdings is available at https://linkedin.com/company/focalpointholdings and http://www.focalpointholdings.com

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FraudScope AI Platform Delivers Results for Highmark Inc. Financial Investigations and Provider Review Department

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FraudScope’s patented AI technology helps our health plan customers achieve significantly better results and at a faster pace than traditional rules-based fraud detection products.


ATLANTA (PRWEB)

FraudScope, an AI-based platform that helps health plan special investigations units, payment integrity, and medical review teams investigate fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA), today revealed its platform has helped Highmark’s Financial Investigations and Provider Review department identify potential FWA schemes more quickly than traditional analytics, in turn helping them achieve millions of dollars in savings.

FraudScope began working with Highmark in 2019 with Kurt Spear, Vice President of Financial Investigations and Provider Review, as a part of Highmark’s larger payment integrity strategy to drive down fraud, waste, and abuse. As referenced in a February 3, 2020 news announcement from Highmark, the Financial Investigations and Provider Review department has experienced more than $260 million in savings related to fraud, waste, and abuse in 2019 alone, with the escalation in savings attributed, in part, to the newly implemented AI initiative with FraudScope.

“FraudScope’s patented AI technology helps our health plan customers achieve significantly better results and at a faster pace than traditional rules-based fraud detection products. Implementations typically only take weeks which enable customers to be live and experiencing results very quickly,” stated Musheer Ahmed, CEO of FraudScope. “We are thrilled for the Highmark team and their astronomical fraud detection results and are pleased to have FraudScope play a role in their sophisticated payment integrity efforts.”

According to Highmark’s Spear, “AI is a game-changer for everyone,” and their February 3 news release describes how they are seeing positive results from their use of FraudScope’s AI capabilities which, combined with their established technologies and mature, experienced manual assessment process, has led to their industry leading effort.

FraudScope’s AI platform was live with Highmark in less than three months and, according to the team, they are identifying suspect billing and coding scenarios that have the potential of realizing a significant return on their investment with FraudScope.

According to Latrisha Oswald, Director of Highmark Financial Investigations and Provider Review, “FraudScope and their team assisted with every step of the implementation process and continue to be a collaborative partner to consistently enhance and tailor the platform to our needs in order to identify potential FWA as close to real-time as possible.”

More information about FraudScope and its capabilities can be found at https://www.fraudscope.com/solutions/.

About FraudScope

FraudScope is an AI-based platform that accelerates the identification of fraud, waste, and abuse. Our comprehensive claims investigation platform utilizes proven and patented AI-based technology to empower investigators and analysts to derive insights and conduct full investigations of suspect claims. For additional information about FraudScope and our solutions, visit https://www.fraudscope.com.

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Global Access to Cancer Care Foundation (GACCF) to Climb Highest Mountain in Africa to Raise Money for Cancer Treatment

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WASHINGTON (PRWEB)

Global Access to Cancer Care Foundation (GACCF) http://www.globalaccf.org, the leading global cancer care organization providing oncology education programs in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), announced today that it is partnering with Radiating Hope and Rad Global Adventures to climb the snowcapped African volcano of Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and money to advance cancer care for the world’s neediest patients.

The ‘Climb for Hope’ team of 25 climbers from a wide range of backgrounds and skill levels, including cancer survivors and caregivers, will hike up Mt. Kilimanjaro on June 15, 2020 to support the GACCF in its work to develop sustainable cancer education programs, with a focus on radiation oncology.

Mt. Kilimanjaro is the African continent’s highest peak at 19,340 feet and the world’s largest free-standing mountain. The nine-day trek starts in dense tropical rainforest, before passing through some of the mountain’s best features – the Shira Plateau, the infamous Barranco Wall, and scenic Karanga Valley on the way to the summit.

Each team member has committed to raising $10,000 to support the GACCF. Their goal is to raise more than $250,000. Donate here: http://www.globalaccf.org/climb-for-hope/.

