

Lead and managed by long-time industry expert John E. Chaquica, MBA, CPA, ARM, Optimum Risk Advisers (ORA) works with your JPA's strategic team, executives and board – helping define challenges, develop solutions, and deliver comprehensive resources.
A best practice, professionally-tailored operation, ORA's mission is to bring comprehensive contract resources, streamlined approaches, and innovative solutions to member entities – reducing management time and costs, while increasing operational efficiency. At ORA, we focus on the strategic plan of your JPA, using proven business models and the right resources at the right time, in the right way.
To date, 41 of California's 58 counties have joined the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA), a relatively new JPA focused on the efficient delivery of California mental health projects. Member counties jointly develop, fund, and implement mental health services, projects, and educational programs at the state, regional, and local levels. CalMHSA's work plan for implementing $130 million in Mental Health Service Act Funds was just approved by MHSOAC. Counties interested in joining the JPA should contact John E. Chaquica CPA, MBA, ARM, CalMHSA Executive Director & President, GHC at john.chaquica@georgehills.com.
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"Our company's foundation is built on 58 years of exceeding expectations while providing the highest quality, customer-focused claims administration (liability and property) services to self-insured public and private entities and insurance carriers."
Michael J. Kielty, ARM, Chief Executive Officer
For more than half a century, George Hills Company, Inc. (GHC) has continued to provide California's public sector and private insurance carriers best practice claims administration (liability and property) and litigation management services. Today, we are focused on providing turnkey management services to California JPAs too.
Known for our exceptional professionalism and low turnover of staff and clients, we have offices throughout California. Our corporate headquarters is located in Rancho Cordova, California, just outside of Sacramento. We employ 77 experienced professionals, and are a member of Public Agency Risk Management Association (PARMA), California Association of Joint Powers Authorities (CAJPA), National Claims Professionals (NCP), and Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI).
GHC aspires to be California's most respected, leading TPA and JPA management firm. We are well on our way to reaching this vision because we think of our clients as partners, and we value our employees as our most important asset. A model to other service organizations, we build relationships with our employees the way we build relationships with our clients – with pride and respect.