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A healthier
economy
Why strong health care is key
to the regions well being

The Eugene Area Chamber Of Commerce: LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY, RESULTS

Publisher
David Hauser, CCE

THIS ISSUE

Director Of
Communications
Katherine Movalson
Eugene Chamber
Executive Committee

Cover story

Columns/Departments

From major medical facilities to

rural county clinics, the health care
industry and related construction
is a cornerstone of Lane Countys
economy. But the hard-dollar
impact of health care is only part of the story.

Chamber @ Work
What the Eugene Chamber is doing to
support and promote businesses in the
Eugene area.

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News

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Last Call
The connections between a
strong and growing medical
community and the Chambers regional
economic prosperity goals are both
bountiful and significant.

Why health-care providers

and payers are now working
collaboratively rather than
competitively, and offering unique new
products and services.

Four
Questions

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Mike Dyer, President

and CEO of Serenity
Lane, talks about
their new residential
in-patient campus in
Coburg.

CHAMBER CONTACTS
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Cedric Rudd

President & CEO

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We asked
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of Cascade
Health Solutions
and Mike Dyer
of Serenity Lane
questions about
their businesses.

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Mandy Jones
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Credit Union

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Nigel Francisco
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Company LLC

Brittany Quick-Warner
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Megan Richter
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gathered for the Chambers Economic
Forecast, this year held at the Hult
Center with a new format that included a
presentation by Brian Rooney, regional
economist with the state Employment
Department, a panel and a keynote
speaker.
Population trends, minimum wage,
global economy, consumer behavior,
growing housing market were the center
of the discussion.
A panel of experts concurred that
the county and state economies should
continue to improve through 2022.
Lane Countys relatively inexpensive
housing, population growth and growing
technology sector were cited as
strengths that will likely mean job and
economic growth. However, opportunity
lies in what will attract and retain
millennials and make them want to put
down their roots in Eugene.
On the employment front, Lane
County has finally regained the jobs lost
during the Great Recession with the
food and beverage industry contributing
to the growth of manufacturing jobs.
Keynote speaker Jeffery Finkle

From left to right: Moderator Deborah Mersino, Oregon Community Credit

Union; Dr. Tom Potiowsky, Former State Economist and Professor of Economics
at Portland State University; Dr. Sheila Martin, the Director of the Population
Research Center and of the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies; Dr.
Tim Duy, Professor of Practice in the University of Oregon Department of
Economics and Senior Director of the Oregon Economic Forum; Dr. Joe Stone,
Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Oregon and Dr. Bill
Conerly, author of Businomics.
noted that at least 65-75% of job
growth comes from existing businesses
rather than those entering the market.
He also pointed out that surveys show
lack of workforce resources as the
number one barrier to economic growth
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Building a strong future workforce to attract and retain

businesses is a top priority for the Eugene Chamber. On
February 12th, the Eugene Chamber offered a solution for
building strong future workforce with the first hands-on
Lane County Manufacturing Career Day. This unique event
aimed to change the image of manufacturing for Lane
County teens, their schools and their parents.
Forty-five students operated machining and welding
equipment and manufactured their own yo-yo to take
home. Students also heard a panel of local manufacturing
employees, participated in mock interviews, and met
local manufacturing companies who need a skilled
workforce.
The event was hosted by Lane Community College
along with the Chamber, Lane Education Service District,
and Lane Workforce Partnership with sponsorship from
Pacific Continental Bank and Moss Adams.

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Business After Hours attracts 400 attendees
The Register-Guard unveiled
its new brand, RG Media
Company, at our first
Business After Hours for
2016. The change reflects a
new era of communications
where the RGs website
draws more than 550,000
monthly visitors and social
media brings thousands
of readers each day. The
company also offers
digital services including
website development, video
production and digital
marketing expertise. The
event was a partnership
with Hop Valley Brewing
and it brought more
than 400 people to the
sprawling lobby of the RG
where the question of the
night was, What about
the newspaper? It will
continue to be called The
Register-Guard.

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Chamber 2016 board members announced

The Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce its board
members for 2016.
Chair: Nigel Francisco
CFO, Ninkasi Brewing Company
Vice Chair, Business Advocacy:
Chris Boone
President, Boone Insurance Associates
Vice Chair, Organizational
Development: Harriet Cherry
Principal, Pivot Architecture

Vice Chair, Economic Development:

Dana Siebert
EVP, Green Energy Corp.
Treasurer: Cathy Worthington
Worthington Business Services
Chair-elect: Mandy Jones
CEO, Oregon Community Credit Union
Past Chair: Craig Wanichek
President/CEO, Summit Bank
Board Members: Sarah Bennett,
Principal, Bennett Management
Company/ Downtown Athletic Club; Cale
Bruckner, President, Concentric Sky;

