Empower Healthcare Solutions
Mitch Morris has over 15 years of work experience in the healthcare industry. Mitch is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Empower Healthcare Solutions, a position they have held since May 2021. Prior to this, they worked at UnitedHealthcare - Mississippi for six years, starting as the Director of Network Strategy from August 2011 to April 2015, and then as the Chief Operating Officer from May 2015 to May 2021. Before joining UnitedHealthcare, Mitch served as the Special Projects Director at Mississippi Primary Health Care Association from September 2007 to August 2011. In addition, they also held the position of Past President at MS Rural Health Association from 2005 to 2010.
Mitch Morris has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Biology from William Carey University, which they earned between 1993 and 1997. Mitch later pursued a Master's degree in Health Policy and Administration, specializing in the field of Health Policy and Administration, at The University of Southern Mississippi from 1997 to 1999. In 2015, they also attended The Wharton School's Aresty Institute of Executive Education for UHG Executive Development, although the completion year is not specified.
Empower Healthcare Solutions
Empower’s model of care ensures individuals with behavioral health needs or intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) receive the right care, in the right setting, at the right time to improve health outcomes and manage total health care costs. Our mission is to empower individuals to lead fuller, healthier lives at home in their communities. Our members are at the center of all we do. We partner with providers, advocates, and the community to deliver the right solutions for an improved quality of life for our members We identify all of the individual’s treating providers and include their input when developing the individual’s plan of care. Ensuring the plan is person-centered, we identify individual’s strengths and needs by collaborating with them and their family members during the development process. We also address their functional needs based upon their Independent Assessments. We then develop clinical interventions to help our members navigate the medical, behavioral health, and developmental disability systems as well as access community resources to address their needs.