Cochran Recovery Services Inc

PROVIDING TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.

COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES PROVIDES MEDIUM-INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT (ASAM 3.1) FOR ADULTS IDENTIFYING AS MEN. OPENED IN 1974 AND BECOMING MANAGED BY NUWAY ALLIANCE IN 2019, THIS FACILITY CONTINUED TO MEET A VITAL NEED IN 2022 BY PROVIDING QUARANTINE SPACE FOR CLIENTS WITH COVID-19, ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE RECEIVING CARE AND TREATMENT. NUWAY ALLIANCE ALSO EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF BEDS AT COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES AND CREATED A MEDIUM PLUS LEVEL OF CARE TO OFFER ADDITIONAL STABILIZATION SERVICES FOR CLIENTS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION NEEDING A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT AND SERVICES. THE ABILITY TO ADAPT PROGRAMMING TO BETTER ADDRESS CLIENT NEEDS IS A PRIMARY BENEFIT OF BECOMING PART OF THE NUWAY ALLIANCE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).COCHRAN SERVED MORE THAN 650 INDIVIDUALS IN 2022 - 18 PERCENT MORE THAN IN 2021. COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES IS A CASE STUDY IN PROTECTING TREATMENT ACCESS. LIKE MANY OF THE NATION'S INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES FACE DAUNTING CHALLENGES POSED BY CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND COMPLEX POLICIES, INSURANCE REGULATIONS, AND MARKET CONDITIONS THAT THREATEN THEIR EXISTENCE. WHILE THE NEED FOR HIGH-QUALITY TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS HAS NEVER BEEN HIGHER, THE DEMANDS OF COMPLIANT SERVICE DELIVERY HAVE NEVER BEEN GREATER. THE COUNTRY LACKS QUALIFIED CAREGIVERS. CLIENTS SHOW UP TO TREATMENT WITH HIGHER SYMPTOM ACUITY AND MORE COMPLEX DIAGNOSES. INSURANCE DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS EXACERBATE THE WORKLOAD OF FATIGUED PROVIDERS. RISING REAL ESTATE PRICES AND THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING INCREASE THE COSTS OF BUILDING OR LEASING FACILITIES. AND PUBLIC RESISTANCE TO HAVING NEARBY ADDICTION TREATMENT FACILITIES CAN MAKE IT HARD FOR OPERATORS TO ESTABLISH NEW PROGRAMS.ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF NUWAY ALLIANCE IS TO ASSUME THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF UNDERPERFORMING OR OTHERWISE AT-RISK TREATMENT PROVIDERS TO MAINTAIN OR INCREASE THEIR TREATMENT CAPACITY AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY. NUWAY ALLIANCE BEGAN OPERATING AND MANAGING COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES IN 2019 WHEN FINANCIAL PRESSURES THREATENED THE CLOSURE OF THIS LONGSTANDING AND MUCH-NEEDED PROGRAM. IN 2022, NUWAY ALLIANCE CONTINUED OPERATIONAL, CLINICAL, STAFFING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN THE PROGRAM.BY INTERVENING TO BOLSTER COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES, NUWAY ALLIANCE WAS ABLE TO PRESERVE EXISTING TREATMENT CAPACITY. NUWAY ALLIANCE INCREASED THE PROGRAM'S CAPACITY, TREATMENT EFFICACY, AND EFFICIENCY BY APPLYING MANAGERIAL AND OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE. THROUGH CONCERTED EFFORTS BY THE NUWAY ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP TEAM, FINANCIAL STABILITY, CLINICAL INNOVATION, AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IMPROVED, ALLOWING THE PROGRAM TO ENHANCE ITS TREATMENT OFFERING. WHILE NUWAY ALLIANCE IS THE OPERATING ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING AND MAINTAINING COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES OPERATION, COCHRAN MAINTAINED ITS IDENTITY AND BRAND NAME, WHICH IS KNOWN TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES. COCHRAN RECOVERY SERVICES IS MANAGED BY NUWAY ALLIANCE, MINNESOTA'S LARGEST NONPROFIT EXTENDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDER BY NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED. NUWAY ALLIANCE MEETS AN ESTIMATED 11 PERCENT OF MINNESOTA'S ADULT TREATMENT NEEDS (22 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S PUBLICLY FUNDED TREATMENT NEEDS).