Corporate Governance
The
maximum membership on the Health Care Excel (HCE) Board of Directors is
15. In the past, our Board turnover has been minimal and tenure has
averaged eight years. During 2007, the Board of Directors established
that the election of its membership should be a three-year term with one
subsequent reelection limiting the length of service to six consecutive
years. Those individuals who have been active members for a longer term
are “in transition,” to ensure continuity as new members join. After the
replacement of the members in transition, and assuming Board membership
remains at 15, we would anticipate replacing two or three (20%)
Directors during the annual meeting of the Board or as defined in the
Bylaws. HCE complies with all standards for appropriate governance
structure and functions. Consumers are represented on the Board from
both the Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage plans.
Health Care Excel of Kentucky Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Forrest
Wayne Calico, MD, MPH, was elected to the Board of Directors in
February 2008. His term ends in January 2011. Dr. Calico received his
medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and his
Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. During his
12-year tenure in the military, he served in various capacities both in the
United States and abroad. Dr. Calico’s civilian experience ranges from
various positions in senior management and includes serving as Senior
Advisor on Quality, National Rural Health Association. Academically, he has
been appointed Assistant and Associate Clinical Professorships. He is the
recipient of numerous awards and honors, has published many papers,
individually and as a coauthor, and is a popular lecturer in his area of
expertise: rural health. To date, Dr. Calico has received no Board
compensation.
Mr.
Ray J. Gans was elected to the Board of Directors in
September 2007. His term ends in October 2010. He is a Medicare
Consumer representing the Medicare Advantage plans. Mr. Gans is a
graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Science
in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a volunteer senior health
insurance counselor for Indiana’s State Health Insurance Assistance
Program (SHIP). His expertise covers Medicare and Medicaid benefit
needs and issues. He assists low-income individuals in obtaining
free prescription drugs from pharmaceutical companies as well.
During 2001, Mr. Gans retired as founder, chairman, and chief
executive officer of Great Lakes Technology Corporation, a computer
manufacturing company in South Bend, Indiana. In prior years, Mr.
Gans was chairman and chief executive officer of the Commodore
Corporation, manufacturer of modular homes and recreational vehicles
doing business in the United States and Canada. He served as
president of the Fort Wayne, Indiana division of International
Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Mr. Gans received no Board
compensation for Fiscal Year 2007.
Mr.
Anthony Heyworth was elected to the Board of Directors in
January 2000, and is currently in the transition period. He earned
his Bachelor of Business Accounting Administration at Cleveland
State University, where he also received his MBA, with a
concentration in Finance. He completed his education at the Graduate
School of Financial Management at Dartmouth College. After 36 years
of banking service, Mr. Heyworth retired as chairman of KeyBank
Central Indiana and vice chairman of KeyBank National Association.
He is a distinguished advisor/trustee of The Children’s Museum of
Indianapolis, a member of the Advisory Board of the Kelley School of
Business, Indiana University, and emeritus member of the Board of
Advisors, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
He is also a director of Celadon Group, Inc., and J.D. Byrider, Inc.
Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007 was $6,742.
Carol
Ireson, RN, PhD, began her term on the Board of Directors in
November 2007. Her term ends in October 2010. Dr. Ireson also is
Chair of the Board of Directors of Health Care Excel of Kentucky.
She received her bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in
nursing from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. Dr.
Ireson is a research consultant for the Center for Health Services
Management and Research of the University of Kentucky. She has
served as an associate professor in the College of Public Health at
the University of Kentucky, and is an active international speaker.
Dr. Ireson received no Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007.
Thomas
E. Kaercher was elected to the Board of Directors in February 2008.
His term ends in January 2011. He is a consumer representing Medicare
Fee-for-Service. His early advanced education focused on mechanical and
civil engineering; special education in later years covered executive and
purchasing management, accounting and financial management and human
resources. Mr. Kaercher was executive vice president and general manager of
Quality Mill Supply Company from which he retired. He retains a seat on
their board of directors. Mr. Kaercher has served as the general manager of
Strong Tool Company based in Cleveland, Ohio; president and CEO of Vonnegut
Industrial Products in Indianapolis (later W. W. Grainger); and
Union/Butterfield Division of Litton Industries where he rose from sales
representative to Midwest regional manager. To date, he has received no
Board compensation.