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Cheryl Boyum, CEO, Cascade Health

Solutions; Jason Lafferty, General
Manager, SnoTemp Cold Storage;
Scott Lindstrom, Exec. Vice President,
Jerrys Home Improvement Center;
Jamie Moffitt, VP of FIN/Admin & CFO,
University of Oregon; Ralph Parshall,
General Manager, Mercedes Benz of
Eugene; Thomas Pettus-Czar, Owner,
The Barn Light; Stephanie Seubert,
Partner, Evans, Elder & Brown, Inc.; Mary
Spilde, President, Lane Community
College

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Four questions
We asked local businesses to respond to questions that give insight into
their companies and the value of their Eugene Chamber membership.

Travis Brooke
Director of Occupational Health
Cascade Health Solutions

Cascade Health Solutions offers home

health and hospice, occupational health, employee assistance, primary care, and chronic
disease management outside of the hospital
setting.
Tell us how your company got started
and how it has evolved.

Most of our services started in the

1980s as part of McKenzie-Willamette
Hospital in Springfield. In 2003, the acutecare departments of the hospital merged
with for-profit Triad Health Systems and
all of the hospitals community outreach
services, which included Occupational
Health, Home Health, Hospice, Diabetes
& Nutrition Education, and Behavioral
Health Services, became a separate, independent health care organization. This
new non-profit was named Cascade
Health Solutions.
When we separated from the hospital,
one of the first tasks was to find a new place
to house our services. We strategically
moved to Eugene because the majority of
the businesses we served through our Occupational Health program were located
in Eugene and we wanted to enable easy
access to services for their employees.

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What trends are shaping your

industry and business?

As a result of health care reform, the

health care industry is going through a
time of unprecedented change. For health
care providers, this translates into increased
regulatory oversight and compliance
obligations, decreased reimbursement for
services, and increased requirements for
electronic medical record documentation
and the reporting of clinical outcomes. We
are challenged with how to support pro-

Travis Brooke of Cascade Health Solutions says many people would be

surprised by the wide variety of healthcare services they provide.

viders in embracing this metamorphosis

without losing the meaning and joy they
derive from their work while assuring that
our commitment to patients and quality
care remains the top priority.
What might someone be surprised to
know about your company?

Most people would be surprised by

the wide variety of healthcare services we
provide. As a relatively small organization
of 165 employees, we serve over 50,000
individuals each year, and most only know
us for the service they received.
If a patient receives occupational health
services, they may not know that we offer
home care services and we are building the
first hospice house in Lane County or that
we offer community services like diabetes
and nutrition education and behavioral
health counseling and coaching. The com-

mon thread is that we strive to make life

better for those we serve.
Why would you recommend the
Chamber to a friend?

The Chamber has been a great resource

to our organization. They have helped with
introductions to businesses locating to the
area and have been a wonderful resource
for networking and sponsorship opportunities through various events.
I would recommend the Chamber for
events like Business After Hours, but also
because it provides community learning
opportunities through committees and
programs. I have attended the Leadership
Eugene-Springfield program and highly
recommend it for anyone looking to
deepen their knowledge on the workings
of our community and improving quality
of life in the area.

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Four questions
Mike Dyer
Mike Dyer, President and CEO
Serenity Lane

Serenity Lane is a private, not-for-profit,

family-oriented treatment center for alcoholism and drug abuse headquartered in Lane
County.

A model
for the world.
An advantage
for your employees.

1. Tell us how your company got

started.

Serenity Lane was started in 1973 by

Dr. Tom Kerns and Sam Graves. Dr. Kerns
was a family physician practicing in Eugene. He wanted to establish a treatment
program for his patients that were struggling with alcoholism.
2. What trends are shaping your
industry and business?

The Affordable Care Act has created

many additional patients with addictions.
On the other hand, it has forced insurance
companies to cut down on authorized
benefits for drug and alcohol treatment
programs.
We are seeing a huge proliferation of
opiate use including pain pills and heroin.
Prescription drug abuse and marijuana
abuse is also rampant. Unfortunately there
is a real need and demand for our services
across our population. We serve many local
patients but 75% come from out of the area
to be treated here.

More than 500 international organizations and governments use

us as a model for innovative and cost-effective care.*

Choose better. Choose Kaiser Permanente.

3. What do you wish people knew

about your company?

Most people dont know how robust our

services are. Serenity Lane is a statewide
organization with nine out-patient clinics
in addition to our new residential program
in Coburg. We offer medically supervised
detoxification as well as Residential Treatment, Outpatient Treatment, and Recovery Support. An important part of recovery
from addiction is the 12- step program
involvement.
4. What would we see on a tour of
your new facility?

