Psychiatry in action

High-Quality Psychiatry Services for Your Community

For over 25 years, Traditions Behavioral Health (TBH) has partnered with client organizations to support and fulfill their long-term behavioral health program strategies.  We take great pride in collaborating with our clients to design and execute on management and staffing solutions that will deliver reliable, high-quality psychiatric care for patients in all settings across their communities.

At TBH, our providers are part of a diverse and collaborative community of psychiatrists and nurse practitioners with a driving focus on delivering high-quality, evidence-based psychiatric care to the patients we serve.  The 300+ talented providers on our team are governed by our Chief Medical Officers, Physician Leadership Council, and an array of experienced Medical Directors that guide TBH, and the client organizations we serve, toward executing at the highest standards of care.

How we serve

Building Strategic Partnerships to Deliver the Care our Patients Deserve

With decades of program leadership experience, our physician leadership team drives TBH providers & clients toward clinical and operational best practices.
Medical Leadership
Our providers deliver exceptional care in settings across the entire behavioral health landscape – from outpatient to inpatient, and everything in between​
Services
We partner with our client organizations to support & fulfill their long-term program strategies, customizing services to meet the needs of each unique community we serve​
Programs

Endorsements

Selected Partners & Physicians

– Heather Saltos, MD

“They help make going to work a pleasure.  I love that they help resolve any issues at our job site, they are caring and value you as a person, a doctor and a team member. I feel I can reach…
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– Todd Young, MD

“Working with Dr. Gary Hayes and the TBH crew has been an exceptional experience from the outset. I recently completed subspecialty training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, spending many weekends providing coverage at Northern California sites along the way. After…
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– Jessica Mosier, MD

“Thank you so much for coordinating my site visits.  I truly had a fantastic time.  You should be insanely proud as you have managed to develop a company where physicians are not only satisfied they are deliriously happy with their…
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– Jeffrey V. Smith
Executive Director

“TBH is providing a “top—notch” professional service for our patients. We asked them to take over our inpatient psychiatric services with a month’s notice. Gary and the team recruited very highly qualified psychiatrists at a moment’s notice and they improved…
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– Gary Bravo, MD
Medical Director

“TBH has supplied us with three full—time psychiatrists placed in long—term positions and we are asking for more. The TBH doctors are excellent psychiatrists and we are very happy with them. I feel TBH provides excellent services.”

– Linda Hammond, Ph.D, MFT
President

“We could not be more pleased with our relationship with TBH. We started contracting with them for three MDs for our ACT programs. We were so pleased with the relationship that we requested that they fill thirteen additional positions for…
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– Gail McDonald, RN
Campus Administrator

“For nearly a decade now TBH has provided medical staff for this Crestwood campus. We are very pleased with their services. The quality of the medical staff, the consistency of the physicians, the accuracy of the documentation, and the compassion…
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– Kate Bell, MD

“TBH has placed seven psychiatrists here at Humboldt County in Eureka. We are a rural community environment and historically we have had significant challenges in recruiting psychiatrists. TBH has not only done a superb job in recruiting, their retention of…
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– Miles D. Kramer
Administrative Director

“Gary, I want to extend my gratitude and comment on the process so far. I asked you to come in and present a proposal to senior staff to take over our contract for Crisis stabilization and inpatient psychiatry. Your proposal…
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– Bill Manns, COO
John George Psychiatric Pavilion

“TBH was awarded the contract for the psychiatric services in the last week of January at John George Pavilion with a start date of February 1. “An interim plan was set in place immediately and the transition was very smooth.…
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– Stacey Calhoun
Vice President of Telecare

“TBH has done an excellent job of providing Telecare with capable psychiatrists. They are skilled at developing a resource pool of candidates and pre—screening doctors to match our requirements. In developing a partnership with TBH, we have been better able…
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– Stephen Wilson, MD
Medical Director

“TBH psychiatrists are clearly very pleased to be associated with TBH. They are a part of a community of other psychiatrists of quality. TBH recruits highly qualified psychiatrists into programs that appreciate that quality. As a result psychiatrists are almost…
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– Cyndie R Cole, RN
Hospital Administrator

“TBH has provided us with professional, competent psychiatrists for over 3 years now. Gary Hayes continues to listen to the needs of our community and our hospital. We are fortunate to have his adept guidance in a sometimes difficult area.…
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– Asher R. Gorelik, MD

“Choosing to work with TBH is one of the best decisions I’ve made. TBH returns the loyalty of his physicians like no other employer I know of. I completed my training in 1985 and have worked in several settings including…
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– Sam Gould, MD

“My past 15 years at TBH have been the most rewarding and fulfilling in my 45 year career in psychiatry. My work at TBH has challenged my intellect, expanded my knowledge, and enhanced my enjoyment of my profession. My personal…
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– Jonathan Kistler, MD

“I can count on the fingers of one hand how many times I have been sent flowers. I’m happy to report that one of those occasions was my first day working for TBH. I believe that it is this personal…
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– Rick Jenkins, MD

“I am particularly impressed at the way the company manages to maintain individual relations with their doctors. TBH has an ability to understand the needs of each individual doctor and to tailor-fit programs that best fulfill the mutual needs of…
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– Carla Carroll, MD

“Fortune smiled when I contacted TBH. Trying to coordinate my practice commitments at home with the desire to do acute care work on a regular but limited basis had been difficult. TBH embraced the challenge and we have an arrangement…
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What we do

Improve access to care

In the midst of a national shortage of psychiatrists, there are few, if any, organizations like Traditions Behavioral Health that have the capability of meeting this demand with high-quality, employed psychiatrists. Our service includes:

  • Practice management: recruiting, staffing, scheduling, credentialing, leadership
  • Outsourced medical staff
  • Operational efficiency:  data driven program design, productivity evaluation and opportunity identification
  • Improved documentation to reduce denials
  • Quarterly program performance reviews
  • Revenue cycle management

Selected Client Partners

We make good company