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Mr.
Morgan is an experienced and nationally respected leader and administrator in
the behavioral health field, with strong leadership and management skills. An
innovator, analytical and strategic thinker with proven abilities to administer
large complex systems, manage budgets, and develop quality driven outcome based
programs. Knowledgeable in health care financing and has a diversified
background in operations, policy, legislative advocacy, and implementation of
culturally and linguistically competent programs and services. An excellent public speaker, frequently a
guest on radio, television, and quoted by print media. Adapt facilitator who has
provided training and consultation to international, national, state, and local
audiences.
Mr.
Morgan joined Health Management Consultants (HMC), a minority business
enterprise dedicated to assisting public and private healthcare organizations
improve performance by providing management solutions, financial analysis, needs
assessments, organizational assessments, and performance outcome evaluations in
June 2007. As Vice President, Mr. Morgan who has over thirty years in the mental
health field leads HMCs national efforts. Before joining, HMC Mr. Morgan was
Chief Operating Officer of Mental Health America, formerly the National Mental
Health Association. In this capacity, he provided guidance to
staff, 320 national affiliates, community leaders, family members, consumers and
national, state and local policy makers on financing strategies, clinical
practices, research, emerging trends and issues affecting access and delivery of
quality culturally and linguistically mental health care to the nation’s
citizenry.
Mr.
Morgan also has had a distinguished career with the State of Maryland’s public
mental health system. During his career
he served in variety of positions including the executive director’s position.
Mr. Morgan a firm advocate for equal participation of consumers and family
members in the directing of their care with the unanimous support of the
legislator, reformed Maryland’s mental health system by integrating Medicaid and
state general funds into a universal, single point of entry for all eligible
Marylanders. The system design is based on consumer choice. In this capacity,
Mr. Morgan led an agency consisting of 4,000 employees and a community base
network of 3,000 providers.
Mr.
Morgan is also cofounder and president of the National Leadership Council of
African American Behavioral Health. He also serves on the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation National Advisory Committee of Consumer Voices for Coverage, The
Johnson and Johnson Supported Employment National Advisory Committee and numerous other national boards and committees
addressing mental health issues.
Mr.
Morgan has bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder
Colorado and a master’s degree in health care administration from George
Washington University, Washington, DC. He may be reached at Oscar@hmconsult.com,
or at (410) 715 0011 (telephone); (410) 715 6767 (fax).
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