In partnership with the Stop Youth Suicide Campaign, New Vista will host “Staying Alive Kentucky: Rebuilding Teens for the Future After COVID-19.” This annual conference has taken place for 20 years in Lexington and seeks to raise awareness about teens experiencing suicidal thoughts and actions as well as educate the community on how to support…
New Vista opens new First Steps office in Elizabethtown
New Vista opened a new First Steps office in Elizabethtown in July 2020, offering early intervention services for children with a developmental delay. The First Steps program, previously operated by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department, is now part of the New Vista First Steps team. First Steps is an early intervention program serving children…
Finance execs discuss navigating the pandemic
Medical News recently spoke with local finance executives who discussed navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical News: How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your business operations? Craig Collins, Vice President and CFO, UK HealthCare As with most healthcare organizations, COVID-19 has had a major impact on UK HealthCare’s (UKHC) revenue related to patient volumes and…
New Vista delivers telehealth services on large scale
As the number of cases of COVID-19 increase in Kentucky, so does the associated anxiety. The mental health effects of COVID-19 are as important to address as are the physical health effects. Just as individuals with pre-existing physical illness are more likely to get physically ill from the coronavirus, people whose mental health is compromised…
Bluegrass.org re-brands to New Vista
On July 1 of 2019, Bluegrass.org, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, changed its name to New Vista. This was bigger news than it may have seemed at first blush. Since 1966, the organization has been providing mental health, substance use services and intellectual and developmental disability services in Central Kentucky. And it is a large operation.…
Meet Paul Beatrice, president and CEO of Bluegrass.org
FAST FACTS Hometown: Rochester, Pennsylvania Family: My wife is a nurse practitioner and we have two grown children. Hobbies: Cooking and sports are my favorite activities to unwind. My teams are the ones I grew up watching – the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins. Living in Kentucky means horse racing and basketball have become new interests.…