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Woods Services Names Dinetta Armstrong, MBA, as Senior Vice President of Woods Healthcare, and Executive Director of The Medical Center at Woods

September 28, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CONTACT:

Cheryl Kauffman, 215-750-4255, ckauffman@woods.org

 

 

Woods Services Names Dinetta Armstrong, MBA, as Senior Vice President of Woods Healthcare, and Executive Director of The Medical Center at Woods

 

 

Armstrong will help expand Woods’ integrated care model in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

 

LANGHORNE, Pa. (Sept. 15, 2023) – Woods Services, part of the Woods System of Care, has brought on board a key new senior leader, Dinetta Armstrong, MBA, as Senior Vice President of Woods Healthcare and Executive Director of The Medical Center at Woods. Armstrong is responsible for health services across the Woods System of Care, a $450 million network across Pennsylvania and New Jersey that provides lifelong care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, brain injury, and behavioral health challenges who may also have complex medical and genetic conditions.

 

Armstrong is responsible for advancing Woods’ growth in managed care and value-based reimbursement. She will further the integration of Woods Health Services—the NCQA-certified Medical Center at Woods, Penn Dental at Woods, and the Center for Behavioral Health—along with the development of an integrated medical and behavioral health center at RWJBarnabas in Hamilton, New Jersey. Armstrong will work with Sailaja Musunuri, MD, Woods’ executive vice president of integrative medicine and chief of psychiatry, and Stephen Kolesk, MD, Woods’ vice president for medical affairs and managed care/chief medical officer, to lay the groundwork to replicate the integrated care model in strategic locations of high need.

 

The integrated care model is part of an overall population health management approach that focuses on whole-person care and recognizes the importance of addressing all of a person’s needs to attain the best possible health and behavioral outcomes. That includes acknowledging the social determinants of health (socioeconomic factors, education, geographic location, membership in an under-represented group, access to transportation, etc.), which play deep and meaningful roles in a person’s health and well-being. In the integrated care model, healthcare and other service providers work together seamlessly to eliminate gaps in care.

 

“Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism face enormous barriers to care and, as a result, experience poorer health outcomes, lower quality of life, and higher healthcare costs than the general population,” said Tine Hansen-Turton, President and CEO of Woods Services and the Woods System of Care. “Dinetta will play an integral role in helping expand our evidence-based integrated care model to break down the barriers to quality care.”

 

“I’m passionate about the power of integrated care to improve the health and well-being of this underserved population,” Armstrong said. “I look forward to developing more partnerships like the one Woods has with RWJ Barnabas Health and Rutgers University.” RWJ Barnabas Health, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, and Woods Services are joining forces to establish the first integrated healthcare center for individuals with ID/A at Robert Woods Johnson University Hospital Hamilton in early 2024. The center is the first of many more of its kind to come.

 

Armstrong will also use her expertise to help the Medical Center at Woods’ satellite location at Brian’s House in Exton, Pa., expand to serve more people in Chester County and incorporate new behavioral health services there. The Medical Center at Woods serves as a national model for providing comprehensive, coordinated personalized care for people with complex diagnoses and medical conditions. In April 2023, the Medical Center at Woods was awarded Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance Patient-Centered Medical Home Program (www.ncqa.org).

 

Armstrong has more than 25 years of experience working in healthcare administration, including hospitals, managed care, and Federally Qualified Health Centers that provided integrated primary and behavioral healthcare, including wraparound services, to the underserved community in Philadelphia. She has a wealth of experience cultivating new business opportunities to ensure growth, progress, and expansion, as well as working to improve standards of care and quality of service.

 

Armstrong received her B.S. in health policy and administration from Penn State University, and her M.B.A in health care administration from Temple University.

 

Dinetta Armstrong Headshot

 

About Woods System of Care

The Woods System of Care is a $450 million, nonprofit population health organization with 10 affiliates and related organizations and 6,600 employees across PA and NJ. Woods offers integrated healthcare services across the lifespan, including mental and physical healthcare, education, housing, and residential treatment. and employment services for an estimated 27,000 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, brain injury, and behavioral health challenges who may also have complex medical and genetic conditions. Woods System of Care services enable seamless transitions from one level of care to another.

 

 

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Brain Injury Organizations Partner to Present Policy & Advocacy Conference

September 26, 2023

Traumatic Brain Injury Conference: A Focus on Policy & Advocacy

Sponsored by Mind Your Brain and Woods System of Care

Saturday, November 4, 2023

Woods Services, Employee Training Center, 10 Meadowood Drive, Langhorne PA 19147

 

Penn Medicine and the Mind Your Brain Foundation, sponsor of the annual Mind Your Brain Conference now in its 10th year, is excited to join forces with Beechwood NeuroRehab, a premier brain injury provider and part of the Woods System of Care that provides lifelong care to individuals with traumatic brain injury, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and critical mental health needs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, for our first policy and advocacy conference on Saturday, November 4, 2023, 9:15am–4:00pm.

