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Partners Health Management seeks county nominees for VIA Partners governing board ahead of planned merger
Summary
Partners Health Management told commissioners it has agreed to merge with VIA Health and asked Davidson County to nominate representatives for the new VIA Partners governing and advisory boards, with the partners' boards planning to act on nominees on Aug. 20.
Jackie Copeland of Partners Health Management briefed the board on a planned merger between Partners and VIA Health that would create a larger regional behavioral‑health managed‑care entity. "Our boards have agreed to, merge," Copeland said, and she asked the county to consider nominees for the governing board and for the county commissioner advisory slot.
Copeland said the two organizations are coordinating governance, that the merger would take effect Oct. 1, and that the partners’ boards hoped to finalize nominees on Aug. 20. Commissioners discussed whether the county’s nominee should be a sitting commissioner or a county staff member and agreed to consider options and report back.
