iamond Healthcare Corporation is a Richmond, Virginia based behavioral healthcare consulting and management company.  Diamond specializes in the development and management of hospital-based psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment services.  The Company is particularly adept in working with hospital systems to provide a comprehensive array of behavioral health services.  Diamond’s goal is to establish high quality, comprehensive programs which are well utilized and financially sound.  Diamond's expertise and resources are applied in the following areas:

      Operational Assessments and Consultations - Diamond is frequently retained to conduct operational assessments of psychiatric and substance abuse programs that are already operational.  Diamond's intensive operational evaluations include a market analysis, financial review, program assessment, professional staff and program staff review, physical plant assessment and related activity review.  This operational assessment will enable the facility to gain a clear understanding of their current operating status.  The operational assessment also provides specific information and recommendations essential to developing business and marketing plans and for the development of long-range and strategic plans.  Upon conclusion of the operational assessment, Diamond is available to assist the hospital or system to prioritize the recommendations and in implementing the approved strategies.

      Service Design - Diamond can determine the number of beds, kinds of services, both inpatient partial hospitalization and outpatient services.

      Obtaining Approvals - Diamond can assist with certificate of need, licensure, zoning, Medicare certification, DRG exemption and other regulatory approvals.

      Physical Plant Modifications - Diamond can provide technical assistance necessary to design or modify facilities to best suit the service, meet building code, safety and security requirements and at the same time provide a pleasant ambiance conducive to treatment.

     Personnel Recruitment,
Selection and Training - Diamond can provide specialized job descriptions, recruiting, interviewing, hiring and training services for medical staff, nurses, counselors and non-professional candidates for positions in new or existing programs.

     Program Development - Diamond can develop and implement treatment programs to address the needs of specific populations such as adolescent, geropsychiatric, adult psychiatric, chemical dependency, neuropsychiatric and medical/psychiatric.  Program development includes the provision of treatment programs and protocols and the development of program specific policies and procedures.

      Ongoing Management - Diamond can provide day to day management of clinical programs, physician recruitment, staff supervision, development and implementation of marketing plans, census development, administration, interaction with the community, reimbursement negotiations, liaison with regulatory agencies, and other related operational responsibilities.

      Workplace Services - Diamond specializes in providing a wide array of workplace services including REACH Employee Assistance Programs, Organizational Assessment and Intervention Services, Management Development Programs, Behavioral Health Employee Seminars, Critical Incident Management, Workplace Wellness Programs, Disability Management, and Behavioral Health Gatekeeping Services.  We offer the most comprehensive package of client services, on-site workplace management support services, and wellness programs available to business, industry, government organizations, hospitals, school districts, transportation and utility companies coast-to-coast.

      Reimbursement and Financial Support - Diamond can provide assistance to the hospital related to the types, methods and systems required for reimbursement for behavioral health services by various payors.  Additional financial services include “what-if” modeling for developing new services as well as refining existing services.

      Managed Care - Diamond can assist in developing a continuum of behavioral health services that are managed care “friendly”.  Additional assistance can be provided in the areas of evaluating the financial impact of a managed care contract on existing behavioral health programs and development of a behavioral health component to a Medical Services Organization (MSO ) or similar hospital-based managed care organization.

       The William J. Farley Center
at Williamsburg Place - This facility is an extended treatment program designed for the impaired professional.  It is licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia and accredited with commendation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).  Located in Williamsburg , Virginia , the William J. Farley Center offers the impaired professional a four-day comprehensive evaluation, intervention services, a three-phase program including detoxification, rehabilitation and mirror image therapy.  Also included are family program services, recovery residences, and dual diagnosis treatment services, relapse prevention services and a two-year post-treatment advocacy and monitoring program.

       Outcome Measurement - Diamond Performance Measurement System (RESULTS) is a valid and reliable system for measuring comprehensive psychiatric and chemical dependency outcomes.  It provides a systematic approach to data collection, data analysis, and report generation that are accepted by the Joint Commission in connection with the ORYX initiative for accreditation.  RESULTS was designed to rate the effectiveness of programs treating adolescents and adults in an array of treatment settings including inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient programs.