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GOVERNMENT:Will Idahosnewstatebusinesstaxbreakwork?PAGE42
ONTHERUN:BoiseBettiesbringsabusinessmodel
toarunningclub.PAGE49
RodneyReider, far left, isthenewguy
inchargeofSaintAlphonsusHealthSystem.BetsyHunsicker,middle,moved
toCaldwelllastspring to runWestValleyMedicalCenter.DavidPate,
right, has
juststartedhissixthyearasCEOofSt.LukesHealthSystem.Hereswhat
theyhave tosay for themselves.
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DBSI fraud defendantssentenced to prison, file appealsFourmen
convicted of fraud stemming
from their activities inDBSI are asking the9thU.S.CircuitCourt
ofAppeals to overturntheir convictions.The defunctMeridian
propertymanage-
ment companys formerCEO,Douglas Swen-son,was sentenced to 20
years in prison for44 counts of securities fraud and 34 counts
ofwire fraud.Theother threemenwere convictedof the
44 countsof securities fraudbut acquittedofwire fraud.DBSI
general counselMarkElli-sonwas sentenced to fiveyears, andSwen-sons
sons Jeremy andDavidwere sentencedto threeyears.
Federal report: Fatal Appletoncrashwas caused by pilot
errorFormerMicronCEOSteveAppleton could
have avoided the 2012 small airplane crashthat killed him,
according to a reportby
theNationalTransportationSafetyBoard.AppletonsLancair airplane lost
thrust as it
tookoff from a runway atBoiseAirport.Ap-pletonbanked sharply to
return to the run-way, causing theplane to spin and crashbe-tween
two runways.Appleton should havetried to land in the flat surface
following therunwayor tried amore gradual turn to returnto the
runway, the report said.
Concordia students leaving forUniversity of Idaho law
schoolFifty-five second- and third-year studentsof
theConcordia School ofLaw inBoise are en-rolling in
theUniversityof IdahosBoise-basedlawprogram this fall,
asConcordiasAmericanBarAssociation accreditation is up in the
airafter its secondyear inbusiness.Twenty third-yearConcordia
studentshave
decided to take a leave of absence this fall.The studentsmust
graduate from anABA-
accredited lawschool tobe allowed to take theIdahobar exam
andpractice law in Idaho.TheUof Is second-year lawschool pro-
graminBoise is just starting this fall.
IdahoMedicaid contractorOptum under
scrutinyMental-healthproviders sayOptum Idaho,
whichwashired to run IdahosMedicaidbe-havioral-healthprogrammore
efficiently, isfrequently sending thempayments
forpenniesandmistakenlydisplaying or sending thempa-perworkmeant
forotherproviders.The latter complaint isnowthe subjectof
an investigationby theOffice forCivilRightsin
theU.S.DepartmentofHealth andHumanServices.Thatoffice is
chargedwith enforcingfederal patient-privacy laws.
Optum says ithas corrected glitches andhumanerrors that resulted
in the erroneouspayments and themisdirectedpatient infor-mation.The
IdahoDepartmentofHealth andWelfare saysOptumisnot inviolation of
itscontract.
Simplot closesAberdeen plantAsplanned, the J.R.SimplotCo.
decommis-
sioned itspotatoprocessing plant inAberdeenin southeastern
Idaho.The company replacedplants inAberdeen,Caldwell
andNampawithitsnew, largerplant inCaldwell.About 800
THE MONTH
Healthcare isabigandgrowingpartof Idahoseconomy.The
largestprivateemployer in thestate is
thenonprofitSt.LukesHealthSystem,with12,000-plusemployeesandmore
tocomeas thesystemgob-blesuphospitalsandphysicianpractices.
Itssmaller rival,SaintAlphonsusHealthSystem, ispartofanational
nonprofitCatholichospi-tal network.These
twosystemsandCaldwellsWestValleyMedicalCenter,apropertyof
thefor-profitHospitalCorporationofAmerica,operate
theTreasureValleysgener-al hospitals,vital tousall.So its important
forbusiness
leadersandothercivic-mindedVal-leyresidents
tounderstandwhattheyredoing. Ithelps toget toknowthehospital
leaders.Twoof thethree leadersarenewto their jobsthisyear.We
thought thiswouldbeagoodmoment to introduce read-ers
toRodneyReiderofSaintAlsandBetsyHunsickerofWestValley,and to
re-introduceDavidPateofSt.Lukes.Business reporterAudreyDutton
interviewedall three for thisspecial editionon
thebusinessofhealthcare.HerQ&Asbeginonpage17.Sixofour
localcolumnistsweigh
inonbusiness-of-health issues, too.Readwhat theyhave
tosayonpages 16and31-35.
OurOctobereditionwill focuson
technology.Watchfor itWednes-day,Oct.22.
[email protected],Twitter:@IDS_DavidStaats
HospitalCEOs intheirwords
KYLEGREEN/
kgreen@idahostatesman.comHOBOHANGOUTAFFECTINGBUSINESSMorehomelesspeoplearecongregating
andsleepingunder theBoisebridgewhere
theConnectorcrossesAmericanaBoulevard.Businessownersin thearea,
includingA20Fitness,
InkVisionandBoiseColdStorage,saythehomelessmakecus-tomersuncomfortable.
Were thinkingof tinting thewindows, says JesseHernandez,
ownerofBoiseColdStorage.Above,policeSgt.ClairWalker,center,checks
for suitcasesbehindanairmattresswithTyler Johnson,
thecitysparkingservicesmanager.Thecityplanned toplace
NoCampingsigns.
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workers staffed the three plants, thoughsomeworkers leftbefore
the closures.Thenewplant inCaldwellwill employ about300.
TCBY yogurt shop inBoisesNorth End closesTheTCBY store at
1790W.StateSt.
closed thismonth after 25years at that lo-cation.Franchise owner
JimMowbray says the
propertyowner raisedhis rentbeyondwhat thebusiness could
afford.He sayshewill put the stores equipment in storageand search
for anewBoise location thiswinter.There are three otherTCBY stores
in
theTreasureValley two inMeridian andone inNampaownedbyother
franchiseholders.
Tech startup sales benefitBoisewith investment fundsBoise
startupBookLamps recent sale to
Apple forbetween $10million and $15mil-lionwas goodnews for the
local tech scene,say local tech-firmfounderswho complet-ed previous
salesof theirown.They say theBookLampdeal serves as a reminder
tomajor companies thatBoise produces valu-able technology and
talent.The sale alsomeans the companys local investorshavefresh
capital to inject intonewTreasureValley startupsof all kinds.
TreefortMusic Fest to returnPerhaps
theonlybusinessnotprofiting
fromTreefortwasTreefort itself.But thisyear,TreefortMusic
FestLLCat least camecloser tobreaking even thanduring thepre-vious
twoyearsof theMarchmusic festivalinDowntownBoise.OwnerLoriShandro
shouldered the
losses.Shandro thinks the festivalwillbeprofitable in
futureyears,but shemadesome changes in thebusiness to ensure
thefestivalwould remainviable if the lossescontinue.Shandro remains
themajorityowner,but
the festivals three other co-founders arenow co-owners.The group
alsobrought intwonewpartners tobolster the fests finan-cial
stability.
PayetteBrewery seeks to growTheGardenCitybreweryplans toex-
pand to a60-barrel system inwhatwillbe
a40,000-square-footbrewhouse.Thenewsystemwill
givePayette,whichproduced5,348barrelsofbeer in2013, the
long-termpotential toproduceup to
100,000barrelsannually.Payettehopes to soon surpass Ida-hos current
topproducer,GrandTeton
BrewingCo.,which sells about 10,000bar-rels yearly in its
30-barrelVictorbrewhouse.
GardenCity wineries team upFivewineries are saving
onoverhead
with the typeof collaborations rarely seenamong
competitors.Twogroupsofwiner-iesSplitRail andSyringawineries in
onebuilding onChindenBoulevard andCinderWinery,CoiledWines
andTelayaWineCo.nearbyon44thStreet share tastingrooms and either
lease or share expensiveequipment.Eachmakes itsownwine and runs
its
ownbusiness.The collaboration helps thesmallbut growingwineries
at leastdelayspending hundredsof thousandsof dollarsfor theirown
spaces, presses andotherequipment.
Equity firm
buysGuerdon,amodular-buildingmakerPortlandprivate-equity
firmRiverlake
Partners andMainStreetCapitalCorp. ofHoustonbought controlling
sharesofGuer-donEnterprises inBoise for
anundisclosedprice.Guerdonmakes components andhelps
assemble largebuildings such asmultifami-lyhousing in
thewesternU.S. andCanada.Ithasmore than 300 employees andhadmore
than $80million in sales last year.
Proposed Sportsplex Idahoraises cash, buysMeridian siteThe
groupbehindSportsplex Idaho still
needs todrumup $40million tomake the12-court,
185,000-square-foot indoor athlet-ic complex a
reality.ButCarsonSofro, thebasketball campdirectorheading
theproj-ect, advancedplansby announcing thepur-chase of 18
acresnear the intersection ofNorthEagle andWestUstick roads,
northofTheVillage atMeridian, for anundis-closedprice.Sofrohas
raised anundisclosed amount
frompartneringTreasureValleybusiness-es,butmostof the
$40millionwill have tocome from selling corporatenaming rights.
Harris Ranch homebuildingmay drawmore retailers soonMore than
200homeshavebeenbuilt in
SoutheastBoisesHarrisRanch since 2012.Retail follows rooftops,
somorebusinessesmay comebefore long.A fewstores are already in
place or under
construction.Aconvenience store is goingupon the southwest
cornerofWarmSpringsAvenue andEckertRoad.On theother side
ofEckert,Lucky 13 is adining anddrinking staple forHarrisRanch
residents.BownCrossing is a longwalk or a shortbikeride away.
