NEOMED and Pavliga take steps to solve Ohio’s psychiatric workforce shortage

Summa Health and NEOMED partnered together the Rootstown Medical Center. Asha Blake/ The Portager.

NEOMED and Pavliga take steps to solve Ohio’s psychiatric workforce shortage

- Wendy DiAlesandro

State Senator Theresa Gavarone (R-Bowling Green) and State Rep. Gail Pavliga (R-Portage County) teamed up Oct. 13 to unveil legislation creating a new licensed mental health professional designation called a certified mental health assistant.

Anticipating the new credential, NEOMED plans to roll out an intensive 24-month certified mental health assistant program, with graduates able to prescribe medications as they work alongside physicians.

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