Community Healthcare Network (CHN), a nonprofit providing affordable and comprehensive community-based primary and behavioral health care, announced today that Robert M. Hayes will join the organization as the new President and CEO. Mr. Hayes brings a wealth of experience as a policy advocate, manager and attorney in the non profit and private sectors. He has spent the past five years at Universal American Corporation where he specialized in quality assurance for government-funded healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Prior to that, Mr. Hayes served as President and General Counsel at the Medicare Rights Center. He is also renowned for his work in New York and nationally as the Founder and Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless for which he received a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellowship. Mr. Hayes graduated cum laude from Georgetown University and New York University School of Law where he was elected to the Law Review. Mr. Hayes is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees in recognition of his decades of work in human services. read more >>