EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 30, 2021
MC Health District selects new CEO
Morrow County Health
District compliance officer
Emily Roberts was select-
ed as the interim CEO of
the district in a unanimous
vote of the board at the
MCHD meeting Monday
night in Irrigon. The board
approved a $185,000 an-
nual salary plus insurance
and other benefits for Rob-
erts, who currently lives in
Yacoult, WA. Roberts is in
the process of moving here
with her husband and young
child.
Previous administrator
Bob Houser retired in De-
cember and a subsequent
administrator, Ryan Fowler,
left the district after only
several months. Interim
administrator Victor Van-
derDoes resigned follow-
ing statements he made at
a Boardman Chamber of
Commerce meeting. He
had previously worked for
the district as administrator.
It was not revealed what
VanderDoes said.
Earlier two MCHD
physicians, Dr. Russ Nich-
ols and Dr.
Dan Ham-
bleton re-
signed, at the
time leaving
MCHD with
no full-time
doctors.
Dr. Russ
D r. B e t s y
Nichols
Anderson,
who was a
part-time physician for the
district and
had previ-
ously worked
full-time for
MCHD, has
stepped up
to accept
the role of
MCHD Chief Dr. Dan
of Staff. At Hambleton
the time of
Monday night’s meeting
Anderson was in Montana
MCHD CEO Emily Roberts
Dr. Betsy Anderson
to attend the graduation of
her daughter.
The board approved
locum tenens (temporary
physician) service agree-
ments for Nancy Hutnak,
D.O., Kenneth Lindsey and
William Everts and phy-
sician employment agree-
ments for Dr. Ed Berretta,
who was also previously
employed full-time by the
district, and Dr. Joshua
Sirucek.
The board granted tem-
porary locum privileges
to Dr. Jeffrey Westin, a
locum’s physician from
Comp Health and Dr. Wil-
liam Everts to cover the
emergency room, hospital
and clinic and to Dr. Samuel
Milstein for the clinic.
The board also received
a letter indicating approval
of a request for a $67,000
loan from the Greater East-
ern Oregon Development
Corporation (GEODC)
for a real estate purchase.
Terms are 120 months at
a 1.5 percent interest rate.
The loan will be used to
purchase the former Lu-
theran Church building for
use as the physical therapy
building.
In other business, the
board:
-learned that Jodi Fer-
guson moved from confi-
dential administrative and
financial assistant to fi-
nancial assistant, payroll
and credentialling position;
Mayci Richman, former
Irrigon Medical Center
medical assistant, to the
community relations and
communications coordina-
tor role; and Larissa Gray
from hospital business of-
fice clerk to the confidential
accounting and adminis-
trative assistant. Human
Resources Director Patti
Allstott reported that the
district is continuing to
recruit for a Home Health
& Hospice RN, a patient
business office admitting
clerk, a hospital RN and
a maintenance technician.
She said that an interview
for a dietary director can-
didate is scheduled for this
week.
-learned from Kathleen
Greenup, R.N., Chief Nurs-
ing Officer, that the district
currently has an opening
for an RN and the position
was posted for statewide
exposure. She noted that all
CNAs currently on the reg-
ular payroll have obtained
their CNA-2 certification
“which will offer them a
broader scope to be able
to assist nursing staff with
more tasks.” Greenup also
noted that she has gotten
“positive feedback from the
nursing staff working with
locums physicians.” She
added, “MCHD personal
protective equipment and
COVID testing supplies
remain adequate.”
-learned of recent hires,
Sarah Rea, Home Health
& Hospice clerk, Jerry
Conklin, Hospice chap-
lain and Katelynn Sowa,
Home Health & Hospice
VA homemaker.
-heard a report from
Andrea Fletcher concerning
“Morrow County Health
District 2021 Impact Strat-
egies”: to “Provide educa-
tion and/or programs to pro-
mote healthy lifestyles”; to
“Improve communication
and coordination among
health service providers”,
“Improve communication
and coordination among
health service provides,
and “Improve communi-
cation between health care
providers and the commu-
nity,” youth mental health,
alcohol/tobacco/drug use,
maternal and family health
needs, oral health, chronic
disease, social determinants
(housing and food); and
health workforce.
-approved a resolution
authorizing the following to
sign checking and savings
accounts: John Murray,
board chair, Emily Roberts,
interim chief executive offi-
cer, Nicole Mahoney, chief
financial officer, Kathleen
Greenup, chief nursing
officer, Kris Jones, chief
operating officer, and Patti
Allstott, human resources
director.
-held two executive
sessions, one for submis-
sion of confidential infor-
mation to the board; and
one to consider the employ-
ment of a public officer,
employee, staff member or
individual agent.
-received the following
profit and loss statement
through May from CFO Ni-
cole Mahoney: $1,149,644
in gross patient revenue,
$52 in provision for bad
debts, $97,770 in contrac-
tual and other adjustments,
$185,460 in tax revenue,
$2,964 in other operating
revenue for $1,240, 246
in total operating revenue;
$1,540,685 in total oper-
ating expenses, a $27,547
non-operating gain for a
loss of $272,892 for the
month and an average
monthly-year-to-date gain
of $135,888.
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