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Community Care Behavioral Health Organization Recruits Regional Director for the North Central HealthChoices Program

PITTSBURGH (February 22, 2007) —Felicia Stehley, RN, has been named Regional Director for the HealthChoices North Central Program by Community Care Behavioral Health, a nonprofit behavioral health managed care company based in Pittsburgh. In this role, Ms. Stehley will provide leadership, direction and management for the new program and work closely with stakeholders in the 23-county region. Her office will be in State College, PA.

Ms. Stehley was recruited as a result of Community Care’s selection by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) last year to manage behavioral health services (mental health and substance abuse) for Medicaid members in 23 counties of North Central Pennsylvania. The effective date of the contract, which is expected to produce $170 million in annual revenues, is January 1, 2007. In order to operate the HealthChoices Program, DPW’s mandatory Medicaid managed care program, and support the estimated 147,000 members in this 23-county region, Community Care is hiring a total of 135 full-time employees. In partnership with DPW’s Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS), Community Care will work to improve access to needed services and assure the quality of services being provided.

The 23 counties included in this region are: Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Columbia, Elk, Forest, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Juniata, McKean, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Warren, and Wayne. Community Care currently contracts with 9 additional counties, including Allegheny, the largest in Western Pennsylvania. As of July 1, 2007, when Carbon, Monroe and Pike counties are added, the organization will be serving approximately 550,000 Medicaid eligible members in 35 of the state’s 67 counties.

Before joining Community Care, Ms. Stehley was the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director for the Meadows Psychiatric Center in Centre Hall. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Thiel College. Ms. Stehley is excited to join a team that is committed to service excellence and has been impressed with the consistent alignment with the mission, goals, and values. She believes that “Community Care is dedicated to collaborative partnerships which will lead to improved health of its members. The organization is on the cutting edge of transforming and improving Pennsylvania’s behavioral health system."

About Community Care:

Community Care, a provider-owned, federally tax-exempt, nonprofit behavioral health managed care organization headquartered in Pittsburgh, manages behavioral health benefits for members throughout Pennsylvania whose health insurance is sponsored through Medicaid and UPMC Health Plan’s Medicare and commercial plans. Community Care is part of the Insurance Services Division of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a $6 billion integrated health system. Community Care manages behavioral health services for approximately almost one million enrollees.

Community Care was founded in 1996 with a mission to provide accessible, high-quality, cost-effective, culturally sensitive behavioral health care. Community Care has been awarded “full” accreditation for its commercial product line, receiving the highest rating given in all applicable standards.

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