Thursday, March 24, 2016

Economic/Healthcare/Defense Genocide to 99%











     Maine District Court House, Church St., Belfast & Me



6/3/2016 
auntiebully  8 minutes ago
Today I rushed through several of my blogs to get this blog as a reference for my comment today the Bangor Daily News article on Congress Street, Belfast, Maine 04915. Below are letters linking a plan much bigger than Congress Street and Belfast. Portland, Brunswick, Rockland, Belfast, Bucksport to Bangor right up to the Department of Defense and MaineHealth takeover collaboration.

In Belfast, a sweeping secret Comprehensive Plan (20 years in the making) was voted through via "A Binder" by Belfast City Council in 2014. Still unknown to the public and amendments to unknowns are ongoing. Belfast City Hall tells the public to come into City Hall for information to ordinances and zoning. Manipulating public information, stating they are not credible and subject to City attorney interpretation. Real estate listings state "See Town" avoiding disclosure of hell. Loophole Ordinances with intentional confusing language written by the very same City Attorney and also a real estate agent. With Worth Real Estate (District Court Judge Patricia Worth and John III) What could be corrupt about that? EVERYTHING.


Congress Street is seeing the taking that is underway throughout Belfast. Shock and awe, take before they wake. People have to organize with independent committee's in every town, yesterday. Please begin Moral Monday's type grassroots. www. moralmonday.blogspot.com Email me laurieallen55@msn.com


 http://bangordailynews.com/2016/06/02/news/midcoast/fate-of-old-waldo-county-jailers-house-remains-uncertain/

 Lily Piel, who lives on Congress Street, said in the meeting held at the Waldo County Emergency Management Agency building. “I want to know how this decision is going to be made and when it is going to be made. I don’t even understand how these decisions get made, but it seems like it’s out of our hands.”
Paula Johnson, who lives close to the jailer’s house, said the county deceived taxpayers with its past actions and she did not want to see this building demolished.

 “Several redevelopment options have previously been considered,” read a certified letter sent to neighbors of the property in late May by Congress Street Hill Property LLC, the county-controlled redevelopment corporation...

 Shorey told meeting attendees that no decisions had been made yet, but suggested the county might turn the house lot into a small park if it is torn down."
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A.
Page linking Belfast Mobstah Lobstah's Judge Patricia & John Worth III, Restorative Justice Chair Jay Davis, Chief McFadden, City Council Mike Hurley, Worth Real Estate and agents , etc.(with a lot of personal bullying by the Mobstah to my children and me)  Maine statutes for economic takings. Scary information
 http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_41.html 
http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/maine-municipalities-especially-smaller.html


http://www.rudmanwinchell.com/municipal-eminent-domain-authority/

LEARN ABOUT: Municipal eminent domain authority

By Rudman Winchell Attorney
By: Rudman Winchell Attorney Erik M. Stumpfel

Disclaimer

These materials have been prepared by Rudman Winchell for educational purposes only. They should not be considered legal advice. The transmission of this information to you is not intended to create a lawyer-client relationship. Readers should not act upon this information without seeking professional counsel. You should not send any confidential or private information to Rudman Winchell until a formal attorney-client relationship has been established, in writing.

 ...  Section 5204 prescribes procedures for municipal takings under the community development statute. These procedures are similar to, but not identical with, the procedures prescribed under Title 23 for local highway takings. Most significantly, community development takings under sec. 5204 are not subject to the limitations contained in 30-A MRSA sec. 3101 for other non-highway municipal takings.  

Specifically, a municipality may use the community development statute to acquire owner-occupied residential property, even if the owner does not consent, and use of property taken by the municipality is not restricted to the specific use for which it was taken.  

           However, if the municipality disposes of unrehabilitated property acquired by eminent domain under the community development statute within ten years after its acquisition, 30-A MRSA sec. 5203(3)(E) normally requires the municipality to offer the original owners an opportunity to re-purchase the property for the amount of the original damages award. The statute makes an exception for properties that were acquired for assembly into a larger parcel consisting of what were originally three or more contiguous lots.


 
Municipal Development District Statute – 30-A MRSA sec. 5223(4)
            This statute allows municipalities to designate "development districts" within their municipal boundaries that meet certain statutory criteria under section 5223(3). Within these districts, municipalities may acquire land or easements pursuant to an approved development program, by purchase or eminent domain. If eminent domain is used, section 5223(4) incorporates the eminent domain procedures of the community development statute, in section 5204.



Municipal Revenue-Producing Facilities Act – 30-A MRSA sec. 5403(6)
            This statute authorizes municipal eminent domain acquisition of "land, rights in land or water or air rights in connection with the construction, reconstruction, improvement, extension, enlargement or operation of revenue-producing municipality facilities." "Revenue-producing municipal facilities" include parking facilities; water systems; sewer systems; airports; telecommunications systems; and energy facilities. Of these, only parking facilities must be located entirely within the corporate limits of the municipality. The other types of facilities listed may extend beyond the municipal boundaries...


 B.
In the 6/2/2016 local paper, Republican Journal/Village Soup, CM Slocum is beginning the public manipulation with Waldo County Commissioners "possible" collaboration (as if recent, NOT).
http://waldo.villagesoup.com/p/letters-june-2/1529019

Thank you, Waldo County
Last summer I met with the Waldo County Commissioners to discuss the possibility of the county making an investment in economic development. This has not been a traditional function of Waldo County...
Joe Slocum
City Manager, Belfast

C.

In the 5/31/2016  Bangor Daily News article is the state of Maine in collaboration with Waldo County and Belfast City Hall for judicial developments. 


http://bangordailynews.com/2016/05/31/news/midcoast/state-plans-17-million-courthouse-project-in-belfast/

Lynch said the state is planning to construct a new, $17 million combined court building to replace the Waldo County Superior Courthouse, built in 1853, and the Belfast District Court, built in 1930. If that happens, Maine will return both buildings to the sole use of Waldo County, which owns them. ..

The Maine Judicial Branch will be issuing a request for information about property this summer. Lynch said the state already has considered and rejected the former Crosby High School, a large downtown structure that is for sale. Among other things, the judicial branch is looking for a fully useable, developed site of 1.75 acres, a building footprint area of 13,350 square feet, setbacks adequate to protect the building and occupants against external security threats, public parking for 69 cars and prominent visibility of the building entrance from a main public street.
Once completed, the new or renovated building would include three courtrooms; a modern design that allows separate circulation routes for the public, jurors, court staff and incarcerated defendants; secure holding facilities; and an entry screening area for all public visitors.
According to the judicial branch, the project architect will be hired this July, the design will be completed by January 2017 and construction will be completed by June 2018.
Marshall said the tight timeline could complicate efforts to renovate the existing superior court house. To do that renovation and expansion, the state likely would need to acquire nearby buildings including Duval Auto Services and the American Legion Hall. Market Street also would have be moved over to accommodate the expansion...
D.
 In the 4/22/2008 Bangor Daily News article is Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum "proposing" the several Public Works properties on Congress Street would move to a new site. No doubt, that announcement will be this year- 2016. Falling in line with the County and State. Shock and awe with all other plans that they have been secretly devising for 20 years through the State initiated Comprehensive Plans. The TPP of Maine, Economic/Healthcare/Defense Genocide to 99%
https://archive.bangordailynews.com/2008/04/22/belfast-manager-urges-holding-line-on-taxes/
Another recommendation was that the council begin looking at the eventuality of having to build a new public works garage. He said the existing garage and yard are too small for the amount of equipment the city has and suggested that the Congress Street site would be more suitable for work force housing...

