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Cedar Springs Hospital Leads Coalition of Military Care Providers COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – (Feb. 18, 2010) – Executive representatives of Cedar Springs Hospital have joined other facilities in the region to establish the Southern Colorado Coalition of Acute Behavioral Healthcare Providers. The Coalition seeks to provide the highest quality of care in the most effective manner to the local military community. Cedar Springs, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, took the lead in coordinating the Coalition. Other participating facilities include Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group, Penrose-Saint Frances Hospital, Parkview Hospital, Haven Behavioral Health and TriWest Healthcare Alliance. The Coalition’s purpose is to provide local military installations with sound information regarding services offered, as well as to open the door for feedback pertaining to the military’s needs, what the facilities may do to improve their military services and what is needed from military representatives when treating soldiers and airmen. “Cedar Springs Hospital is proud to coordinate the effort of area behavioral healthcare providers in delivering the highest quality of care to our local military community,” said CEO Elaine Crnkovic. “This is the first time our community has come together so effectively in service provision, so we are very excited.” The Coalition is meeting regularly with Fort Carson’s behavioral health team to discuss their specific needs. Additionally, several standardized practices have been implemented at member facilities based in part on some of the best practices utilized at Cedar Springs as a result of treating the military population for many years. In addition, Cedar Springs is hosting community-wide training workshops at the hospital for physicians, prescribers and clinicians. The clinician workshop, for example, will focus on diagnosis processes, medication utilization and clinical management coordination between agencies and the military. It is also participating in a behavioral healthcare forum at Fort Carson with General Pasquarette, the new Brigade Commander, and Brigade level supervisors about what the military should expect when soldiers are in treatment, how the military should support those receiving treatment, steps the military may take to help prevent the development of stigmas and the most effective ways of returning military members to their mission. TriWest and Tricare administrators are monitoring the Coalition’s progress as they are considering using this organizational model in other areas of the nation. About Cedar Springs Hospital Cedar Springs Hospital is a fully licensed, 110-bed private hospital specializing in the treatment of psychiatric, addictive and co-occurring disorders in children, adolescents, adults and seniors. Treatment programs include inpatient psychiatric stabilization, residential chemical dependency and dual-diagnosis treatment for adults, residential Complex PTSD/PTSD for adults and psychiatric residential treatment. Cedar Springs Hospital is one of eight PSI Patriot Support Centers with dedicated military programs. The facility is licensed by the State of Colorado and fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a community service, the hospital provides free face-to-face assessments and referral services by appointment, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information, please visit http://www.cedarspringsmediapsi.com or http://www.psipatriotsupport.com About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. ###

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Cedar Springs Hospital Leads Coalition of Military Care Providers

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – (Feb. 18, 2010) – Executive representatives of Cedar Springs Hospital have joined other facilities in the region to establish the Southern Colorado Coalition of Acute Behavioral Healthcare Providers. The Coalition seeks to provide the highest quality of care in the most effective manner to the local military community.

Cedar Springs, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, took the lead in coordinating the Coalition. Other participating facilities include Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group, Penrose-Saint Frances Hospital, Parkview Hospital, Haven Behavioral Health and TriWest Healthcare Alliance.

The Coalition’s purpose is to provide local military installations with sound information regarding services offered, as well as to open the door for feedback pertaining to the military’s needs, what the facilities may do to improve their military services and what is needed from military representatives when treating soldiers and airmen.

“Cedar Springs Hospital is proud to coordinate the effort of area behavioral healthcare providers in delivering the highest quality of care to our local military community,” said CEO Elaine Crnkovic. “This is the first time our community has come together so effectively in service provision, so we are very excited.”

The Coalition is meeting regularly with Fort Carson’s behavioral health team to discuss their specific needs. Additionally, several standardized practices have been implemented at member facilities based in part on some of the best practices utilized at Cedar Springs as a result of treating the military population for many years.

In addition, Cedar Springs is hosting community-wide training workshops at the hospital for physicians, prescribers and clinicians. The clinician workshop, for example, will focus on diagnosis processes, medication utilization and clinical management coordination between agencies and the military.

It is also participating in a behavioral healthcare forum at Fort Carson with General Pasquarette, the new Brigade Commander, and Brigade level supervisors about what the military should expect when soldiers are in treatment, how the military should support those receiving treatment, steps the military may take to help prevent the development of stigmas and the most effective ways of returning military members to their mission.

TriWest and Tricare administrators are monitoring the Coalition’s progress as they are considering using this organizational model in other areas of the nation.

About Cedar Springs Hospital
Cedar Springs Hospital is a fully licensed, 110-bed private hospital specializing in the treatment of psychiatric, addictive and co-occurring disorders in children, adolescents, adults and seniors. Treatment programs include inpatient psychiatric stabilization, residential chemical dependency and dual-diagnosis treatment for adults, residential Complex PTSD/PTSD for adults and psychiatric residential treatment. Cedar Springs Hospital is one of eight PSI Patriot Support Centers with dedicated military programs. The facility is licensed by the State of Colorado and fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a community service, the hospital provides free face-to-face assessments and referral services by appointment, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information, please visit http://www.cedarspringsmediapsi.com or http://www.psipatriotsupport.com

About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others.

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