
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest: Dr. Cary Gutbezahl
Guest Bio: Dr. Cary Gutbezahl is president and CEO of Compass Clinical Consulting. He has worked as interim CMO for several hospitals and health systems, where he led major change initiatives in case management, leading to reductions in length of stay and introducing a culture of safety and professional accountability. He has also served as a physician mock surveyor to prepare hospitals for regulatory surveys. While Dr. Gutbezahl was on active duty in the U.S. Navy, he was Head of the Quality Assurance Department of the Navy Medical Command, National Capital Region, in Bethesda, Md. He is board certified and completed a laboratory medicine residency and an immunohematology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.
Segment Overview: Dr. Cary Gutbezahl discusses the desire of Mental Health patients to able to talk with providers about their problems without stigma and without being “written off as a psych patient.” They want their right to give input on their care, to be acknowledged, especially when they are competent to make decisions.



