Better Life Blog

Valley’s Semi Annual 2018 Update

Posted on: August 20, 2018 | Gary Larcenaire

2018 is shaping up to be a pretty thrilling year for Valley! Valley’s recently launched ValleyEPIC program is nearly at capacity and is already making a difference in people's...

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Thrival

Posted on: May 25, 2017 | Gary Larcenaire

Thrive-oriented cultures ensure that everyone shows up every day, shaped, guided and informed by the thousands of days, prior. For thirty years, Valley Behavioral Health has bee...

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Communicate or Die

Posted on: | Gary Larcenaire

1. Message transmit speed and saturation not measured If your executive management team designated Tuesdays as "green t-shirt day" how many Tuesdays would pass before employee p...

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TrumpCare?

Posted on: | Gary Larcenaire

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) AKA "Obamacare", enacted by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 has b...

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The Care and Cultivation of the Provider Personality

Posted on: April 18, 2017 | Gary Larcenaire

"I care more than you do obviously. I've given up everything" As an early case manager, a common problem among my clients with significant mental illness was basic hygiene. I me...

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Looking Ahead: 2017

Posted on: | Gary Larcenaire

We have an ambitious agenda for Valley and its affiliated brands in 2017! We will strive to pivot from defining outcomes exclusively as "the absence of something bad happening" suc...

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Valley Behavioral Health: a "Binge Worthy" Employer

Posted on: | Gary Larcenaire

On occasion, my wife and I spend a weekend enthralled or "binging" on a TV series. A compelling storyline and empathy for the characters are what makes for "binge-worthy" televisio...

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