Stephan Betz, Ph.D.

Seasoned, principle centered healthcare leader who builds resilient, strengths-based and community-supported integrated services. For more details see sbetz.weebly.com

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Benicia, CA 94510

707-***-****

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EXPERIENCE

Walnut Creek Consulting - Owner, Dec 2016 - present

clients include Northern CA counties and insurance companies.

Executive Onboarding, Org. Assessment and Development, Cost

Reporting, Compliance.

Sonoma County, CA, Director of Health Services, Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

Responsible for all public and environmental health policies, budget and general direction of the Department, report to the Board of Supervisors. Solano County, Fairfield, CA Assistant

Solano County, Asst. Director, Health and Social Services

May 2003 - Oct 2015

Responsible for all operations and planning / research, report to the Agency Director, lead the agency in the absence of the Director.

Contra Costa County, Martinez, CA Assistant Director, Community Services, CAO Management Analyst III, Manager March 1996 - May 2003

Moved up through the ranks in Community Services and the County Administrator’s Office, responsible for large budgets and operations.

Kaiser Permanente, Martinez, CA Board Certified Music Therapist for Hospice

January 1996 - May 1997

Provided psycho-social services for families with patients in at late stage of life.

Australian Institute of Counseling, Inc., Adelaide, S.A. Executive Director, June 1987 - December 1995

Not-for-pro t psychosomatic recovery center with therapeutic community, not-for pro t / for-pro t joint venture for supported housing.

SKILLS

Achieved fiscal integrity in all organizations.

Administered large scale complex budgets - up to $680 million.

Achieved maximum employee participation in shared decision making.

Built community partnerships for public health and tax savings.

AWARDS

Recognition for Outstanding Services to the Developmental Disabilities Community,Developmental Disabilities Council of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, CA Assembly and U.S. Congress, 6/2010

Innovations in Government Semi-finalist, J.F. Kennedy School of Government,Harvard, 11/2008

CSAC Challenge Award Prevention Services alleviating Budget Crisis,9/2008

CSAC Challenge Award Leveraging Funds for Early Childhood Intervention,9/2007

Achievements

● Reduced claims denials by 2%, saving $283,000 in one month.

● Increased executive team engagement by 56%.

● Averted $231,000 loss of audit write-off.

● Rallied support from 15 Bay Area Health Directors for the creation of a Northern California Acute Crisis Center and Intermediate Care Facility for people with severe disabilities.

● “One Team for Health Equity” vision galvanized managers, increased manager participation in strategic planning from 54% to 90%.

● Fully integrated risk management into all operations resulting in a reduction of Medi-Cal claim denial rate from 8% to 3%.

● Turned a $9 million shortfall into a $4.5 million reserve in 9 months.

● Turned a public controversy on a Tobacco Retail License Ordinance into a successful Healthy Retail Ordinance with local support.

● Initiated tiered waste management solutions, saving $766,000.

● Created step down housing and services for hospital aftercare in partnership with hospitals and Social Services.

● Collaborated with Public Health Officer, Partnership HealthPlan of California and local Emergency Departments to create a fall prevention program for 60 patients that demonstrated a fifty-fold ROI, adopted as in-home care model by California State.

● Created In-Home Supportive Services for homeless shelters for annual savings to hospitals with a fourfold ROI.

● Founding member of Connect Healthcare, a Health Information Exchange Community Policy Board for connecting data between hospitals and clinics in 14 counties.

● Partnered with the City of Vallejo and its Unified School District to implement a County-wide Positive Youth Justice Initiative using Restorative Justice and trauma-informed services in all systems.

● Executive Sponsor for a national demonstration project for re-entry services for women: created partnerships with all justice system agencies for a service delivery system that succeeded in a 56% recidivism reduction and 15% continuous employment rate resulting in a 43% Return on Investment.

● Partnered with faith based community leaders and the Speaker of the Assembly to set up the Select Committee for Impact of Reentry on Local Communities, testified and gained support from the Board of Supervisors to submit Solano’s re-entry program as State model.

● Instituted a Lean Six Sigma hiring process in partnership with HR Director, reduced hiring cycle by 29%, vacancies by 10% for difficult to fill positions within a year.

● Designed, organized 5 summits for 250 CBO, city, county and school representatives for a County-wide roadmap to reduce poverty.

● Eliminated Mental Health's $800,000 budget shortfall in 8 months by implementing a Level Of Care Utilization System to dynamically assign appropriate staffing levels to care and patient placement.

● Replaced Psychiatric Health Facility with an expanded Crisis Stabilization Unit with peer support using the “Living Room” model.

● Integrated behavioral health specialty level services into County clinics – creating the State’s first behavioral health community clinic.

● Authored the Inter Governmental Fund Transfer model for Local Health Plans in collaboration with the CFO, Partnership HealthPLan of California, launched in 2004 and approved by CMS in 2010.

● Appealed mental health cost settlements to get $8 million Mental Health back pay that built a reserve fund and stabilized cash flow.

● Revised Agency’s FY 2003/04 Requested Budget with corrected revenue projections and averted 10 lay-offs one month into the job.

● Decentralized inventory control and utilized database scanners to reduce 30% inventory error rate to 0% in four months.

● Designed County-wide succession planning and leadership competencies matrix ensuring management continuity.

● Successfully negotiated with Union Local I the County’s first-ever mandated furlough to save fourteen employees from lay-off after discovering a $2 million budget shortfall.

● Successfully re-negotiated with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services an extension for $12 million in capital improvements after President Bush changed timelines for capital projects.

● Successfully recommended to Board to stave off a Cost of Doing Business increase for vendors compared to the COLA for County employees, a saving of $13.3 million annually.

● Conducted County-wide A-87 study to raise $1.2 million in additional Indirect Cost Claims.

EDUCATION

State Academy, Karlsruhe, Germany: Ph.D. Sept 1982 - June 1987 Community Education: A project to resurrect lost history and connect residents to their community.

State Academy, Karlsruhe, Germany M.A. Sept 1976 - June 1982 Education: Psychology of Education, Theory of Education, Performing Arts.

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