TRAVERSE CITY — A disconnect between board members and staff continues to vex the region’s largest mental health services organization, with one leadership team member comparing the relationship to a
TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority’s interim CEO credited a former law enforcement officer with cleaning up the organization’s recipient rights department, while acknowledging the number of
TRAVERSE CITY — Board members of the region’s largest mental health organization voted unanimously to notify the state they plan to exit a $10 million Medicaid program, following an urgent
TRAVERSE CITY — Current and former employees of the region’s largest mental health organization more than two years ago described working conditions there as a dysfunctional “culture of fear.”
TRAVERSE CITY — Independent examiners found signs of suspected collusion and possible financial fraud at Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority during a five-month assessment of the organization.
TRAVERSE CITY — Two executives were placed on leave, a financial review is taking longer than expected and federal agents investigated an email hack during a year of challenges —
TRAVERSE CITY — A September email hack netting a scammer $283,000 in Medicaid reimbursement funds is now being investigated by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.
TRAVERSE CITY — A local nonprofit was repaid $100,000 of a $283,000 loss after an unnamed staffer or staffers with Northern Lakes Community Mental Health last month provided banking information
TRAVERSE CITY — Two Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority executives were placed on administrative leave and the FBI and local police were contacted about an unrelated $283,000 phishing scheme