Wayne Young

About Wayne Young

Experienced behavioral health Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry as well as community mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Recently twice named by Modern Healthcare to their list of Top 25 Innovators and received the Charley H. Shannon Advocate for Justice Award by NAMI Texas. Skilled in integrated care, engaging technology to increase access and quality of care, and broadening impact behavioral health services through population level strategies with a strong focus on underserved and safety net populations. Strong, innovative professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Health Care Administration and a licensed behavioral health professional (LPC) with a master degree in counseling.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD

   Dec 2017 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   As the CEO of the largest behavioral and developmental disability agency in Texas, I oversee the planning and delivery of behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disabilities services to over individuals per year while leading 2600 team members at 40+ care locations with an annual budget of $373+ million. The organizational structure involves 5 primary divisions (Mental Health, Crisis Services, Forensic Services, Access and Community Engagement, and IDD Services), a foundation, and 4 permanent supportive housing complexes. In addition to our 85+ medical staff members, we partner with 3 academic medical centers as a training site for medical students, psychiatry residents & fellows.• Our continuum of care includes: Integrated primary care at 5 locations, Psychiatric Emergency Center (36 beds), Jail Diversion Center (41 bed), Crisis Respite (16 beds), CSU (16 beds), CRU (18 beds & 16 beds), 24 SRO’s emergently housing homeless, Crisis Call Line + calls and regional 988 response center), 27 CIRT teams, Homeless outreach team, ACT/FACT Teams, multiple outpatient clinics, Offender/Re-Entry Clinics, diversion courts, Harris County Jail (4th largest jail in the country), 5 primary care clinics, Juvenile Detention Services, Alternative Sentencing Dual Dx Resident Treatment Program (140 beds), Peer Respite home (10 beds), Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams, 20 non-law enforcement 911 MH response teams, School based care locations, Detox (8 beds) and outpatient SUD treatment, 5 apartment complexes, 200 transitional housing units, IDD Services, 4 IDD Cottages for residential care, IDD Crisis & Respite, & ECI services

Education

• Texas Tech University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Human Development and Family Studies, General

  1989 — 1993

• The University of Dallas

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Health Services Administration

  2004 — 2006

• Texas Tech University

  Masters of Education (M.Ed.), Community Counseling

  1995 — 1997

Skills

• Performance Improvement
• Revenue Cycle
• Dsrip
• Healthcare Management
• Social Services
• Case Managment
• Public Health
• Healthcare
• Hospitals
• Integrated Care
• U.s. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Hipaa)
• Contract Negotiation
• Workers Compensation
• Mental Health
• Management
• Medicaid
• Inpatient
• Executive Management
• Psychiatric Care
• Inpatient Care
• Advocacy
• Leadership
• Physician Relations
• Jcaho
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Healthcare Industry
• Hipaa
• Data Analysis
• Non-Profit Leadership
• Healthcare Consulting
• Community Service
• Project Management
• Addiction Recovery
• Disability Management
• Nonprofits
• 1115 Waiver
• Mental Health Counseling
• Accreditation
• Community Outreach
• Physicians