Charlotte Behavioral Health Care (CBHC) hosts its 2^nd Annual Toy Drive for children seen at the agency in response to the urgent need of struggling families. Toy donations directly impacted underprivileged children, many with mental illnesses and other behavioral needs, currently receiving services from CBHC.  The agancy provided a new toy to 188 children this year and a total of 140 families.

Toy donations will alleviate pressure on families that would have had to choose between purchasing holiday gifts and necessary staples, such as food. CBHC employees are pleased to support the agency toy drive to benefit children whose families may have limited resources this season. The toys will be distributed throughout the rest of the month to the children that are in need.

"Our Staff, CBHC Board of Directors and the Fred Lang Foundation Board really pulled though this holiday season and we are proud to have collected over 200 toys for our 2^nd Annual Toy Drive here at the agency", states Jessica Boles, Director of Marketing, "Our goal is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to our children that will motivate them to grow into productive and responsible citizens and leaders in our Charlotte County community."

 

As some of you may have read Coastal had a very serious HIPAA breach. Consumer names, phone numbers and addresses were stolen from their  facility. When there is a theft of this magnitude you must make notification to consumers who were affected with letters  to each consumer and a media release. This disclosure of consumer information made me very concerned about who and what types of reports are used in this agency and where they go and are they safe. Penalties for Noncompliance with HIPAA can be:

 

For wrongful disclosure of Individually identifiable health information  a fine of up to $50,000 an or Imprisonment for up to one year.

 

For wrongful disclosure for commercial advantage personal gain or malicious harm a person may face one or both of the following: fine of up to $250,000 and or imprisonment for up to 10 years.

 

So as a reminder to all of you,

 

Please keep all consumer data locked up when not in use by you.

 

Please do not transport consumer lists in your cars, use these reports in the agency only.

 

Make sure all reports containing consumer information are properly disposed of, shred bin only.

 

When working at or from home, please do not print client lists with service dates, names, phone numbers etc.,

 

Remember to secure your laptops do not leave them in your car, do not leave them unattended.

 

Please remember not following HIPAA rules could cause us very serious fines and other consequences. Please make yourself familiar with the following policies all found under Administrative:  Management Information Systems MIS-002F, Human Resources HR 100-037, and Medical Records  MR 100-020.

 

I will be doing closer monitoring of what is being left on desk and in office's and group rooms so expect to see me visiting your areas in the next few weeks and months. I want us all to be guardians of the consumers information.

   

Start Date	Department	Last Name	First Name
1/1/1996	TFC	Wynn	Gina
1/5/2009	TFC	Barnett	Lowell
1/14/2003	Maint	Walker	Phillip
1/11/2005	TFC	Hood	Amy
1/25/2005	CSU	Ennis	Dwayne
1/3/2007	OP	Collins	Linda
1/7/2008	CSU	Malone	Michael
1/18/2008	Med OP	Davis	Gloria
1/30/2008	Maint	Gibbs	Christopher
1/12/2009	CSU	Molieri	Vicente
1/2/2010	CSU	McAllister	Bennett
1/11/2010	CSU	Yarwood	Alston
1/3/2011	RC	Rodriguez	Vanessa
1/3/2011	CJD	Vazquez	Noel
1/10/2011	CSU	Shirosky	Lauren
1/18/2011	Med OP	Grennell	Jeanette
1/18/2011	TFC	Post	Matthias
1/13/2011	CSU	Joseph	Tasandra
1/21/2011	CSU	Oliva	Mario
1/9/2012	CSU	Lynch	John
1/9/2012	CSU	Walker	Damon
1/18/2012	HS	Luis	Zady

 

2012-2013  Board of Directors

 

Ed Wotitzky, Wotitzky, Wotitzky, Ross & McKinley

President

 

W. Cort Frohlich, Esq, Frohlich, Gordon & Beason

Vice President

 

Tina Narr

Secretary

 

Larry Stewart

 

Jeff Brown, Ashley, Brown & Company

 

Major Mark Caro, CCSO

 

Michael B. Cronin

 

Melinda Diedrick, Merrill Lynch

 

Michael Grant, Ambitrans

 

Margaret C. Lang

 

Robert C. Sifrit, Esq.

 

Dr. David Winsor, Access Chiropractic Center

Charlotte Behavioral Health Care underwent its' fourth accreditation review by the nationally recognized and highly respected CARF (Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities).  CARF accreditation indicates CBHC's commitment to continually improving treatment services, encouraging feedback, and serving the community.  CBHC's programs and services received the highest possible level of accreditation.