Our new residential in-patient cam-

pus in Coburg is something to see! Its a

beautiful setting with 15 acres and views
of the Coburg Hills. We have a total of
12 buildings, four of which are residential
living quarters. We can accommodate 116
patients now, which is a huge change from
the former fraternity house weve occupied
near the University. Among other things,
we have a fitness center plus room to add
additional facilities in the future.

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Kaiser Permanente International, http://xnet.kp.org/kpinternational/participants.html,

accessed November 25, 2014.

Mike Dyer, President and CEO

of Serenity Lane, says their new
residential in-patient campus is
Coburg offers a beautiful setting
with 15 acres and views of the
Coburg Hills.

Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

kp.org/choosebetter
All plans offered and underwritten by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, 500 NE Multnomah St., Suite 100, Portland, OR 97232, 503-813-2000. 60200517.

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A healthier
economy
Why health care is boosting
the regions businesses
By Jim GoDbold

Pop quiz: What two private sector job categories employ the most
people in Lane County?
Give yourself a high five if you said retail trade. That catch-all
category, which includes all food and beverage stores in addition to
general merchandise and clothing stores, employed 20,800 Lane
County workers in 2015, tops among private nonfarm job categories,
according to the Oregon Employment Department.
How about No. 2? Leisure and hospitality, with 15,800 jobs, would
be a good guess. But it would be wrong. Manufacturing? Close, but
no cigar.
The No. 2 private employer in Lane County is health care, with
19,500 jobs. That represents almost 16 percent of all jobs in the county, and health care employment is still expanding. State Employment
Department projections for Lane County through 2022 forecast that
health care and social assistance will add 3,800 jobs, the most of any
sector, largely due to a growing and aging population.
Those jobs pay pretty well, to boot. At an average annual wage of
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about $53,000, health care pay is 31 percent
higher than the $40,280 annual average for
Lane County overall.
From major medical facilities to rural
county clinics, health care is a cornerstone
of Lane Countys economy. High wages
notwithstanding, consider what recent and
ongoing health care construction has pumped
into the areas building trades and professional
services payrolls:
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Centers
renovation and expansion in Springfield: $80
million
The new Veterans Affairs clinic on Chad
Drive in Eugene: $50 million
PeaceHealths $13.6 million inpatient
Behavioral Health Services unit (opened
in late 2014) and $2.7 million Emergency
Department renovation on the University
District campus in Eugene: $16.3 million
Oregon Medical Groups clinic on
County Club Road in Eugene: $7 million
Willamette Valley Cancer Institutes remodeling and addition on County Club Road:
$4.6 million
The hard-dollar impact of health care is

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only part of the story. In addition to familywage jobs, capital construction, income and
property taxes, utility payments and a host
of other direct financial contributions, health
care organizations are increasingly mobilizing
considerable resources toward keeping people
healthy.
Wait a minute, you might be saying.
Havent health care organizations always
tried to keep people healthy? Granted, your
primary care provider has likely always tried
to help you understand how nutrition, lifestyle
and exercise choices affect your health, for better or for worse.
But the Affordable Care Act and new
reimbursement rules from the federal Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services have
upped the ante big time on the need for health
care organizations to focus on preventing illness, hospitalization and unnecessary visits to
emergency rooms. This represents a significant
change from mainly concentrating on taking
care of people when theyre sick.
In a large and more global way, making
the population healthier has huge economic
impacts, says Chris Overton, Senior Director

of Kaiser Permanentes Lane County Service

Area. Underscoring the link between community health and economic health, PeaceHealths Rand OLeary adds, Lost productivity from sick days is just one example of how
these two sectors are related. Keeping people
healthy and cultivating a whole body wellness help make businesses and communities
work better. OLeary is President of Hospital
Services for PeaceHealth in Oregon.
The big transition: Moving from volume
to value

The six Lane County health care leaders interviewed for this article are all in the
midst of guiding their organizations through a
transition from a system that has based reimbursement on the number of patients treated
and services provided to one that includes
incentives for keeping people healthy while
getting more bang for the bucks being spent.
In addition to Overton and OLeary, Chad
Campbell at McKenzie-Willamette Medical
Center, Terry Coplin at Trillium Community
Health Plan, Chris Achtien at Willamette
Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center,