E. MaineHealth/State/Department of Defense TAKE OVER 

Above all falling in line with the County and State. Shock and awe with all other plans that they have been secretly devising for 20 years through the State initiated Comprehensive Plans. The TPP of Maine, Economic/Healthcare/Defense Genocide to 99%

 MaineHealth/Departement of Defense/Military/Portland-Bangor/Belfast Connections copied from my blog www.4noooomore.blogspot.com


Bangor, like many other well meaning communities, will follow the same path.
1) Employ for true high risk situations 1 or 2 times per year
2) With such a low deployment for true high risk issues, start upping the numbers for less important law enforcement duties such as "no knock" search warrents
3) With an ever increasing "need" to deploy the vehicle, request additional funds for vehicle maintenance and offer overtime.
4) After a year or so the next "logical" argument will be for improved police firepower and military gear ... after all why have a 200K vehicle if the officers don't have the proper individual equipment
5) If Bangor has a need than surely Old Town will have a need in a few years and the cycle continues.
But nothing to worrie about Bangor, just remember they came for the Jews first but most Germans didn't worrie because they weren't Jewish.



Bruce Gagnon
May 16 at 6:28pm


Provocative and dangerous Zumwalt 'stealth' destroyer made at Bath Iron Works in Maine will be 'christened' on June 18. Protest planned at BIW from 9am to noon.
US Navy’s $4.4 Billion Battleship: Gigantic Destroyer is ‘Nearly Invisible’
sputniknews.com
The next generation 610-foot destroyer, the largest in the US fleet, appears as little more than a 5...





Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck announced the delivery today of a state-of-the-art armored rescue vehicle, a Lenco BearCat. If the zombie apocalypse hits Portland anytime soon, I would not want to be the zombies.
This thing has thermal imaging capability, as well as chemical, biological, radioactive and explosive detection system, according to a city announcement.





"Steve Levesque, executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, stands behind U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud as officials celebrated the unveiling of TechPlace, a manufacturing incubator on the former U.S. ..."For the big business program, Levesque said he hopes it might entice an Airbus or Boeing to find a home at Brunswick Landing, where he still has hangars to fill, but it also could support projects elsewhere."
"A bill that became law March 30 allows the Finance Authority of Maine to launch the Maine Capital Investment Fund, which can finance major business expansions after the fund amasses at least $50 million from investors... to put together the first deal with an undisclosed company at the former U.S. Navy base, Brunswick Landing... For investors with Maine tax liability, there are limits on how much they can receive in each year while investors with no Maine tax liability can get a rebate, if invested through a qualified private venture fund, such as Micro Cap..." Panama Files USA made.





Gov. LePage and AG Janet Mills using the addicted to build the system...Department of Defense supplying the arms for the system to protect themselves...

And elsewhere in Belfast, airport, harbor, healthcare, Sweetser to Sequel to Judge to prison care. Restorative Justice Program for after care med care. In collaboration with the Department of Defense. Non profits for profit. They are on the take, this is our wake. Lie down or stand up with me.



4/22/2016

Thank you all who care to know. I'll continue protesting, weather/appointment permitting in front of Waldo County General Hospital, Northport Ave., Belfast 04915. 11:30ish to 12:30ish. Hand high, 4 Fingers Up. Unknown ordinances and zoning that have been voted through since 9/2014 are not read to the public at the City Council votes. They continue to amend and pass unknowns.  Prior corrupt City Council Roger Lee (and attorney) recently requested City Planner Wayne Marshall to provide written ordinances to challenge a neighbor. The language is purposely confusing for City Attorney interpretation and manipulation. Except for a prior City Council attorney that had a heavy hand in drafting the plans to break and take and members of the corrupt club. With collaboration of the State, Department of Defense, FEMA- dangerous direct links to Belfast below.  Master plans of manipulation and "urgency", corrupt as hell. Spin the public, get it done. MaineHealth, Federal agencies, airport, harbor, targeted private properties, communities, many towns/cities link below.

I have been relentless for the official zoning map that was "proposed" in many public hearings in the summer of 2014. Real estate listings in the old R2 zone (proposed to merge with R1) prove corruption and endless emails to City Manager Joe Slocum, City Council, real estate agents, and Realtor Commission. Forcing another manipulation to zoning maps on the City website updated on 3/7/2016 STATING "Map through May 5, 2015" Meaning, absolutely not current or credible. Stating to call City Planner Wayne Marshall to be denied official zoning off the record. Below was copied from the City website today, 4/22/2016.

 http://www.cityofbelfast.org/Search/Results?searchPhrase=zoning%20map&page=1&perPage=10
Official Belfast Zoning Map - 2016 (less than 1 MB)
www.cityofbelfast.org/documentcenter/view/1526 Zoning Map for the City of Belfast; reference City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 102 ... , Zoning, Section 102-4.This map includes all amendments adopted to the Official Zoning ... Municipal Airport PR-I GP-A LegendZONE AG Airport Growth DistrictBP ... Map through May 5, 2015.Questions regarding this map, as such has been amended
Updated:3/7/2016

Independent Oversight Committee's "urgency".  Moral Mondays meetings needed immediately. Call me, Laurie Allen, 207-218-1125 (or email beheard.me55@gmail.com) to begin meetings Belfast City Park Pavilion, 6pm, weather permitting. Leave a message and I'll call back ASAP. http://moralmonday.blogspot.com/

4/21/2016

Maine Health in collaboration with the Department of Defense continues assault on independent agencies and private practices. Shut down take over. Full access to records of your "wellness" as diagnosed by Maine Health in collaboration with DoD.  We have been watching in horror as groups homes, group businesses for the disabled, mental health support agencies, addiction support agencies, private practices are closing like the devil. Indeed. White, Pink and Blue Collars in place, prepared and take. Local to Augusta to Department of Defense.

Maine Governor LePage, DHHS and Attorney General Janet Mills cutting services to the many made vulnerable and unhealthy by the system. Looking to increase prison with victim patients. Those avoiding prison, will be sent Maine Health contractors Sequel and Sweetser in collaboration with other contractors, drug/insurance companies, facilities, Restorative Justice Programs and their contractors... the network is massive. Linking in local to State for profit players from the non profits. Follow the Mobstah Lobstah's profiting from Portland to Brunswick to Belfast to Bucksport to Bangor (surely beyond but out of my scope) to Castine to Augusta to Federal. Under the umbrella of the Department of Defense, MaineHealth, DHHS, Maine Maritime Academy, Belfast's very own and very many. Many listed below and on www.boycottbelfast.blogspot.com.

