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Dr. Sara Koenig Joins the Green Hill Team as Medical Director

Posted on November 2, 2020 - 12:11 pm by

We are excited to announce that Dr. Sara Koenig has joined the team as our first Medical Director. This is a major step in bringing full-time integrated care to our clients, by offering medical treatment within our organization. 

As the Medical Director, Sara will provide and supervise direct medical care for all our clients, and help us to continue to build a true integrated and integrative medicine practice.  Sara brings years of training and experience in traditional clinical management of addictions and co-occurring disorders to the Green Hill team. 

Our CEO Tripp Johnson said “I couldn’t be more thrilled to have a true leader and innovator joining the team. We’ve worked together for the past year, sharing a number of clients between Green Hill and Triangle Wellness and Recovery. Dr. Koenig has a nuanced, sophisticated understanding of substance use and mental health disorder and even more importantly, she is aligned with our values and vision for what treatment can look like.” 

Dr. Koenig graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill in 2006, and is triple board certified in Addiction Medicine, Clinical Pathology and Transfusion Medicine. She has held various positions as an addiction medicine physician, clinical faculty member at multiple universities, and medical director.

Sara now owns her own private practice, Triangle Wellness & Recovery with the vision of providing personalized, evidence-based integrative care for substance use disorders, behavioral addictions, and chronic pain in a compassionate and innovative multidisciplinary setting. She is a national consultant on the topics of addiction and harm reduction and is a member of both the American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the American Association of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)

Keep an eye out for an upcoming Meet the Team feature on Sara for an opportunity to learn more about her other professional ventures and what motivates her personally. 

Green Hill Increases Accessibility to Substance Use Treatment by Joining Aetna as In-Network Provider

Posted on October 12, 2020 - 1:20 pm by

PRESS RELEASE: October 12, 2020, Raleigh, NC – Green Hill Recovery, a Raleigh-based treatment provider for young adults grappling with substance use disorder (SUD), announced today that it has become an in-network provider for Aetna. This announcement marks a monumental step forward in Green Hill’s effort to make high quality treatment more affordable and accessible for families in North Carolina and beyond.

Aetna is the nation’s third largest insurance provider, and in-network status will provide Green Hill’s clients and families more stable insurance reimbursements and lower our cost of care. Going in-network is for Green Hill a reflection of the company’s desire to operate as a values-based, mission-driven organization. As an in-network provider, Green Hill can build further financial transparency, and achieve a greater level of unity with clients and families. 

Green Hill CEO Tripp Johnson was excited about what this meant for the future, saying “Our first in-network contract is a major step in our mission to provide quality, affordable healthcare. There’s often a tension between providers and insurance companies, especially in the substance use and mental health field. Providers think insurance companies should cover more services and insurance companies don’t want to pay for ineffective treatments. Forging partnerships with insurance providers will help us change that narrative and achieve the goal of increasing access to quality care.”  

Green Hill has set a goal for 2021 to become an in-network provider for United, Anthem, Cigna, Aetna, and Humana. 

Tripp Johnson also added “We would really like to thank our team and our mentors in the behavioral health field for helping us to navigate this process. We could not have achieved this without them.”

The continued rise in SUD and co-occurring mental health conditions needs to be met with innovation and creative solutions. Organizations like Green Hill must continue to play a role in making high quality treatment more accessible and affordable. 

About Green Hill: Green Hill is a nationally recognized treatment provider for young adults grappling with substance use and other co-occurring mental health disorders. Green Hill prepares clients for success beyond their days in treatment through sophisticated addiction, mental health, and executive functioning treatment; intentional community integration, experiential, and wellness offerings; and individualized academic, career, and personal growth curriculum. At its core, Green Hill empowers individuals to live with profound purpose.

Marcus Shumate Joins the Green Hill Team as Clinical Outreach Director

Posted on August 31, 2020 - 5:17 pm by

Green Hill is excited to announce that Marcus Shumate is joining the team as the Clinical Outreach Director. For the first time, Green Hill has created a position dedicated to educating referents, family members, and potential clients about Green Hill’s programs. Marcus brings intimate knowledge of our organization from his time as the Director of Pavillon’s Young Men’s Program, which many of our clients have attended prior to joining Green Hill. 

As the Clinical Outreach Director, Marcus will build strategic relationships for Green Hill throughout the country with a clinically-informed approach. Marcus is passionate for innovation in the field of substance use disorder treatment and promotes the idea that practitioners should be challenging assumed constraints. Given his interests in all things related to human flourishing, Marcus was drawn to the alignment he experienced with Green Hill’s mission.

“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Marcus to the team,” says Green Hill CEO Tripp Johnson. “Marcus and I have been friends and colleagues for the past few years and I always knew we’d work together sooner or later. Marcus’s passion, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to the field make him a natural fit for the team.”    

Marcus was previously the Director of the Young Men’s Program at Pavillon, a residential treatment program in North Carolina. Marcus holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Gardner-Webb University and a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Gardner-Webb University. At Pavillon, he began as a Continuing-Care Coordinator, transitioned to a primary therapist in various programs, and then developed and implemented the Young Men’s Program. As the Director of the Young Men’s Program, Marcus led the development and implementation of clinical programming, provided direct clinical care, and provided clinical supervision to a team of clinicians and program staff. 

Development Director Jake Summers said “We were really trying to find a way to build an outreach department focused on education that was grounded in our values and mission. There are many programs in this field who take more of a sales approach, and that just isn’t who we are.”

Marcus brings nearly a decade of experience helping young men in recovery as a clinician and the Director of Pavillon’s Young Men’s program. His broad experience and background as a clinician makes him extremely well suited to build strategy relationships for our organization. 

Keep an eye out for the upcoming Meet the Team feature of Marcus for an opportunity to learn more about him as an individual and why he thrives in this field. 

Green Hill Celebrates 3rd Anniversary!

Posted on August 15, 2020 - 10:37 pm by

On Friday August 14th, 2020, we celebrated our third anniversary as a nationally recognized, clinically-driven treatment program for young adults struggling with substance use and other co-occurring disorders. From humble beginnings, we set out to integrate clinical services, academic and career coaching, and community involvement through sober living and peer support to serve young adults interested in academic and career progression. 

Over the past three years, we’ve grown from having one full-time, masters level clinician to now having more than six full-time therapists and an additional thirteen full-time team members! In addition to growing the team, we’re focused on increasing the value we provide to clients, their families, and the community at large.

Through a sophisticated, clinically-driven curriculum that is designed to support young adults not only in recovery, but in the life-long process of personal growth, we’re able to deliver individualized treatment tailored to specific recovery tracks, academic and/or career tracks, and passion projects. 

“For me, Green Hill has always been a labor of love. Our mission is to empower individuals to live with profound purpose and we mean it,” says Green Hill CEO Tripp Johnson. “It’s been incredibly rewarding not only to see client successes, but to see how individuals on our team have grown personally and professionally. We’ve got extremely talented, compassionate, and driven people throughout the organization and I’m humbled to be at the helm.” 

Over the past year, our company has added a community-based intensive outpatient program to complement its transitional living program, gained accreditation by The Joint Commission, and begun contracting with multiple insurance providers.

Be on the lookout for an upcoming announcement regarding our newly launched medical program that will allow Green Hill to be an integrated healthcare provider. Over the coming months, we’ll also be announcing new contracts with insurance providers, adding new services, and of course, continuing to pursue excellence. Our third year in business was great, but year four is going to be even more exciting!

A huge thank you to our amazing team, the families that trust us, and our outstanding partners in the field. We couldn’t do this without you!

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