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Christopher J Cotton shared thisThe Medi-Cal payment reform is transforming #behavioralhealth billing in California, with providers managing ongoing changes. In a recent blog post, Ben Whitehead highlights significant updates from the last three years, such as same-day service guidelines, T-code swaps, and new requirements for supervisor claiming. Check out the blog to see how Netsmart is assisting providers with flexible technology, training, and continuous support: https://okt.to/uLf82r
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Christopher J Cotton shared thisExcited to be speaking at the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health Conference! We'll be discussing how connected workflows, interoperability, and smart automation can help organizations improve access to care and simplify the journey for those seeking services. Illinois is a place I called home as a kid, so I'm especially looking forward to returning and connecting with behavioral health leaders from across the state. If you'll be there, let's connect! https://okt.to/SiCzlo #BehavioralHealth #Interoperability
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Christopher J Cotton shared thisJoin Netsmart at #CONN26 for an unforgettable night at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum! Celebrate the innovators and pioneers shaping the future of care at From Campfires to Cosmos: A Night Under the Stars. Don't miss out – register now for the adventure in Denver: https://okt.to/wFzpHD
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Christopher J Cotton shared thisI have seen in my life. A conversation, a check-in or a moment of support can have a meaningful impact for everyone. Throughout Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, I’m joining Netsmart and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in encouraging others to connect, support and help build communities where no one has to struggle alone. #SuicidePreventionMonth #EveryDayMatters
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Christopher J Cotton shared thisIs your self-improvement journey truly about growth, or just a shiny mask for something deeper? 🤔 It’s so easy to get caught up in the social media whirlwind, where the quest for perfection can overshadow genuine connections. Taking a moment to reflect can help us differentiate between meaningful progress and mere vanity. Embracing vulnerability and authenticity may lead to deeper relationships and real personal development. How do you ensure your self-improvement efforts are rooted in authenticity? #SelfImprovement #Authenticity #PersonalGrowthIs Your Self-Improvement Just a Mask for Narcissism?Is Your Self-Improvement Just a Mask for Narcissism?
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Christopher J Cotton shared thisEver find yourself questioning if your self-improvement journey is genuine growth or just another form of self-worship? With social media constantly buzzing around validation, it’s easy to get caught up in the cycle of seeking approval rather than truly evolving. Reflecting on what really matters can be a game-changer. It’s not just about looking good online; it’s about enriching our understanding and embracing real conversations that foster growth, like those found in the latest Culture Substack. What steps are you taking to ensure your journey is rooted in authentic self-improvement? 🌱 #SelfImprovement #Authenticity #CulturalFluencyIs Your Self-Improvement Just Self-Worship in Disguise?Is Your Self-Improvement Just Self-Worship in Disguise?
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Christopher J Cotton shared thisEver feel like the push for in-office work is draining your energy? It’s interesting to think about how some leaders prioritize their own needs over the flexibility that many of us crave. The truth is, a healthy work culture thrives on understanding and adaptability, not just traditional norms. Exploring these dynamics can offer valuable insights into our own work environments and how we can advocate for a better balance. Have you experienced this kind of leadership? What strategies have you found helpful in navigating these challenges? #WorkCulture #Leadership #FlexibilityAre Fortune 500's Narcissistic Bosses Fueling Your Work Exhaustion?Are Fortune 500's Narcissistic Bosses Fueling Your Work Exhaustion?
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Christopher J Cotton shared thisEver feel like you’re wearing a mask, especially in the age of social media? It’s so easy to get caught up in projecting an image that isn’t truly us. This article on self-image encourages us to peel back those layers and embrace authenticity, reminding us that faith and genuine connections can guide us back to who we really are. Navigating identity can be a journey, but it’s one worth taking. By focusing on our true selves, we can foster deeper relationships and create a more meaningful professional life. What steps have you taken to reveal your authentic self in a world that often promotes a curated image? #Authenticity #SelfImage #PersonalGrowth
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Christopher J Cotton shared thisNavigating the complexities of self-worth in a social media-driven world can be tricky. It’s so easy to get caught up in likes and followers, but what if our true value lies beyond those numbers? The latest Culture Substack dives into this topic, offering insights that challenge us to reflect on our identities and connections. Exploring these themes can enrich both our minds and our language skills, reminding us that self-worth is an internal journey, not a social scoreboard. Have you ever felt that your worth was tied to your online presence? Let’s share thoughts on how we can foster a more authentic sense of self beyond the screen! 💬 #SelfWorth #SocialMedia #Identity #Connection
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Love this. I appreciate you and your example to me. Families are amazing. God is good!
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Congrats, Cambree King such a great opportunity, so happy for you!