Six years and still adding, because they thought that could take my life too. I don't think so.

Yesterday, 4/20/16, The Republican Journal reported more MaineHealth taking to profit Sequel and network Mobstah Lobstahs.

Three home health agencies to combine May 1

Apr 20, 2016
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Saco — Three home health and hospice agencies serving the needs of Maine residents will come together May 1 to form a unified organization with a new name, according to a press release from MaineHealth. HomeHealth Visiting Nurses, Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice and Waldo County Home Care and Hospice will join together to become MaineHealth Care at Home, offering clinical services in Cumberland, York, Lincoln, Waldo, Knox and southern Oxford counties.
The demand for home care and hospice services in Maine remains strong, the release says. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maine has the highest median age of any state, and ranks third in the share of the population over age 65. In addition, more than half of Mainers are living with a chronic illness, such as cancer, diabetes or asthma.
As a member of MaineHealth, Northern New England’s largest not-for-profit integrated health system, MaineHealth Care at Home will continue to provide a full range of services to patients with the same staffs of nurses, rehabilitation therapists, home health aides and social workers employed in their local communities. Services include home health care, private-duty home care, palliative care, rehabilitative therapies, pediatric home health care services, telehealth, and community health and wellness throughout the service area. MaineHealth Care at Home hospice services will be provided in  Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties, and at Sussman House at the Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockland.
For more information, call 800-660-4867.


MaineHealth

https://www.mainehealth.org/
A nonprofit corporation...

Education, Counseling and Support

SequelCare of Maine is made up of two divisions which are Behavioral Health and Home Health. Our statewide services are provided out of three regional offices in Belfast, Brewer, and Yarmouth Maine.

Judy Seals
Executive Director
SequelCare of Maine
Ms. Seals, Executive Director of SequelCare of
Iowa started her career in the human services field over 20 years ago. Prior to joining Sequel Youth and Family Services in 2000, Ms Seals worked for Polk County Detention in the Centralized Intake Center. As the Community Liaison for the Intake Center; Ms. Seals was responsible for developing an assessment and referral process to meet the needs of juveniles coming into contact with law enforcement agencies with the goal of connecting these youth to community-based services.
 (more on Ms. Seals program at Polk County below)
 Maine Health took over control of your well being and assets. 

4/19/2016

BUCKSPORT, Maine — The Maine Maritime Academy has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire approximately six acres at the former Verso paper mill site in Bucksport, a school official said Tuesday.
MMA is “in the early stages” of establishing a safety and offshore survival institute at the site, MMA President William J. Brennan acknowledged late Tuesday afternoon when contacted by the BDN...


I was alarmed to read that Maine Health in 2011 announced collaboration with the Department of Defense. Maine Health in Belfast has Belfast resident WCGH board members John Worth III (wife is Judge Patricia Worth) heavily connected to MMA and real estate, with JB Turner- President of Front Street Shipyard Belfast and Bucksport. Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum was the town manager in Castine (MMA) prior to 2007. More BS links in ""MMA is “in the early stages” of establishing a safety and offshore survival institute at the site" Belfast Harbor Master Kathy Pickering and Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden pursued a Homeland Security Harbor grant tonight at the City Council meeting. Who profits? Endless list at our expense. Freedom of information denied. Department of Defense deems highly sensitive to national greed security.




4/19/2016
The Bangor Daily News and Free Press reporting of Belfast vs. Rockland is night and day. Belfast gets protection. Hopefully this piece is not the turning of the tide for Rockland reporting.
I support the excellent reporter's on www.democracynow.org that used to air on Belfast local BCTV cable. Along with The Issue, Ted,etc. As of 1/2016, DN was removed. Thankful that I can watch Deomcracy Now every day for one hour of global truth on the internet every day. Excellent journalism and incredible credible supporting interviews. I never knew the tainting of main stream news till I watched DN in 2014 for the first time. Corruption Validation !!!!!!!

BDN would not post my letter on Belfast zoning corruption, it met all the rules. George Danby called me and we spoke at length about Belfast corruption. He said he would put the letter in and never did. He back peddled and said he "may" and decided not to. Free Press didn't put it in either. BDN local reporter Abbie Curtis refuses to report any of my proven Belfast City Hall/real estate corruption or protests. Only pieces that promote Belfast. It isn't right. Belfast and Rockland have linking partners in crime. It's less than a matter of time. It's now.
Laurie Allen

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Governance | Waldo County General Hospital | Belfast, Maine

www.wcgh.org › About Us
Mark Biscone, CPA, FACHE President & Chief Executive Officer, Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital Email: mbiscone@wchi.org


Mark Biscone: LD 633 is a thoughtful approach that would expand Medicaid to Maine’s neediest - PenBay Pilot: " In Maine, organizations such as Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital do not exist to make a profit, and that's a good thing for our patients. Nonprofit hospital system is being squeezed, and our communities are paying the price..."

Mark Biscone, the little cheese doing the squeeze.

CEO MARK Biscone profits big time. "Thoughtful approach" to poach. Take and break systematized. 

Rat "Worth"y. Judge Patricia Worth and Hospital Board husband, heavily connected sea and land real estate John Worth III "Supreme Leader for Life".

Posted by: Ingrid Van Steenberg | Apr 17, 2016 18:04
It's rather cheeky to cry poor, Mr. Biscone, when according to Guidestar, your compensation was $438,899 for the period of 10/1/13 to 9/30/14. William Caron, who doesn't even rate a title on the tax return other than "MaineHealth," earned $1,113,928 for the same time period.  And how does that compare to what the President of the United States get paid? It's more.  A lot more.








      Maine Blackwater Health System 

Department of Defense link model Blackwater to Maine Health System to Maine DHHS to Alexander Group. Contract out services to Sweetser, Sequel and Restorative Justice Detention. Via connected Judge. Layer accountability. These "sudden" closure are only "sudden" to the public


 Academi (then Blackwater USA) was one of five companies picked in September 2007 by the Department of Defense Counter-Narcotics Technology Program Office in a five-year contract for equipment, material and services in support of counter-narcotics activities.