In many locations across LMICs, delay in adopting advances in radiotherapy and lack of medical personnel is the limiting factor that impact improvements in cancer care. For example, the U.S. has on average one radiation oncologist per 71,000 people, whereas Tanzania has only two radiation oncologists, equaling one per 24 million people.

“Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro is a perfect metaphor for what a cancer patient goes through when batting the disease,” said Tonya Steiner, Executive Director of Global Access to Cancer Care Foundation. “It’s symbolic of the journey you embark upon after being diagnosed with cancer. There’s the diagnosis, figuring out a treatment plan and the treatment itself, which is the equivalent of trekking to the summit. You just keep climbing, pushing yourself further, overcoming the strain that comes with the journey. That’s why we’re asking colleagues, friends, and family to help us raise money to support our goal to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.”

Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro is not for the faint of heart. Mental toughness is just as essential as physical strength. The GACCF team will walk more than 5-10 miles a day for the duration of the climb. Climbers will endure difficult and perilous conditions, walking up 45-degree inclines with decreasing oxygen levels and face relentless winds that can be present throughout the hike.

Once they reach the summit the GACCF team will display prayer flags purchased by sponsors and dedicated to cancer patients who have faced the struggle of cancer head on. High at the summit, the flags will be flown as a symbol for cancer patients globally. Prayer flags have a long tradition of representing strength, hope, and well-being for the people they honor.

Joining the GACCF climbing team will be GACCF Ambassadors, Zoleka Mandela and Omarosa Onee Manigault Newman, along with GACCF executive director, Tonya Steiner and Radiating Hope executive director, Tom Ladd, a veteran mountain climber. This will mark Ladd’s fifth hike up Mt. Kilimanjaro on behalf of cancer patients.

Three days prior to the Mt. Kilimanjaro climb, GACCF will sponsor the Greater Horn Oncology Symposium (GHOS) on June12-14 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. GHOS is a multidisciplinary oncology conference dedicated to increasing awareness of cancer care in the Greater Horn of Africa to improve the prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer, particularly radiation treatment in Africa. The forum will bring together local physicians and community leaders as well as doctors from North America and Europe to learn about ways to advance cancer care in this region.

Just as recent media coverage reports the largest-ever single-year drop in cancer mortality in the United States, millions of individuals world-wide receive inadequate cancer therapies with little hope for survival. This health care crisis is expected to grow, impacting millions more, despite tragically underfunded and inadequate resources and recovery efforts. Recognizing the immediate need and call for action, the GACCF is the leading global medical humanitarian organization to bring hope and modern cancer care to the world’s most vulnerable patients.

Cancer, in its many forms, continues to impact everyone, no matter where you live within the world. In 2018 alone, approximately 17 million new cases of cancer were with close to 10 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. And while one-third of the planet’s total population is expected to be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime, cancer incidence and mortality will continue to increase at alarming numbers in LMIC nations.

To learn more about how to support the Mt. Kilimanjaro climb, visit http://www.globalaccf.org/climb-for-hope.

About Global Access to Cancer Care Foundation:

The Global Access to Cancer Care Foundation (GACCF) offers training, technology, access, and hope; specifically for low and middle-income countries (LMICs) in South America, Africa, South and East Asia. The Foundation’s cancer care professionals help to implement and oversee training courses and workshops in collaboration with local partners such as universities, hospitals or governmental institutions that enhance cancer treatment through radiotherapy treatment. These regional programs aim to overcome the lack of trained professionals who treat cancer patients in the near term. By empowering local faculty to deliver training, the GACCF education programs encourage self-reliance and sustainability. To support the success of these programs, the GACCF provides project management, financial support, and professional teams from within and outside the region. For more information visit: http://www.globalaccf.org.