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and Cris Noah at Oregon Medical Group

agree that the new paradigm, often described
as moving from volume to value, is changing
health care delivery in Lane County.
For one thing, it requires health care
organizations to remain connected with
their patients after theyve left the clinic or
hospital and returned to where they live or
moved to another care setting. We expect
to see continued work among providers to
help patients with continuity of care between
health care settings, says Campbell, CEO at
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. That
places a premium on communication and collaboration among health care organizations,
something that has been more of a hit-or-miss
proposition in the past.
Were now managing patient care even
when patients arent coming into the office,
says Noah, CEO of Oregon Medical Group.
We are reaching out to patients who need
screenings, immunizations, and disease management in order to help them live healthier
lives.
Noah is describing a key feature of what
many in the health care industry call population health management. It refers to managing the clinical health outcomes of a group
of patients with the goal of improving their
overall health while lowering the cost of care.
A good example is having someone from the
clinic call patients at home after they have
had an annual physical in which theyve been
prescribed medication to control their blood
pressure. The caller checks to see if the patients
have actually filled their prescription and if
they understand how to take the medication.
Such outreach is inexpensive and doesnt require the expertise of a physician. Just imagine
the potential savings if this kind of personalized follow-up avoided a disastrous health
consequence, such as a patient having a stroke
as a result of failing to take their medication.
Though individual organizations may
define population health differently, it is often
linked to the Triple Aim, which outlines three
overarching goals for health care: improving
the individual experience of care, reducing
the per capita cost of care, and improving the
health of populations. Much of what people
think of as health care reform is encompassed
broadly in the Triple Aim.
Oregonians can doubtless find ample reason to support each of the Triple Aims goals,
but reducing the cost of care may have the
most immediate allure. Health care spending

Recent and ongoing health care construction

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Centers renovation and expansion in
Springfield: $80 million
The new Veterans Affairs clinic on Chad Drive in Eugene: $50 million
PeaceHealths $13.6 million inpatient Behavioral Health Services unit (opened
in late 2014) and $2.7 million Emergency Department renovation on the
University District campus in Eugene: $16.3 million
Oregon Medical Groups clinic on County Club Road in Eugene: $7 million
Willamette Valley Cancer Institutes remodeling and addition on County Club
Road: $4.6 million

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Centers renovation and expansion

Willamette Valley Cancer Institutes remodel and addition

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Profiled health care organizations

Trillium Community Health Plan

PeaceHealth Oregon Network

Top executive

Terry Coplin, CEO

Top executive

Rand J. OLeary, President, Hospital Services, Oregon

Number of employees (FTE)

230

Number of employees (FTE)

5,900 in Oregon

Key services

Coordinated Care Organization for Lane County and parts of Douglas County.Primarily
offering government-sponsored insurance products such as Medicaid and Medicare.

Key services

Acute care for elders, inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, childbirth services,
emergency and trauma, heart and vascular, home health, infusion, intensive care, neonatal
intensive care, orthopedics, pediatric/adolescent care unit, primary care, stroke center,
surgical services, Oregon Rehabilitation Center, telemedicine, wound care

Plans in next 12-18 months

Ongoing efforts to expand access to primary care

Plans in next 12-18 months

PeaceHealth is currently refreshing its master facility plans for each of its locations in
Springfield, Eugene, Cottage Grove and Florence to ensure its facilities will meet the needs of
this and future generations of patients.

Oregon Medical Group

Top executive

Cris Noah, CEO

Number of employees (FTE)

720

Key services

Multi-specialty physician group with a majority of providers in primary care. Services include
imaging, laboratory, infusion, after-hours clinics and clinical pharmacy.

Plans in next 12-18 months

In 2017, OMG will open a new 46,000-square-foot medical office on Country Club Road in
Eugene. It will house numerous specialties, imaging, labs and physical therapy. The new clinic
is designed for easy patient access and better workflows to improve patient and provider
experience.

Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center

Top executive

Chris Achtien, Executive Director

Number of employees (FTE)

135

Key services

Comprehensive cancer care that includes immunotherapy, targeted therapies, clinical

trials, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, radiation treatment (Intensity Modulated
Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), surgery, gynecologic
oncology, hematology, oncology social services, patient navigators and support groups.

Plans in next 12-18 months

$4.6 million project to remodel half of its 33,630-square-foot building and construct an
8,000-square-foot addition. Project completion is expected to be March 2017.

Kaiser Permanente
Top executive

Chris Overton, Senior Director, Lane County Service Area

Number of employees (FTE)

22

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center

Key services

Primary care and general dentistry

Top executive

Chad Campbell, CEO

Plans in next 12-18 months

Expansion depends on securing a hospital contract. When that happens, local Kaiser staff
will grow to almost 100 employees.

Number of employees (FTE)

650

Key services

Cardiovascular, womens health and birth, emergency, surgery, wound care

Plans in next 12-18 months

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center is in the midst of an $80 million facility-wide expansion

and modernization project to add 153,000 square feet and renovate more than 56,000
square feet; expected to be complete in 2018. Expansion will give patients added privacy
with the transition to a majority of private rooms. Most visible will be the patient tower with
a new hospital entrance and lobby, expanded surgical and cardiovascular units, and rooms
for medical and surgical patients. Resources dedicated to the cardiovascular program and
accredited chest pain center will double from eight to 16 beds. Surgical services will add three
operating rooms, growing to 10 total. The emergency department will grow to 23 private
patient exam and trauma rooms.Patient care will continue without interruption and the
hospital has added resources for the convenience of patients, visitors and staff throughout
construction.