2002–2007: Blackwater Security Company

Jeremy Scahill has claimed that Blackwater Security Company (BSC) was the brainchild of Jamie Smith, a former CIA officer who became Vice President of Blackwater USA and the Founding Director of Blackwater Security Company, holding both positions simultaneously.[18] However, this claim is denied by Prince and Blackwater executive Gary Jackson who describe firing Smith from his position as a low-level administrator for "non-performance" after a 30 day contract. Additionally, Smith has been accused of further embellishing his military and contracting record to defraud investors at SCG International Risk[19]

1997: Blackwater USA

Blackwater USA was formed in 1997, by Al Clark[12] and Erik Prince in North Carolina, to provide training support to military and law enforcement organizations. In explaining Blackwater's purpose, Prince stated: "We are trying to do for the national security apparatus what FedEx did for the Postal Service".[13] After working with SEAL and SWAT teams, Blackwater USA received its first government contract after the bombing of the USS Cole off of the coast of Yemen in October 2000. After winning the bid on the contract, Jamie Smith ran the program at Blackwater that trained over 100,000 sailors.[14]


1. Begin link Feds to State

Link Maine Health to Department of Defense

MaineHealth Selected as Innovation Partner in
National High-Value Health Collaborative Health systems and Department of Defense join collaborative to share data on outcomes,
quality and costs across range of costly conditions and treatments
PORTLAND, Maine - May 17, 2011- MaineHealth, the state's largest integrated healthcare system, announced its selection as an innovation partner in the High-Value Health Collaborative formed by Mayo Clinic, Denver Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Cleveland Clinic and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The collaborative will determine best practices for delivering healthcare and rapidly disseminate actionable recommendations to providers and health systems across the United States. In addition to achieving better quality and outcomes, the collaborative intends to improve the efficiency of standard clinical care delivery to reduce the per capita cost and to keep costs in pace with the consumer price index.

2. Link Defense tactics- Shock and Awe/Rapid Dominance
Defense tactics- Shock and Awe/Rapid Dominance-Maine Legislature & DHHS "announcement" of cuts to Mental services. Facilities closing immediately without PUBLIC notice through out the State. Clear planning to all private parties since Defense Dept. Collaboration announced in 2011.

2a.Comment links DHHS to Feds and Alexander Group. Contract out services. Layer accountability. These "sudden" closure are only "sudden" to the public








The DHHS commissioner "Is doing a heck of a job". The Guv defends the department's handling of all issues, and praised Mary Mayhew. Commissioner Mary Mayhew, was even honored by the state’s pre-eminent conservative think tank, the Maine Heritage Policy Center. You do not get a better endorsement than that.
She even hired a million dollar consultant, the Alexander Group, to help redesign Medicaid programs and get more flexibility from the federal government. Again, "Heck of a Job", Mary


2b. Shock Lock Out Belfast Group Home and Apparel. Link law firm Eaton Peabody (Brunswick, Bangor, Augusta, Ellsworth, Portland http://www.eatonpeabody.com/  ), through out corruption links I have uncovered for the past 6 years. Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum (attorney with links) continually lies and denies.  20 years in the making with massive unknowns to the public through the secret TPP aka Comprehensive Plan 2014.

Healthcare assault underway in Belfast since 2007, full throttle 2016. Eaton Peabody now the taking facilitator. Branching out to consulting to link Maine Mayor's together to get their wants heard in Augusta. Especially those in the MaineHealth/Dept. of Defense coalition. Eaton also will help get your construction project underway though their connections. 
Sadly. I know one of the partners from Eaton Peabody. Judy Metcalf, we shared summers in Bayside since we were kids. I had sent her an email asking her for help before I knew she was connected. She never responded. I sent her another one asking for a referral for a woman's advocate attorney. She never responded. Very sad indeed. Sold out women, integrity and the Irish. Tsk, tsk. 

BELFAST, Maine — Financial difficulties have caused a Belfast apparel factory which employed people with disabilities to suspend manufacturing, casting about 70 people out of work.
Group Home Foundation, the nonprofit organization that runs Little River Apparel, also will be shutting down a downtown Belfast house that has been the home for a dozen people with cognitive disabilities...
The foundation is searching for alternative housing for the residents.
“My understanding is they’re going to be in the general area,” Nickerson said. “We don’t want to upset these people’s lives.”

...Nickerson, of Group Home Foundation, did not return several voicemail requests for comment.
An email circulated by Councilor Mike Hurley from Group Home Foundation's human resources director said the organization was directing all questions to Bruce Hochman, an attorney at Eaton Peabody in Portland.
Hochman did not immediately respond to multiple voicemail messages left Friday, Feb. 12.

 2c. Shock lock out to Merrymeeting Behavioral in Brunswick. "Rapid Response Team" to sign privacy files over to Sequel. Linking to Sweetser. "Pushing for residential" Which will be Sweetser or Restorative Justice Program/Detention Center. Betting Eaton Peabody is the law firm too.

...Late last week, several Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates clients or their families were summoned to the company’s Pleasant Street headquarters to sign confidentiality waivers that would allow Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates to share their records with SequelCare of Maine, a for-profit company that provides behavioral health services as well as home- and community-based treatment, community support services, outpatient mental health, community integration services and daily living support.

Breen said Monday that she and her husband signed forms to allow Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates to share their daughter’s records with SequelCare, which has offices in Yarmouth, Belfast and Brewer. She said the provider was presented to them as an option for services, but that no other provider was mentioned. She and her husband are working with their daughter’s case manager to research what provider would best meet her needs.

“I was told by my workers that SequelCare is taking all of [Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates’] employees and their clients,” Deigan said. “The employees were to fill out applications and probably had to go through SequelCare training, so there would probably be a gap.”

Calls to SequelCare of Maine were not returned on Monday.

On March 28, the company posted on its Facebook page, inviting people who may have received a DHHS letter about losing services to join SequelCare of Maine in “a new, collaborative and integrative way of receiving case management” that includes access to “your case manager and a peer support partners to help you manage the symptoms of your mental illness on a regular basis. … The behind-the-scenes team includes a psychiatrist, a nurse, a doctor, a clinician and program managers.”
Samantha Edwards, spokeswoman for Maine DHHS, said Monday that she couldn’t speak about specific providers, but that “a number of providers” in the Brunswick area had contacted DHHS to say they could take on extra clients.

A rapid response team from DHHS met Monday with the clinical director at Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates to determine how best to redirect clients to new service providers after the abrupt closure on Friday.



By Beth Brogan, BDN Staff
Posted April 06, 2016, at 5:44 p.m
 BRUNSWICK, Maine — Mental health rehabilitation worker Jacob Pelletier was driving in his car with a client on Friday afternoon when his team leader at Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates called to tell him he no longer had a job.

“She told me to lie to the client and tell them there’s an emergency, then take them home and end my day,” Pelletier said Wednesday.

Pelletier, along with nearly 200 other employees and state and local officials, had been told on March 28 that Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates would stop seeing clients on April 8, and close altogether on April 22, due to proposed state changes in reimbursement rates for MaineCare clients.
But last Friday, the company abruptly closed its doors without paying employees for hours worked and without providing state officials with information that would help them assist workers in finding new jobs...

Pelletier criticized the proposed changes.
“They’re pushing for residential care” for clients, Pelletier said. “These people can function in society, they can pay taxes. They just need encouragement and to have someone coming in a few hours a week. They’re paying me $10, $11 an hour. That’s cheaper than putting them in the hospital.”


Pelletier said that when the closure was first announced, workers were told to “transition clients out” of Merrymeeting to another service provider, SequelCare of Maine.
“We had forms we were to give out, when we gave them the news that they were losing services, to process their information quicker to SequelCare,” he said.

