Oklahoma Complete Health Appoints Clay Franklin as Chief Executive Officer
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Oklahoma Complete Health, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, today announced the appointment of Clay Franklin as Plan President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Franklin will lead the plan, which was recently selected to provide managed care for the SoonerSelect and SoonerSelect Specialty Children s Plan programs that will commence in mid-to-late fall. As a lifelong Oklahoman and committed member of our local medical community, I am thrilled to lead Oklahoma Complete Health as we partner with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to improve health outcomes for Oklahomans, said Mr. Franklin. We believe that healthcare is best delivered locally, and in the coming months we plan to hire over 500 local staff in Tulsa and Oklahoma City to help us deliver focused, compassionate, and coordinated care
Oklahoma healthcare training built to improve dementia patient care
By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Public Information Department
An education program through OU Health is attempting to shore up access to care for the state’s dementia patients.
In 2019, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center received a five-year, $3.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Service Administration. Among the objectives of the grant was to provide community-based training and educational opportunities to improve health outcomes for the state’s dementia patients.
“We know people are living longer than ever before,” said Terence Gipson, Oklahoma Dementia Care Network program evaluator. “With an increasing elder population, particularly here in Oklahoma and in our rural communities, there’s a need to provide more community-based services for our elders, particularly in the realm of Alzheimer’s disease and
Virginia Eloise Johnson Charboneau (âWeezieâ), age 96, was born on October 2, 1924, in Haskell, Texas to Alice Pearl Mitchell & Otis Jack Johnson and passed away at 11:45PM on January 21, 2021 due to Alzheimerâs disease exacerbated by COVID-19. She was the oldest of four siblings and as the eldest, she cared for her sister Rosanne and her brothers Sonny & Jerry while her parents worked hard to provide for their family during the combined crises of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl when jobs were practically non-existent and even the most basic of lifeâs necessities were hard to come by. She didnât have much of a childhood, yet these hard times forged her commitment to family. She outlived all her siblings.
Angela Church, senior director for Human Resources administrative units
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Angela Church named senior director for HR administrative units
January 14, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Angela Church has been named senior director for Human Resources administrative units reporting to the vice president for Human Resources. With nearly a decade of human resources leadership and management experience, Church most recently served as senior associate vice president and chief human resources officer at the University of Oklahoma. Church will begin her appointment on Jan. 18.
Church has extensive experience in planning and designing human resources programs, building high functioning and empowered teams, evaluating programs, policies, and processes, and executing complex contract negotiations. Prior to serving as senior associate vice president and chief human resources officer, Church held the role of associate vice president of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Cent
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