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in Oregon grew 7.5 percent last year, the seventh-fastest growth rate in the United States.
Nationally, health care spending grew 6.5
percent during the same time frame, to $9,523
per person, by far the highest of any industrialized nation. As a share of the U.S. Gross
Domestic Product, health spending accounted
for 17.5 percent last year, almost double what
was spent in the United Kingdom.
Hospital expenses chew up the largest
chunk of Oregons health care spending at
33.6 percent. Physician and other professional
services take 30.6 percent, and prescription
drugs and other nondurable medical expenses

tally 12.5 percent. A half-dozen smaller categories make up the rest.

Coordinated care organizations:
Population health writ large

One of the nations most ambitious initiatives to control health care costs and improve
the overall delivery of care was launched in Oregon under the direction of former Gov. John
Kitzhaber. Oregon became a national leader
in health care transformation by establishing
coordinated care organizations (CCOs) as the
delivery system for Medicaid patients who
receive coverage under the Oregon Health

Plan (OHP). A coordinated care organization is a network of all types of health care
providers (physical health care, addictions and
mental health care, and sometimes dental care
providers) who have agreed to work together
in their local communities to serve OHP
clients. CCOs are focused on prevention and
helping people manage chronic conditions,
like diabetes. This helps reduce unnecessary
emergency room visits and gives people support to be healthy. CCOs are accountable for
meeting health outcome and financial targets
in their respective service areas.
Today, there are 16 CCOs operating in

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The triple aim
Three overarching goals for healthcare.

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communities around Oregon, including

Trillium Community Health Plan in Lane
County. In addition to serving OHP clients,
Trillium also offers Medicare Advantage plans
and coverage through the national health care
exchange, Healthcare.gov.
Trillium CEO Terry Coplin is justifiably
proud of the success of Lane Countys CCO,
but is quick to acknowledge an unexpected
consequence of Trilliums 72 percent growth
in membership when Medicaid eligibility was
expanded in Oregon. There simply were not
enough primary care providers in Lane County to accommodate the influx of newly insured
residents. Its a national problem, complicated
by the looming retirement of Baby Boom
generation physicians. One in three practicing
physicians in the United States is over the age
of 65 and close to retirement. Sixty percent
of physicians recently surveyed say it is likely
many of their colleagues will retire in the next
one to three years.
Coplin realized that additional investment
was necessary to help alleviate the provider
shortage.
In 2014, we invested nearly $1 million to

help Lane County open a community health

clinic, the Brookside clinic at 7th Avenue and
Chambers, he says. In 2015, we gave the
county $1 million to open another community
health clinic, the Delta Oaks clinic in the Delta Oaks shopping center. We also gave nearly
$1 million to Springfield Family Physicians to
open Centennial Clinic, their second primary
care clinic in Springfield. Since our launch
as a coordinated care organization, Trillium

has invested a total of $11.75 million in the

community by expanding provider capacity,
and funding prevention initiatives focusing on
tobacco, obesity and mental health.
In addition to investments in primary care
capacity, Trillium has launched the Trillium
Integration Incubator Project. This innovative
effort is funding eight provider pilot projects
that will guide Trillium toward the best delivery system models for the integration of
physical health and behavioral health.
Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and
Research Center also is responding to the
need to develop new models of care that improve clinical outcomes for cancer patients or
help keep them out of the hospital. We have
applied to be one of 100 practices nationwide
to participate in a five-year pilot project, providing cancer care to Medicare patients, says
Chris Achtien, Executive Director of WVCI.
We have a good chance at being chosen, and
well know more in the coming weeks.
Providing more providers

Despite the investments by Trillium

and other health care organizations in Lane

County, access to primary care and high

demand for age-related care promise to present ongoing challenges. As the Baby Boom
generation ages, we will see higher demand
for age-related and elder-care programs, including joint replacement, heart and vascular,
and outpatient rehabilitation services, says
PeaceHealths OLeary.
One strategy embraced by all Lane County
health care organizations involves hiring more
advanced practice cliniciansphysician assistants and nurse practitionersto support
physicians and expand access. Of course, PAs
and NPs are in high demand nationally for
just that reason, though Lane County continues to successfully recruit these high-level care
providers.
Employing advanced practice providers
allows our oncologists more time to focus
on what they do best, says WVCIs Achtien.
Our center recently added two advanced
practice providers, and were in the process
of recruiting two more to become part of our
physician-led teams.
Another care model that is credited with
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physicians. The idea behind medical homes is
that patients can receive effective support for
many of their primary care needs from a variety
of health care professionals. It isnt necessary to
see a physician in every office encounter.
Were expanding our primary care medical home teams, says OMGs Noah. We see
teams as one way to design more efficient
workflows and care processes to improve access and reduce provider burnout.
Forecasting the future: Whats ahead for
health care?

