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We provide creative solutions to challenging problems, both big and small. Using quality improvement methods, the focus is largely — but not exclusively — on person-centered care/planning training and implementation along with related practice and policy changes.

Our clients represent public sector and private organizations as well as governmental agencies throughout the United States and Europe. Some of our state-level work includes initiatives in:

Neal Adams, MD, MPH

nadamsmd@gmail.com

408.591.2110

Diane M. Grieder, M.Ed

diane@alipar.org

757.539.6540

In addition, we have been presenters and trainers at conferences sponsored by SAMHSA, CARF, USPRA, Mental Health Corporations of America, NYAPRS, DBSA, NASMHPD/NTAC, and the Veterans Administration, amongst many others.

Along with on-site consultation and training, we have published numerous articles, white papers and a book on person-centered planning. These include: The Picker Institute Bulletin, Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow, and a SAMHSA White Paper to name but a few.

About Diane

About Neal

Diane M. Grieder, M.Ed., is the owner of AliPar, Inc., located in Suffolk, VA., a behavioral health consulting firm committed to improving organizational performance.

AliPar, Inc. was awarded a SAMHSA small business grant to create four person and family centered training guides to be disseminated by SAMHSA. These guides are due to be published by SAMHSA in 2009. Her work with SAMHSA also includes planning and presenting at SAMHSA’s Consensus Conference on Person and Family Centered Planning in December 2005. Diane’s experience includes work with Northrup Grumman IT’s national evaluation of opioid accreditation, through a contract awarded by SAMHSA, as the “accreditation advisor.”

Diane has an extensive background working as a QI Director and Clinical Director/Program Manager in the behavioral health field at local outpatient and residential community settings (both private for profit and non-profit) in New Jersey and Virginia. She was an accreditation surveyor with CARF for more than 17 years, and has conducted at least 100 accreditation surveys, served on several CARF National Advisory Committees to develop and revise standards, and provided training at four CARF International Conferences on Behavioral Health. From January 1999 to May 2000, she was selected by CARF to assume the role of project director for the CSAT Methadone/LAAM Accreditation Demonstration Project.

Areas of Expertise: performs clinical audits and medical records review; develops curriculum and delivers training on person-centered treatment planning; in-depth knowledge about CARF accreditation and co-occurring and substance abuse disorders; advises about creating quality improvement systems, operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Neal Adams, MD, MPH, is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He received his MD from Northwestern, his MPH from Harvard and completed his residency at Stanford where he also served for two years as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. He has recently been a fellow in the California Health Care Foundation’s Leadership Program.

Currently Dr. Adams serves as Associate Medical Director, United Behavioral Health Public Sector, Schaumburg IL. As a senior member of the staff Dr. Adams is involved with and responsible for a wide range of projects focused on quality improvement and systems transformation through technical assistance, consultation, training as well as liaison and facilitation and research.

Immediately prior to his current position, Dr. Adams served three and one-half years as Medical Director for Adult Services with the California Department of Mental Health. Previously he was Director/Medical Director for Santa Cruz County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. He has also served as Medical Director for the New Mexico Division of Mental Health and Medical Director for Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services in Las Vegas. In these roles Dr. Adams has functioned as a clinical administrator involved in program and policy development as well as quality management and daily operations.

Following several years of service on the board of directors, Dr. Adams has served as President of the American College of Mental Health Administration and served for 2 years as Chair of the College’s Accreditation Organization Workgroup, and has also served as President of the ACMHA Foundation. Dr. Adams was a member of the executive committee for the Annapolis Coalition on Training and Education of the Behavioral Health Workforce, is co-author of an ACMHA/SAMHSA monograph exploring implementation of the IOM Quality Chasm framework for behavioral health, and co-facilitator of a SAMHSA sponsored workgroup to develop outcome data standards for the field.

In addition to the book, Treatment Planning for Person-Centered Care: The Road to Mental Health and Addiction Recovery that he wrote with Ms. Grieder, Dr Adams has authored numerous policy monographs and journal articles, book chapters and book reviews. He is a frequent speaker at local, national and international conferences and provides training on treatment plans, clinical outcomes management and evidenced-based practice implementation.