 

This is an opportunity for survivors, advocates, and providers to gain the skills they need to make a difference for the other 1.7 million people who sustain a traumatic brain injury annually through collaboration, information sharing, and education so that we can collectively become a more powerful voice to create change.

 

The Mind Your Brain Foundation, the PA Brain Injury Coalition, the Woods System of Care, and other stakeholders are working closely with state and federal lawmakers to develop legislation aimed at improving services received by people with brain injuries. At this conference, you will be able to learn about those initiatives and understand how you can help them become law. Some of these proposals include: 1) ensuring brain injury treatments are adequately funded by the government; and, 2) post-acute NeuroRehabilitation that would require insurance coverage for these services.

 

Conference Schedule:

9:15 a.m.         Registration Check-In, Coffee Resource Table visits

 

10:00 a.m.       Opening Remarks and Patient Perspective: Janine Kirby, traumatic brain injury survivor and advocate

 

10:20 a.m.       Keynote Speaker: Pennsylvania State Senator Frank Farry

 

11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Workshop A: Advocacy 101: Learn about bills that have been introduced already and how you can play a role in shaping future legislation

 

Panelists: Monica Vaccaro, Programs Manager at the Brain Injury Association of Pa; Dr. Drew Nagele, PsyD, ABPP, FACRM, CBIS-AP, CBIST, CESP is the co-Chair of the PA Brain Injury Coalition; Kevin MacDonald, TBI survivor and founder of RESTART your life/ RENEW your mind and co-organizer of the Brain Injury Awareness Day in Harrisburg.

Moderated by: Kristen Farry

 

12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Resource Table visits

 

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Workshop B: Finding Your Voice by Toastmasters: Learn how to develop and present a 2-minute pitch to legislators and communicate better in all lifestyle settings.

Panelists from Toastmasters are: Natanya Sortland, Alex Lawes, and Robin Ratliff

 

2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Workshop C: Mental Health Matters:  Participants will learn about the cognitive and psychiatric manifestations in individuals recovering from a traumatic brain injury. Participants will also learn about the tools that they need to utilize to identify & address the problem and the resources available in the community.

 

Panel Discussion by Woods Services: Sailaja Musunuri, M.D., executive vice president of integrative medicine and chief of psychiatry, Thomas DiNapoli, Senior Cognitive Therapist, and Jen Caputo, PMHNP.

Moderated by: Tine Hansen-Turton, President and CEO of Woods Services.

 

3:00 p.m. Closing Comments

 

MYB@Woods System of Care Policy and Advocacy Conference Register here to attend. This is a free event, and lunch will be included.

Woods System of Care and Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services Announce Plan to Affiliate

June 29, 2023

The partnership will increase access to behavioral health services for individuals in New Jersey and boost access to services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism.

 

 

 

Woods Services, Inc. and Woods Resources, Inc. (Woods System of Care) and Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services (Bridgeway) are pleased to announce their intent to affiliate. The proposed affiliation has been approved by the organizations’ boards and is subject to approval by New Jersey regulatory agencies. When approved, Woods System of Care will employ 6,500 people and serve close to 27,000 individuals.

 

The Woods System of Care is headquartered in Langhorne, Pa., with 10 affiliates and joint ventures in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that provide lifetime integrated services for more than 22,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities, autism, and /or mental health challenges who may also have complex medical and genetic conditions. Services include mental and physical healthcare, education, housing and residential treatment, and workforce development.

 

Bridgeway, headquartered in Union, New Jersey, serves more than 4,000 people each year in crisis intervention programs and psychiatric screening in 10 counties in northern New Jersey.

 

Upon approval of the affiliation, Bridgeway will join Woods’ three other New Jersey affiliates —  Legacy Treatment Services, Allies, Inc., and Archway Programs — in plans to enhance and expand behavioral health services in northern New Jersey, adding to the coverage Legacy provides in central and southern New Jersey.

 

“Woods and Bridgeway have explored an affiliation over the past several years. We are pleased today to announce that with the approval of our boards, we are a step closer to partnering to expand programs significantly over the coming years to serve individuals with behavioral healthcare needs in New Jersey,” said Tine Hansen-Turton, president & CEO, Woods Services, Woods Resources, and Woods System of Care.

 

“Bridgeway’s collaboration enables us to work together to serve even more individuals who seek behavioral healthcare services,” added Cory Storch, president and CEO of Bridgeway.

