Beacon Health

“Prior to filing with the irs, the form 990 (as completed by the organization's certified public accountant) is presented to the chief financial officer and president & chief executive officer for review and approval. The form 990 is then distributed to the full board of directors electronically for review. The directors are provided time to review the form, with any comments and questions addressed as needed. An officer then authorizes the final filing of the 990 by signing form 8879-eo and the 990 is electronically submitted to the irs.”

“All officers, directors, and key employees are required to disclose at least annually, any conflicts of interest with the agency. The ceo and board chair review all annual disclosure forms and take action as necessary.”

“Compensation of the chief executive officer and other top management officials is reviewed and approved by the board of directors, all of whom are independent. The board considers wage surveys provided by the council of behavioral health care providers and other relevant salary data in the local market, along with employee productivity and performance.”

“The agency makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the puclic upon request.”

“Beacon health (formerly "neighboring") began operations in 1969 and was incorporated in january, 1974, as a private, non-profit organization for the purpose of providing mental health services, vocational rehabilitation, education, support and socialization activities for individuals with mental health disorders, residing primarily in lake county (ohio). Beacon health's primary sources of support and revenue include medicaid and medicare reimbursements, lake county adamhs board funding, and federal, state and local grant revenues and client fees. Beacon health's mission is to provide comprehensive health services to lake county residents with mental illness and substance use disorders. Beacon health is accredited by carf international through december, 2017. Carf is an internationally-known accreditation entity, evaluating service quality for health and human service providers.”

“Monitoring and medication management. All medications are prescribed and administered by beacon health's psychiatry staff. Beacon health also offers a wide variety of socialization activities and support groups for mental health consumers. In addition to program service revenue, government grant revenue is received for mental health services.”

“The agency provides its mental health consumers with a variety of additional supportive services which include arranging transportation services at no cost for mental health and medical appointments; criminal justice programs that provide evaluation, consultation, referral and discharge planning to inmates; support groups that provide support, education and socialization opportunities. Crisis hotline services staffed 24/7 by a trained employee to discuss what is on your mind and forensic monitoring which tracks and monitors those in the court system with mental illness by coordinating care, risk management and public safety.”