HarrisRanchs threemain subdivisionscomprise
720homes.DallasHarrisEstatesis thenewest subdivision.
Garden City sues nuisanceRevolution ConcertHouseThe suit
againstownerCrestonThorn-
ton andbuilding ownerRonBien seeks torecoup $68,661
spentonpolice calls to theRevolutionConcertHouse
andEventCen-ter.Thepolice responded to 27 calls forservice and 11
noise complaints inMarchandApril.The city calls thevenue a
chron-icnuisance.Thornton sayshe expects amutually acceptable
resolutionwith thecity.
Boise leather-jacket legendsells his excess inventoryShoppers
gathered thismonth for a liqui-
dation sale ofBoise designerRobertCom-stockshigh-end leather
jackets.Comstockhas anoffice andwarehouse inBoise andheld the sale
atExpo Idaho.Comstocks late-November leather sales
once attracted thousandsof shoppers,
somecampingoutovernight,until they ended in2001.The
economicdownturn then slowedsales, and since then the
companyhadntbeenproducingmore jackets than itneededto fill
orders.This year,Comstockdecidedhehad enough inventory tohold a
sale.
HOPSTAKEOFF IN IDAHOBolsteredbyanexplosion incraftbrewing,
Idahoshops farmersfourfarms in thewesternTreasureValleyandone
inNorth Idaho areclaiminghigherprices for theflowersused
toflavorbeers suchasIndiapaleale. Idahoisgainingground
intheNorthwest-centeredhops-farming
industry.Left:PabloGodinaoperatesa
topcutterwhileharvestingCentennial hopsatGoodingFarms inParma.
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Shippy is top homecare, hospice nursePatShippy, anurse
atFirst
ChoiceHomeHealth&Hospice, hasbeen chosen torepresent
Idahoasoneof theTop 50HomeCare andHos-picenurses inthe
2014HomeCare&Hospice
Nurse of theYearRecogni-tionProgram.Shippybecame anurse in
1960.FirstChoiceHomeHealth&Hospice is a local-lyowned
andoperated com-
pany at 2563S.FiveMileRoad inBoise.TheTop 50programisoffered
throughtheNationalAssociationforHomeCare&Hospiceand
theHomeHealthcareNursesAssociation.
SaintAlphonsusclinics recognizedTheNationalCommittee
forQualityAssurance hasawarded three SaintAlphon-susMedicalGroup
clinicsLevel 2 recognition for
theirpatient-centeredmedicalhomeprograms.The clinics are Eagle
HealthPlaza inEagle,McMil-lanClinic inBoise, andOver-
landClinic inBoise.Levels 1, 2 and 3 each cor-
respond to a gradedper-centage score on anumberof elements.Level
3 is thehighest score.This is thefirst time theSaintAlphon-sus
clinicshave received anylevel of recognition.Themedical group
is
moving all of its clinics tothepatient-centeredmodel,which is
intended to em-phasize coordination andcommunication to lowercosts
and improvequality.
WestValley namedchest pain centerWestValleyMedicalCenter
says it is the firsthospital inCanyonCounty
tobecomeanAccreditedChestPainCenterby
theSocietyofCardiovascularPatientCare.Our facilityproactively
engaged in a rigorous stan-dardization of cardiac careprocesses,
saidRichardAu-gustus,M.D, chiefmedicalofficer. As a result,
thetreatment receivedby everypatientwithheart attacksymptoms
isbasedon themost current research and
best clinical practices.Thismeanswere able to savemore
lives.AccreditedChest Pain
Centers also serve as apoint of entry into thehealth care system
to evalu-ate and treat othermedicalproblems, and they help
topromote a healthierlifestyle in an attempt to re-duce the risk
factors forheart attack.
Idaho dentists electstate, local leadersThe 800-member Idaho
StateDentalAssociation haselectedstatewide andlocal-associa-tion
leaders for2014-2015.JohnBlaisdell,
DDS, ofCald-well, succeeds
JackKulm,DMD, of Jerome,aspresident.Otherstatewide leaders
are:ExecutiveCommittee:Pres-
identElect:
JohnHisel,DDS,Boise.VicePresident:BrianCrawford,DDS,Pocatello.Secretary/Treasurer:
S.JohnStaley,DDS,Boise. Immedi-atePastPresident: JackKulm,DMD,
Jerome.BoardofTrustees: Idaho
PanhandleDentalSociety:KoryWilson,DDS,Hayden.Lewis-ClarkDentalSociety:MarkSheppard,DDS,Lewis-ton.Southwest
IdahoDentalSociety:DustonCon-naughton,DDS,Boise;
andScottAlexander,DMD,Boise.SouthCentral IdahoDentalSociety:
JoelNewton,DDS,TwinFalls.Southeast
IdahoDentalSociety:R.KimSmith,DDS,Pocatello.Upper
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SnakeRiverDentalSociety:MichaelElison,DMD,
IdahoFalls.WesternTreasureVal-leyDentalSociety:KimKeller,DDS,Nampa.
IdahoPanhandleDentalSo-
ciety:President: ShaunWhit-ney,DDS,CoeurdAlene.President-Elect:
JohnR.Haynie,DDS,CoeurdAlene.Treasurer: ErinEl-liot,DDS,PostFalls.
Imme-diatePastPresident:KirkM.Davidson,DDS,CoeurdA-lene.
Lewis-ClarkDentalSociety:
President:
ErinLeavitt,DMD,Lewiston.VicePresident:JohnJ.Johnson,DDS,Lewis-ton.Treasurer:TravisBartschi,DDS,Lewiston.
Im-mediatePastPresident:DanR.Wilson,DDS,Lewiston.
SouthCentral IdahoDental
Society:President:ValerieThompson,DMD,TwinFalls.President-Elect:
JustinWard,DMD,Burley.Secretary/Treasurer:BrookeFukuoka,DMD,TwinFalls.ImmediatePastPresident:JohnMcLaughlin,DDS,Gooding.
Southeast IdahoDentalSo-
ciety:President:DMichaelSutton,DDS,Pocatello.Pres-ident-Elect:
tobe deter-mined.VicePresident:
Jani-caGillette,DDS,Pocatello.Treasurer:PamelaGoodliffe,DMD,LavaHotSprings.
Im-mediatePastPresident: Jef-freyC.DaBell,DMD,Pocatel-lo.
Southwest IdahoDentalSo-
ciety:President:MichaelGur-ney,DDS,Boise.PresidentElect:ColeAnderson,DMD,Boise.VicePresident:ColleenCrowley-Jarvis,DDS,Meridian.Secretary:Rosa
Pothier,DMD,Boise.Treas-urer:HillaryDunstan,DDS,Boise.
ImmediatePastPresi-dent:CameronKuehne,DMD,Boise.
UpperSnakeRiverDental
Society:President:BrandonGordon,DDS, IdahoFalls.PresidentElect:
ScottRLewis,DDS,Rexburg.VicePresident:RyanKidman,DDS,
IdahoFalls.Secre-tary/Treasurer:BryceBurten-shaw,DDS,
IdahoFalls.
WestTreasureValleyDental
Society:President:TomBlais-dell,DDS,Caldwell.Presi-dentElect:
ShaunChris-tensen,DMD,Nampa.VicePresident:KyleCollins,DMD,Caldwell.Secretary:Brad-fordFisher,DDS,Nampa.Treasurer:
LorenShort,DMD,Caldwell. ImmediatePastPresident:
ScottGardner,DDS,Nampa.
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Daly,Vachek formfinancial firmMarkDaly andRaleigh
Vachekhave formedDaly&Vachek
Invest-mentConsult-ingGroupofWellsFargoAd-visors.Daly
isthemanagingdirector/invest-mentofficer;Vachek is a fi-nancial
adviser.The team
continues a 15-yearprofession-al
associationbetweenDalyandVachek.The group aims
to serve investment andplanningneedsof profes-sionals, families,
smallbusi-nesses andnonprofits.The
practicewillfeature finan-cial education,retirementpreparation
andprofessional in-vestmentman-agement.Daly and
Vachekpromot-ed LisaSievers,after a
25-yearassociationwiththeDaly family,to financial
con-sultant.OliviaPolandwaspro-
moted to client associateandwill assume client-serv-ice and
administrative du-ties for the group.
Gamble joinsD.L.EvansBankMichelleGamblehasbeen
namedoperationsofficerof
theCaldwellbranchofD.L.EvansBank,opening thismonth at
922BlaineSt.Gamble has
18yearsofbank-ing experience.She receivedan associate degree in
ac-counting fromDickinsonStateUniversity.She is aboardmemberof
theCald-wellSeniorCenter and is in-volved in
theCaldwellChamberofCommerce.
Sims joinsWaFedWashingtonFederal has
namedRicoSims aspersonalbanker at theMeridian loca-tion.Simshas
four yearsof ex-
perience inbanking.Heworked as
apersonalbankerwithHomeFederalBank
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AgricultureJ.R.SimplotCo.receivesawardGov.ButchOtterpresent-
ed a 2014 IdahoAward forExcellence in
IndustrialEn-ergyEfficiency to the J.R.SimplotCo.sDonPlant
inPocatello.Theplant,built in1944, producesphosphatefertilizer and
employs 350people.This award recognizes in-
dustrial companies for im-plementing energy efficien-cy.Otter, a
formerSimplot
executive, said energy effi-ciencyhasbecome a sourceof cost
reduction andmar-ket advantage for the com-pany.Simplothas an
agreement
with theU.S.DepartmentofEnergy to reduce energy in-tensityby 25
percentover 10years. In 2013 theplant in-stalled severalvariable
fre-quencydrives andupgradedits lighting and compressedair systems,
saving enoughenergy topowerover 30homes for ayear and
reduc-ingwater consumptionbyover 30percent,Otter said.
