To learn more about National Council affiliate membership, review our brochure and contact Kara Sweeney or call 202.684.7457, ext. 223. 

National Council affiliate members offer a range of products and services for mental health and addictions treatment organizations:

• Consultants & Technical Assistance
• Foundations
• Information Technology Systems
• Insurance
• Pharmacy
• Publishing
• Staffing
• Telehealth
• Training and Compliance

Consultants & Technical Assistance
 

Advocates for Human Potential (AHP), Inc., is a research and consulting firm that specializes in changing or improving organizational systems.  Company services focus on the needs of people with disabilities and disadvantages to help them achieve full community integration.  Founded in 1980, the company offers research and evaluation; technical assistance and training; system and program development, including strategic planning and information management; and resource development and dissemination, in core content areas.

Foundations

The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation, founded in December 1990, seeks to improve the lives of children and adolescents by supporting programs and services for those affected by mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse, and by enhancing early childhood and primary education.

Information Technology Systems

Anasazi Software, developed by and for behavioral healthcare and social service professionals, helps you provide the best care possible to your clients. Our clinical and financial systems were developed with extraordinary input from customers nationwide. Anasazi's growing client base includes public, nonprofit social service agencies that provide an array of programs, including; behavioral health, development disabilities, substance abuse, child welfare and many more. Our customers are long-term partners who interact through established state-based user groups to improve and expand our services to the behavioral health care and social service industry. Since 1989, Anasazi Software has provided superior, custom software and exceptional service to behavioral health and social service professionals who need real-time access to client and financial data.
 

Askesis Development Group, Inc. is a leader in software solutions for the behavioral health, addictions treatment, and social services markets.  Our flagship application, PsychConsult®, Provider, is designed to completely integrate organizations’ clinical workflow and revenue cycle.  PsychConsult Provider’s electronic health record (EHR) is designed to automate inpatient, residential, and outpatient services. Complete with treatment planning, documentation, order entry, e-prescribing, census management, and a mobile solution; the software’s design ensures flexibility in configuration to meet each organization’s requirements.  Askesis’ software solutions are complemented with comprehensive implementation, ongoing support, and technical services.
 

Credible Behavioral Health Software is committed to improve the quality of care and lives in behavioral health for clients, families, providers, and management. We strive to be the market leader for Behavioral health enterprise software focused on Community-based, Clinic-based, Youth and Residential providers by differentiating on innovation, value, and customer service. Credible Behavioral Health Enterprise Software provides secure, proven, easy to use software for clinic, community, residential, and mobile care providers across the United States. Credible's commitment to innovation, ease of use and optimization runs throughout our software. Fully integrated and seamless, Credible provides clinical, scheduling, billing, form management, advanced search, medication tracking, mobile/field, reporting and management modules.
 

Defran Systems has developed and implemented flexible, reliable enterprise-wide (EMR/EHR) software for over 25 years. A leading innovator in software development, we've deployed the industry's most powerful and successful system, Evolv-CS — continually adapting and perfecting our system to leverage the latest developments in behavioral healthcare and technology.
 

The Echo Group has developed and supported electronic health record and billing software specifically created for the needs of behavioral health and human services organizations for almost 30 years. Echo’s customers include organizations from across the nation and span the continuum of care including mental health, substance abuse, MR/DD, behavioral health, social service, and county and government service deliver systems. Echo's Behavioral Healthcare Software creates better organizations with electronic clinical records, HIPAA compliant billing, accreditation and outcomes tools, reporting and management information. The Echo Group offers a broad compliment of services to including training, implementation, consulting, IT and Transaction Management billing services.
 

It's a time of unprecedented uncertainty and change. Agencies are expected to provide more services while reporting on more information, and the rules are always changing. At eHana, our software is designed to give you the flexibility to adapt in a changing environment. We will help your agency do more of what it's good at: provide quality services, closely monitor client progress, and make effective management decisions. eHana LLC was founded by Jacob Buckley-Fortin (the company's Chief Executive Officer) and Marcus Lum (the company's Chief Technology Officer) in Honolulu, Hawaii and has been producing cutting-edge information systems for human service and behavioral health organizations since 2000. The company had early success working with Hawaii-based organizations and eventually expanded nationally, opening a second office in Boston, Massachusetts.
 