Mr. William Keeney
was elected to the Board of Directors in September 2004. His term
ends in August 2010. He graduated from Indiana University with a
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree, and received
his Juris Doctorate from the University of Louisville Law School. He
has been employed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. for more than 34 years and
is currently vice president/city executive for Southern Indiana
Business Banking. Mr. Keeney is certified in Civil Mediation and is
admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana, the Southern
Federal District of Indiana, and the Northern Federal District of
Indiana. Mr. Keeney devotes time to his community by serving as a
disaster response volunteer for the Clark County Chapter for the
American Red Cross; is a board member (chairman emeritus) of
LifeSpring, Inc., provider of community mental health services for
six Southern Indiana counties; and is a board member for One
Southern Indiana, an economic development and business services
group dedicated to Clark and Floyd Counties, Indiana. Mr. Keeney
also is a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Board of
Advisors at Indiana University Southeast. His Board compensation for
Fiscal Year 2007 was $9,675.
Elizabeth
McNamee, MPH, FACHE, began her term on the Board of
Directors in November 2007. Her term ends in October 2010. Ms.
McNamee was recently elected Chair of the Board of Directors for
Health Care Excel’s nonprofit subsidiary, HCE QualityQuest. She
graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Chemistry. She received her
Master of Public Health degree from the University of Texas. She is
also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ms.
McNamee is the Associate Director, Community Innovation and
Development, St. Luke’s Health Initiatives in Phoenix, Arizona. She
has received no Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007.
Wade
Mountz, President Emeritus of Norton Healthcare was elected to
the Board of Directors in May 2008. His current term ends in April
2010. With a master in Hospital Administration degree from the
University of Minnesota, his extensive experience centered on the
position of president of Norton Hospital, and its successor
corporations. He retired in 1989 as President Emeritus. Other
extensive activities included the Chairmanships of the Kentucky
Hospital Association and American Hospital Association. He was the
Kentucky Regent of the American College of Healthcare Executives
(ACHE). He also served on the Boards of the Joint Commission, Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky, the Kentucky Board of Education
(K-12), among many others. Mr. Mountz has received numerous awards
including an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Kentucky
Wesleyan College, the Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Hospital
from ACHE, and was inducted into the 2008 Modern Healthcare—Health
Care Hall of Fame. Mr. Mountz received no Board compensation for
Fiscal Year 2007.
Dr.
Isaac J. Myers, II, was elected to the Board of Directors in
August 2000, and is currently in the transition period. He is the
president and partner of DBMS Health Services, LLC. The company
provides state-of-the-art technology and advanced health management
services throughout the United States and internationally. Prior to
this he served as chief operating officer at MindGent Healthcare
Clinics, Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was responsible for the
coordination of operating business units and providing direction and
planning for MindGent’s clinics which led to the opening of 21
pharmacy retail clinics in eight states. Prior to MindGent, Dr.
Myers served as the vice president of Medical Affairs for ADVANTAGE
Health Solutions and Sagamore Health Network, an Indiana HMO and PPO
health plan. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Hope
College in Holland, Michigan, his doctorate from Wayne State
University in Detroit, Michigan, and completed his Family Practice
Residency at Indiana University Hospitals in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dr. Myers also had a Family Physician practice in Springfield, Ohio.
Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007 was $7,442.
Ms. Shirley
Burns Powers, was elected to the Board of Directors in August
2000, and is currently in the transition period. Ms. Powers is an
honors graduate from the Norton Memorial Infirmary School of
Nursing, received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Spalding
College, and a Master of Science in Health Systems from the
University of Louisville, Systems Science Institute. She has served
on numerous civic committees. Ms. Powers has held various executive
nursing positions including chief nursing officer for Norton
Hospital. Additionally, she held the office of chief information
officer for Norton Hospital and became the administrator/chief
executive officer for Norton Hospital and the senior executive
officer for Norton Healthcare. In 1999, she received the Kentucky
Hospital Association award of Excellence, and in 2000 an Endowed
Chair for Nursing Clinical Research at the University of Louisville
School of Nursing was named in her honor. After retiring from Norton
Healthcare following thirty-seven years of service, she founded
Powers Consulting, Inc. In 2007 she received the Tower Award for
Women Leaders for Business, Technology and Trade and the Excellence
in Nursing award from the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation.
Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2007 was $8,425.