AssociationsLeadershipBoisenames 2015 classLeadershipBoise,
apro-
gramof theBoiseMetroChamberofCommerce, hasannounced its 2016
class. Its52members (in alphabeticalorder)
are:JamieAnderson,Colliers
International. JohnBarker,CH2MHILL.ZacBarnes,WesternHeating
andAirConditioning Inc. EliBellomy,MountainWestBank.
JanellBillings,BankofAmerica.KatieBonnette,Hewlett-
PackardCo.MeganBoyer,IdahoStatesman.
JessicaBudzianowski,AmericanHeartAssociation/Ameri-canStrokeAssociation-
BoiseDivision.KyleCarpen-ter,State of IdahoMilitaryDivision.
JonChatfield,ColeArchitects.DaxChizum, IdahoState
HistoricalSociety.KellieCoon,Hewlett-PackardCo.BethCoonts,HawleyTroxell.EllyDavis,
IdahoCommunityFoundation.NathanEads,DeloitteLLP.HeidiEhle,
In-termountainGasCo.ChaseErkins,Lee&Asso-
ciates IdahoLLC.TomFerch,AdaCountyHighwayDis-trict.
ShariFernandez,Com-munityTransportationAs-sociation of Idaho.
JulieFogerson,WellsFargoBankN.A.NicoleGyllenskog,Capi-talCityDevelopmentCorp.TracyHoffman,Bankof
the
Cascades.
JenniferHoward,Kount.BrettHunt,Hewlett-PackardCo.AlanHunt,SaintAlphonsusHealth.Angie
Jackson,PacificSourceHealthPlans.CoreyJohnson,CTAArchitectEngineers.BeauJudge,Petroglyph
Energy Inc.HeatherKimmett,KeyBankN.A.
FlipKleffner,WellsFargoBankN.A.Re-beccaLemmons,CentralDis-trictHealthDepartment.JeffLliteras,EideBaillyLLP.KennedyLuvai,Parsons
Behle&LatimerPLC.AlexMcLaughlin,GivensPursleyLLP.
JonathanMedalie,BlueCrossof Idaho.
JamieMilan,ClearVoiceTelecom.Mor-ganMiller,MicronTechnolo-gy
Inc.CarolineMoore,BrightStar.
AmandaMyers, IdahoCen-tralCreditUnion.
JoeyPerry,WashingtonTrustBank.MonicaRhodes,HealthwiseInc.BlakeRitchie,NorthwestBank.PamelaRoot,AARP
Idaho.
StaceySatterlee,AmericanCancerSocietyCancerAc-tionNetwork.KimSaucer-man,AquentStudios.NicoleStern,AdaCountyHighwayDistrict.HollySuit,AccessIdaho.D.J.Thompson,Cushman
&Wakefield.BrendaVogt,Make-A-Wish
Idaho.BlakeWatanabe,Bodybuilding.comLLC.MatthewWolff,St.LukesHealthSystem.
JeanetteZorich,MicronTechnologyInc.LeadershipBoise has
graduatedmore than 1,400people since its inception
in1976.Participants attendmonthlyday-long sessionsfromAugust toMay
to learnabout the community andleadership.
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andhasworked as a tellerandhelp-desk representa-tive.Sims is
studying psychol-
ogy atBoiseStateUniversi-ty.He is a graduate
ofCali-forniasHanfordHighSchool.He is
involvedwithSpecialOlympics,Relay forLife andUpwardsSports.
WashingtonTrusthiresBalchWashingtonTrustBank
hashired JennaBalch as vicepresident and
commercialrelationshipmanager inBoise.Balchwas a commercial
banker atZionsBank.Shealsohas experience han-dling complex
transactionsincludingparticipations,swaps and leveragedbuy-outs.A
graduate ofUtahState
University,Balch receivedherMBA fromSouthernUtahUniversitybefore
relo-cating to Idaho.BalchworkswithBoiseYoungProfes-
sionals,AmericanRedCross,TechLaunch,UnitedWayof Idaho and
IdahoPublicTelevision.
ZionsCorporateTrustnamesmanagerMarkHensonhasbeen
named assistantmanageroftheBoise office ofZions
CorporateTrust,based
intheEighth&MainbuildinginDowntownBoise.Henson is re-
sponsible for as-sisting in the
management andexpansionof the groupsbond trustee,escrow,
custody, ownershiprecord-keeping and stocktransfer services.He
joinedZions in 2003 as a foundingmemberof
theLosAngelesCorporateTrustoffice andhasmore than
20yearsofcorporate trust experience.He has experience in
negoti-ating, closing andmanagingbond financings, including
charter school and single-andmulti-familyhousingtransactions.He
earned a bachelors
degree in economicswith aminor inbusiness fromCali-fornia
StateUniversity atFullerton and amastersde-gree in economics
fromClaremontGraduateUni-versity.
EideBaillyhires5employees inBoiseTysonMoore,AlexVater-
laus,BasantiBail,MattMeyerandAustinFlogehave joinedthe
regionalCPAandbusi-
ness advisoryfirmofEideBaillyLLPasaudit associatesinBoise.Moore
has 10
yearsof experi-ence in publicaccounting.He
earnedhisbachelorsdegreein finance and
accountingfromBoiseStateUniversity.Vaterlaus is a recent grad-
uate of IdahoStateUniversi-
ty,where heearned amas-tersdegree inaccounting.Vaterlausearned a
bache-lorsdegree inaccounting
fromBrighamYoungUni-versityIdaho.Bail is a recent graduate
ofBoiseState,where sheearned a
bache-lorofbusinessadministrationdegree in ac-counting.Shealsoholds
abachelorsde-
gree inbusiness from theUniversityofPugetSoundinTacoma.Meyerhas
fiveyearsof
corporate ac-counting expe-rience, special-izing in ac-counting
infor-mation systems,insurance, pay-roll/benefitsand financial
re-
porting.Meyerhas a bache-lorsdegree inbusiness ad-ministration,
accountancy-finance fromBoiseState.Floge is a recent graduate
ofBoiseState,where sheearned a
bache-lorofbusinessadministrationdegree in ac-counting and
fi-nance.Shewasa sales-tax in-
ternwithMicronTechnolo-gy Inc.All five areworking to
earnCertifiedPublicAc-countantdesignations.
U.S.Bankgives toMercyHousingU.S.Bankprovided free
backpacks and school sup-plies to 29 childrenwho re-side
atMercyHousingNorthwestsNewHopeApartments inNampa.U.S.Bank
employeevol-
unteers, alongwithTravisHuffman,U.S.BankCom-mercialBanking
team
leader in theTreasureVal-ley, andNeimaBenComo,resident
servicemanagerforMercyHousingNorth-west, distributed theback-packs
and school supplies atthe apartment complex inAugust.
BankhelpsHabitatforHumanityMountainWestBankhas
awarded $2,500 toCanyonCountyHabitat forHumani-tysbuilding
program.Habi-tatwilluse themoneyonprojects inNampa beingbuilt in
partnershipwith theNampa SchoolDistrict andCentennial JobCorps
vo-tech students.
WellsFargogivestoJuniorAchievementTheWellsFargoFounda-
tionhas awarded JuniorAchievementof Idaho a$2,500 grant to
expand in-class financial literacypro-grams to students in
gradesK-12.
MarkHenson
TysonMoore
AlexVaterlaus
BasantiBail
MattMeyer
AustinFloge
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AutomotiveMartin joinsLylePearsonAutoShowTrentMartinhas
joined
LylePearsonAutoShowsJaguar,LandRover&Volvosales team as
asales consult-ant.Martin has 11
yearsof auto in-dustry experi-ence, including
ownership ofGalaxyMo-tors inStar for eight years.He
previouslyworked for 20years as an agentwithMar-tinCo., aBoise
advertisingcompany.He earned ade-gree in communications
atBrighamYoungUniversity.
EnergyWorkers receivescholarshipsThreeCH2M-WGIdaho
LLC employeesBrandalinBarnes,KathleenOtter andPaulinaHydewill
receiveLouMilamNextStepEdu-cationAwards to continuepostsecondary
educationalpursuitsoutside of theirnormalwork at
theDepart-mentofEnergys IdahoSite.The award, named in
honorof the lateLouMilam,provides aone-time $1,500check to
awoman in anonexempt employee posi-tionwith a site contractor
tofurther aneducation.Threeawards aremade eachyearbasedon
scholastic achieve-ment, jobperformance, de-velopmentpotential and
fi-nancial need.Barnes is a skilled trade
worker at the IntegratedWasteTreatmentUnit, a fa-cility thatwill
treat 900,000gallonsof liquid radioactivewaste from
anunderground
tank farm.Otter is a seniorengineering/lab technicianfor
theEnvironmentalPro-grams group.Hyde is an as-sociate
engineering/labtechnician for theCivil/Structural
andAnaly-sisorganization.CH2M-WGIdahoLLC,
known asCWI, is apartner-ship ofCH2MHill and theURSCorp.
thatdirects theIdahoCleanupProject at theDOE site
45mileswestofIdahoFalls.
EnvironmentDorton joinsU.S.EcologyboardU.S.Ecology Inc.
inBoise
hasnamedKatinaDorton toitsboard, increasing thenumberof
directors to sev-en.Dortonwas also ap-pointed to
theboardsAuditCommittee.Dortonhas 20 yearsof in-
vestmentbanking experi-ence advising corporateclients and
theirboards.Sheis apartner atCoRiseCo., amerchant andbanking
advi-sory firminNorthCarolina.
