FRANKLIN, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acadia Healthcare Firm, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) at this time introduced the appointment of Dr. Nasser Khan, M.D., as Operations Group President for its Complete Remedy Middle (CTC) enterprise. Dr. Khan will oversee Acadia’s community of 145 CTC amenities and related providers. He joined Acadia on September sixth following the retirement of the CTC enterprise’ earlier group president. Dr. Khan will report back to John Hollinsworth, EVP Operations.
“The opioid epidemic is among the many prime crises we face as a nation at this time and our CTCs are important in serving to these affected by their addictions,” stated John Hollinsworth. “Nasser brings unequalled {qualifications} to this place. He has efficiently managed and grown multi-site, healthcare supply networks. He understands that our individuals are our most essential asset. His expertise in course of enchancment, progressive affected person care, and community growth will serve this enterprise line effectively within the years to come back.”
Dr. Khan joins Acadia from his most up-to-date position as Senior Vice President, Operations at Shields Well being Options, a nationwide supplier of specialty pharmacy providers to well being programs and a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Previous to Shields, Nasser served as Head of Program & Chief Medical Officer at Biograph Inc., a healthcare know-how firm. He additionally held a sequence of progressive operational management roles at DaVita, Inc. as Division Vice President of Hospital Providers, Regional Operations Director, and Director of Technique & Particular Tasks. Early in his profession, Nasser hung out as an Engagement Supervisor at McKinsey & Firm, a number one international consulting agency.
Dr. Khan holds a Physician of Drugs (M.D.), a Grasp of Medical Science (M.M.S.) and a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology from Brown College the place he graduated magna cum laude. He accomplished his residency in inside drugs at Massachusetts Basic Hospital. He maintains an energetic medical license and is board licensed in inside drugs.
“All through my profession, I’ve been drawn to areas the place I can use my expertise and medical experience for the best good,” stated Dr. Khan. “We face a public well being emergency. By no means in our nation’s historical past have so a lot of our residents – our members of the family, associates, co-workers and neighbors – been affected by habit. The providers and help that our CTCs present their native communities actually change lives every single day. Working with our distinctive staff, my focus will probably be on supporting our caregivers in delivering compassionate care and driving best-in-class scientific outcomes whereas increasing our community to assist different communities in dire want.”
Acadia’s CTCs concentrate on offering medication-assisted remedy. Remedy-assisted remedy combines behavioral remedy and on-site remedy to deal with opioid use issues. Every CTC gives a spread of complete substance abuse remedy help providers that embrace medical, counseling, vocational, instructional, and different remedy providers to assist sufferers progress. Behavioral therapies are delivered in an array of remedy fashions that will embrace particular person and group remedy, intensive outpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization/day remedy, street to restoration and different packages.
About Acadia Healthcare
Acadia is a number one supplier of behavioral healthcare providers throughout the US. As of June 30, 2022, Acadia operated a community of 239 behavioral healthcare amenities with roughly 10,600 beds in 39 states and Puerto Rico. With greater than 22,500 workers serving roughly 70,000 sufferers each day, Acadia is the biggest stand-alone behavioral well being firm within the U.S. Acadia gives behavioral healthcare providers to its sufferers in quite a lot of settings, together with inpatient psychiatric hospitals, specialty remedy amenities, residential remedy facilities and outpatient clinics.