Foothold Technology provides agencies and service providers with software that tracks both mission-critical and administrative data. Foothold delivers its software over the Internet, which allows one-time, point-of-service data entry. Companies that use this method of delivering software are called Application Service Providers (ASP) and represent a revolution for nonprofit agencies. The ASP model allows agencies to save money by outsourcing their technological hassles. To use Foothold’s software, all you need is a computer and an Internet connection, so there are no additional staffing or hardware costs, ever.

Lavender & Wyatt Systems Inc. is an enterprise software solutions company focused on behavioral healthcare, helping community organizations address issues such as decreasing revenue, extensive documentation required for reimbursement, manual processes and inefficient workflow, multiple disparate systems, and data delays. LWSI offers a software solution, resulting in definable repeatable processes that reduce the risk of non-compliance, allow clinicians to spend more time with clients, and increases agency revenue.

Netsmart Technologies is the trusted partner for health and human services’ largest connected community of providers and payers. Netsmart provides on demand and traditional software solutions to automate key financial, clinical and management processes for more than 18,000 organizations nationwide.

Qualifacts’ vision is to be the service provider of choice in our target markets as measured by customer satisfaction and user adoption. Qualifacts delivers cost-effective solutions that help HHS providers make more informed decisions regarding the care of their clients, meet and exceed compliance requirements and improve financial performance. Qualifacts harnesses our clients’ expertise and industry best practices to deliver solutions with immediate returns and ever-increasing value. We are committed to relationships that yield mutual success, are aligned with our customers' interests and we will operate with integrity and openness.
 

At Sequest Technologies, the words "Software Solutions By People Who Care" represent the dedication and mind-set of leadership and staff who work hard every day to bring you the best possible software solutions for your business. That’s because we’re not like most software companies run by technicians, but a group of clinical experts whose background is overwhelmingly rooted in the healthcare industry. With over 175 years of field experience, the software solutions we develop tackle the real issues standing between you and exceptional patient care.

The process of delivery of behavioral/human services is a dynamic interaction that involves collaboration among clinical/financial resources, and communication using state of the art technical tools. UNI/CARE’s mission is to offer solutions designed to improve clinical outcomes, standardize workflows and maximize revenue cycles within an environment fostering collaboration and informed decision-making.

Insurance
 

Mental Health Risk Retention Group is a liability insurance company owned by its policyholders. It offers stabilized premiums, protection against arbitrary cancellation, quality coverage, and a loss prevention program.

Negley Associates is MHRRG’s underwriting management firm and serves the insurance needs of healthcare and social service providers. Coverage includes workers compensation, general and professional liability, directors and officers’ liability, property and physician policies.

Pharmacy

Genoa Healthcare builds and operates pharmacies inside mental health organizations nationwide. Genoa’s mission is to make a positive impact in the lives of those surrounded by mental illness. Working with a Genoa pharmacy has been proven to improve client care and save your agency time and money.

Publishing

Hazelden is the leading publisher of evidence-based behavioral health programs that address the specific needs of clients struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. 

In partnership with the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, also a leader in the research and development of evidence-based practices, we have launched a comprehensive, state-of-the-art line of professional resources under the name Dartmouth PRC-Hazelden. Through manualized curricula, books, multimedia tools, and staff-development trainings, we offer easy-to-implement resources for treating those with mental health problems, addictions, or co-occurring disorders at every point along the continuum of care.

Telehealth

Secure TeleHealth provides a secure, inexpensive, PC-based, video conferencing service for the delivery of behavioral healthcare in the community. Video conferences may be one-on-one or in groups of up to six. All participants see and hear each other throughout.

Training and Compliance

Essential Learning offers a convenient and cost-effective option for continuing education, career development, and staff training. In partnership with the National Council, Essential Learning offers discounted individual online courses as well as comprehensive web-based learning management systems customized to an organization’s needs. Both options allow the behavioral healthcare workforce to earn continuing education credits and stay on the forefront of industry best practices.