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Christopher J Cotton reacted on thisChristopher J Cotton reacted on this𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻. Everyone teaches you how to get hired. Far fewer teach you when it’s time to leave. At my last mastermind group, I was asked to present on when to stick and when to quit. It brought me back to Seth Godin’s book, The Dip, which spoke to me many years ago. But the more I prepared, the more I realized this conversation is much bigger than our vocation. It shows up across all the different personas of our lives. Careers. Projects. Relationships. Commitments. Causes. Even chapters of our lives we once thought would last much longer than they did. When do you keep going? And when do you have the courage to say: enough? I looked back at some of my own decisions. Some I got right. Some I didn’t. I’ve stayed too long. I’ve left too soon. I’ve mistaken a difficult season for something permanent. And I’ve held on to things because walking away felt harder than staying. There usually isn’t a flashing sign telling you it’s time. No announcement. No perfect moment when everything suddenly becomes clear. More often, there are patterns. Conversations. A growing sense that something has changed. And sometimes the thing that has changed is you. I put the framework I shared with the group in the graphic. Not rules. Not a formula. Just some signs I’ve learned to pay attention to along the way. Because the longer I live, the more I realize that deciding whether to stay or leave may not be the first question we should ask. There’s another one I try to ask myself first: 𝗔𝗺 𝗜 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺? I’ve been both. Sometimes I needed to stay, own my part and do the work. Other times, I needed to recognize that holding on was getting in the way of moving forward. Most of us are pretty good at identifying what needs to change around us. It takes a little more courage to ask what needs to change within us. So whether you’re thinking about a job, a project, a relationship, a commitment or simply a chapter whose time may have come, maybe start here: 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? Then be honest enough to listen to your answer. #Leadership #LifeLessons #PersonalGrowth #DadTalking #DoTheWork
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Christopher J Cotton reacted on thisCome work with me! ✨Christopher J Cotton reacted on this🎥 Netsmart is hiring a Video Content Creator! We’re looking for a creative storyteller to help showcase our clients, solutions, culture, and brand through engaging video content. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to: 🎬 Create compelling video content from concept to final product 💬 Capture authentic client testimonials and success stories 💡 Turn campaign ideas into creative video concepts 🎨 Collaborate with designers, marketers, and product experts ✨ Bring fresh ideas and new approaches to how we tell the Netsmart story If you’re passionate about video, storytelling, and creating content that makes an impact, we’d love to hear from you! 👉 Apply today! https://lnkd.in/gT-pz3VK
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Christopher J Cotton reacted on thisChristopher J Cotton reacted on thisYour boy could use some help. This feels a little awkward to post, but I’m looking for my next role in fintech and wanted to put it out there. If you know me through here, you’ve probably seen the event posts, the fintech commentary and the occasional trip down a rabbit hole. Here’s a little more about the work I do. My background is in sales and business development, selling to banks, credit unions and fintechs. Across my last four fintech roles, I’ve worked on everything from learning and banking engagement to financial data, payments and cards infrastructure. At LemonadeLXP, I helped grow the client base from one bank to twelve. At Exagens, we worked with Desjardins and helped launch a pilot with two U.S. credit unions in the middle of COVID. At Railz, I was part of the early sales efforts before the company was acquired by FIS. Most recently, I worked in payments and cards infrastructure in Canada and the U.S., helping develop new business and manage complicated sales cycles with banks and Fintechs including RFPs, third-party risk management and the work that comes with getting a deal across the line. That work has also taken me into marketing, positioning and strategy: figuring out who a product is for, why it matters, and what the customer is actually trying to solve. Those who know me know how curious I am. Getting into those questions is a big part of what I enjoy. Less selling, more helping someone buy. I’m looking for my next opportunity in fintech and financial infrastructure, with teams serving Canada and the U.S. That could include payments, cards, financial data or other technology that helps financial services work. I’m especially interested in being an early business development hire, helping a team figure out where its product fits, build a pipeline and turn those conversations into business. Title matters less than the work and the people. If you know a team that could use someone like me, or someone I should talk to, I’d appreciate an introduction. And if you’ve seen me around here and thought we should have a conversation, I’d be glad to. I’m pretty easy to find.