...
The company closed abruptly a week before expected, panicking clients, advocates and others, many of whom testified that day before a legislative committee about the proposed cuts that would reserve the services for those suffering from only schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. ..
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Service providers and advocates for those with mental illness say the sudden closure of Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates tears a hole in a safety net promised by the government when state-run psychiatric institutions closed decades ago.

Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates in Brunswick on Monday notified state and local officials that it would close on April 22 because of anticipated cuts in the state’s reimbursement rates to providers of government-funded, community-based mental health services.

That means 400 people with disabilities or who otherwise need care will lose services abruptly, making them more vulnerable and potentially damaging their health, advocates said Wednesday.
The changes, to take effect on April 8 unless the Legislature intervenes, would affect adults and children with mental illnesses and other disabilities who receive government-funded Medicaid services in what is known as Section 17 of the MaineCare Benefits Manual.

Under the changes, mentally ill patients with MaineCare could only receive Section 17 services if they are diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services reportedly notified more than 24,000 Mainers recently that they could lose community support services.

“A large cut in the [home and community-based treatment] rate will increase youth suffering and disability and will increase reliance on institutional care (hospitals, residential treatment programs, and incarceration),” Tweed wrote. “We already have a serious problem with youth being stuck in emergency departments for days and weeks at a time waiting for placement in hospitals; cutting intensive in-home treatment will exacerbate that problem.”

Daly at Sweetser and Mid Coast Hospital spokesman Steve Trockman both said Wednesday that they expect to see an increase in patients after Merrymeeting closes.

“To have an agency that busy in the community having to close precipitously, I would imagine that will have a significant impact on us,” Daly said.


Merrymeeting Behavioral Health is the second midcoast Maine provider of services to DHHS clients in the past week to announce that it’s closing. Last week, Coastal Trans, which for 33 years provided rides to disabled individuals and others, announced that it would cease operations.
The Getchell Agency Inc., a Bangor-based social services provider, also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, citing changes in the state’s reimbursement practices.


**Below reversal is pointless. Sweetser is a done deal. Maine Behavioral knew this- both are in Belfast and holding hands. This is a tactic to sway the public into the smokescreen of "sudden" actions with the players feigning ignorance. While loose ends are tied. So clear to see, they do it consistently. Local to State to Federal. The contract runs out in June regardless.

State reverses decision to award mental health services to new provider

http://bangordailynews.com/2016/04/01/news/midcoast/state-reverses-decision-to-award-mental-health-services-to-new-provider/?ref=comments
Posted April 01, 2016, at 5:07 p.m.
ROCKLAND, Maine — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has reversed its decision to switch to a new provider of mental health services in four midcoast-area counties.
In December, DHHS had selected Sweetser to provide the services to clients in Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties. Sweetser would have replaced Maine Behavioral Healthcare, which had provided the service in the region for more than 20 years.
Maine Behavioral complained to a DHHS appeals board and the agency invalidated the contract award to Sweetser.
Now, Sweetser has 30 days to appeal that decision to a state court.
Stephanie Hanner, communications manager for Sweetser, said her organization was disappointed and that no decision on whether to appeal had been made yet.
She pointed out that the organization already serves more than 75 communities in the state, including in the midcoast area.
Maine Behavioral Healthcare Chief Executive Officer Dennis King said, “We are, of course, pleased that the appeal panel agreed with our arguments to invalidate the decision to award the midcoast region to another provider.
“We have had over 20 years’ successful experience working in that region and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with hospitals and other providers as we develop our care continuum,” he said.
The current contract with Maine Behavioral Health will run through June, according to King. He said he was unsure how much further the contract would be extended given the potential for an appeal. The contract that had been tentatively awarded to Sweetser was for a year.
“The ball is in their court,” King said.
Messages left with DHHS on Thursday morning were not returned.
Maine Behavioral Health has offices in Rockland and Belfast with 100 to 150 employees and 27 mobile crisis workers who meet with people either at those offices or at the hospital or their homes.
Maine Behavioral has strong ties to the hospitals in the midcoast area, including Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast. Maine Behavioral manages the psychiatric and recovery unit at Pen Bay, a service that will continue regardless of whether the Sweetser appeal is successful. Maine Behavioral is part of the MaineHealth network that includes PBMC, Waldo County and the Lincoln Health Miles Campus in Damariscotta.


“Sweetser offers Residential Services and Crisis Stabilization Services at one of our Belfast locations. We do not publish the addresses of our residences, but for information or to make a referral, contact the PromiseLine at 1-800-434-3000.”

Services


9 School Street Belfast, Maine 04915
“One of "The Schools at Sweetser", our school in Belfast can help with behavioral problems and other disabilities such as learning impairments.

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Sweetser can help - in over 80 communities in Maine. We maintain a number of offices, staffed by well-respected medical teams as well as schools for students with special needs, a recovery center and campuses in Belfast and Saco. With more than 600 employees and hundreds of volunteers - we are here to help you find the care you deserve.

Join the Sweetser Affiliate Network

As a Sweetser affiliate you'll have access to our affiliate website and gain the full support of Sweetser, including:
  • Rapid payment of claims
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  • Support with clinical documentation and quality assurance
  • Access to clinical supervision and consultation
  • Educational opportunities through the Sweetser Training Institute
  • Confidence in working with an agency with over 185 years of history
  • Available referrals in your area

Being a Sweetser Affiliate has its Perks

3. Link to Clink

Prison for forensic patients and first time heroin possession. Yet the prescribing Dr.'s addicting opiates to heroin keep on scripting, feeding the system.

Belfast is open for business. Belfast Police Chief McFadden has insider information for busts through his secret brother-in-law- Tom the Time Warner Cable tech into area homes and computers, with "sudden" cable/internet issues. Mine "suddenly stopped" after I linked them as family. Tom had been to my home and accessing my computer, TOO MANY times. To Belfast residents - corrupt Judge Patricia Worth and husband- John Worth III (MMA, Real Estate, Board Member Maine Health) to The Restorative Justice Program and corrupt chairman Jay Davis to Sequel Care and director Judy Seals. Ms. Seals, Executive Director of SequelCare of Iowa started her career in the human services field over 20 years ago. Prior to joining Sequel Youth and Family Services in 2000, Ms Seals worked for Polk County Detention in the Centralized Intake Center. As the Community Liaison for the Intake Center; Ms. Seals was responsible for developing an assessment and referral process to meet the needs of juveniles coming into contact with law enforcement agencies with the goal of connecting these youth to community-based services.

A plan announced Monday by LePage and the Department of Health and Human Services seeks a law change to put forensic patients, temporarily, in the Maine State Prison in Warren.


Shockingly, Attorney General Janet Mills and Gov. Paul LePage both back the idea of increasing first-time heroin possession to a felony. They hope the more serious charge will motivate people addicted to heroin to seek treatment. Opponents of the measure feel having a felony criminal record will unnecessarily hinder people later on in their recovery.
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN)


Hello Pharm Your Mind. Be a potato head. NOOOO. 4 Fingers Up. 4FU. Community cures the system. Lets roll already. Begin Moral Mondays in your park. Bark loud together. This affects all of JustUs.

