Spectrum Health Systems Grows Leadership Team with Eight Promotions
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., a not-for-profit organization providing a comprehensive continuum of addiction treatment in Massachusetts and specialized programming for justice-involved individuals throughout the country, announced today notable promotions for eight members of its senior leadership team, better positioning the provider for continued growth and expansion. “Our employees are the backbone of the programs and ...
Black History Month: Honoring Black Pioneers in Behavioral Health
The month of February was chosen to honor Black history to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglas, an African American social reformer, and Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The observance originated in the U.S. back in the 1970s to honor and recognize the contributions and achievements of Black Americans ...
Meet the Hosts and Learn the Impact of our Magnolia FAST© Virtual Family Meeting Series
Supportive resources, like family, friends, and mentors, are essential to a person’s recovery journey. However, loved ones who care for someone struggling with a substance use disorder (SUD) also need support and education. It is important that people who care for someone with an addiction understand that their well-being is just as important and that ...
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. Wins New Contract with Massachusetts Department of Correction
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive continuum of evidence-based addiction treatment, was recently awarded a first-of-its-kind contract by the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MADOC) to provide in-prison medication-assisted treatment to offenders with opioid use disorders on a statewide basis. Spectrum has worked closely with the Massachusetts correctional system since 1993, delivering a range of substance use disorder (SUD) and recidivism reduction programming under contract to MADOC.
2020 Recap: Expanding Addiction Treatment in New England
As another year draws to a close, we can’t help but reflect on just how different 2020 has been. It has created many challenges for addiction treatment providers, and we’re proud of the way our centers and employees were able to meet them. Before we enter 2021, we want to acknowledge Spectrum’s accomplishments over the ...
Three Things Dax Shepard is Teaching the World About Relapse
Recently, actor Dax Shepard shared a big secret with the world: he had relapsed after sixteen years of sobriety. On his podcast, Armchair Expert, he explained that he had been keeping an “enormous secret,” that he had been prescribed painkillers after a motorcycle accident and ultimately started misusing them. What started out as a prescription ...
Spectrum Health Systems’ Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jeffrey Baxter, Recognized by Association for Behavioral Healthcare
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., a longtime not-for-profit organization providing a comprehensive continuum of addiction treatment throughout Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that the organization’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Jeffrey Baxter, M.D., was honored with the Association for Behavioral Healthcare’s (ABH) Excellence in Best Practices Award for the planning, implementation and ongoing integration of best practices in addiction treatment.
Spectrum Health Systems Grows Leadership Team with Eight Promotions
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., a not-for-profit organization providing a comprehensive continuum of addiction treatment in Massachusetts and specialized programming for justice-involved individuals throughout the country, announced today notable promotions for eight members of its senior leadership team, better positioning the provider for continued growth and expansion. “Our employees are the backbone of the programs and ...
Black History Month: Honoring Black Pioneers in Behavioral Health
The month of February was chosen to honor Black history to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglas, an African American social reformer, and Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The observance originated in the U.S. back in the 1970s to honor and recognize the contributions and achievements of Black Americans ...
Meet the Hosts and Learn the Impact of our Magnolia FAST© Virtual Family Meeting Series
Supportive resources, like family, friends, and mentors, are essential to a person’s recovery journey. However, loved ones who care for someone struggling with a substance use disorder (SUD) also need support and education. It is important that people who care for someone with an addiction understand that their well-being is just as important and that ...
Project Turnabout Honored with Award from Association of Behavioral Health
On Friday, October 20th, the Spectrum Health Systems team traveled to Boston for an exciting event – the annual Association of Behavioral Health (ABH) Salute to Excellence ceremony. This year, one of our residential treatment programs, Project Turnabout, won the “Excellence in Best Practices” award. As a long-time provider of addiction treatment dedicated to providing ...
Looking for a Treatment Center? Make Sure It’s CARF Accredited
Spectrum Health Systems and the New England Recovery Center take great pride in being Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accredited addiction treatment providers. We work hard to ensure all our services, operations and employees are top-notch and up to standard every single day, because we believe it’s an essential component of good treatment. ...
Spectrum Health Systems Continues to Expand in Response to Rising Demand for Services
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., a longtime not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive continuum of addiction treatment throughout Massachusetts, has increased access to recovery resources across the state to continue combatting the addiction crisis. New outpatient treatment centers are now open in Millbury and Weymouth, and the company’s existing Pittsfield program moved to a larger facility to adequately serve the local population.
Get to Know David Nefussy, Spectrum’s New Vice President of Business Development
In case you missed it, we recently hired a new Vice President of Business Development, David Nefussy, to help Spectrum Health Systems continue to promote its mission while providing quality addiction treatment services amidst the ongoing opioid crisis. In addition to leveraging his relationships with managed care organizations, insurance companies, and private sector providers to ...
What Is Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) And Why Do Our Prisons Need It?
Last month, our Vice President of Clinical Development, Dr. Romas Buivydas, and State Director for Massachusetts’ Correctional Services, Earl Warren attended the American Correctional Association (ACA) conference in St. Louis, Missouri. While there, they led a workshop designed to educate the audience of non-clinical corrections professionals about Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for addiction and substance use ...
Opioid Epidemic Declared a National Emergency
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, nearly 35,000 people across America died from heroin or opioid overdoses in 2015, and a study released by the University of Virginia on Aug. 7th concluded the mortality rates were 24 percent higher for opioids and 22 percent higher for heroin than previously reported. Clearly, more must ...
