EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Dec. 9, 2004 /PRNewswire/ -- CIGNA Behavioral Health (CBH) announced today that it has hired Dr. Steven Batton, formerly of Value Options, to be the organization’s lead assistant medical director for its Tampa, Florida, office.
“The addition of Dr. Batton to our medical team gives us an enhanced ability to care for children and adolescents,” states Dr. Rhonda Robinson- Beale, chief medical officer for CBH. “We are pleased that someone with Steve’s background will be joining our team.”
With a varied background in adolescent and childhood behavioral health, Dr. Batton strengthens the clinical team at CBH. His experience includes time in private practice in Jacksonville, Florida and as the medical director for the Partial Hospital program for Children and Adolescents at Charter Hospital of Jacksonville.
Dr. Batton graduated from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1985. He completed his General Psychiatry training at the University of California, San Francisco, and completed a Child Psychiatry fellowship in 1990 at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PA.
CIGNA Behavioral Health (CBH), provides behavioral care benefit management, EAPs, and work / life programs to consumers through health plans offered by large U.S. employers, national and regional HMOs, Taft-Hartley trusts and disability insurers. CBH, with headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minn., operates five care management centers around the U.S. in support of a national network of more than 47,000 independent psychiatrists, psychologists and clinical social workers and more than 4,000 facilities and clinics. For more information, visit http://www.cignabehavioral.com/.
CIGNA Behavioral Health
Contact: Gwyn Dilday, CIGNA Behavioral Health, +1-818-500-6370,gwyn.dilday@cigna.com
Web site: http://www.cignabehavioral.com/
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