President & CEO Jessica Young Selected for NCCHC Young Professionals Committee
FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE – President & CEO Jessica Young, Esq., CCHP-A and Rule 31 Listed Mediator, was selected for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care’s Young Professionals committee for a one year term beginning January 1, 2023.
NCCHC CEO Deborah Ross, CCHP recently stated “Our committees are critical to helping us achieve our mission of improving quality in correctional health care.” The Young Professionals Committee is tasked with roles such as developing ways to include young professionals from the public health sector into corrections, reviewing nominees for the annual Young Professional Award, and recommending topics of interest to the Journal of Correctional Health Care.
Jessica has led Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) for four years. She has grown the business more than 33% over the last 9 months, and has maintained a 95% client retention rate. Other notable accomplishments in her career include:
2022 Nashville Business Journal Most Admired CEO
2022 & 2021: Super Lawyers: Illinois Rising Stars honoree
2021: Nashville Business Journal’s Newcomer of the Year: Health Care Innovation
2020: ACH’s PIG (Particularly Important Goal) Award (for designing and executing a program which saved the company over $400,000 in its first year)
2020: Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards honoree by Corporate Counsel in the Leadership Awards: Innovative Leadership category
2020: Creve Coeur Club’s Nova Award
2019: Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce & WEEK 25’s 25 Women in Leadership
2018: ACH’s PIC (Professionalism-Integrity-Commitment) Award (highest award in the company; voted on by peers)
2017: iBi Magazine’s 40 Leaders Under 40
Headquartered in Tennessee, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) manages contracts for the care of over 34K patients in 370+ correctional facilities across 21 states. ACH is proud to have a 95% client retention rate. ACH has a reputation for solving problems by doing the right thing the first time. In the last year, at least 52 patient lives have been saved.