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ValueOptions, Inc. claims to be the largest privately owned behavioral health maintenance organization (BHMO) in the United States.^[1]

Description

ValueOptions® Inc., the nation's largest independent behavioral health care and wellness company, specializes in management for all behavioral health issues, and mental health and chemical dependency diagnoses. Our work is driven by our guiding principle of improving behavior to improve health with clinically appropriate and cost-effective solutions that advocate and promote good behavioral health, as well as help proactively manage wellness and disease.

Based in Norfolk, Virginia, ValueOptions, Inc. is the product of a 1998 merger of two smaller companies, Value Behavioral Health and Options Health Care.^[2] The company is a subsidiary of FHC Health Systems which was founded in 1983 by psychiatrist Dr. Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD, who is the company's CEO and Chairman of the Board.

ValueOptions provides behavioral healthcare management to more than 50 Fortune 500 companies,^[3] national and regional health plans, and federal, state, and local governments. Most ValueOptions locations are accredited by URAC (formerly the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission).

ValueOptions serves nearly 23 million people and has service centres in 15 US states. Its revenue in 2011 was US$915 million.^[3]

List of Clients

References

^ Barbarino, Al (July 10, 2013). "ValueOptions Takes 19,100 SF in Relocation to One Penn Plaza". Commercial Observer. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
^ Joyce, Marie (June 19, 1998). "HEALTH CARE COMPANIES MERGE FHC HEALTH SYSTEMS BUYS FALLS CHURCH OPERATION MENTAL HEALTH BUSINESS WILL BE NATION'S 2ND-LARGEST". Virginian Pilot – via Questia (subscription required) . Retrieved August 14, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Council, Jared (1 February 2013). "ValueOptions prepares for reform, growth". Inside Business. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ Jones Hoyle, Amanda (November 26, 2012). "ValueOptions to lay off dozens in Morrisville". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

External links

Company website

[One_Penn_Plaza-1] Barbarino, Al (July 10, 2013). "ValueOptions Takes 19,100 SF in Relocation to One Penn Plaza". Commercial Observer. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

[2] Joyce, Marie (June 19, 1998). "HEALTH CARE COMPANIES MERGE FHC HEALTH SYSTEMS BUYS FALLS CHURCH OPERATION MENTAL HEALTH BUSINESS WILL BE NATION'S 2ND-LARGEST". Virginian Pilot – via Questia (subscription required) . Retrieved August 14, 2013.

[ib-3] Council, Jared (1 February 2013). "ValueOptions prepares for reform, growth". Inside Business. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[Morrisville_layoffs-4] Jones Hoyle, Amanda (November 26, 2012). "ValueOptions to lay off dozens in Morrisville". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

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 ==Description==
+ValueOptions® Inc., the nation's largest independent behavioral health care and wellness company, specializes in management for all behavioral health issues, and mental health and chemical dependency diagnoses. Our work is driven by our guiding principle of improving behavior to improve health with clinically appropriate and cost-effective solutions that advocate and promote good behavioral health, as well as help proactively manage wellness and disease.
 Based in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], ValueOptions, Inc. is the product of a 1998 merger of two smaller companies, Value Behavioral Health and Options Health Care.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68473365.html|title=HEALTH CARE COMPANIES MERGE FHC HEALTH SYSTEMS BUYS FALLS CHURCH OPERATION MENTAL HEALTH BUSINESS WILL BE NATION'S 2ND-LARGEST|last=Joyce|first=Marie|date=June 19, 1998|work=Virginian Pilot {{Subscription required|via=[[Questia]]}}|accessdate=August 14, 2013}}</ref> The company is a subsidiary of FHC Health Systems which was founded in 1983 by [[psychiatrist]] Dr. Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD, who is the company's CEO and Chairman of the Board.