ValueOptions, Inc. is the largest privately-owned behavioral health maintenance organization

Health maintenance organization

A health maintenance organization is an organization that provides managed care for health insurance contracts in the United States as a liaison with health care providers...

 (BHMO) in the United States

United States

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. Based in Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

, ValueOptions, Inc. is the product of a 1998 merger of two smaller companies, Value Behavioral Health and OPTIONS. The company is a subsidiary of FHC Health Systems which was founded in 1983 by psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...

 Dr. Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD, who is the company's CEO and Chairman of the Board. ValueOptions provides behavioral healthcare management to Fortune 500 companies, national and regional health plans, and federal, state, and local governments http://www.valueoptions.com/about/history.htm. Most ValueOptions locations are accredited by URAC

Urac

URAC, formerly known as the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission, is a nonprofit organization promoting healthcare quality by accrediting healthcare organizations.- Mission :...

 (formerly the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission).

Partial List of Clients

Allstate

Allstate

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American Postal Workers Union

American Postal Workers Union

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AT&T

AT&T

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Boeing

Boeing

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Chevron Corporation

Chevron Corporation

Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining,...

Commonwealth of Virginia

ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips

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Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines

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Halliburton

Halliburton

Halliburton is the world's second largest oilfield services corporation with operations in more than 70 countries. It has hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands and divisions worldwide and employs over 50,000 people....

Hospital Corporation of America

Hospital Corporation of America

Hospital Corporation of America is the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world, It is based in Nashville, Tennessee and is widely considered to be the single largest factor in making that city a hotspot for healthcare enterprise.-History:The founders of HCA include Jack C....

KBR

Louisiana Office of Group Benefits

McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill

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Merck

Merck & Co.

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Owens Corning

Owens Corning

Owens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity on November 1, 1938...

Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes Inc. is a Stamford, Connecticut-based manufacturer of software and hardware and a provider of services related to documents, packaging, mailing, and shipping, collectively referred to as mailstream. The company has approximately 36,000 employees worldwide. It is one of 87 existing...

Screen Actors Guild

Screen Actors Guild

The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...

Shell

Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Company is the United States-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The head office in the U.S. is in Houston, Texas...

United Food & Commercial Workers

UPS

United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service, Inc. , typically referred to by the acronym UPS, is a package delivery company. Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the...

USAA

USAA

United Services Automobile Association is a Fortune 500 financial services company offering banking, investing, and insurance to people and families that serve, or served, in the United States military. In 2011, there were 8.4 million members. The company reported a net worth of $19.3 billion in...

Statistics

• Serves nearly 23 million people
• US$1.1 billion revenue, 2003
• founded in 1986
• Service centers in 15 states
• Formerly ranked #7 on the Top 10 list of dog friendly companies in the US, currently they are ranked #9.