Richard Feldman, MBA, MSW is the Director of Business Development. He has over twenty-five years of progressively responsible experience and achievement in hospital administration. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, business development, sales, marketing, customer service, leadership and management, clinical operations, physician relations, revenue development, and reimbursement. Richard has worked as a Hospital CEO for Ardent Health Services, Vice President for Business Development for First Hospital Corporation, and Regional Director for Mental Health Management, earning awards for outstanding leadership, clinical excellence, and franchise expansion.

Jean Hubbard, MSN, RN is a Clinical Operations Consultant. She has more than 25 years of experience in psychiatric nursing, including as a Director of Clinical Services and Director of Nursing for a freestanding psychiatric hospital. Jean also has held management positions in federal, state, and county non-profit psychiatric facilities. She has designed and implemented adult inpatient dual diagnosis and general adult programs, partial hospitalization, geriatric inpatient and outpatient programs, adolescent inpatient programs and child programs. She has participated in federal, state and JCAHO regulatory reviews and has developed performance improvement plans for all range of behavioral health services. Jean is a valuable clinical resource to ensure our client programs and hospitals meet all patient, payer source and regulatory needs.

Kathryn Abernethy, BSN, RN is a Clinical Operations Consultant. She has worked in both for profit and not for profit healthcare systems, including acute care hospitals, freestanding psychiatric facilities and residential programs. Kathryn has served as a Director of Nursing, Clinical Coordinator, Nurse Manager, PI, QA and CQI leader, and as an Emergency Room RN as a provider of triage, intake, assessment, admission and referral services. She is certified in crisis prevention and restraint reduction, and a published author in the Journal of Nursing Quality Assurance regarding patient satisfaction as an indicator of quality outcomes. Kathryn's experience in administration, management, program development, teaching and direct care provides our clients with the skills required to develop and maintain behavioral health clinical services that meet licensing, accreditation and regulatory standards.

Richard Feldman, MBA, MSW is the Director of Business Development. He has over twenty-five years of progressively responsible experience and achievement in hospital administration. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, business development, sales, marketing, customer service, leadership and management, clinical operations, physician relations, revenue development, and reimbursement. Richard has worked as a Hospital CEO for Ardent Health Services, Vice President for Business Development for First Hospital Corporation, and Regional Director for Mental Health Management, earning awards for outstanding leadership, clinical excellence, and franchise expansion.

Jean Hubbard, MSN, RN is a Clinical Operations Consultant. She has more than 25 years of experience in psychiatric nursing, including as a Director of Clinical Services and Director of Nursing for a freestanding psychiatric hospital. Jean also has held management positions in federal, state, and county non-profit psychiatric facilities. She has designed and implemented adult inpatient dual diagnosis and general adult programs, partial hospitalization, geriatric inpatient and outpatient programs, adolescent inpatient programs and child programs. She has participated in federal, state and JCAHO regulatory reviews and has developed performance improvement plans for all range of behavioral health services. Jean is a valuable clinical resource to ensure our client programs and hospitals meet all patient, payer source and regulatory needs.

Kathryn Abernethy, BSN, RN is a Clinical Operations Consultant. She has worked in both for profit and not for profit healthcare systems, including acute care hospitals, freestanding psychiatric facilities and residential programs. Kathryn has served as a Director of Nursing, Clinical Coordinator, Nurse Manager, PI, QA and CQI leader, and as an Emergency Room RN as a provider of triage, intake, assessment, admission and referral services. She is certified in crisis prevention and restraint reduction, and a published author in the Journal of Nursing Quality Assurance regarding patient satisfaction as an indicator of quality outcomes. Kathryn's experience in administration, management, program development, teaching and direct care provides our clients with the skills required to develop and maintain behavioral health clinical services that meet licensing, accreditation and regulatory standards.