InsuranceLeavittGroupdonatesLeavittGroupofBoise,a
unitof theLeavittGroup in-surancebrokerage, haspur-chased school
supplies andbackpacks for 18 children.The supplieswere donatedto
children andelementaryschools in the area.
MediaChannel2nameschiefmeteorologistKBOI-TV, theSinclair
BroadcastingGroupsCBSaffiliate inBoise, hashiredRolandSteadham
as chiefmeteorologist.
Steadhamhas 25yearsofforecasting experience.Most
recentlyheworked atWPLG inFt.Lauderdale,Fla.Before that, he spent
13years inSaltLakeCity as thechiefmeteorologist atKTVXand its
rival,KUTV.Steadham attended
BrighamYoungUniversityand theUniversityofUtah.He ismarried
andhas sixchildren.
New IPTV boardmembersSix Idaho residentshave
beennamed to theFriendsof IdahoPublicTelevisionInc.boardof
directors.Thir-ty-fourdirectorsnowsitontheboard.Thenewdirectors
are:MindyCameron, retired
journalist/newspaper editor,Sagle.NormaDouglas, communi-
ty activist,SunValley.JohnV.EvansJr.,CEO,D.L.
EvansBank,Burley.JeffFox, president,College
ofSouthern Idaho,TwinFalls.CraigMeadows, attorney,
HawleyTroxell,Boise.KristinaRunning, assistant
professor,Universityof Ida-hoCollege ofLaw,Moscow.The friends
group raises
money for IdahoPTVandfor the
IdahoPublicTelevi-sionEndowment,whichfunds the creation and
ac-quisition of IdahoPTVpro-gramming and capitalequipment.
ServicesEllis
joinsEigurenFisheraspartnerEigurenFisherEllisPub-
licPolicyGrouphasnamed leg-islative
andbusinessdevel-opmentprofes-sionalKrisEllisas aprincipal
tobroaden the
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Idaho firmsdepth in healthcare licensure and regulato-ry
issues.Elliswas elected to the
IdahoHouse ofRepresenta-tives in 2000 and servedontheHealth
andWelfare,Business, andRevenue andTaxation committees.Shealso
chaired theTaskForceonHealth andWelfareSav-ing.She is a
formerpartner in
the Idahopolitical consult-ing firmofBenton,Ellis andAssociates
and former exec-utive directorof the
IdahoAssistedLivingAssociation,where shenegotiated itsmergerwith
the IdahoHealthCareAssociation.She is a 1985business gradu-ate
ofOregonStateUniver-sity.
Azure studio,LIZ,MaiThai donateAzureHairStudiooffered
free haircuts and relatedproducts and services val-ued atmore
than $1,200 tostudents, andownerTodAlan
coordinatedwithBoisePoliceDepartments Shopwith aCop tobe a
collec-tion site for customersdo-nationsof school supplies.Local
ImpactZone,a busi-
ness-development companyfoundedbyBrettLabit,
alsoaccepteddonations at itsBoise headquarters and
atitsPowerBreakfast sites inrecentweeks.The combinedeffort
brought in about $2,500worthof supplies.A signifi-cantportionof
thedona-tions camefromLIZmem-ber
andMaiThaiRestaurantownerBillyPothikamjorn.
TechnologyH&WownernamesLinkpresidentH&WComputerSys-
tems, aBoisebusiness-soft-ware company, haspromot-ed longtime
employee
MatthewLink topresident.Linkwill
manage thecompany.Own-erMaryChaf-fin,whohadbeenpresident,
has takenon the role ofCEOandwill continue toofferstrategic
guidance.Link,who joinedH&W in
1998,most recently servedas
thedirectorofbusinessdevelopment.
After 32 yearswithH&W, Im ready tohandovermanagementof
theday-to-dayoperations,Chaffin said. The companystandson
anexceptionallystrong footing, and Ihaveevery faith inMatts
abili-ties,which Ive observedclosely throughworkingwithhim these
past 16years.This yearmarks the 35th
anniversaryof the foundingofH&Wby JamesHicks
andRobertM.White.Chaffin,whohasbeenwithH&Wal-most since its
inception,worked in every areaof thecompanybeforebecomingpresident
in 1992 andbuyingthe company in 2002.H&Wsays ithasbeen
steadilyprofitable.
H&Wwasbuilton afoundation ofbright, en-gaged
employeesbuildingthebestpossible software,all in service of the
cus-tomer,Chaffin said. As thecompany transitions to thisnew
chapter, I knowthatMatt and the restofH&Wsemployeeswill
continuethis stellar tradition.
GovernetnamesSvorinicpresidentTheboardof directorsof
Governet, aWeb-basedcompany in IdahoFalls thatcreates and
implements cur-riculum andprogramman-agement software for col-leges
anduniversities, haspromotedMarkSvorinic
topresident.SvorinichasbeenGover-
nets vice presi-dentof consult-ing servicessinceMay 2013.He has
25yearsof experience ineducationaltechnology.He
earned a bachelorsdegreeinbusiness education
fromtheUniversityofArizonaand amastersdegree inlearning and
instructionaltechnology fromArizonaStateUniversity.
ArrowSolutionsopensBoiseofficeArrowSolutionsGroup,
based inBillings,Mont., hasopened the local office tohelp
clients secure informa-tion-technology
contractorstomeetprojectneeds, andwill offer recruiting servicesfor
IT andengineering posi-tions.SteveWestonhasbeen
hired at the as regional di-rector for theBoise region.Westonhas
20 yearsof re-cruiting and staffing experi-ence in
technology.KaralieKannehhasbeen
hired as technical recruiterfor the region.Kannehhasbeen
recruiting for the lastthreeyears in thePortlandandSeattle
technicalmar-kets.
TransportationMontpelieraddedto train registryMontpelier, in
Idahos
southeastern corner, hasbeen
awardedmembershipinUnionPacificsTrainTownUSARegistry
aspartofUnionPacificsongoingefforts tohighlight citieswith
ahistorical connectionto the railroad.The city received anoffi-
cialTrainTownUSA resolu-tion signedbyUnionPacific
MatthewLink
MarkSvorinic
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Chairman JackKoraleski aspartofMontpeliers sesqui-centennial
celebration.UnionPacific launched itsTrainTownUSARegistry aspartof
the railroads 150thanniversary celebration in2012.The rail line
inMontpe-
lierwasbuilt in 1892.TodayUnionPacifichas about 850milesof track
in Idaho,largely serving the statesagricultural industry.Thecompany
says ithas invest-
edmore than $240million inthe state from 2009 to 2013.
Driver takes 2ndinnational contestABoise driver forOld
DominionFreightLine Inc.placed second in the five-axlevan
categoryduring the77th annualNationalTruckDrivingChampionship
inPittsburgh.BillHill,based atOldDo-
minionsBoiseServiceCen-ter, hasbeendriving profes-sionally for
13 years.HestartedwithOldDominion
in 2006.Hill first competed in a
state truckdriving champi-onship in 2012.Hewasnamedgrand
champion andnotched a firstplace finishin the four-axlevan
class.Hewas alsonamed the Ida-hoRookie of theYear.Ayear later,
hewon first
place in the five-axlevanclass in Idaho.He repeatedas the
five-axlevanwinnerin 2014.Hill andhiswife,Teresa,
have two sons, Jake andLuke.He resides inMarsing.
U of InamesSatzexecutive inBoiseTheUniversityof Idaho
has appointedMichaelSatzto serve as executive officerfor
southwestern Idaho.Heisbased inBoise.Satzwasmost recently a
professor in theCollege ofLaw,where he served as in-terimdean
fromMay 2013until June 2014.He hasbeen
with theuniversity since2006.Satzwill represent the
university andPresidentChuckStaben.Hewill pro-vide
administrative leader-ship formanagementof theWaterCenter
inBoise.Satz succeedsTrudyAn-
derson,who retired inDe-cember.
NNU facultywingrant for fire studyTwoNorthwestNazarene
Universityprofessorshavereceived a fed-eral grant for aproposed
study.Assistant
professorofcomputer sci-enceDaleHamil-ton and assistant
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Cavener isnewMethProjectdirectorThe IdahoMethProject
hashired anew executivedirector,AdreanCavener.Shewill oversee
strategicdirec-tion, communityoutreachand education and
fundrais-ing.Cavenerhas 10yearsof
experience ingovernmentalaffairs,volun-teermanage-ment
anddonorrelations.Shewasdirectorofgovernment re-
lations in Idaho for theAmericanHeartAssocia-tion
andAmericanStrokeAssociation.
Cavenerhas a bachelorsdegree in speech communi-cation and
rhetorical studiesfrom IdahoStateUniversity.She lives
inMeridianwithher family.The IdahoMethProject
implements research-basedcampaigns and communityaction programs
to reducemethamphetamineuse.
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Vlassek rejoinsThe SundanceCo.SteveVlassekhas re-
turned toThe SundanceCo. inMeridian to fill a va-
cancy resultingfromDougWolf s retire-ment after 25years.Vlassek
has
30 years ofcommercial re-al estate experi-
ence and knowledge of the1.6million-square-footTreasureValley
office andindustrial portfolio.HejoinsCharleneVanOstrandon
Sundances real estateconsulting team.
Colliers brokeragehiresRaeberScottRaeberhas joined
theColliers Internationalbrokerage.Raeber has
been an associ-ate broker withThorntonOliv-erKeller,
aprojectmanag-er and directorof sales for
BrightonCorp., an assetmanager for J.P.Morgan
Fleming and a projectman-ager forCrescentRe-sources
inAtlanta.