 

Through this affiliation, the organizations will be able to serve thousands of additional people. It will allow both organizations to create new programs and expand existing ones. Bridgeway will benefit from the back-office and shared services capacity of Woods System of Care as well as Woods’ strategic, operational, legal, and programmatic guidance. Woods, in turn, will expand its footprint across all of New Jersey, grow its behavioral health and IDD/A programs, and gain expertise from Bridgeway’s staff and leadership.

 

“The skills and expertise of Bridgeway’s leadership complement Woods’ leadership, which will greatly enhance the capacity of the system as a whole,” said Bridgeway’s board chairperson and treasurer, Joseph Perez. There is enormous potential for growth.

 

“Our organizations and organizational cultures are aligned, which strengthens our ability to provide much-needed, person-centered care to an underserved population,” said Barry Sharer, Woods Services board chair.

 

The organizations anticipate receiving regulatory approval within the next several months and will quickly formalize the affiliation afterward.

2023 Woods Golf Classic

June 6, 2023

Join us at the

Union League Golf Club at Torresdale

Monday, October 2, 2023

3801 Grant Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19114

 

Calendar Invite

 

Directions | Course information | Woods website | A look back at the 2022 classic

 

New Course. New Date.

Woods Golf Classic is back again, so save the date to tee off and support Woods Services! Every swing counts toward making a difference in the quality of life for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism served by Woods.

Questions?

Please email:

Diana Martinelli

diana.martinelli@woods.org

215-809-8628

Woods System of Care’s Three Outpatient Healthcare Centers in Langhorne, Pa. Welcome Patients for Primary, Dental, and Behavioral Healthcare

May 18, 2023

In bright room painted tan, a young girl with black pigtails smiles and looks up at a nurse practitioner as the NP holds a stethoscope to her back at Woods Healthcare's outpatient Medical Center.

Woods Healthcare Opens to the Community, Providing Exceptional Outpatient Health and Behavioral Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Autism, and Emotional and Behavioral Challenges

 

Woods System of Care, a network of healthcare organizations located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that ensures lifelong support to individuals with disabilities, has launched Woods Healthcare to offer world-class outpatient health and behavioral care for children, adolescents, and adults in the community with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and emotional and behavioral challenges.  Woods Healthcare includes three outpatient healthcare centers – The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods, The Medical Center at Woods, and Penn Dental Medicine at Woods Mikey Faulkner Dental Care Center – which are now open to the community. The three centers are located on the Bucks County site of Woods Services at 10 Meadowood Drive in Langhorne, Pa. Community members can now make appointments by calling 215-750-4004 and learn more at  www.woodshealthcare.org.

 

“With the launch of Woods Healthcare, we are building on a long tradition of experience and service to our community,” said Tine Hansen-Turton, president and CEO of Woods System of Care and Woods Services. “For more than a century, Woods has been a leader in providing comprehensive lifelong care to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and emotional and behavioral challenges at Woods. Our industry-leading specialists know how to break down the barriers that stand in the way of quality care for people with disabilities,” she said. “Now, with Woods Healthcare, we are expanding our services to support the community by providing individuals with disabilities access to world-class comprehensive primary care, dental care, and behavioral healthcare throughout their lifetime.”

 

The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods specializes in helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and emotional and behavioral challenges achieve their highest potential and independence. With a wellness team that includes psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, nurse navigators, counselors, and family therapists, The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods provides outpatient services for individuals ages six years through adults and seniors, including: intake, psychiatric, and diagnostics assessments; medication review and coordination; complex condition nurse navigation; and extended therapy. The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods also evaluates children ages 12 months through adolescents aged 18 years for autism spectrum disorder, making diagnoses and treatment recommendations. Sailaja Musunuri, MD, executive vice president of Integrative Medicine and Chief of Psychiatry, oversees integrated healthcare at Woods and across the Woods System of Care, including the new Center for Behavioral Health at Woods.

 

The Medical Center at Woods, which is led by Dr. Stephen J. Kolesk, chief medical officer/vice president for Medical Affairs and Managed Care at Woods, provides primary care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and emotional and behavioral challenges. The Medical Center offers outpatient services for individuals ages six through adults and seniors. The Medical Center at Woods serves as a national model for providing comprehensive, coordinated personalized care for people with complex diagnoses and medical conditions. In April 2023, the Medical Center at Woods was awarded Recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance Patient-Centered Medical Home Program (www.ncqa.org).

