ValueOptions®, Inc.,
the nation’s largest independent behavioral
health care provider, has named Eddy D. Broadway Chief Executive Officer
of ValueOptions® New
Mexico.
“We have known Eddy for many years and we
couldn’t be happier that he has chosen to lead
ValueOptions® New
Mexico,” said Barbara B. Hill, CEO of
ValueOptions®, Inc.,
the parent company of ValueOptions®
New Mexico. “Eddy is a seasoned executive
with a wealth of experience in the southwest as a champion for
behavioral health and managed health care. We have worked with Eddy for
a number of years in his current role as a state regulator, and have
respected and valued our relationship with him. We are glad Eddy shares
that respect for ValueOptions®
and will be joining our management team.”
“Eddy’s experience
working with Arizona’s multi-cultural
population and with consumers, providers and state government on
behavioral health issues makes him uniquely qualified to lead our
operations in New Mexico,” Hill said. “He
is looking forward to his move ‘next door’
from Arizona to New Mexico.”
“I am very pleased to join the ValueOptions®
New Mexico team. Everyone there has done outstanding work building and
operating the statewide behavioral health care delivery system,”
Broadway said. “I have worked along side
ValueOptions® for
several years in Arizona and I have found it to be a very caring and
capable company. I look forward to meeting the providers and consumers
in New Mexico and working with them to make the behavioral health system
better and stronger.”
A nationwide search for a new ValueOptions®
New Mexico CEO was launched in November 2007, following the retirement
of previous CEO Pam Galbraith. Broadway will start his new position by
April 21.
Broadway most recently held the position of deputy director for the
Arizona Department of Health Services. In that position, he oversaw the
operations and administrative management of the Community Behavioral
Health System and Children’s Rehabilitation
Services program, which provides services to more than 150,000
individuals.
Previously, Broadway was administrator for Behavioral Health and Children’s
Rehabilitation Services for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
System. In that position, he had oversight of behavioral health and
children’s rehabilitation services contracts.
Prior to that, Broadway held the position of division chief for Quality
and Utilization Management Operations for the Arizona Department of
Health Services.
Broadway has also held hospital senior management positions at Memorial
Hospital/Sand Hill Behavioral Health in Gulfport, Miss.; as well as at
Brentwood Hospital and Caddo Oaks Hospital, both in Shreveport, La.
Broadway is a member of the Arizona Behavioral Health Planning Council.
He is an ex-officio member of the Arizona Department of Juvenile
Corrections Advisory Board and the Arizona Substance Abuse Partnership.
He is an advisory board member for the Arizona State University School
of Social Work.
Broadway holds a Master’s degree in Health
Administration from Tulane University in New Orleans. Additionally, he
holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from
Grambling (La.) State University.
About ValueOptions®
New Mexico
ValueOptions® New
Mexico is the Statewide Entity that manages public funding and delivery
of care for behavioral health in New Mexico. The organization is
committed to providing behavioral health services that are both
culturally competent and responsive to the unique needs of New Mexicans.
About ValueOptions®,
Inc.
ValueOptions®, the
nation’s largest independent behavioral
health care company, provides services to more than 23 million
individuals through a variety of contracts with state and county
agencies and, additionally, with health plans and employers. ValueOptions®
is a national managed care company that specializes in management for
all behavioral health issues, and mental health and chemical dependency
diagnoses.
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