CTAsNelson earnsarchitecture licenseCoryNelsonhas become
the newest licensed archi-tect atCTAAr-chitects
Engi-neers.Nelson has
served as an ar-chitect-in-training, spe-cializing
incommercial
projects, since joiningCTAin July 2012.He passed hisarchitecture
exam and at-tained a license inAugust.He holds two
architecturaldegrees fromWashingtonStateUniversity.Among themost
promi-
nent projectsNelson hasworked on to date are aWinCo Foods store
in Sur-prise,Ariz.; aWhole FoodsMarket inHouston; and aPetSmart
building shell inNampa.
Century 21MagellanbuysHomelandWesleyFlacker andMarie
Koller,owners ofCentury 21MagellanRealty, have ac-
quiredHomelandRealty.Homelandwas started in
1984 by Joseph Rusty Lu-cas.Themerger has creat-ed an officewith
31 agents,three brokers and three ad-ministrators.Koller will
bedesignated broker, Flackerand Lucas associate bro-kers.
Ward joins FranklinBuilding SupplyJeffWardhasbeenhired
asLeanChampion forFranklinBuild-ingSupply.Hewill sup-
port theplan-ning, goal-set-ting and coordi-nating
ofLeanprojects to in-cludebestprac-
ticesofLeanmethodologyand tools through training,coaching
andhands-onwork.The focusofLean istoprovide greater customer
ACHIEVEMENTSINREALESTATEANDCONSTRUCTION
SteveVlassek
WesleyFlacker
ScottRaeber
JeffWard
MarieKoller
professorof en-gineeringDukeBulanon re-ceived aNASAEPSCoR
(ex-perimental pro-gram to stimu-late competitive
research)Research Initia-tionGrant to support theirproposed
studyon firemon-itoring and assessment tech-nology.The goal of
thisproject,
as stated in theproposal, isto provide an
inexpensive,accessible, andon-demandtool to assistwith
thedevel-opmentof post-fire recov-eryplans and for updatingspatial
fuel layers to reflectthe effectsof the fire onveg-etation.Hamilton
andBulanon
willuse anunmanned aerialsystem, ordrone,with an at-tached
camera togather andprocessdata.Thisdrone
will flyover affected areasafter fireshavebeen extin-guished to
assess andmoni-tor the effects.Thedatawillbeused in
recoveryplan-ning.TwoNNUcomputer sci-
encemajors, juniorPeterOx-ley,ofEmmett, and
juniorTimMong,ofCoquille,Ore.,andengineeringmajor sen-ior
JohnLonai,ofMilton-Freewater,Ore., are theplanned research
assistants.
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ACHIEVEMENTSINLAW
Hammerquist leavesRingert forown firmDavidHammerquisthas
formed a law firm,DavidHammerquistLawChartered,emphasizing
inbusiness law,criminal de-fense andper-sonal injury.Ham-
merquist for-merlywas vice presidentwithRingertLawCharteredand
is a formerprosecutor.He has 30 yearsof experi-ence.He receivedhis
lawdegree from theUniversityof Idaho.The firmis at 401W.
FrontSt.,Suite 302,Boise. Itswebsite
isDavidHam-merquist.com.
McFarlane leavesMoffatt, forms firmPaulD.McFarlanehas
formed a firm,McFarlaneLawOfficesPLLC.His gen-
eral practicewill emphasizecivil
litigation,employment,smallbusinessadvising andworkers
com-pensation.McFarlane
formerlypracticedwithMoffattThomas inBoise.He has 18yearsof
litigationexperience.He receivedhislawdegree
fromTulaneUniversitySchool ofLaw.The firmis at 1004W.
FortSt.,Boise. Itswebsite ismcfarlanelawoffices.com.
Bower joinsGivensGivensPursleyLLPhas
hired JeffW.Bower as an as-sociate attorney.Bower re-
ceivedhis lawdegreemagnacumlaude fromtheUniversityof
IdahoCollegeofLaw in 2012and a bachelors
degree inbiologymagnacumlaude from theuniver-sity in 2009.He
clerked forJustices JoelD.Horton andJim Jonesof the
IdahoSupremeCourt.
ParsonsBehle hiresHart, Lake,MeadersMariaO.Hart, JamesE.Lake
and JamesD.MeadershavejoinedParsonsBehle&La-timersBoise
office.Hart is an associate in the
firmsLitigation,Trials&Appealsdepartment.She re-ceived a
lawdegree in 2012fromBrighamYoungUni-
versity and a bachelorsde-gree in 2001
fromEasternMichiganUniversity.Lake focuseshispractice
on client coun-seling andpro-curementof in-tellectual prop-erty
rights fortechnologyclients.He grad-uated
fromBrighamYoungUniversitywitha bachelorsde-gree in chemi-cal
engineeringin 1991 and a lawdegree in 1997.Meaders fo-
cuseshisprac-tice onpatentprocurementandproceed-ingsbefore
theUnitedStatesPatent andTrademarkOf-fice.He re-
ceived a lawdegree fromtheUniversityofAkronSchool ofLaw in
2012.Hegraduatedwith a bachelorsdegree in electrical engi-neering
fromBrighamYoungUniversity in 2009.
BestLawyerspicks9H&Hattorneys ...Holland&HartBoise
at-
torney J.WalterSinclairwas
DavidHammerquist
PaulD.McFarlane
JeffW.Bower
MariaO.Hart
JamesE.Lake
JamesD.Meaders
value through constant im-provement.Wardhas 15yearsof ex-
perience in the constructionindustry, includingprojectmanagement
for ahome-building company, outsidesales for a lumber yard,
andaccountmanagement for aspecialtybuilding products
company.He previously ranhisownhome-constructioncompany.Wardhas
anMBA from
theUniversityofWyomingand a bachelorsdegreefrom
theUniversityofMin-nesota,Duluth.He is also acertified
publicmediator.
Re/MaxaidschildrenshospitalRe/MaxExecutives, a real
estatebrokeragewithof-fices inNampa andEagle,hosted a charity
garage saleinAugust tobenefit the
lo-calChildrensMiracleNet-workhospital,St.LukesChildrensHospital.
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named a BestLawyers inAmerica 2015Lawyerof theYear
forbet-the-companylitigation.Eightother
Holland&Hart attorneys inBoisewere also
recognized:WalterH.Bithell,RobertFaucher,MurrayD.Feldman,J.FrederickMack,WilliamG.Myers
III,LarryE.Prince,B.NewalSquyres andKimC.Stanger.
... 7 Anderson Julian&Hull lawyers ...Seven attorneys
fromAn-
derson Julian&HullLLPhavebeennamed to 2015BestLawyers
inAmerica.They
areRobertA.Anderson,BrianK.Julian,AlanK.Hull,ChrisH.Hansen,PhillipJ.Col-laer,MichaelP.Stefanic
andAmyG.White.Andersonwasbeen
named 2015BoiseLitigationConstructionLawyeroftheYear for the
second con-secutiveyear.
... 7 StoelRivesattorneys ...SevenStoelRivesLLP
lawyers inBoisemade the2015 editionof the BestLawyers
inAmericadirec-tory.KevinJ.Beatonwasnamed
2015BoiseLawyerof theYear in environmental
law.JamesC.DalewasnamedLawyerof theYear for laborand employment
litigation.PaulM.Boyd,MarkS.Geston,QuentinM.Knipe,KristaK.McIntyre
andKrisJ.Ormsethwere also recognized.
...2 SpinkButlerpartners ...TwoSpinkButlerLLP
lawyershave againbeen rec-ognizedby BestLawyers.
MichaelSpinkwasnamedLawyerof theYear 2015 inBoise forLitigation
andRealEstate.This is the secondtime in threeyears thathehas
received this recogni-tion.JoAnnButlerwas recog-
nized forherwork in zoningand real estate law.Butlerhasbeenon
the list everyyear since 2011.
... andSandraClappEagle attorney Sandra
Clappwasnamed BestLawyers 2014BoiseLawyerof theYear for trusts
andes-tates law.Clapphasbeenrecognized eachyear since2003.
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Cooper retires asNMID accountantTrishCooper, the account-
ant for theNampa&Meridi-an IrrigationDistrict, is retir-ing
after40years.Cooper start-
edwith theval-leys largest irri-gation district in1974 in
theCol-
lectionDepartment. Herknowledge of theDistrictand thedetail of
its financialand administrative func-
tionshavemadeher a re-markable resource to theDistrict and
itspatrons,saidDarenCoon, thedis-tricts secretary-treasurer.Cooper
said sheplans to
spendquality time in retire-mentwithherhusband,Ken;her
children,Nichole,Dusty andRoss; andhergrandchildren.
MadsennamedSBABoisedeputydirectorTheU.S.SmallBusiness
Administration hasnamedShannonMadsendeputydi-rectorof
theBoiseDistrict
Office.Madsen joined theoffice
last year as alender relationsspecialist.Be-fore that, sheworked
at theU.S.Depart-mentofAgri-cultureRuralDevelopment as
a businessdevelopmentspecialist.An Idahonative,Madsen is a
graduate ofEasternWashingtonUni-versity.
