Helio Health’s Klemanski elected board president of state association

The New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers (ASAP) recently announced the election of Jeremy Klemanski as the association’s new board president.

He will serve a two-year term and succeeds Anne Constantino, CEO of Buffalo–based Horizon Health Services, as the ASAP board’s leader.

Klemanski has served for 15 years as president and CEO of Syracuse–based Helio Health, “transforming it into one of the larger and more successful addiction treatment providers in the state,” according to an ASAP news release.

 Klemanski will help lead ASAP’s advocacy efforts, including “the fight for more resources to combat the public health crisis of overdose and addiction.” 

“A major investment in our system is necessary to match the magnitude of the public health crisis of addiction and overdose. We need dedicated funding from the billions of dollars in anticipated settlements with the opioid pharmaceutical manufacturers, resources to recruit and retain workers to meet the overwhelming patient demand, and reimbursements that reflect the full cost of care,” Klemanski said in the release. 

He is a graduate of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. Klemanski’s work is focused on increasing access to care and the quality of care in the Helio Health System, which is currently comprised of Helio Health, Central New York Service, and Insight House. He is also one of a group of partners leading the Central New York Behavioral Health Care Collaboration working to form a Behavioral Health IPA in upstate New York. 

ASAP is a statewide association of provider agencies, professionals, families, behavioral health networks and stakeholders committed to advocacy, education, and training, to increase support for substance use disorder services, to improve patient care, and to support sustainable recovery.

The New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers (ASAP) recently announced the election of Jeremy Klemanski as the association’s new board president.

He will serve a two-year term and succeeds Anne Constantino, CEO of Buffalo–based Horizon Health Services, as the ASAP board’s leader.

Klemanski has served for 15 years as president and CEO of Syracuse–based Helio Health, “transforming it into one of the larger and more successful addiction treatment providers in the state,” according to an ASAP news release.

 Klemanski will help lead ASAP’s advocacy efforts, including “the fight for more resources to combat the public health crisis of overdose and addiction.” 

“A major investment in our system is necessary to match the magnitude of the public health crisis of addiction and overdose. We need dedicated funding from the billions of dollars in anticipated settlements with the opioid pharmaceutical manufacturers, resources to recruit and retain workers to meet the overwhelming patient demand, and reimbursements that reflect the full cost of care,” Klemanski said in the release. 

He is a graduate of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. Klemanski’s work is focused on increasing access to care and the quality of care in the Helio Health System, which is currently comprised of Helio Health, Central New York Service, and Insight House. He is also one of a group of partners leading the Central New York Behavioral Health Care Collaboration working to form a Behavioral Health IPA in upstate New York. 

ASAP is a statewide association of provider agencies, professionals, families, behavioral health networks and stakeholders committed to advocacy, education, and training, to increase support for substance use disorder services, to improve patient care, and to support sustainable recovery.