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Blue Mountain Eagle
CCS seeks county boost
for health department
to county administrators be-
cause of the cost.
Lindsay said that while
she wasn’t happy to be mak-
ing the new request, she was
pleased that her revenue
By Scotta Callister
projections and budget pre-
Blue Mountain Eagle
dictions from last year were
on target. At that time she
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munity Counseling Solu- $150,000 would occur.
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July.
coming year. However, CCS
Kimberly Lindsay, exec- is asking for $110,000 rather
utive director of the Hep- than the whole amount. Un-
SQHUEDVHG QRQSUR¿W VXE- der the scenario he outlined,
mitted the request to the the remaining gap would be
Court at its Jan. 28 meeting. ¿OOHGE\&&6FKLSSLQJLQLWV
CCS contracts to run the administrative costs of about
health department for the $40,000, and operational ef-
county.
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The county contributed
Lindsay recalled the
$100,000 toward the health Court last year offered to in-
department operating in vest in the health department
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proving that investment the agency time to rebound
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cials said they might need revenue. That program lost
to turn the department back patients in early 2013, after
The agency
projects deficits
for 2015-16
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
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the unexpected death of fam-
ily nurse practitioner Tim
Nielson and several months
without a provider.
Lindsay said there have
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year, and primary care is
regaining clients. It would
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but for an anticipated “un-
usual budget expense” of
$55,000 to purchase an elec-
tronic medical records pro-
gram.
The medical industry is
moving to establish elec-
tronic record systems as the
standard in record-keeping.
In addition to facilitating co-
ordinated care for patients,
the electronic systems are re-
quired to qualify for certain
types of accreditation and
many grants.
The Court made no deci-
sion on the budget request.
The county’s budget com-
mittee, which includes the
three-member Court and
three citizen members, is
scheduled to begin a series
of meetings on the 2015-16
budget in March.
Contributed photo/Kevin Sperl
Stacy Forson has begun her duties as the supervisor of the Ochoco National
Forest and Crooked River National Grassland. She succeeds Kate Klein,
who retired. A Bend native, Forson has more than 25 years of Forest Service
experience, with posts including civil engineering technician, wilderness and
trails supervisor, grant writer, recreation planner, interdisciplinary team leader
and natural resources staff. Most recently she was the recreation, lands and
heritage staff officer on the Siuslaw National Forest in Corvallis.
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(The Eagle has chosen not to
publish the term.)
The county previously ac-
knowledged
the vulgarity, in
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phrases “dyke” and “bad lesbian.” as part of a separate employ-
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that allegation, and says Hood- incident.
enpyl did not hear or process
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any discriminatory remarks.
to rule in the county’s favor and
+RZHYHUWKHFRXQW\¶V¿OLQJ award any “costs and disburse-
does admit, without elabora- ments” it deems proper.
tion, the claim that Hickerson
Last November, the county’s
used another more vulgar term. DWWRUQH\V ¿OHG D UHVSRQVH LQ D
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the way they should be done.”
Molitor is no stranger to
small hospitals.
She began her career as a
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registered nurse, and was a chief
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challenges,” she said. “Right lowed by 10-plus years in CEO
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do things here.”
degree from South Dakota State
However, Molitor said University, and worked for Ban-
HealthTech assigns its interim ner Health for 24 years, all of it in
CEOs to be active managers small hospitals in South Dakota,
and not just hold down the fort Utah, Nebraska and Wyoming.
during a transition.
She was the CEO at
“We’re expected not just to Washakie Medical Center in
manage, but to improve,” she Worland, Wyo., where she and
said. She said she’ll focus on en- her husband, Leon, live. They
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and good customer service, and daughter attending high school.
also assist the district board with
Molitor, who is accredit-
the ongoing CEO recruitment ed as a Fellow of the Amer-
process.
ican College of Healthcare
As for her own style, she Executives, went to work for
said, “I believe in a culture of HealthTech last fall, and spent
accountability, and doing things three months on an interim
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N. Gravley. He claims he was
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blowing the whistle on discrimi-
natory talk in the 2013 meeting.
Both Gravley and Hanson
are represented by Portland at-
torney Matthew C. Ellis.
In December, Judge Patricia
Sullivan ordered the Gravley
case to mediation, with the par-
ties to select a mediator from the
court-sponsored panel of quali-
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CEO assignment in Nebraska.
She expects to be in John
Day, except for a few trips home
to Wyoming, until a new per-
manent CEO arrives. If all goes
according to plan, that could be
May or early June.
HealthTech has already
been advertising the position,
and the hospital board is ex-
pected to begin reviewing re-
sumes this month.
The hiring process will in-
clude site visits and board inter-
views with the top candidates.
While HealthTech reaches
out to attract candidates, she
stressed, “the selection will be
the board’s decision.”
She lauded the board’s in-
volvement.
“They are very interested in
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job, and trying to foster that cul-
ture of accountability,” she said.
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