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W hen shopping forclothes, food andjust about every-thing else,
ifwe dont see thepricemarkedon thepack-age or the shelf,we
asksomeone in the store.Knowing theprice allowsustomake
gooddecisions.Health care is another
story.Despite the major re-forms to thehealth insur-ance
andhealth care indus-triesover thepast twoyears,consumers
stillmakedeci-sions in thesemarketswithlimited
information.Whenprices aremissing ordis-torted, they
cannotperformtheirneeded function of al-locating scarce
resources.People respond toprice
incentives.When thepriceof agoodor service rises,
consumersbuy lessof it.Higherpricesgiveproduc-ers an incentive
tomovemore resources to thepro-ductionof thegoodor
serv-ice.Theprocessworks in re-versewhenprices
fall.Subsidiesorprice con-
trolsdistort this.Fordecades theU.S. gov-
ernmenthas subsidizedhealth insurance through
taxdeductions.Since the
1940s,employer-providedhealthinsurancehasbeenexcludedfrom taxable
income.Mostconsumers simply choosewhatever service
theirdoc-torordersexpecting insur-ance to cover all ormostofthe
costs.Although theemployee
portionofpremiums andmostdeductibleshave risen,consumers
coveredbyem-ployer-sponsoredplansdonotknowthe total
costoftheirhealth services.Pa-tients in thegovernment-runMedicare
andMedicaidrarely see anypartof theprice for their
services.Producers in thesemar-
ketsexperiencepricedistor-
tions. Insurance companiesandproviders are respond-ing to an
incentivemoreinsuredpeoplewithhigh-erprices andmore
services.TheAffordableCareActbroughtmorepeople intothemarketwith
subsidizedhealth insurance, thereby in-creasing the
likelihoodofoverconsumption.In2012, researchers from
BoiseStateUniversitymadeapresentation
toGov.ButchOttersMedicaidExpansionWorkgroup suggesting thatby
increasing thenumberofMedicaid recipients usingfederal funds,
Idahowouldsee an increase in stateem-ployment, reduced costs
forsmallbusinesses, increasedproductivity in the laborforce, and
cost savings in
health careexpenditures.The savings areexpected
to come from ahealthierworkforce.But aswithprevi-ous studiesof
thisnature,the statistical results ignorethehigherdemand andprices
that result frommoreutilizationof health care.TheCenter
forMedicare
andMedicaidServices re-leasedprojections thismonth that total
healthspending in theU.S.willgrow at an average rateof5.8
percentbetween2012and2022, nearly twice therateof overall
economicgrowth forecastedby
theFederalReserve.Reforminghowhealth
services andhealth insur-ance arepurchasedwillchange incentives
and allow
prices towork.Beyondeliminating the
taxdeductibilityof insur-ance, policymakers couldchange
licensing require-ments forproviders so thatconsumers
couldpurchasebasic services fromnursepractitionersorother
low-costproviders.Loweringcoverage requirementswould alsomake
iteasier foremployers andotherorgani-zations toprovide group
in-surance.Simply allowing forthepurchaseof insuranceacross state
lineswould in-crease competition and low-er costs.Onlywhenwe start
ask-
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spending.
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T heres a storymostpeoplehaventheard aboutDavidPate, the
57-year-oldCEOofSt.LukesHealthSystem, thelargesthealth
careproviderin Idaho.Whenhewasgrowingup
in theMidwest, hishighschool had a careerdayonthehealth care
industry.Pateand twodozengirls signedup, and they allwentout to
ahospital.The tourguide led the
students into aneonatal in-tensive careunit.There, oneof
thepatients in an incuba-torhadbeenbornwith a
se-verelyunderdeveloped ab-domen, and someorganswereoutsideof
itsbody.
When Iwas in theunit,
seeing thesepoorbabies, Ipassedout.Noneof
thegirlspassedout,whichwas veryhardonme.Couldntevengo to school
thenextday. Iknew Ihad letdown all theguys, and Iwasgoing
toberibbed terribly about it,hesays. Ive alwayshad this re-ally
intense compassion forpeople and animals and al-wayswanted tohelp
them,and I think Ihad somuchsympathyfelt sobad forthisbaby that
Ipassedout.But itdidnt stop there.Every time Iwent to a
hospital after that, Ipassedout, too.The fainting issue
ledhis
parents to suggestotheroc-cupations:Maybehe couldstudy law,
orbusiness, oranythingelse?ButPatewasdetermined
topracticemedicine.A
neighborwhowas adoctorreassuredhim: Youll getover it.At
somepoint,youllstoppassingout.Patemoved toTexas for
college, andhe immediatelyheadedout tohospitals toask for a
summer job.No-bodywould hirehim, sohepitchedhimself as
avolun-teer.Oneof thehospitalstookhimupon that andplacedhim in a
surgical ICU,whereheworked side-by-sidewithnurses, including
awomannamedLynette.
Idideventually stoppassingout,he says. And Imetmywife.
Q:Whatmadeyousodriventoworkinhealthcare?A:Backwhen Iwas very
young, ayoung child,mybrotherbecamevery ill.Myfamilywas
relativelypoor atthat time, and sowe lived inthesebarracks and so
forth,andmybrotherwas reallymybest friend. Itwashardforme
tounderstandhimbeinggone for so long, and Iwanted
tomakeeverybodywell andkeep the familywell. Ididnt
likewhatwashappening, and I think thatwasmy first interest inhealth
careitneverwa-vered, really.Allmygrowing
up, Iwanted tobe adoctor.
Q:Whydidyoudecidetocomehere,afterspendingyourentireadult life
inTexas?A:A recruiter I knew, and
heknewme, toldme [aboutthe job, saying] itwouldbeperfect
forme.And Ididntbelieve that.But Idid trusthim.
Q:Soyouwerereluctantatfirst?A:Really, cominguphere,
I fell in lovewithBoiseovernightliterally andthats just unusual
forme. Icamehere to interview in
May; itwasgorgeous. I likedthe ideaof a smaller citythanHouston.
Imean,Hous-tonsbigger than the stateofIdaho, population-wise.And I
liked the idea that it
wouldbe a system Iwouldbe leading,becauseof thelevel of change I
thinkneedstoexist in health care.Weweredoinggreat
things inHouston,but thatsa tertiary-care referral
cen-ter,wherewe took careofpeople close to thebrinkofdeath
andveryweird cases.Again,yourenot really im-
St.LukesCEO:Immoredeterminedthanever
KATHERINEJONES/ [email protected] luckyman,
saysSt.LukesCEODavidPate, talkingabouthis twodaughtersand
threegrandkids,all ofwhomnow live inBoiseand joinedPateat
theUnitedWaysannualFlapjackFeedCommunityBreakfast.Patewasacelebritypancake
flipper.
In thefiveyearssincehearrived,DavidPatehasplayeda rolehesnotused
to:controversial leader
The IdahoStatesman andBusiness In-sider reportoftenon
Idahoshealth careindustry, including local hospitals.Butwhat about
thepeoplewho run thoseeconomicallypowerfulbusinesses?Twoof the
threeCEOs ofTreasure
Valley acute-care, general hospitalsmoved on to new jobs in
2014.TheirsuccessorsRodneyReider at SaintAlphonsusHealth System
andBetsyHunsicker atWestValleyMedicalCen-ter took over,while
St.LukesHealth
SystemCEODavidPate continued tolead the system through
unprecedent-ed growth and an ongoing court battleover one piece of
that growth.Heres who they are as people and
organizational leaders.
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proving thehealthof thepopulation; youre justput-tingout fires
all the time.
Q:WhatdidyouthinkofBoise?A:My sensewas thepeo-
pleofBoisehadWesternval-ues,which iswhat I grewupin. I gothere,
and thenextday I interviewedwith theboard [ofdirectors].Iwas
staying atThe
Grove [Hotel], and Ididntknowwhere Iwas.So Ide-cided Idwalk.The
streetswerebeautiful. Ikept look-ing:When am Igoing to seea
cigarettebutt?Igotoverhere,metwith
the search committee theboard, these communitymembers, theyre
soen-gaged, soknowledgeable, sopassionate I sawthey re-allywanted
todowhat Iwastalking about.Theywouldempowerme todo thethings Iwas
talking about.
Q:AndyouknewformerSaintAlphonsusHealthSystemCEOSallyJeffcoatfromTexas,right?Youbothworkedinhos-pitaladministrationthere.A:
Ididntknowher real
well,but I thought [in Idaho]weregoing tohave
thiscommonality.When I foundout shewas theCEO there, Imean, Iwas
reallyexcitedabout that. I thought, Oh,thiswillbegreat.Because
Iwasused to the competitioninHoustonitwas justfierce and I thought,
Isntthisgoing tobegreat thatwecan actually collaborate andwork
together, andwehavethis foundation thatwillserve as a trustful
relation-ship.So Iwas veryopti-mistic.A littlebitbefore the
[hospital antitrust] lawsuitwas filed [bySaintAlphon-sus
againstSt.Lukes, over aphysicianpractice acquisi-tion inNampa], I
startednoticing comments thatshowedup in thepaper. Idalwaysbeen
sopositive in
public forums, then to seesomething showup in thepaper, I
thought, Why isSaintAls even commentingon that?Whatdoes
thishavetodowithSaintAls? Ihadno idea at the time
theywereworkingbehind thescenes toprepare a lawsuitagainst us.
(Editorsnote: Inan inter-view, Jeffcoat said
itwasnotaneasydecision to sue. Wedid itbecausewe felt
itwasimportant toprotect thepub-lic.But,youknow, this isbe-hindus,
hopefully.Andwere
just focusedondoing thiswork.Thats themost impor-tant thing for
usat thispoint.Let the lawyers figureout theother
thing.Visitwww.ida-hostatesman.com/Busi-nessInsider to read the
inter-view.)
Q:Hasanythingabout Idahosurprisedyou?A: I thoughtTexaswas
re-
ally conservative and Ima conservative.When I gothere, this is
re-ee-al conser-vative.So, thatsbeen a littlebitof a surprise
forme. Just
working through somethings from ahealth lawpol-icy
standpoint,with theLeg-islature,with
thehealth-in-suranceexchange.Iwouldnthave foreseen
howmuch resistance therewas to [theexchange].Youknow, inmy role,
Ihave tomakedifficult, complicateddecisions all the
time.Andthiswasntdifficultor com-plicated.And the resistance to
the
Medicaid redesign thathasbeenkindof a surprisetome. Iwouldmore
typical-
ly thinkof the statewantingtodo these things tokindofhelp
everybody.
