Independent Consultant serving clients in New England and across North America, providing CARF survey preparation / guidance as well as policy, procedure and compliance in behavioral health facilities. Expertise in CARF accreditation and behavioral health regulatory compliance. Responsibilities may include comprehensive preparation, assessment, and review of your residential, outpatient, intensive outpatient, medical detoxification, telehealth, lab start-up, programming, opioid treatment program, and more.
With several years of experience working with a life coaching and career counseling company for those with disabilities, I also assist clients in this industry who are interested in CARF accreditation and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities may include comprehensive preparation, assessment, and review of your policies, procedures, licensure application, data collection trackers, and programming.
I also have worked with child placement, out of home services, sober living homes, and opioid treatment programs.
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After attempting to navigate the CARF accreditation process on my own, I quickly realized I did not have the skills, knowledge and ability to complete this without help. Luckily, I found Christine and began working with her / CHab Consulting LLC during the start-up phase of My Path, LLC. Christine laid out the CARF requirements and standards in a way that made sense and felt attainable. From there, she laid out a clear plan to meet and exceed these standards. She wrote policies and procedures for my organization that matched state, federal, contractual, and CARF International requirements as well as set up sustainable methods for collecting data, receiving stakeholder feedback, analyzing outcomes, and training staff. She helped guide leadership planning to not only conform to CARF’s standards, but also to streamline processes. Having someone who knew how to do this saved me precious time and money so that I could focus on building my business.
Christine has guided us through our CARF survey preparations over the last several years, culminating in a 3-year accreditation with no recommendations! After achieving CARF accreditation, Christine has remained an asset to My Path, helping us to maintain CARF’s standards as well as regulatory compliance. Her breadth of knowledge and business management experience compliments our operations in areas such as compliance, data analysis, and marketing. She is conscientious, competent, and a pleasure to work with. Christine's ability to communicate, give perspective, answer questions and collaborate with the My Path team has also been a huge asset in the growth of the company.
Any organization that engages Christine’s consulting services will be happy that they have done so. Christine's involvement with My Path has been invaluable and we would not be in the place we are today without her support and expertise. Any business or individual that needs to navigate CARF accreditation, compliance, policies, standards, and data tracking, both initially and long term, would benefit from collaborating with Christine!
Nate Evens, CEO
My Path LLC
Loretto, MN
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Christine helped our staff focus on sustainable methods of tracking both current and future standards of the ever changing CARF manuals. These tracking tools allow for quick updates and reminders to staff in order to maintain compliance without “recreating the wheel” every three years. Thanks again!
Gary Houle, CEO
North Charles, Inc.
Cambridge, MA