M. Brad Nunn, Ph.D.

M. Brad Nunn, Ph.D. serves as Vice President for Quality at Centerstone in Tennessee.  Centerstone is a not-for-profit organization that is one of the nation’s largest providers of community-based behavioral health care. Dr. Nunn obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University and has been licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in the state of Tennessee since 1988.  He spent the first 15+ years of his career providing psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and psychological evaluations before moving into his current role focusing on planning for and measuring improvement in care and services.  He provides feedback to management regarding whether care and services meet the expectations of customers and he provides leadership and direction for the Quality Improvement Department.   Dr. Nunn helped establish a research and analytics department at Centerstone that has since gone on to become Centerstone’s Research Institute.  He has been a leader in Centerstone’s involvement in the CMS Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative designed to help clinicians and practices achieve large scale health care transformation, successfully participate in value-based payment arrangements, and improve the quality of care. He served on the Transformation Advisory Board for a regional Practice Transformation Network (COSEHC/QualityImpact).  Dr. Nunn also successfully led Centerstone’s preparations for and response to the state of Tennessee’s implementation of an Episode of Care based payment model.