The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has named Royce Bowlin its new behavioral health director.
As OHA’s behavioral health director, Bowlin will manage OHA’s behavioral health policy team and work with stakeholders to implement the results of the Behavioral Health Collaborative. The Behavioral Health Collaborative is currently working to develop policy recommendations to the Legislature to better incorporate behavioral health with physical and oral health in the coordinated care model.
Bowlin also will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of Oregon’s Performance Plan and agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to address the state’s behavioral health system.
“Royce brings over 20 years of experience in the Oregon behavioral health community and will help provide the leadership to integrate physical and behavioral health and put the consumer at the center of our behavioral health system in every community in Oregon,” says Lynne Saxton, OHA Director. “We are excited to have his skills and expertise join the team.”
Bowlin most recently was a senior clinical officer for Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare, an Oregon-based health care provider that focuses on mental health and addiction treatment services. He has spent more than 20 years at Cascadia, including eight as senior clinical director and six as director of homeless services.
Bowlin will join OHA November 14.
October 14, 2016