Media Contact:

Dwain Schenck

(203) 223-5230

dwain@globalaccf.org

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Aspire Technology Partners Recognized on CRN’s 2020 MSP Security 100 List for Fifth Year in a Row

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EATONTOWN, N.J. (PRWEB)

Aspire Technology Partners announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company has named Aspire to its 2020 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Security 100 category. This prestigious industry list identifies North American solution providers that deliver operational efficiencies, IT system improvements, and a higher rate of return on investments for their customers.

“Aspire Technology Partners is proud of the recognition from CRN. The award acknowledges our team for the focus, dedication, and open and honest relationships we have forged with our clients and technology partners,” said John C. Harris, Aspire President & CEO. “Our success is based on our team’s continuous improvement of skillsets that enable us to help customers in the adoption and expansion of their technology architectures.”

“MSPs are the critical bridge for customers looking to assess, implement and migrate their IT and cloud solutions to drive efficiencies, lower costs and secure your environment,” said Bob Skelley, CEO of The Channel Company. “On behalf of our team at The Channel Company, I want to congratulate the accomplished companies on CRN’s 2020 MSP 500 list and thank them for their commitment to finding innovative solutions that move the IT channel forward.”

Earlier this month, the company also earned the Cisco IoT Authorization Designation enabling Aspire to deliver and implement simple, secure, and scalable end-to-end Cisco IoT solutions, based on architectures and open standards that integrate with third-party and legacy equipment, to customers.

The MSP500 list will be featured in the February 2020 issue of CRN and online at http://www.crn.com/msp500.

About Aspire

Aspire is a professional technology services firm specializing in the delivery of digital infrastructure solutions and managed services designed specifically to achieve our clients’ business goals. We believe technology sits at the heart of every enterprise strategy. Our team takes time to understand your business initiatives and align technology solutions to drive the organization forward. Aspire’s outcome-driven approach accelerates your journey by combining secure digital infrastructure, world-class design and implementation expertise, and managed services – all centered around transforming today’s multi-cloud architectures into enablers of business value. Headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey, Aspire is focused on serving the tri-state, mid-Atlantic, and New England regions with local operations in Mount Laurel, NJ; Conshohocken, PA; Albany and White Plains, NY; and Cambridge, MA. For more information, visit http://www.aspiretransforms.com.

About The Channel Company

The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers, and end-users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. http://www.thechannelco.com

Copyright ©2020. CRN is a registered trademark of The Channel Company, LLC. All rights reserved.

MEDIA CONTACTS

Pamela Adriano

Director of Marketing, Aspire Technology Partners

732.847.9552

padriano@aspiretransforms.com

Jessica Chebuske

Communication Strategy Group

631.239.6335

jchebuske@gocsg.com

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access.mobile International Names Board Member Todd Evenson as President

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DENVER (PRWEB)

access.mobile International announces the appointment of Todd Evenson as President effective March 1, 2020. Mr. Evenson is an experienced C-Suite executive with a proven history in healthcare leadership. As President, Mr. Evenson will ensure the effective execution of access.mobile’s global strategy including the company’s growth in the U.S. market. This includes strategic oversight of operations, finance, human resources and business development.

“This is a pivotal time for access.mobile with much growth in the U.S. and international markets,” said Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala, Founder and CEO of access.mobile. “I am delighted to have Todd join the executive team. His expertise in performance improvement, healthcare strategy, analytics solutions and leadership combined with his strong relationships with healthcare organizations make him ideal for this role.”

“It is my privilege to serve access.mobile, an organization whose mission connects healthcare services to any person in need worldwide,” said Todd Evenson. “This unprecedented level of mobile engagement for patients reduces costs, improves health outcomes and ensures we can meet the needs of all.”

Mr. Evenson was COO of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) from 2015-2019 and was acknowledged as a Top 25 COO by Modern Healthcare in 2017. At MGMA since 2006, he served over 54,000 members representing over 12,000 medical groups by helping them thrive as a business through operational strategies, analytics solutions, career resources and more. Mr. Evenson is a member of access.mobile International’s Board of Directors since 2019 and serves on several boards including AllHealth Network (Past Board Chair), Colorado Health Administration Alumni Association, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association and Laradon Foundation. Todd holds an MBA from University of Colorado and executive education at Wharton and Stanford.

