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Anvida Health outlines expansions, workforce and payer pressures in presentation to Yuma County supervisors
Summary
Anvida Health President and COO Robert Crenshaw told the Board of Supervisors the health system is expanding behavioral-health services, planning a 24‑bed hospital in San Luis, and stressing the importance of delayed state Medicaid "health 2" payments to local hospitals' finances.
Dr. Robert Crenshaw, president and chief operating officer of Anvida Health, told the Yuma County Board of Supervisors on March 10 that the system is rebranding and expanding services in response to rising local demand for behavioral health and primary care.
Crenshaw said the system now employs more than 4,000 people and is building a broader health system that includes outpatient clinics, a behavioral health hospital and new residency programs. "What we do each and every day is build a healthier tomorrow," he said, summarizing Anvida's rebranding and purpose.
The presentation outlined specific growth: a 24‑bed behavioral health hospital and a psychiatry residency program that Crenshaw said increased local psychiatry providers from one to nine in two years;…
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