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Behavioral Healthcare Today by David Newton

Welcome to Behavioral Healthcare Today

Behavioral Healthcare Today is my perspective on the state of this important, and rapidly changing healthcare service. This information will be primarily presented by me (David Newton, MBA), Director of Operations for SCH (Play Video) a passionate believer in the shift from fee for service to value based care in behavioral health and also a relatively frequent user of both “medical” and “behavioral” healthcare services. This section is also open to additional contributors on an as appropriate basis. Some will be anonymous and some will be identified. I look forward to your comments and suggested topics.

Continue reading more about David.

David Newton is an entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in owning and operating several successful privately held businesses. His expertise includes strategy, operations and marketing. He finds particular pleasure in disrupting industries that are broken, inefficient, fragmented and ineffective. He is also interested in finding ways to create value rather than destroy it, particularly in healthcare where he currently sees a tremendous opportunity in almost all areas of the industry. He holds an MBA from Kellogg Northwestern where he did specific research on alternative reimbursement models in behavioral health under the direction of Professor Leemore Dafny. Subsequent to that, he studied under Professor Michael Porter and the value based healthcare team at Harvard Business School. David has become passionate about creating ways to apply a value based model to the behavioral space, particularly eating disorders and substance use disorders.

David recovered from Anorexia as a teen and has extensive family experience with substance abuse. He has seen first-hand just how devastating these deadly and costly diseases can be, and he brings his personal experiences, compassion and empathy to his latest venture, SunCloud Health. In his role as Director of Operations and Outreach at SunCloud, he is responsible for ensuring that we remain true to our core mission- moving the needle away from fee for service and toward a value based model.

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Learn more about David, SecondChancesDavidNewton and check out his full video interview on SunCloud Health

An article by David:  REDESIGNING BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN THE FACE OF OBSTACLES87

  • Tuesday, January 12th, 2021

    Destination treatment trappings. Why is treatment more effective close to home?

    Destination treatment centers are in large part very similar to destination weddings. They are often located in very desirable areas and offer many attractive amenities that are not necessarily...
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  • Monday, December 21st, 2020

    Drug of No-Choice: A 12-step Perspective

    Guest Blog by Shale Marks, LCSW CADC For many years, the treatment industry has adopted the term “drug of choice” when working with patients diagnosed with substance use disorder....
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  • Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

    Answering the phones SunCloud Health

    A little history on the guy who answers most of the incoming calls at SunCloud Health People often ask me why I still enjoy taking many of the initial...
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  • Monday, October 12th, 2020

    Diagnosing Substance Use Disorder

    Submitted by a Guest Author. Prior to the 2013 publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), most addictions were seen as either abuse or dependence–two...
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  • Saturday, August 1st, 2020

    Kanye West: Mental Illness Deserves Sympathy, Not Scorn

    Kanye West, now 43, has been a rapper and music icon since the age of 18. He has millions of adoring fans throughout the world. His fame only escalated...
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  • Saturday, January 18th, 2020

    Google SEO Rankings: Links + Domains = Authority Index, troubling for quality care providers

    The higher one’s index, the higher one places in Search.  Quality of care is not a direct part of this equation at all.  This is very troubling. SCH’s Google...
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  • Saturday, May 18th, 2019

    It costs more to provide higher quality care, and it’s worth it, even if nobody is able to see it (yet!)

    We recently ran a financial model where in an excel spreadsheet we replaced the highly trained and experienced (and relatively expensive) staff of psychiatrists, psychologists and licensed clinical social...
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  • Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

    A request for real collaboration to the Chicago area Treatment Centers

    As some of you may know I am blessed to have had the opportunity to enter this field mostly because of the wisdom and experience of my wife, Kim...
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  • Wednesday, October 31st, 2018

    2018 Family Law Symposium: The Effects of Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence on Children of Addicted Parents

    David Newton’s sincere reflections on the 2018 Family Law Symposium Listening to Jerry Moe open this year’s 2018 Family Law Symposium was invigorating and a fresh reminder that there...
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  • Tuesday, September 4th, 2018

    The importance of taking some time on Labor Day to think

    THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING SOME TIME ON LABOR DAY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MAY MEAN TO THOSE WHO AREN’T WORKING OR CAN’T WORK BECAUSE OF ADDICTION AND OR MENTAL...
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Dr. Kim Dennis, Co-Founder and Medical Director at SunCloud Health, discusses the vital role the integrative model (that she is pioneering at SunCloud Health) plays in the success of treating patients with co-occurring disorders and underlying trauma. How does SunCloud create an authentic culture of patient support?

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