Comprehensive Healthcare
Comprehensive Healthcare: NaphCare designs client-specific programs to meet inmate healthcare needs. Our comprehensive healthcare program includes physician and nursing services, dental care, mental health/psychiatric care, pharmaceuticals, utilization management, and administrative support.
Team
Donald C. Kern, MD, MPH, CCHP
Chief Medical Officer
Donald Kern has over 30 years of healthcare experience, including almost 14 years in corrections. He has been a Board member and senior physician surveyor for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, and he is President-elect of the Society of Correctional Physicians. Dr. Kern has worked in academia (he is a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Preventive Medicine) and has also published numerous articles and given many presentations concerning the field of correctional medicine. He oversees clinical operations and chairs several committees such as Continuous Quality Improvement and Utilization Management. With extensive correctional experience, Dr. Kern provides excellent medical leadership and strategies to better coordinate inmate healthcare.
Larry L. Gann Jr., RN, MSN, MHA
Vice President of Jail Operations
Larry Gann is Vice President of Operations for NaphCare. Mr. Gann served as NaphCare's Chief Nursing Officer for the past 3 years. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Gann served as Clark County Detention Center's Health Services Administrator in Las Vegas Nevada for 2 years. Mr. Gann is an experienced troubleshooter and transition manager. He provides oversight for all contracted health care services for NaphCare's client jail facilities. With over 20 years of healthcare experience, he is the corporate liaison for our field based Health Service Administrators and their correctional counterparts. Mr. Gann is a surveyor for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. He has expertise in the development and oversight of contract management, business development, strategic planning, quality assurance, and utilization management. He oversees operational strategies for all of our health care client facilities, including recruitment and retention, orientation and training, and ensuring appropriate relations between site health care staff and correctional staff.
William Kissel, MS, CCHP
Assistant Vice President of Mental Health Operations
William Kissel has more than 28 years of experience in mental health, 24 of which have been in the correctional healthcare industry. He develops and manages NaphCare's mental and juvenile health programs and is responsible for developing and implementing evidence-based mental health programs, and for supervision of contracted mental health staff. In addition to these responsibilities, Mr. Kissel also writes the policy and procedure manual for our comprehensive mental health program, used to assess an inmate's risk of suicide, mental illness, substance abuse, self-harm, violence, impulsivity, and level of cognitive functioning. With vast experience in correctional mental health, he provides ongoing training programs for mental health and medical staff as well as correctional officers/professionals.
Kerry Kelley, RPH, MPA
Director of Pharmacy
Kerry Kelley has more than 35 years of experience in pharmacy management positions. He is responsible for all aspects of NaphCare's pharmacy program, including operations and procedures related to formulary management, as well as serving on our Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee. His responsibilities include management of drug utilization to provide optimum quality in the correction environment, management of drug studies for situational appropriateness, quality control of dispensing and distribution, implementation of systems in contracted facilities, and on-site support to the healthcare management staff.