Q:Whatkindofleadershippersonawouldyousayyouveadopted?A:
Imverydifferentpri-
vately, Imverydifferentthan I amin a leadershiprole.Mynatural
tendenciesare tobemore in a support-ive role, and tonot
reallyen-gage in controversynot toreallyengage
indifficultthings,butkindofbe sup-portiveof others.In this role, of
course, I
have todealwith a lotof re-ally tough issues, and at theendof
theday someonehastomake adecision.Andthatsme.Ihaveevolved a
lot.My
leadership style now isdif-ferent fromwhat itwas
inHouston.Wewerent tryingtodo a transformation;wewere trying to
survive anddobetter.Here, Iwould say if Iwere
topickonedescription, itwouldbe transformativeleader. Ihope
Imnotmis-judgingmyself,but I thinkIm also an authentic leader.When
its scary and its
big this is a scary time inhealth care and averyuncer-tain time
I thinkyouvegot tobe authentic sopeoplethink, I trust you, Ill
followyou.
Q:Givemesomeexamples.A:Likedoing theblog.
Youreputtingyourself outthere,youre tweeting. Itsmaking those
connectionswithpeople and seeingwhoDavidPate isbehind therole.
...Interestingly,whatwe re-
alizedwhenwe surveyedpeople after [JudgeB.LynnWinmill ruled
againstSt.Lukes in January] and com-pared it to a surveybeforethe
lawsuit, people said theyunderstoodourvisionbet-ter,
theyunderstoodwhatweweredoingbetter, andtherewas a slight uptick
inour favorabilityoverour
competition.While Ineverwould think
agood strategy is whydontweget sued, it isoneof thebenefits that
camefromit. Itallowedus to communicatesomuchmore.Itsbeen
adifficultpast
year,but I love ithere. I lovethepeople. Ivegot
thebestleadership team.I seemyself finishingout
my careerhere, as long astheboardshappywithme.
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[Igota lawdegree inthe1990s for]several
rea-sons.Theystartedcomingupwith thesepublicationsof
topdoctors,andHous-tonhad justcomeoutwithone,and Iwas rankedasNo. 1
internist inall ofHouston.Mostpeoplewouldbe
delighted. I thought, MyGod,wheredo Igofromhere?And
Iwassoyoung,
and I thought Id like todosomethingelse Iwant-ed to
touchmorepeopleandmakeabigger impact.It justdidnt seemlike Iwas
improvinghealthandimproving thehealthsta-tusof thecommunity, itwas
justoneata time.Also,back in 1992, it
waswhen theClintonswere inoffice[seekinghealthcare reform].I
thought,asaprimary-
carephysician, Ihavea lotof ideas. I thoughtmaybelawschool is
thewaytogetmeprepared tomakea real difference.At that time,
there
wereonly50people in thecountrywhohadamed-ical degreeand
lawde-gree.
WHATSWITHTHAT LAWDEGREE?
Iwalkedacross thestreetto theparking lotoverhere[aftermy first
interviewwiththeSt.Lukesboardofdirec-tors]andcalledLynette,mywife,
inTexas.And Ihadnt re-allymadeabigdeal of it toLynette,because I
thought Iwas justgonnado this,checkitoff the list,and tell the
re-cruiter, Thanks,butnothanks.But I calledLynetteand
said, Wow, Igotta tellyou, I
loveBoise.And I reallythinkthisboardmightbe
interestedinme.Andshesaid, OK,maybe
wecan live in twodifferentstates.ShesanativeofTexasandnever
livedoutsideofTexas.One thingshe reallywant-
edwas fourseasons.Andshereally loveswildflowers,[so]at
theairport IgotabookonIdahowildflowers.When Igot to theDenver
airport, Igotacall from the re-cruiter saying, They
lovedyou.Theywantyoutocomeback.[On thesecond trip to Ida-
ho,withLynette] theyputuson thecircuit,andwestartedhereandwent
to theMagicValley, thenWoodRiver, thenback toBoise.Bythe timewewere
in the
MagicValley,shehadfallen inlovewith Idaho, too.
HOWDID YOUDECIDE TOMOVEHERE?
KATHERINEJONES /
[email protected],CEOofSt.LukesHealthSystem,andTheresaMcLeod,directorofcommunity
rela-tionsatSt.Lukesor,asPate joked,
chiefberryofficergreetSt.LukesemployeesduringUnitedWaysannualFlapjackFeedCommunityBreakfast.
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I fyouhaventheardofRodneyReider yet,dontworry.A
lotofTreasureValleypeoplehavent.But thatwill soonchange.Reider
isnowtheface of Idahos second-largesthealth system.Reider tookover
as inter-
imCEOofSaintAlphonsusHealthSystem in July, afterSally
Jeffcoatwaspromotedto anexecutivevice presi-dentpost
atSaintAlphon-susparentorganization,TrinityHealth
/CatholicHealthEast.Reider, 51, grewup
Lutheran inCalifornia.Beingable towork in a
faith-basedorganizationSaintAls isCatholicis a
largepartofwhyhemovedhere fouryears ago toworkunder Jeff-coat as
chief operatingoffi-cer.Hedbeen inMilwaukeeworking for ahealth
systemthathadbeen aLutheransystembut hadgotten awayfrom that,he
says.
Q:Whatsspecialaboutworkingfora faith-basedhealthcaresystem?A: It
really is a calling.
Yourebrought into this todomore than just run a busi-ness.
Q:Whyhealthcare?Why
not leadership insomethingelse, likeclergy?A:Theresonepastor
who,when I grewup IgrewupLutheran, and I re-ally loved the
traditionsoftheCatholic side of things,and theyrevery
closelyaligned, so I actually go toMass eachweekhe said,You
shouldbe apastor.But Ididnt feel the callingfor that. I felt the
calling on abroader level, for adifferentkindof leadership.But
Ithinkyou canhave the samekindof impacton theworldas awitness todo
the rightthing.Utilizing Jesus as themodel,you cando the rightthing
for thepeopleyouworkwith, and also to thathigher calling of taking
careof people.Theres the spiri-tual side and theres thephysical
side, andhere,youcandoboth.
Q:HowdoesaCatholichos-pitaldiffer
fromanonreligiousaffiliatedhospital?A: In a greatdeal ofways.
Theres adifferent levelyoucan approachpeople on.Youhave
clergyworkingwithinyour arena,but you[also]have
peoplewhoworkherewhopraywith[patients] in [their] rooms.Ithelpson
the recruit-
ment side, too,becausethere are people saying, Iwant togo serve
in thisman-ner, andheresmyGod-giv-
en talents.
Q:Tellmeaboutyour family.A: Ihave awonderfulwife
fromWisconsin.We love ithere in Idaho; it remindsmea lotof
theMidwest, to tellyou the truth. Its good,wholesomepeople that
arereallydown to earth.Theyre sonice here.Theyhave adesire for
family andcommunity and active out-door lifestyle, so it
fitswitheverythingwewant.Twodaughters just re-
centlyhadbirthdays a 15-year-old and a 13-year-old.
We home-school them,weve alwayshome-schooled them.Thats
actu-allybeen a blast.Mywifesoneof the smartestpeopleIve evermet,
so shedoes agreat jobwith that.
Q:Yourestillnewto thejob,butwhat
leadershipstyledoyouthinkyourebringing toit?Whatkindof
leaderdoyouwant tobe?A:A good leader should
be getting input.Nomatterwhat kindof leader,whetherits
amanageror theCEOofa large company. Ask the
peoplewhodo thework,andhearwhat they say, andyou comeback
andmakedecisionswithyour leader-ship team,whether its[about] the
care of thepa-tientor its the retention ofthe colleaguesor the
equip-ment that youneed tobuy,all those things.Being isolated
andbeing
lesspresent isnever some-thing Iwant todo.I set uppatient
advisory
councils,byunit, for feed-back fromformerpatients tomeeton a
regularbasis andgive input.Whatwas so sur-
prisingwaspatientswouldget themailers, andevery-body came.Then,
afterwehit sixmonths,whichwas
SaintAlsCEO:Icameforthefaith-basedcare
InterimchiefRodneyReideris justacoupleofmonths intothejobone
thatgiveshimspiritual fulfillment.
Iused togolfa lot. Ihaventgolfedmuchhere.I like to reada lot,
hike,workout,beoutdoors.[Iread] lotsofhistoricalbooks,classics
likeSopho-cles[and]Plutarch.And Ireada lotof leadershipbooks to try
togaineverybitofknowledge I can.
WHATDOYOUDOWHENYOURENOTWORKING?
KYLEGREEN/ [email protected], left,
interimpresidentandCEOofSaintAlphonsusHealthSystem,
talkswithneurosurgeonChristianZimmermanat theBoisehospital.Reider
saysheseeks feedback fromstaffatall levels in thehospitaland
frompatients,aswellas fromhis leadership team.
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Growingupasakid, I really likedAbrahamLincoln.Hewould takeadvice
fromeverybody inthe roomand listenandget input to reachadecision. I
like that style. I like todo that inmy life, toask theexpertsandget
their inputand try tomake thebestdecision.Thatswhat Idid
initiallywhen I arrivedhereasa[chiefoperatingofficer]. Iput
togethera
bunchof listeningsessionswitheverydepartmentwith themanagers
in[for]partof it.Then Ihad themanagers leave the room,and
Iheardfromstaffaboutwhat theneedswere.Then Isatdownwith
themanagersandsaid, Hereare the thingsweneed.Howcanweaddress these
is-sues?
when theygaveus feedback,theydidntwant to stop. No,wewant to
continue tobepartof this.