The writing is on the for profit, one size fits all, institution wall. Fearing clients "summoned" to sign away protection and privacy to the profits. Maine Health and Department of Defense in contract. SequelCare Exec. Maine Exec Director Judy Seals credential are Polk County Detention Center assessing youth in conjunction with law enforcement agencies. SequelCare is in Belfast, with the Restorative Justice Program. Chairman Jay Davis telling me in 2012 that protesting the corruption in Belfast is "Not how we do things around here". Belfast City Hall, Police Chief, City Attorney and Judge do for profit. Break those that demand rights and accountability. Those in the throws of mental health care have no rights. Sign here. No legal adviser present. Link, link, link. Clink.
www.4noooomore.blogspot.com
Laurie Allen
Helfast, Maine 04915

1.
http://www.mainehealth.org/mh_body.cfm?id=7335
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MaineHealth Selected as Innovation Partner in National High-Value Health Collaborative Health systems and Department of Defense join collaborative to share data on outcomes,
quality and costs across range of costly conditions and treatments

2.

Judy Seals
Executive Director
SequelCare of Maine
Ms. Seals, Executive Director of SequelCare of
Iowa started her career in the human services field over 20 years ago. Prior to joining Sequel Youth and Family Services in 2000, Ms Seals worked for Polk County Detention in the Centralized Intake Center. As the Community Liaison for the Intake Center; Ms. Seals was responsible for developing an assessment and referral process to meet the needs of juveniles coming into contact with law enforcement agencies with the goal of connecting these youth to community-based services.
Contact Information
Phone: 515-274-9607
Email: jseals@sequelcare.com

Here’s how the program works: Every morning, anyone arrested in Polk County within the past 24 hours appears before a judge. Tim Larson, team lead for the program, scours a database to determine whether those individuals have used the mental health services of Broadlawns Medical Center or Eyerly Ball, which provides adult mental health outpatient treatment and supported residential services. If they have used services or if they demonstrate a need for mental health services during their arrest or intake assessment, Larson accompanies them to their appearance
before the judge.



From Feb. 22, 2015, through June 10,2015, the program assisted 383 veterans. Staffed and funded with existing resources, the program has raised awareness among veterans of the services available to them.“It’s very hard to get veterans to talk about their mental disease. With this program, I can go to their cell door and talk with them,”Mortensen says. “We focus on getting them service-connected.”

                                                     AND DRUG ADDICTED
Pilot Program

Another component of the Polk County jail diversion program is a pilot program launched in 2013 with the Iowa Prescription Drug Corp. (IPDC), a nonprofit entity that provides prescription medications to Iowans who can’t afford them. In the pilot, people who need behavioral health medications who are released from jail can receive primary care services and up to 90 days’ worth of those medications at no cost.

“Making sure they get those medications is turning out to be a low-cost approach to reducing recidivism, says IPDC Executive Director Jon-Michael Rosmann.

From March 2013 through October 2014, of the 306 people incarcerated at the Polk County Jail who participated in the medication program, 115,or 37.6 percent, re-offended, compared with a recidivism rate of 71 percent of nonparticipating offenders with behavioral health disorders.

Now supported through the Iowa attorney general’s office, the programis “better for the patient, better for their families, cheaper for the jail and cheaper for the county,” Rosmann says. “It’s a win-win-win for all stakeholders and simply the right thing to do.”

What is Mental Illness?

The American Psychiatric Association defines mental disorders as major disturbances in an individual’s thinking, feelings or behavior that reflect problems in mental function. They are grouped on the basis of their symptoms and when they first appear in life. General categories of mental disorders include the following:

Anxiety disorders cause people to respond to certain objects or situations with fear and dread. These disorders can include obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorders, phobias and
post-traumatic stress disorders.

Behavioral disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, involve a pattern of disruptive behaviors in children that last for at least six months and cause problems in school, at home and in social situations.

Eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating, involve extreme emotions, attitudes and behaviors involving weight and food.

Mood disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder, involve persistent feelings of sadness or periods of feeling overly happy, or fluctuating between extreme happiness and extreme sadness.

Personality disorders cause extreme and inflexible personality traits that may cause problems at work, in school or in social relationships.

Psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia bring about a range of symptoms, including hallucinations and delusions.

The Cost of Mental Illness

The National Institute of Mental Health conservatively estimates the total cost associated with serious mental illness, defined as those disorders that are severely debilitating and affect about 6 percent of
the adult population, to be over $300 billion per year in disability benefits, health care expenditures and loss of earnings. World Health Organization researchers ranked depression the most costly health condition and predicted it will become the second leading cause of disability worldwide in the next five years.

By the Numbers

You likely know multiple people whose lives have been touched by mental illness. Consider:

About 1 in 10 children lives with a serious mental or emotional disorder.

Approximately 90 percent of the 34,000 suicides committed in America per year are related to mental illness.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that post-traumatic stress disorder afflicts almost 31 percent of Vietnam War veterans, 20 percent of Iraq War veterans and approximately 10 percent of veterans of wars in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.

Around 40 percent of the individuals incarcerated at the Polk County Jail are on psychotropic medications, used to treat symptoms of mental illnesses. About a third of the people who utilize Central Iowa Shelter and Services have a diagnosed mental illness, and likely many others have yet to be diagnosed.

There’s reason for hope, however: According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, between 70 and 90 percent of individuals have significant reduction of symptoms and improved quality of life with a combination of pharmacological and psychosocial treatments and supports. Early diagnosis and treatment are key.

Advocating for Broadlawns

A unique advocacy group is helping raise money for Broadlawns Medical Center. Formed in 2011 by Johnny Danos and Connie Wimer, Broadlawns Advocate Circle has raised about $5.7 million of its $10 million goal to support the center’s $37 million expansion of its mental health facilities and services.

In addition, the group is serving as a way to train young professionals to be the next generation of philanthropic leaders. Eight established community leaders, including Charlotte Hubbell, Doug Reichardt and Mary O’Keefe, serve as mentors, and 19 young professionals are the mentees.

Jonathan Brendemuehl, corporate communications manager for Bankers Trust and one of the mentees, says it was “easy to say yes” when he was asked to be a part of the Advocate Circle because “the stigma surrounding mental health and treatment baffles me. … Broadlawns provides critical mental health services, and it’s exciting to work on a campaign that will enhance these services.”

The opportunity to learn from the group’s mentors also attracted him, he says: “Advocating for improved access to quality care alongside some of our community’s most prolific leaders and philanthropists has been an incredibly rewarding experience.”

For more information, go to BroadlawnsFoundationAdvocateCircle.com.