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Christopher J Cotton reacted on thisChristopher J Cotton reacted on thisAs a dad to a D-1 athlete and father of 5 kids who play travel/club sports, I’m sharing insights/thoughts after thousands of practices/games: 🔸the whole point of playing sports is to improve, learn, grow, have fun, build friendships, learn about winning and losing 🔸the purpose of playing youth sports is NOT to earn a division 1 scholarship; that can be a goal, but 99.5% of kids won’t get it 🔸parents need to CALM DOWN in the bleachers; every game is not life and death and you’re not even playing the game yourself 🔸kids mirror the attitude of their parents 🔸parents, don’t talk to coaches about playing time; teach your kids to be mature enough to ask coach how to earn more playing time 🔸you’re spending more money than it costs to pay for a big portion of college anyway, so enjoy the ride and don’t put so much pressure on your kid Many parents in the bleachers have lost all emotional control. It’s embarrassing. Screaming at refs, coaches, their own kids, cussing, losing self control. I’ve literally seen the fights, stress, and a terrible experience for all the kids. I saw a dad of an opponent run on the court and PUNCH my daughters’ teammates. We had a lockdown bc a dad ran to get his gun and come back and “shoot up the gym.” Insanity. All this for freaking sports. Games. What will your kids remember about their experience in sports when they’re 25 and 30 years old? I want my kids to learn life lessons and have great memories with friends. If they’re not in the top 1% AND obsessed with the sport, I’m not gonna put pressure on them to go beyond high school sports. I see some kids in H.S. feeling like they let their parents down for not getting D-1 scholarships. That’s horrible! They never had a chance to begin with. If you’re a sports parent or fan, let me know what you think—-
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Christopher J Cotton liked thisChristopher J Cotton liked thisThank you so much, RSL! Seven months filled with learning, planning and producing content, covering games, building incredible friendships, growing professionally, and making a dream come true: working for a soccer club in the sport I’ve been passionate about since I was a kid. My time as a Social Media Intern at Real Salt Lake has come to an end. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be part of this club and for everything I’ve learned and experienced along the way. This is an experience that will always hold a special place in my life and career. I’m excited for what’s next and grateful to everyone who was part of this chapter. Onto the next challenge!
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Christopher J Cotton reacted on thisChristopher J Cotton reacted on thisThank you to NARMH for recognizing my work in Rural Mental Health by presenting the Victor I Howery Memorial Award
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Christopher J Cotton reacted on thisChristopher J Cotton reacted on thisMatt West joined MX as the 7th employee. He has been there for 15 years. Last September, he became Chief Revenue Officer. In that time, MX went from a personal finance tool for banks to owning roughly 92% of its own open banking connections and traffic across roughly 1,700 financial institutions. The company has raised half a billion dollars and became a unicorn. Matt's biggest deal took five and a half years to close: - He moved his pregnant wife, two-year-old daughter, and their Chihuahua to a different city for two months to get it done - He became a badged contractor so he could access any floor of the building and knock on any door he needed - He signed the contract at 5pm on the last day of the fiscal year Now as CRO, he is applying that same willingness to embed before consensus exists to rebuilding how MX's revenue org operates with AI: - He pushed Claude adoption before organizational buy-in existed, going directly to the CIO and executive team. The IT team was frustrated enough to tell him so. Then they got access and reversed. His response: "That oh moment was three months ago." - He was 30% of the token usage in a 100-person pilot before the rollout went company-wide - He hired a Director of Revenue Operations and Artificial Intelligence based on a live Claude demo during the job interview. That person is now building an AI command center for account executives on top of Salesforce and Domo data -> He challenged MX's RFP software vendor with a direct cost comparison: how many RFPs would it take to eclipse the software cost vs. the token cost of building internally? His answer: more than MX had probably ever processed - While working out at 11pm watching Google I/O, he had a product idea, opened Claude, built a working prototype, texted his CEO, and sent a follow-up an hour later: it was done. MX has since filed a patent. He is listed as the inventor. What made it work: Matt treated internal AI adoption as a sales problem. He identified the objection, made the business case, and pushed through the friction. He hired for demonstrated capability, not credentials -- the job interview was the product demo. And he centralized the AI function around data governance, not just tooling, to prevent every team member from building off different data sets. Listen to the full episode with Matt West on Unicorn Builders: https://lnkd.in/deh8ex3F
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Christopher J Cotton reacted on thisChristopher J Cotton reacted on thisThese two photos were taken 9 days apart. In 2019, I won Entrepreneur of the Year, made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and was No. 56 on the Inc. 5000. My professional life was very good. It was also the same year that I had to admit myself to a mental hospital to prevent myself from taking my life. As we close out Suicide Awareness Month, I wanted to share my story for those that don't feel comfortable talking about this stuff. Social media is full of content that looks like the left side of this image. The highs. The wins. The glamour. The good stuff. But we all deal with the hard stuff as well. The stuff on the right. The losses. The struggles. The grief. The pain. Remember that what you see on social media is not the full story. To those that struggle: keep going. I'm in the fight with you. You're amazing and more powerful than you know. You are loved and you are needed, even if you don't believe it. Have a great day, my friends. You're awesome. Go get 'em! ❤️
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Volunteer at Copperview Elementary
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Fantastic opportunity to teach grade school aged students for forty-five mins a week for several weeks a month. Spent time going through commerce; and how they can put a personal budget in place.
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