Q:Sounds likeyoudontwant tobemakingdecisionswhilesitting
inyouroffice.
A: I getout a lot. I interactwith the caregivers, I
inter-actwith thepatients. Is thefood good?Canwe do any-thing?
Justwalking around,you can raise the level of ac-countabilitybut
also [influ-ence]how [employees]pro-vide the carebecauseyouget
feedback.I like tobe out therewith
the staff, as theyre theonesdoing thework, so they giveme input
as Imwalkingdown theunit Weneedanotherphone,orwhateverthe casemaybe
that I cantake action on.
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KYLEGREEN/ [email protected] talkswithapatient in
theBoisehospitalsnewemergencydepartmentwhilemaking
roundssomethinghe tries tosetaside time todo.
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W henBetsyHunsicker tookover
asCEOofWestValleyMedicalCenterinCaldwell last spring, itwas a big
change forherinmanyways.At 45yearsold,Hunsick-
erhasworked for about adecade in hospital leader-ship,most
recently as chiefoperating officer atRoseMedicalCenter inDenver.But
until she took the job atWestValley, shedneverbeenTheChief.Shewas
in anewtown, inwhat shedsoondiscover is amuchdif-ferent
role.Inmanyways, though,
moving to Idahowas a re-turn toher roots.Hunsickergrewup
inGainesville, acentralFlorida cityof fewerthan
100,000peoplewhenHunsickerwas a child.Herfatherwas
anobstetricianandhermotherwas amusicteacher.SowhenHunsicker
learnedof aCEO opening atWestValleyownedbyHCA, a
for-profithospitalchain that alsoowns theDenverhospital she leftshe
knewCaldwellwas aplace she couldmake ahome.She andherhusband,Jeff,
a structural engineer,bothgrewup in small townsandmissed life in a
tight-knit community.Theywereeager tobring their two chil-dren to
Idaho aswell.
Myhusband and I like toski, andwe like to camp andwe like to
float rivers, shesays. We like living outWest, andwe
specificallylikedCaldwell.
Q:Whatdidyou findap-pealingabout it?A: Iwanted tobe able to
be involved inmy communi-ty and the civicorganiza-tions and
charitable organi-zations, andbe involved inschools. I think oneof
theother things is really anop-portunity forme to liveclose towork.
I could runover to school, Idbe able togo to classpartiesor
teacher
conferences,whatever itmightbe.
Q:Hasanythingsurprisedyousofar,nowthatyouvebeenCEO
forseveralmonths?A:This ismy firstCEO
role.Suddenly,youre incharge, and suddenly thingsyou say carry a
lotmoreweight than theydidbefore.I think its reallymore Iknewthat
intellectually, thebuck stopswithme,butwhenyou get into
situationswhere its like, Oh,wait,you guys actually listen tome.
[Laughs]Youmean Iam actually in charge?OK,thats kindof
exciting.Theresnot adeliverable
at the endof theday. Its re-ally a lotmore
intellectualwork:Where arewe going,andwhat arewe doing?
What are the strategic goals?And thats kindof a change[frombeing
a chief operat-ing officer], gettingused tonothaving that
satisfaction.
Q:Whatdoyouhope toac-complishinyour firstyearhere?A: [One] thing
I am really
focusedon isourpatientsatisfaction
andpatientper-ception.Communityper-ception.
Q:Why?A: I dont think theres a
negative [perception] Ithink theresbeen a lotofwork to improve
thepercep-tion ofWestValley. [We are]continuing tobuild on that.We
have someof thebest
quality scores among all thehospitals in theTreasure
Valley.But I think ourpa-tient-satisfaction scores arewherewe
have somemoreopportunity.Thehospital I came from
haddone a lotofwork, andwewere consistently in the75thor the
90thpercentileso I knowwe cando it.Hav-ingbeen at
anorganizationthatmoved the scores, Iknow it canbe done.Mygoal is
to consistentlybe inthe topquartile among allhospitals [in the
federalMedicare system].Andwere getting there.In all this timeof
change
thats going on, letsmakesurewere offering thebesthospitalwe
can.
Q:Andcommunitypercep-
WestValleyCEO:Icameforthetight-knitcommunity
Theperson Iworkedforbefore I
camehere,[RoseMedicalCenterCEO]KenFeiler.Hewasateacher,andhewasallaboutdevelopinghispeo-ple,allaboutpersonal
de-velopmentandknowingwhoyouare,andwhatyourblindspotsare,andwhatyouneed
toworkon.Iworkedwithhimfor 11years.
And I think thissoundsreallycliche,butmydad. Ithink Ima loyal
person, Ithink Imaveryhonestperson,and I thinka lotofthatwas
reallyhow Iwasraised.
WHO IS YOURROLEMODEL?
Small-townhospital lifeand theTreasureValleysuit
thisnewCaldwellhospitalchief just fine.
KYLEGREEN/ [email protected]
theCaldwellNightRodeo inAugustaspartof theannualPowerofPink
fundraiser forbreastcancerscreening.WestValleyand
itsprogrampartnerSaintAlphonsus receiveda$346,000check.
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tion?Sinceyourea
for-profithospital,canWestValleybefi-nanciallyselectivein
takingpatients?A:We actuallydo a sig-
nificant amountof charita-ble care. I
think40percentofourbusiness isMedicaidanduninsuredpatients.
[Ed-itorsnote:Thehospitalspayormix is 20percentprivate insurance,
40per-centMedicare and40per-cent uninsured,Medicaid orother
charitable care.]Werehere to serveourcommunity, andwe
cantbeselective aboutwhowereserving.
Q:Whatsyourearly im-pressionof thehospital?A:Oneof the things I
real-
ly like aboutWestValley isitsgot akindof MarcusWelby
feel.Thedoctorscome see theirpatients inthehospital, and
theyknowall theirpatients.The familydoctorsdeliverbabies, andtheir
scope ismore like a ru-ral doctor. Inurban areas,
itsoutpatientprimary care;
theydontdeliverbabiesanymore, theydont come tothehospital
anymore.Theheart [ofWestValley] is real-lyold-fashioned.
Q:Your fatherwasadoctor.Did thatplaya role
inyourca-reerchoice?A: Idont remember
growingup andbeing like,Oh, Iwant tobe in themed-
ical field.
Q:Youdidntgo tomedschool.Youstudiedindustrialengineering
incollege.Howdidyouenduphere?A:My family friendgrow-
ingup shewas aprofessoratUniversityofFlorida inhealth
administration, andshe said, I thinkyouddo re-allywell [in health
care].You
shoulddo it.So, a fewyearsafter school, Idecided Iwould goback
toUniversityofFlorida,with adualMBA.Then Iworked atMayo
[Clinic inRochester,Minn.],and thatwas agreatexperi-ence.Then
Igot toDenverandworked atKaiser [Per-manente], then Iworked
forPacifiCare [ahealth insur-anceorganization].
And at somepoint, I said,Youknow, Idontknow ifhealth care is
right forme.Youknow, this is aweirdbusiness. I justdontknow.Then
Iwent andgot a job
working for ahealth-care ITcompany sortofone-foot-in,
one-foot-out [ofhealthcare]in theirbusiness-de-velopmentpricing
analyticssection.And I realized I real-
ly liked seeing thepatients,being aroundpeople.There arent a
lotofbusi-
nesseswhereyou can seeyour customereveryday.Youshowup
andyouseethepersonyoure impact-ing. Its a constant
reminderofwhoyourehere for, and Ilike that. I find it
tobeverymotivating.
Q:Yousaidyour formerboss,RoseMedicalCenterCEOKennethFeiler,
likedhisemployeestoknowtheirblindspots.Whatareyours?A:Well, Iwork
sohardon
it that Idonthave any!No,Imkidding.What Iwas reallywork-
ingon, and Im stillworkingon, is forme, itsbeing
clearanddecisive. Inmymind,things areperfectly clear.Its crystal
clear.And I asksomeone for something,and theyhaveno ideawhatIm
saying.So, thats some-thing Ivebeenworkingon,is Here
aremyexpecta-tions for you, versus a real,This ismyvision, and
cantyou just figureoutwhat Imtrying to say toyou?I invest a lotof
time in
people. I thinkeveryone cansucceed. I like todeveloppeople
andgrowthem, andIwill perhaps sometimescontinuedown that
courselonger than I should.
As for the river-floating,
HunsickerhasbeenoutonIdahos rivers a coupleoftimes so farwith
some-what less smooth results, sofar, thanher transition
intorunning ahospital.
Floating rivers in Idaho,werediscovering, is verydifferent
fromfloating riversinColorado, she says. Mydaughter and Igot
flippedoutonour first tripdownthemainPayette section.Were floaters,
notwhitewa-ter rafters.Well, now Iknow.
Edited for length and clarity.AudreyDutton:
377-6448,Twitter:@IDS_Audrey
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Well, Ihaveyoungkids,somostlyat thisstage,what Ido iswhat-ever
theydo.Wedo like togoouton theweekendsoutsideandfloator swim.But
Imat that stage inmylifewhere Imeitheratwork,or
Imathomebe-ingamom.
Iwasdefinitelyexcitedtobe inasmaller town,where I cansee[my
fami-ly]moreandhavea
five-minutecommuteversusa45-minutecommute.Thatwasoneofmygoalsmovinghere.Thiscom-munitycouldsupport
thatbalancebetter thanDen-ver.
WHATDOYOUDOWHENYOURENOTWORKING?
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spends
timewithherchildrenAnn,6,andCharlie,8atastaffandemployeepic-nicatMemorialPark
inCaldwell.Oneof theattractions forHunsicker to the job
inCaldwellwasadesire to live
inasmall,some-whatold-fashionedcommunity.
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