If you had to pick a single word that every

Lane County health care leader used to sum
up the changes patients are likely to see in the
next three to five years, it would be: technology. Put the prefix tele in front of a service,
and before long it will be coming to a digital
screen near you: telemedicine, telestroke, telepsychiatry, teleconsult.
For Kaisers Overton, the future is already
here. The new Kaiser clinic in Eugene began
scheduling virtual visits on Feb. 15. We have

a goal of ultimately having 50 percent of our

visits be virtual, Overton says. We expect
youll have access to specialists and youll
be able to interact in real time through your
mobile device or computer.
PeaceHealth and Trillium both expect
to see an acceleration of the integration of
behavioral health and physical health in the
primary care setting, as well as expanded treatment options for patients with more complex
behavioral health needs. The most recent
Lane County Community Health Needs
Assessment listed improving mental health
resources as a top priority for community
health, PeaceHealths OLeary says. We are
proud of the work we are doing in this area
and plan to continue to develop and expand
our Behavioral Health Services programs in
the years ahead.
McKenzie-Willamette and Oregon Medical Group both anticipate an expansion of care
coordination throughout the health care system,
including better communication and handoffs
among organizations caring for the same patients. Increasing integration of electronic health
records will help make this possible.

Helping to restore economic health

Virtual visits and whiz-bang technology

aside, its also clear that Lane Countys health
care organizations will play an increasingly
important role in restoring the regions economic health. Ongoing facility construction
and expanding payrolls contribute to a positive prognosis for growth.
The availability of high-quality health care
also is important to businesses interested in
locating here, and its a vital tool for recruiting the best and brightest job candidates in a
national marketplace.
To a person, local health care leaders acknowledge how fortunate Lane County residents are that an area this size is able to attract
the caliber of health care professionals it does,
absent a major university medical program or
teaching hospital.
In the bigger picture, Lane Countys talented and dedicated health care professionals
offer area residents something of even greater
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Since its October launch, the first two

cohorts of Northwest Christian Universitys
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prised of 22 students each. All classes are

taught online by faculty with the appropriate
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Chamber of Commerce members offer
nursing programs as well. Lane Community
College offers a program for students who
want to become a Registered Nurse (https://
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Pacific students can earn a Licensed Practical
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are able to leverage
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Health Plans and Portland-based Legacy
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innovative and collaborative provider-payer
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way to leverage their collective resources by
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access to health care for Oregonians. Essentially, to work smarter, not harder, to improve
the health of the communities they serve.
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additional significant changes in the coming
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to keep costs low while keeping quality high.
Through partnerships such as this, providers
and payers are able to leverage efficiencies by
sharing data and resources, working collaboratively rather than competitively, and offering
unique new products and services that provide
value to both the consumer and the provider.
The end goal is that health care consumers
will benefit from improvements and enhancements because of this partnership. These enhancements include increased access to care,
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As refreshing and encouraging as the
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organization. In fact, PacificSource has a long

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timeframe. Sometimes they are meant for
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this event- they set out to create usable software
to improve downtown livability.
More than 130 people broke into teams
tackling one of seven challenges proposed by
sponsors such as the City of Eugene, Downtown
Eugene, Inc., the Lane Arts Council, and others.
Thirty-six hours of dedicated work delivered
websites, mobile apps, videos, and digital art
installations.
A team from IDX Broker was declared the
winner of the challenge pitched by Downtown
Eugene, Inc. with a mobile app to assist their
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Mary Bartlett joined

Summit Bank as
VP Business Client
Advisor. She has over
25 years of commercial
banking experience
and manages a diverse portfolio including
non-profits, real estate developers,
manufacturers and professionals. She
is a board member of Womenspace, the
Vice President of Business Networking
International South Valley Chapter and
a member of the Professional Womens
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Seneca Sawmill Company hired Casey
Roscoe as Senior Vice President, Public
Relations. She will oversee all aspects

Peggy Whalen was named Development

Director for Science Factory Childrens
Museum & Exploration Dome, a new
position at the organization. She has more
than 25 years of experience in non-profit
management.

of communications for the Seneca

Family of Companies. Casey is a native
Oregonian and most recently worked at
The Washington Post in national sales
and communications. Lumberman Rick
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He joined the company in 1973 and has
served in a wide range of capacities during
his lengthy career.

Darcy Phillips was promoted to Executive

Director at Cornerstone Community
Housing.