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Here’s how the program works: Every morning, anyone arrested in PolkCounty within the past 24 hours appears before a judge. Tim Larson, teamlead for the program, scours a database to determine whether those individuals have used the mental health services of Broadlawns Medical Center or Eyerly Ball, which provides adult mental health outpatient treatment and supported residential services. If they have used services or if they demonstrate a need for mental health services during their arrest or intake assessment,Larson accompanies them to their appearance
before the judge.

From Feb. 22, 2015, through June 10,
2015, the program assisted 383 veterans. Staffed and funded with existing resources, the program has raised awareness among veterans of the services available to them.“It’s very hard to get veterans to talk about their mental disease. With this program, I can go to their cell door and talk with them,”
Mortensen says. “We focus on getting them service-connected.”

Pilot Program

Another component of the Polk County jail diversion program is a pilot program launched in 2013 with the Iowa Prescription Drug Corp. (IPDC), a nonprofit entity that provides prescription medications to Iowans who can’t afford them. In the pilot, people who need behavioral health medications who are released from jail can receive primary care services and up to 90 days’ worth of those medications at no cost.

“Making sure they get those medications is turning out to be a low-cost approach to reducing recidivism, says IPDC Executive Director Jon-Michael Rosmann.

From March 2013 through October 2014, of the 306 people incarcerated at the Polk County Jail who participated in the medication program, 115,or 37.6 percent, re-offended, compared with a recidivism rate of 71 percent of nonparticipating offenders with behavioral health disorders.

Now supported through the Iowa attorney general’s office, the program is “better for the patient, better for their families, cheaper for the jail and cheaper for the county,” Rosmann says. “It’s a win-win-win for all stakeholders and simply the right thing to do.”

4. Linking Belfast Players to Maine Black Water System
After reading this absolutely hypocritical and polarizing letter in the Republican Journal/Village Soup by Steve Ryan.  I googled Steve. My prior dealings with him when he came onto the corrupt Belfast planning board in 2013 as an alternate member were of immediate pity, another selfish ego with children. Then he jumped ranks to Belfast Planning Board Chairman. Rut Ro. He is one of them but I did not know his connections. Seeing this is hair raising.

http://waldo.villagesoup.com/p/eminent-domain-is-bad-no-matter-who-employs-it/1541269

Conservative to the Core

Eminent domain is bad no matter who employs it

By Tom Seymour | Jul 01, 2016
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Oh, that terrible Donald Trump. Those in opposition to the flamboyant, presumptive GOP presidential nominee often cite Trump’s taking by eminent domain of a private property in New York to accommodate traffic for one of his new buildings. Democrats and liberals have made it plain that they in no way approve of the use of eminent domain. I’ve got news for those folks. Republicans and conservatives don’t like eminent domain either. We’re just not as vocal in our denunciations.
And may I suggest that some of those same people who verbally flay Trump over eminent domain appear not to mind the practice at all when it comes to their own local wants and needs. Specifically, I’m talking about the city of Belfast, invoking eminent domain to link two sections of a new walking trail.
Unfortunately, the land the city wants and will take (steal) by force if necessary, sits in front of the Penobscot McCrum potato processing plant. According to Jay McCrum, the land in question is very near the company’s ammonia tanks, a clear danger to walkers. But the Belfast people want this land so badly that they appear willing to exchange safety for convenience.
On the face of it, this seems pretty cut-and-dried. But as with most controversies, there’s more to this story. Let’s look at some historical events.
Industry evil
It began some time ago, when visitors complained that the effluent from the city’s two poultry processing plants (McCrum’s place was once Maplewood Poultry) was making the shiny hulls of their sailboats all sticky and yucky. Those of us who used the harbor and kept fishing boats there had no complaints. But a new personality was seeping into the Belfast consciousness, a personality that wanted to see the city made “clean” again.
Well, they got their way. The poultry industry was vilified and demonized, not to mention taxed and fined, to the point where the owners were forced to shutter their doors. Never mind the hundreds of blue-collar workers who worked for the poultry industry. This included not only workers inside the plants, but also truckers, raisers, salesmen and a host of others. It was big business and it was good for the local economy.
So with the poultry industry now kaput, the civic-minded people of Belfast turned their sights to the remaining industries. Belfast once had two shoe factories. Both had no choice but to go out of business, leaving more of those dirty, sweaty blue-collar workers out in the cold.
One of the last to go was Stinson Canning, or, as older Belfast residents termed it, “The Sardine.” Yes, some tiny bits of fish were vented into the harbor, a terrible situation (no, not really…it didn’t hurt a thing). On the other hand, because of this, Belfast had some of the best saltwater fishing on the Maine coast. People from miles away came here to take advantage of the sporting opportunities. But the die was cast and Stinson is no more. And, again, the people who worked in the sardine industry suddenly found themselves looking for work elsewhere. Many moved away from Belfast to find employment. That didn’t seem to bother the city fathers at all.
The above-mentioned industries were not forced out all at once, but by means of constant nit-picking. The end results were always the same. Industry was bad, in fact evil, and Belfast no longer wanted it. I’m talking specifically about agricultural and natural resource-based industry. Belfast welcomes new industries, as long as they are chic and don’t offend the sensibilities of the new gentry.
So who, after looking at what has happened in the past, can doubt that the writing is on the wall regarding the city’s one remaining agriculture-based industry? Once the collective liberal mind sets its sights on any such industry, that industry is ultimately doomed. So mark my words. Eventually, Penobscot McCrum will follow the long line of demonized industries and shut its doors forever.
The city will probably gain all of the Penobscot McCrum land, not just the narrow strip needed to complete its trail. Perhaps it can be made into a nice park, or some other badly (not) needed attraction.
And what of the people who will lose their livelihoods with the passing of the potato factory? Well, I can safely say that Belfast will shed few tears over the demise of the factory and those stinky, Republican-voting blue-collar workers.
Finally, I know, without a doubt, that my opinion will irritate some people. But it’s not just opinion. It’s fact. Try to make facts go away and they, the pernicious little rascals, just keep on trucking. Nasty things, facts are.


Seymour's history
There’s nothing like a good Tom Seymour column to clear one’s head and get you thinking straight again! His March 10 column was a wonderful trip through history to prove that the only successful model for society is staunch self-provision. Everyone look out for yourself!
Tom reminds us that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” He then goes back almost 400 years for a decent example of how fierce independence and looking out for one’s self resulted in improved living conditions for society.
It’s unfortunate that Tom didn’t pause to pluck some examples from a few other centuries on his way back to Plymouth Plantation. How about the 1800s when the rich plundered the country, ruthlessly consolidated wealth, and basically enslaved men, women and children in dangerous impoverishing jobs because…well, they were looking out for themselves! Fair enough!
Or, for contrast, the 1900s, when the rich white guys were oppressed by high taxes and an over-reaching government that was delusional enough to communally build the electric grid, the interstate highway system, basic sanitation and services for the populace, the Internet and (through its funding) the finest system of higher education in the world. Oh, yes, and those obviously ill-intentioned socialists (like that George Mitchell fellow) rescued the very air, water and soil we depend on from a horde of rich white guys who were using it to advance their personal gain at the expense of…well, the planet! How unfair to them!
Finally, he could have made a stop at about eight years ago when inventive financiers saw a way to increase their own net worth in a perfectly fair contest of “fleece the public,” and ended up bringing down the entire U. S. economy. Unfortunately, socialist types again interfered and introduced a collective effort to stop this noble nest feathering! Luckily, the rich white guys got to keep their profits this time because…well, they owned the socialists!
Thanks, Tom, for putting it all in perspective. And don’t forget to remember history!
Steve Ryan
Belfast


Luckily, the Friends of Midcoast Maine website  provided Steve Ryan's agenda written by Steve. Take and break and hide behind Belfast City Wall with the rest of the thugs, starch his special collar for sure.

