Eddy Broadway Named CEO of ValueOptions® New Mexico
Albuquerque, N.M. – March 24, 2008
ValueOptions®, Inc., the nation's largest independent behavioral health care provider, has named Eddy D. Broadway Chief Executive Officer of ValueOptions® New Mexico.
"We have known Eddy for many years and we couldn't be happier that he has chosen to lead ValueOptions® New Mexico," said Barbara B. Hill, CEO of ValueOptions®, Inc., the parent company of ValueOptions® New Mexico. "Eddy is a seasoned executive with a wealth of experience in the southwest as a champion for behavioral health and managed health care. We have worked with Eddy for a number of years in his current role as a state regulator, and have respected and valued our relationship with him. We are glad Eddy shares that respect for ValueOptions® and will be joining our management team."
"Eddy's experience working with Arizona's multi-cultural population and with consumers, providers and state government on behavioral health issues makes him uniquely qualified to lead our operations in New Mexico," Hill said. "He is looking forward to his move ‘next door' from Arizona to New Mexico."
"I am very pleased to join the ValueOptions® New Mexico team. Everyone there has done outstanding work building and operating the statewide behavioral health care delivery system," Broadway said. "I have worked along side ValueOptions® for several years in Arizona and I have found it to be a very caring and capable company. I look forward to meeting the providers and consumers in New Mexico and working with them to make the behavioral health system better and stronger."
A nationwide search for a new ValueOptions® New Mexico CEO was launched in November 2007, following the retirement of previous CEO Pam Galbraith. Broadway will start his new position by April 21.
Broadway most recently held the position of deputy director for the Arizona Department of Health Services. In that position, he oversaw the operations and administrative management of the Community Behavioral Health System and Children's Rehabilitation Services program, which provides services to more than 150,000 individuals.
Previously, Broadway was administrator for Behavioral Health and Children's Rehabilitation Services for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. In that position, he had oversight of behavioral health and children's rehabilitation services contracts.
Prior to that, Broadway held the position of division chief for Quality and Utilization Management Operations for the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Broadway has also held hospital senior management positions at Memorial Hospital/Sand Hill Behavioral Health in Gulfport, Miss.; as well as at Brentwood Hospital and Caddo Oaks Hospital, both in Shreveport, La.
Broadway is a member of the Arizona Behavioral Health Planning Council. He is an ex-officio member of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Advisory Board and the Arizona Substance Abuse Partnership. He is an advisory board member for the Arizona State University School of Social Work.
Broadway holds a Master's degree in Health Administration from Tulane University in New Orleans. Additionally, he holds a Master's degree in Social Work from Grambling (La.) State University.