Effective Monday, July 17, one of Maricopa County’s largest behavioral health providers will rebrand and operate under a new name, Denova Collaborative Health (Denova).
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After operating for decades as Bayless Integrated Healthcare, company management announced plans to expand in-person service lines to Tucson and Flagstaff during the first quarter of 2024, as well as rebrand the organization. going. Expansion plans also include providing both virtual and in-person services. Care will begin in other communities throughout Maricopa County and throughout the state later next year, and in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico in 2025. state, and expands regionally to Washington state.
“Within the next two years, we plan to expand beyond Arizona,” said Denova CEO Graham B. Johnson. “We are working to ensure that other states have the opportunity to introduce our collaborative healthcare model and benefit from our holistic approach,” he added.
Denova will continue to help underserved and economically vulnerable children, teens, adults and seniors, including patients enrolled in AHCCCS (Medicaid), Medicare, and most commercial insurance plans. We will specialize in providing behavioral health, psychiatry, addiction treatment, and primary care medical services to disadvantaged populations.
“Our entire concept is built on a model that allows same day/next day access to psychiatric and medical services and seeing a licensed behavioral health therapist within 72 hours.” Mr Johnson said.
Denova’s clinical, administrative and support staff consists of more than 540 employees and serves patients virtually and from eight physical locations in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
The name change will not affect the current management team or organizational chart, and the company plans to create up to 50 full-time positions in Tucson and up to 40 additional jobs in Flagstaff.
“Denova already provides virtual services to patients throughout Arizona, but has signed a lease for its first brick-and-mortar store in Tucson to offer in-person services,” Johnson said. “And we have identified a location in Flagstaff and are in negotiations,” he added.
The company currently employs 16 primary care physicians who work in local clinics and over 270 behavioral health professionals who provide both virtual and face-to-face counseling.
“Our roots are in behavioral health, but we also have primary care providers, or their partners, because we can’t heal people’s minds if their physical needs aren’t met.” ‘said Silvia Garcia, MPA Chief Administrative Officer. De Nova.
Denova is the only provider in Arizona to be accredited by the Access Review and Accreditation Commission (URAC) for telemedicine, and its counselors are required to undergo training to become certified as telemedicine therapists. increase.
The organization has seen an 80% increase in patient numbers since January 2021, and Johnson said Denova will conduct more than 390,000 patient visits in 2023, 90% of which will be via telemedicine. Expect.
Patients can access their therapists through the end of the year using the same email address. The online patient portal can be accessed by visiting: denova.com. All employees have been assigned a new email address, which will be shared with patient and professional contacts in the coming weeks. Our phone numbers and clinic locations have not changed.
