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FORBA Appoints Angela Newberry as Patient Advocate

February 2, 2010 - Nashville, TN – FORBA, the nation’s largest dental practice management company focused on high-quality dental care for underserved communities, today announced that Angela Newberry has joined the company as Patient Advocate.

Newberry will act as an important liaison for dental center patients and their parents. The advocate receives comments and concerns from parents and helps ensure that parents are informed of the dental center’s care and quality initiatives. The Patient Advocate is also a key member of the FORBA compliance department and a member of FORBA’s compliance committee.

Newberry joins FORBA from Universal Health Services of Nashville where she was Tennessee Continuum Director and served on various policy committees established by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. Previously, Newberry was Director of Teen Trax and Assistant Administrator of the Rutherford County Teen Learning Center, where she supervised a juvenile probation program and court-ordered alternative school for at-risk students. Newberry’s experience also includes positions with student counseling groups and behavioral health services for teens.

Newberry is a member of the Health Care Compliance Association, and the American and Tennessee Bar associations. She holds a Juris Doctor from the Nashville School of Law and a Master of Science in clinical psychology from Murray State University in Kentucky.

The appointment of a Patient Advocate is the latest in a series of quality initiatives launched after FORBA’s ownership change in 2006. Since then, the company has appointed a Chief Dental Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and a four-member Pediatric Dental Advisory Board comprised of oral health experts from across the country.

Contact:
Don Meyer
(202) 898-0995