Danielle Ewing was promoted to

Qualified Pension Administrator in the
Eugene office of Jones & Roth CPAs
and Business Advisors. She earned
an accounting degree at the University
of Oregon. Her specialty is 401(k) profit
sharing, employee stock ownership, and
defined benefit cash balance plans.

Kia Jones joined MOM Magazine as

an Advertising Representative. She has
a background in the retail and beauty
industry and she is a mom to two boys.
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teams. Janice Nyland Little was
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Systems West Engineers welcomed

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mechanical engineering. Tyson is a recent
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provide the firm with production support,
as well as assist with mechanical design
and field work.
Mary Spilde announced she will step
down as President of Lane Community
College in June 2017. Mary has served
LCC for 36 years.

InnSight Hotel Management Group

promoted Holly Stanley to Vice President
of Operations where she is responsible for
operations and strategy of all InnSightmanaged hotels. Holly was InnSights
Director of Operations. She currently
serves on the Lane Community College
Hospitality Program Advisory Committee,
the Transient Room Tax Special Project
Grant Committee, and the Leadership
Committee for SMART. Liz Dahlager
was promoted to Vice President of Sales
& Marketing and is responsible for the
development and implementation of sales
and marketing efforts. Liz was previously
InnSights Area Director of Sales for the
Eugene/Springfield area. She has more
than 15 years of experience in hospitality
sales and marketing with major brands as
well as independent boutique hotels. Liz
is a very active Rotarian serving as Youth
Services Chair from 2013 2015 and has
served on the Lane Community College
Hospitality Program Advisory Committee
and the Eugene Economic Development
Council.

Lee Alberts joined

the Hult Center for
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Manager. Lee comes
with a wealth of
food and beverage experience in the
hospitality industry including over 10
years of management in restaurant, bar,
banquet, concessions outlets and market
shops. Hannah Bulkley is the new Senior
Administrative Specialist at the Hult
Center. She recently earned her Masters
in Arts Management from the UO. Vicki
Infinito also joined the Hult Center as
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recently as Associate Director with Court
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Mueller Yuva Osterman Powers LLP

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and has over 12 years of experience in
personal insurance. Nathan Cortez
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Essex General Construction received the

2016 Bold Steps Award, which recognizes
Eugene-based businesses operating with
a triple bottom line, balancing prosperity
with the needs of people and the planet.
Pap Kenworth in Eugene was named
2015 Kenworth Dealer of the Year for
the United States and Canada. The
winner was chosen from more than 360
Kenworth dealers.

Castles in the Air: Lessons and Daily Life in

the World of Little Women opens on April 15
at The Lane County Historical Museum.
This exhibit is organized in conjunction with
the Eugene Operas performance of Little
Women.
Jason Evans of Trio Property
Management Inc. was awarded the RMP
(Residential Management Professional)
designation from the National Association of
Residential Property Managers (NARPM).
This designation is held by fewer than
411 property managers nationwide. Trio
Property Management Inc. specializes in
middle to higher-end single family homes up
to 4 plexes.
Karen Church of Keller Williams, is
the Eugene Association of REALTORS
2016 Board President. Elliott Wood of
Windermere Real Estate is the 2016 Board
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical

Center opened a new imaging suite
at its University District location. The
improvements include a new CT scan
room and scanner which offer more room
and reduced radiation doses, and a multipurpose state-of-the-art X-ray machine.

Eugene Airport announced that United

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Jenny Ulum of King Estate Winery was
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Wells Fargo provided grants to three
Lane County organizations. University of
Oregon received $110,000 to support two
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St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVdP) of
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received eight foundation grants to train and
support new volunteer advocates: Spirit
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InnSight Hotel Management Group, in
conjunction with its partner 1526 NWW,
LLC, purchased property north of downtown
in Bend, Oregon where they plan to build
an upscale hotel with 10,000 square feet of
retail space.
The Eugene Active 20-30 Club changed
its weekly meeting schedule to better
accommodate current and potential
members. The club will now meet at Valley
River Inn atnoonfor lunch on the first, third
and fifth Tuesdays of each month plus6:00
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Tuesdays of each month.Potential members
should be between the ages of 20-39 and are
invited to attend any of the weekly meetings
to learn more.

Relief Nursery was awarded a $10,000

Community Impact Grant from New York
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McKenzie Commercial Contractors was
ranked 8th overall in the Oregon Business
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2016 for the small companies category. They
were also the highest-ranking construction
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Century Lighting has been awarded
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University of Oregons Clark Honors College, a team of five professors from the sciences and humanities slice the loaf from every
angle. Students learn about the
chemistry of yeast, the physics
of baking, and the cross-cultural
significance of breaking bread. No
wonder the course won the 2015
Award for Food Studies Pedagogy
from the Association for the Study
of Food and Society. Its just what
youd expect from a place where
curiosity, discovery, and innovation are always on the menu.