 

Penn Dental Medicine at Woods, Mikey Faulkner Dental Care Center is a state-of-the-art dental care center providing enhanced and leading-edge dental treatment for individuals of all ages. Woods partnered with the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, one of the leading dental schools in the United States, to develop the dental program, and Dr. Marc Henschel, director of Penn Dental Medicine’s Advanced Education in General Dentistry program, oversees the new center. The Woods facility includes five treatment rooms with advanced equipment, quiet space for those needing a lower-stimulation environment, a waiting area and reception check-in, and conference room. In addition to meeting the dental care needs of individuals with disabilities, Penn Dental Medicine at Woods, Mikey Faulkner Dental Care Center is helping prepare the next generation of dentists to care for patients with disabilities.

 

“We launched the Medical Center at Woods in June 2018, to provide a patient-centered medical home for the clients we serve and our Woods employees,” Hansen-Turton said. “We added Penn Dental Medicine at Woods in February 2023, followed by The Center for Behavioral Health in March. Now, we are opening these centers to the community, providing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and emotional and behavioral challenges with needed services in close proximity to their homes,” she said.

 

Start-up funding of $500,000 for The Center for Behavioral Health was awarded to Woods by Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick through a Community Project Funding grant. The project was supported by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) and selected because it will bridge the gap in mental health services in Bucks County. Penn Dental Medicine at Woods Mikey Faulkner Dental Care Center renovations and operational expenses were made possible through generous donations from foundations and individuals. Woods Services is grateful to the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation for supporting start-up operational expenses and to the Joseph and Mary Faulkner Family Foundation, Eamon Foundation, The McLean Contributionship, TD Charitable Foundation, and Simon and Lisa Kimmelman for supporting the renovations, and Penn Community Foundation for funding operations. The waiting room renovation was made possible by the Joseph and Mary Faulkner Family Foundation.

 

In early 2024, the three new Woods Healthcare centers will be joined by a primary care center to serve individuals in N.J. In April 2023, RWJBarnabas Health, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, and Woods Services announced they joined forces to establish the very first integrated primary and behavioral health care center for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism in New Jersey. The Governor and the New Jersey Legislature recognized the critical need for I/DD services by supporting a grant of $800,000 toward the start-up costs for the initiative. The world-class center is expected to open to families and individuals in early 2024 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton in Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey. The Center will serve individuals who live in the central New Jersey region, with future plans to expand services to other areas of the state.

 

Woods is organized around the principles of population health management and addresses the social determinants of health through a comprehensive continuum and system of care that connects prevention, wellness, education, behavioral health, and social services with coordinated and integrated healthcare delivery.

 

For more information about Woods Healthcare or to schedule an appointment at one of its three outpatient centers, call 215-750-4004.

 

About Woods Services

Woods Services is a nonprofit organization that supports children, adolescents, and adults with complex medical and behavioral health care needs, including intellectual and developmental disabilities, achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment. Woods’ vision is a world where individuals have opportunities and supports that promote self-determination, dignity, respect, the joy of achievement, and a fulfilling life. Woods achieves this vision by providing comprehensive and integrated health, education, housing, workforce development, behavioral health, and case management services, along with a population health management strategy that includes the integration of primary and specialty medical care with behavioral health. More than 600 individuals from 23 states and 175 school districts are supported by Woods and its 1,400 staff at its Langhorne, Pennsylvania headquarters.

 

To ensure lifelong care and supports for the individuals its serves, Woods created the Woods System of Care – a $400 million organization with 10 affiliates and joint ventures that provide a full range of lifetime integrated services that include mental and physical healthcare, education, housing and residential treatment and workforce development for an estimated 22,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities, autism, and /or mental health challenges who may also have complex medical and genetic conditions.

 

Founded in 1913 by Philadelphia schoolteacher Mollie Woods to advance the quality of life and standard of care for individuals with disabilities, Woods continues this mission today. For more information, visit woods.org.

 

About University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Founded in 1878, the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (Penn Dental Medicine) ranks among the nation’s leaders in oral health education, research, and patient care. The School’s educational programs include: a four-year DMD program; postgraduate study in all the major clinical specialties as well as general dentistry; advanced graduate degree programs, including Doctor of Science in Dentistry, Master of Science in Oral Biology, Master of Advanced Dental Studies, and Master of Oral Health Science; and the Program for Advanced Standing Students in which foreign-trained dentists earn a DMD. As one of 12 schools within the larger urban campus of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Dental Medicine is uniquely positioned to provide a depth of opportunities for interdisciplinary study and research across other professional disciplines. The School is a major provider of oral health care for the Philadelphia community, serving approximately 31,000 patients each year in its care centers and Penn Dental Family Practice, while students also provide nearly 65,300 hours of clinical care in the community each year.

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