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Benton County staff outline progress on health services reorganization and behavioral-health expansion
Summary
County staff reported progress on a multi-part health services reorganization, including plans for a health business operations division, behavioral-health leadership and crisis-program staffing changes, a coordinated homeless-response office with rehousing progress, and a Q1 2025 follow-up including a crisis-center update and AFSCME reopener planning.
County staff delivered a status report on a multi-year effort to realign health services, describing five focus areas: creation of a health business operations division, re-evaluation of the behavioral-health division, assessment of duplicate programs and service areas, and review of span-of-control and position structure.
Rick (staff), April Holland and Lacey Mollell summarized that the health business office will house revenue-cycle and compliance functions while budget management remains in finance; the…
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