About access.mobile International

Dedicated to improving health access and outcomes, we offer a mobile solution to communicate with precision and cultural competency. We apply behavioral science and evidence-based clinical content to reduce costs and drive health outcomes. The company was founded in late 2011 with offices in the United States, Kenya and South Africa.

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100-Year-Old WWII Veteran Fiske Hanley II Writes Memoir to Share His Account as an Japanese POW

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This intense hatred continued building up in me until sometimes I thought I would choke. – Fiske Hanley II


DALLAS (PRWEB)

On the morning of May 31, 1943, less than twenty four hours after his graduation ceremony at Texas Technical College, Fiske Hanley boarded a train and changed his life forever. The train was to take him to Florida to begin his cadet training – he had been drafted by the US army to serve in the Second World War. Nine months later, he was assigned B-29 flight engineer and attached to the 504th Bombardment Group in the Pacific theater, but on his seventh mission, he and the ten other men of his crew were shot down over Japan. He arrived on Japanese soil via parachute and thus began his harrowing experience as a prisoner of war. Accused War Criminal: An American Kempei Tai Survivor (releasing today from Brown Books Publishing Group) is Hanley’s powerful account of his harrowing experiences in World War II, from his training and commissioning, to his deployment and failed mission, to his imprisonment, all the way through his rescue and recovery.

During his imprisonment, Hanley suffered much at the hands of the Kempei Tai and was tortured, starved, and forced to endure extreme conditions in which his wounds were left untended. Though Fiske suffered greatly, he tried to overcome his hatred for his oppressors, even during his imprisonment.

“How many more notches could our hatred go? This intense hatred continued building up in me until sometimes I thought I would choke,” Hanley writes. “All we could do was pray and hope that God heard us, even though I often worried that God would not hear me through such hate. So I tried to overcome it…”

With vibrancy and detailed honesty, this account amazes and humbles the reader as only stories of this level of heroism can. Hanley’s remarkable tale, which began as a way for him to deal with the trauma of being held captive during the war, exemplifies the perseverance of the human spirit in the face of great adversity. Fiske recently celebrated his 100th birthday and is proud to share his story.

For more information about Fiske Hanley and his book, please visit http://www.brownbooks.com/h-l/.

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New Richmond Counseling Practice Opens in Shockoe Bottom and Offers Next-Day Appointments

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RICHMOND, Va. (PRWEB)

Thriveworks, a national premium counseling chain with 100+ offices across the US, opens its second location in Richmond, VA in Shockoe Bottom.

Thriveworks stands out from other counseling and coaching practices by offering next-day appointments, having evening and weekend availability, and accepting most major insurance plans.

“Many people struggle to find providers who accept their health insurance and have availability during times that most working people are available, like evenings and weekends. Thriveworks addresses this problem,” says Heidi Faust, Chief Compliance Officer at Thriveworks.

Thriveworks Richmond (Shockoe Bottom) offers flexible scheduling options throughout the week and on the weekend. Normal hours of operation are 7:30am-9:00pm, Monday-Friday and 8am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday.

About Thriveworks:

Thriveworks is known for premium mental health services and exceptional customer care. In addition to offering flexible scheduling options and next-day appointments, Thriveworks works with most major insurance companies and uses innovative technologies to best help clients.

Thriveworks offers a variety of mental health services, including individual therapy, couples therapy, marriage counseling, life coaching, family therapy, and help for challenges like depression and anxiety.

The philosophy at Thriveworks is that everyone can benefit from working with a skilled, caring counselor or life coach. For more information, call (804) 980-7242 or visit https://thriveworks.com/richmond-counseling/

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