Innovo Detox is proud to announce that our facility is now an in-network provider for Aetna! As a medical health insurance provider, Aetna delivers services to about 39 million people across the United States. This ability to accept Aetna insurance as an in-network provider allows us to continue to increase access for patients in need of addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders to the high-quality detox, withdrawal management, medical stabilization, and rehab services offered at Innovo Detox.  “We are excited to now be an in-network provider for Aetna,” said Molly Ashcroft, Innovo Detox Executive Director. “Aetna has long been a health insurance company with an understanding related to those of their members dealing with substance use and mental health [...]

Innovo Detox is proud to accept TRICARE health insurance for those members of the military and their family members in need of detox, withdrawal management, and medical stabilization due to drug and alcohol addiction. As a contracted out-of-network provider for Tricare, Innovo Detox is able to offer more accessibility for detox and addiction treatment services to those in need.   Tricare is a health insurance program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System. As a health insurance program, Tricare provides civilian health benefits for United States Armed Forces military personnel, military retirees, and their dependents, including some members of the reserves. Innovo Detox’s contract with Tricare allows the facility to accept several health insurance plans offered by [...]

Innovo Detox, located in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, is pleased to welcome Denise Connelly, LCSW-C, MAC, CAC-AD, ACRPS, as our new Clinical Supervisor! Denise joins the Innovo Detox team with over 24 years of experience in the addiction, recovery, and co-occurring fields, in positions of clinical supervisory and program leadership. She is a Licensed Certified Clinical Social Worker and supervisor (LCSW-C), a nationally certified Master Addiction Counselor, a Certified Associate Counselor- Alcohol and Drug (CAC-AD), and an Advanced Certified Relapse Prevention Specialist (ACRPS.) Receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Denise went on to receive a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work. She [...]

Innovo Detox is excited to announce the hiring of Louis DeSanto as our new Community Outreach Specialist in the Philadelphia area and surrounding region. Working with Innovo Detox Director of Business Development Morgan Pagels, Louis will handle developing and maintaining professional and community relationships in the Greater Philadelphia area.   A person in long-term recovery, Louis is entering the addiction treatment and behavioral healthcare field after many years working in sales, marketing, and communications as the Director of Business Development for a large energy company that serviced customers throughout the Northeast and Midwest areas of the United States. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.   After finding recovery from addiction and [...]

The team at Innovo Detox is excited to announce the hiring of Morgan Pagels to Innovo Detox as our new Director of Business Development. A 15-year veteran of the behavioral healthcare field, Morgan brings with her a vast array of experience in numerous roles at several different organizations throughout her career.   “We are thrilled to welcome Morgan to the team as our new Director of Business Development,” said Innovo Detox Executive Director Molly Ashcroft. “She is a consummate professional, incredibly respected by her colleagues, and throughout her career has demonstrated the ability to perform highly in both operational roles and outreach roles in every organization she’s worked for during her time in the field.”   Morgan’s experience includes working [...]

America’s addiction epidemic continues to hit communities throughout the country, as rising opioid overdose rates were made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent report estimates that last year in the United States over 107,000 people lost their lives to drug overdoses. These totals do not account for the many non-fatal overdoses, lives lost in other ways to drugs and alcohol, and the millions of individuals and families that are still impacted by active addiction.   Because of this, here at Innovo Detox we knew that it was important to get out a wide message to our local community about how to seek help, what treatment is, what someone experiences while in detox and treatment, and that recovery is [...]

We are pleased to announce the addition of Leah Christman, BSN, RN, to the Innovo Detox team as our facility’s new Director of Nursing. Leah comes to Innovo Detox after over a decade working in management and clinical operations in skilled nursing facilities and long-term care communities and will join the Innovo Detox leadership and medical teams in her new role.   Leah received her diploma in nursing in 2010 from the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree of Science in Nursing, Cum Laude, from Drexel University in 2014. She is a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Pennsylvania.   After school, Leah went to work for a large healthcare system [...]

Each year, the Central Penn Business Journal honors professionals within the healthcare field with the “Health Care Heroes” awards. This year, we are excited to announce that Innovo Detox Executive Director Molly Ashcroft, CADC, was honored as a 2022 Health Care Hero by the Central Penn Business Journal in the Mental Health Hero category.   The Health Care Heroes awards are designed to recognize excellence, promote innovation, and honor the efforts of organizations and individuals making a significant impact on the quality of health care in the Central PA region of state of Pennsylvania. The Central Penn Business Journal puts out calls for nominations for the Health Care Heroes awards to professionals within the Central Pennsylvania area of the state [...]

Innovo Detox is proud to announce the hiring of Zenaida Guzman as the new Clinical Supervisor at Innovo Detox in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. Zenaida will join the leadership and clinical teams at Innovo Detox, helping to oversee and support the clinical services offered to patients from the team of therapists and counselors.   “We are excited to have Zenaida join our team here at Innovo Detox,” said Molly Ashcroft, Executive Director at Innovo Detox. “Detox is primarily considered a medical service, but we pride ourselves on making sure that all patients engage in and receive high quality clinical care during their stay at Innovo. It is vital that clinical care support the medical issues patients are going through during detox, create [...]

Innovo Detox is proud to announce the promotion of Rosann Poe, BSN, RN, to the position as Innovo Detox’s new Director of Nursing. Previously employed on staff as a Detox Nurse, Rosann will now step into her new position to oversee and support the nursing staff at the detox, while working with the Innovo Detox leadership team.   “I am honored to have been given the opportunity to serve as the Director of Nursing for Innovo Detox,” Rosann said about her new position within the organization. “I look forward to supporting and growing the nursing team, as well as maintaining a strong interdisciplinary relationship among all departments with the facility.”   Before her employment at Innovo Detox, Rosann was fortunate [...]