Mary Thornton Associates Inc
Mary Thornton, the president of Mary Thornton & Associates, Inc. is a nationally known consultant in behavioral healthcare. She has worked in over 30 states to help payers, providers and others involved in behavioral healthcare provide high quality services within the constraints of regulation, law and reimbursement. She is a well-regarded speaker who uses her time with the audience to transfer knowledge and to leave each participant smarter and more enthusiastic about the topics under discussion. She is able to take highly complex subject matter and make it accessible. This ability is used not just in training but also in project management and implementation. She is one of the country’s leading experts on compliance and behavioral healthcare and has published and trained extensively on the subject. She has also worked on large change and transformation projects using her expertise to assist providers and payers to move to new platforms, service delivery systems and reimbursement models. Finally, she has managed both small and large projects for her customers and on larger projects assembles a team of experts that work together under a single contract. This not only increases the likelihood of success and the avoidance of duplication but also saves money and increases the quality of the project outcomes.