EO/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural

diversity. 2016 University of Oregon

When you join the Eugene Area Chamber of

Commerce, you become part of a vibrant
and prosperous community of creative
entrepreneurs, forward-thinking innovators
and visionary business leaders. Were
pleased to welcome these new members
who have chosen to take advantage of the
Chambers tools, resources and expansive
network to grow their businesses:
Aardvark Books / Ezra The Bookfinder
www.ezrabook.com

The Bailey at Amazon Creek Apartment

Homes
www.thebaileyapts.com

Mayor Piercy with Connie Rolfe,

Jon Texter, and Jodi Sommers
of Essex General Construction

Brenners Furniture
www.brennersfurniture.com

Chef Becky
www.chefbecky.com

Crescent Park Apartments
www.crescentparkapts.com

DanceAbility International
www.danceability.com

Get in the running for the 2017 award

Learn more at eugene-or.gov/boldsteps

Deevers and Sons, Inc.

www.deeversandsons.com
DRAWN
www.bedrawn.com

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Eugene Mortgage Brokers

Kirk H. Strohman, LLC

Pacific Headwear Inc.

www.eugenebrokers.com

www.strohmanlaw.com

www.pacificheadwear.com

The Gilmore Agency

Lane United Football Club

Page Venture

www.thegilmoreagency.com

www.laneunitedfc.com

www.PageVenture.com

Gilt & Gossamer

Mueller Yuva Osterman Powers LLP

Pavilion Catering

www.giltandgossamer.com

www.myocpas.com

www.pavilioncatering.org

Gordon, Aylworth & Tami, PC

Oregon Pacific Bank Eugene

www.gatlawfirm.com

www.opbc.com

Planned Parenthood of Southwestern

Oregon

Grants Hearing Center Inc.

Oregon Pacific Bank Florence

www.grantshearing.com

www.opbc.com

In Focus Acting

Oregon Pacific Bank - Eugene

Professional Banking and Trust Office

www.infocusacting.com

Howell IT, LLC

www.howell-it.com

Hult Center for the Performing Arts
www.HultCenter.org

Jazzy Ladies Cafe & Coffeehouse
Just Move Fitness
www.justmovestudio.com

www.ppsworegon.org

Sarver Winery
www.sarverwinery.com

Seacret Direct

www.opbc.com

www.seacretdirect.com/connieloop

Oregon RAIN

The Tennyson at Crescent Village

www.oregonrain.org

Terra Firma Foundation Systems

Pacific Training and Development
www.terrafirmafs.com
(formerly IDS)
Transamerica Agency Network
www.ipsforsuccess.com
www.transamerica.com

Pacific Real Estate Services, Inc.

The Oregon Community Foundation can help

your tax-deductible gift pave the way toward a
bolder, brighter outlook for Oregons future.

Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

www.PacificRealEstateServices.com

oregoncf.org

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A strong medical community

brings economic prosperity

eve devoted this issue of Open for Business

to an exploration of the many exciting
things underway in Eugene/Springfields
medical sector. The connections between
a strong and growing medical community
and the Chambers regional economic prosperity goals are both
bountiful and significant.
Health care is a regional economic engine: Here in Lane
County there are nearly 20,000 jobs in health care, with an
average annual wage of $53,000. Just as important, the sector
is growing. Health care in Lane County is forecasted to have
employment growth at a rate of 18 percent over the next ten
years.
Health care investments in the region are growing:
Throughout the region the medical community is making
significant investments that are improving access while at
the same time energizing our economy. A new $50 million
regional Veterans Administration Clinic, the $182 million
Oregon State Hospital and McKenzie Willamettes $80

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million expansion are among a host of exciting investments

recently completed or underway here.
A communitys health is increasingly connected to
economic opportunity: Dr. James Marks, senior vice president
of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently provided
insights about how companies base location decisions on a
communitys health factors. IBM opened a plant in Dubuque
(IA) because the health-care costs there were the lowest in
the nation, Marks said in an interview on the foundations
website. A plant opened recently in Allentown (PA) where the
location was chosen because of the health of the community.
Regions with excellent health services such as ours, will win
more than just a moral victory for a better quality of life for our
citizens; well potentially get a leg up in the global competition
for jobs.
Whether it is employment, capital investment or the impact
of economic development competitiveness, health care and
economic prosperity are linked. And here in Eugene and
Springfield we are well positioned for success.
Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

AirportConnector is providing public transit service to the

Eugene Airport via LTDs Route 95. This new service is taking
community members to work, class, and flights every weekday.
It is provided through a partnership between Lane Transit
District, Lane Community College, and the Eugene Airport.

LTD.org/Air
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