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Areas of Expertise
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All aspects of utilization management
including utilization determination criteria, clinical practice
guidelines, provider network oversight, and State and Federal
contract and regulation compliance
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Dual diagnosis treatment and training
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Wendy K. Kidd, M.A., L.P.C., Senior Consultant,
OPEN MINDS, brings twenty years of experience in
behavioral health, including management, utilization
management, training, and direct clinical work to OPEN
MINDS. Prior to joining the staff of OPEN MINDS,
Ms. Kidd served as Director of Utilization Management at
Foothills Behavioral Health, LLC, and Jefferson Center for
Mental Health.
Ms. Kidd began her career in Oklahoma as a behavioral
health clinician for adults and adolescents. In 1998, she
joined the faculty of Oklahoma State University as an
adjunct instructor, teaching in the Chemical Dependency
Counseling Program. Ms. Kidd served as a clinician and
Program Director for the Dual Diagnosis (Mental
Illness/Substance Abuse) Program at Red Rock Mental Health
Center. She also served as a Review Coordinator/Provider
Trainer for the Medicaid Behavioral Health Prior
Authorization Program, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical
Quality. After moving to Colorado in 2000, she became the
Director of Utilization Management for the Jefferson Center
for Mental Health, a not-for-profit mental health center in
Colorado serving three counties. In 2001, Ms. Kidd became
the Director of Utilization Management for Foothills
Behavioral Health which manages mental health benefits for
persons enrolled in the Colorado Medicaid Community Mental
Health Program and living in Boulder, Broomfield, Clear
Creek, Gilpin, and Jefferson Counties. Before joining the
OPEN MINDS staff in May, 2008 she served as a consultant
and advisory board member.
Ms. Kidd received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology
from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma and
her Master of Arts in Christian Counseling from Oral Roberts
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Monica E. Oss M. Colleen Elmer, M.S.W., M.B.A. J. Jay Mackie, Ph.D. John F. Talbot, Ph.D.
Senior Associates
Michael F. Barkey, M.S.W. John K. Connors, M.Ed., LPC Joseph P. Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. Daniel Y. Patterson, M.D. Michael LaRue, B.S., CPA
Senior Consultants
Michael A. Acosta, M.S.W. Dan M. Aune, M.S.W. Michael P. Bannon Stewart Bloom, M.S.W., LCSW Dale Chadwick, M.B.A. Joan Chick, M.S.N., R.N. Stephen A. DaRe, M.B.A. Robert F. Elmer, M.B.A. Richard Galica, M.S. Rosemary V. Hutchison, CGFM Jess C. Jamieson, Ph.D., M.S.W. Sheila P. Kochis, M.P.A., C.P.A. Gene F. Rosetti Joseph Rutherford, M.A., M.B.A. January H. Scott Kasi Tiller Janice Walker, R.N., M.P.H., Ed.D. Borden Wilson
Consultants
Mark D. Berg Stacey L. Biggins Raymond A. Borbidge, SPHR Louise R. Gregg, M.H.A. Paul D. Mangan Billye Joyce Roberts Philip L. Sowders Sarah C. Threnhauser Belinda Hazelwood Willis, M.Ed.
Researchers
Laura L. Morgan Laura Rudisill
Dee Brown Sue Buelow, M.S. John Heffner, M.H.A. John Kingsley Holton, Ph.D. Wendy K. Kidd, M.A., L.P.C. Sheila P. Kochis, C.P.A. John W. Kuenning, M.H.S. Karla McFarland, M.B.A. Nancy Thaler, M.S. |
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