We were lucky to catch up with Jon Stolzer recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Jon , really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?
Weaving into my work, the intention of leaving the world better than I found it, has been front of mind for as long as I can remember. Knowing so much time would be invested in a chosen profession, I hoped to find purpose and a living within the same space. I segwayed into the healthcare space back in 2015, and that began a new chapter and a new purpose for me. Ultimately, I found the purpose I had been seeking when I opened my first outpatient substance abuse treatment facility in 2019. Having previously owned and operated a laboratory testing consultancy, it was common for me to interact with substance abuse treatment facilities. Many of the treatment facilities in the community were unimpressive. Aestically, they were unkempt. The staff in many of these facilities appeared to be burned out and short on patience for the people they were there to help. I began to think, if I was in a position to make the decisions, I could ensure an experience rooted in dignity, respect, with an ethics first, patient centric foundation. In 2019 I opened my first outpatient substance abuse treatment facility. With an ethics driven mission, we became the highest patient-rated program in the state of Tennessee eighteen months after opening. My purpose took shape. Helping to provide compassionate care to a patient population with a history of being cast aside and easily judged. Nurturing purpose by advocating for others has allowed me to open a second treatment facility. We have an amazing, caring, and talented team, responsible for treating patients from all four corners of Tennessee. Specializing in Opioid Use Disorder treatment with accessibility to patients from all socioeconomic backgrounds.
Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I have been an entrepreneur for the past seventeen years, working in the healthcare space for the past eight years. I currently own two outpatient opioid addiction treatment facilities. We provide comprehensive care in an outpatient setting, comprised of confirmatory toxicology testing, individual counseling, case management, and physician treatment.
Our mission statement is to treat individuals seeking recovery with dignity and respect in an environment where compassion and evidence-based medicine stand on equal ground. Those who seek a life free from opioids will find a treatment program focused on comprehensive, momentum-building care, designed to be the last stop on their way to a sober life. Medication-assisted treatment will exist only if it is done so at the highest standard in outpatient office-based opioid treatment programs.
Our philosophy on providing substance abuse treatment to those in our community can be best articulated by the following. When addiction has traded all you ever hoped to be proud of for shame and guilt, you will find us ready to stand with you. When your spirit is bruised and addiction intends to take your life, you will find us ready to help you take it back. We are here because we have walked in your shoes and have come prepared with what is necessary to help you succeed. At Recovery Care of Columbia and Nashville Addiction Clinic, we believe in practicing evidence-based medicine and treating patients with dignity and respect. By bringing together the best practices in medication-assisted treatment and the compassion we all desire, we can generate momentum that leads to long-term sobriety. We are a team that shows up every day to fight and advocate for those who desire sobriety more than anything else so that they can have everything else.
We have built Tennessee’s most robust and thoughtful outpatient medication-assisted treatment program. Our facilities and physicians possess the coveted BESMART designation, an elite program created by Tennessee Medicaid, recognizing the best programs and providers in the state. Accepting all forms of Medicaid, several of the largest commercial insurance carriers, we are accessible to those seeking a sincere path to recovery. In addition to our in-office treatment programs, we are blessed to provide the most comprehensive telemedicine program for medication-assisted treatment available anywhere in Tennessee. In doing so, we have succeeded in removing some of the challenging barriers to accessing treatment by the most socioeconomically depressed communities in Tennessee.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I truly believe that having a firm foundation of ethics has helped shape much of my journey. Time and time again, I have seen the absence of ethics drive the pursuit of financial gain at the cost of what is right. Standing firmly in my beliefs and being motivated by a path that places grace above all has allowed my motivations to remain pure. Grace and ethics belong in every field. You expect it in healthcare. You expect those who seek out the opportunity to deliver care to vulnerable patient populations to be a good steward of grace and opportunity. I’m blessed to be seated firmly in those beliefs and for those beliefs to be nurtured within my team. Additionally, it should be said that these sentiments are of equal importance to my business partner, Drew, whose talents and ethics represent the highest standards.
What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Any advice or strategies?
It has taken me years to find the right approach when feeling overwhelmed. There is a spiritual approach, a personal relationship approach, and an organizational approach that has collectively brought peace in moments of difficulty. I understand that for some, hearing about prayer is offputting. That being said, when I feel overwhelmed, I go to God and I pray. I ask him for help. The outcome is one of being unburdened and grounded. The second, I speak with my wife. She is the smartest and kindest person I know. Her counsel is always filled with wisdom and patience, and I trust her immensely. I can always rely on her to be a sounding board for me and to provide me with a perspective that I otherwise wouldn’t have arrived at on my own. Lastly, I organize what it is that is overwhelming me on paper/digitally. I need to see it and create a manageable format to get the proverbial “lay of the land.” This always helps me to carve out a path to what is needed to chip away at the challenges and what kind of action is required.
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