Stephen Ryan, FMM Chair, Belfast. Steve is President/CEO of Maine Network for Health, a provider-owned organization specializing in healthcare business support services including payment contracts, business office functions and quality improvement assistance.  He holds a M.S. degree in Health Care Administration from Simmons College in Boston.  Steve is active with various statewide healthcare-related boards and committees, and volunteers in his hometown of Belfast by serving on the city’s Planning Board and assisting with the annual Maine Celtic Celebration which is coming up this year on July 18-20th.  He lives in Belfast with his wife, Carla, and two of their three children



MAINE NETWORK FOR HEALTH
80 Exchange Street | Suite #603
Bangor, ME  04401
(207) 942-2844
Maine Network for Health ~  Provide credentialing, contracting, and quality improvement support for the Maine healthcare community. Our strong team of qualified professionals is dedicated to supporting Maine primary care practices, specialty practices, health centers, and hospitals to provide efficient and high-quality healthcare. Our Network includes 12 hospitals and 1,380 healthcare providers across seven counties in eastern and northern Maine.

The actual Maine Network for Health website is shady. http://qid.mainequalitycounts.org/organization/maine-network-for-health

As is the take over of Maine Healthcare with all the connected Belfast Worth (Judge Patricia Worth, MMA John Worth III, Worth Real Estate...) Network and beyond. Where my tiny street and home has been under constant assault by the City (for 50+ years) and Maine Healthcare in my back yard since I was sold this undisclosed hell in 6/2010.  More on the current planning/zoning corruption on www.boycottbelfast.blogspot.com and some below.



Linking to Maine Health Waldo County Hospital and Penbay Regional. Exploding in Belfast. Groundbreaking takings. With key players on the board. JB Turner, President and part owner of Front Street Shipyard. John Worth III- Worth Real Estate, Maine Maritime Academy, heavily connected state wide and in marriage to Judge Patricia Worth (documented corrupt). President and attorney Lee Woodward. Belfast City Hall officials, attorney's, real estate agents, Chamber of Commerce, the RSU71 administration, the connected list is endless.

Mark Biscone
Executive Director, Waldo County Healthcare
Interim CEO, Pen Bay Healthcare


 Members of the Waldo County Healthcare Board of Directors are, seated from left, J.B. Turner, John Worth III, David Flanagan, Peter Haddock, Wayne Hamilton, James Patterson, Ed.D and Benjamin Mailloux, MD (medical staff president). Standing from left are Catherine Reynolds, Syrena Gatewood, Lee Woodward Jr., Dale Kuhnert, Ann Hooper, Jenness Robbins, and James Delehanty, MD
Missing from the photo are: William Caron, CEO, MaineHealth and Kent Clark, MD.  The officers of the board are: Lee Woodward Jr., president; Dale Kuhnert, vice-president; James Patterson, secretary; and Catherine Reynolds, treasurer.

Now link to Maine Health and Department of Defense.



MaineHealth Selected as Innovation Partner in
National High-Value Health Collaborative Health systems and Department of Defense join collaborative to share data on outcomes,
quality and costs across range of costly conditions and treatments
PORTLAND, Maine - May 17, 2011- MaineHealth, the state's largest integrated healthcare system, announced its selection as an innovation partner in the High-Value Health Collaborative formed by Mayo Clinic, Denver Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Cleveland Clinic and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The collaborative will determine best practices for delivering healthcare and rapidly disseminate actionable recommendations to providers and health systems across the United States. In addition to achieving better quality and outcomes, the collaborative intends to improve the efficiency of standard clinical care delivery to reduce the per capita cost and to keep costs in pace with the consumer price index.
Dr. James N. Weinstein, director of The Dartmouth Institute and president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, said, "We believe that physicians and healthcare leaders are in a key position to implement meaningful change that makes care safer, more efficient, more effective and more attuned to each patient's needs and preferences. At the same time, based on our research and individual experience, we know that by doing this, we actually lower costs."
"MaineHealth is excited about the opportunity to contribute to the body of knowledge and learn from the other partners in the collaborative," said Bill Caron, president of MaineHealth. "We believe that one of the keys to our continued success is our ability to glean knowledge about innovations and advances in clinical care from the most sophisticated healthcare organizations in the nation and adapt them to our health system."
Vance Brown, chief medical officer for MaineHealth added, "MaineHealth has taken a leadership role in developing and implementing cutting-edge clinical integration and community-health improvement initiatives. For example, our Clinical Improvement Registry/Nurse Care Management Program has helped MaineHealth markedly improve quality care for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease."
MaineHealth is well positioned to partner with other members of the collaborative. Communities served by MaineHealth include some of Maine's most sparsely populated and remote areas, as well as the state's most populous, economically and ethnically diverse cities. With a median age of 41.2, Maine is the "oldest" state in the nation, with almost 58 percent of Maine elders living in rural areas, more than twice the national average. Lessons learned from MaineHealth's success and capacity for developing, implementing and spreading innovation across diverse settings is transferable to other communities in the country.
MaineHealth was selected by the founding collaborative group based on a nomination and review process. Criteria included having strong research and quality improvement processes; a robust health information technology infrastructure; a commitment of personnel, operational, and financial resources; and demonstrated experience in collaboration across institutions. Other members include Baylor Health Care System, Beaumont Hospitals, Providence Health and Services, Scott & White Health Care, Sutter, UCLA Health System, University of Iowa Health Care, Virginia Mason Medical Center and the Military Health System of the Department of Defense.
The collaborative is working together in nine increasingly prevalent condition/disease-specific areas that have been shown to have wide variation in rates, costs and outcomes nationally: total knee replacement, diabetes, asthma, hip surgery, heart failure, perinatal care, depression, spine surgery and weight-loss surgery.
Data on total knee replacement, a procedure that is performed more than 300,000 times a year in the U.S., with a cost that averages $16,000 to $24,000 per surgery, has been collected from the founding institutions and is currently being analyzed. Concurrently, work on diabetes has begun. Data analytics are facilitated through The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, the coordinating arm of the collaborative. The Dartmouth Institute, home to the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, has more than 20 years of experience analyzing complex Medicare claims data and disseminating the findings.
About MaineHealthMaineHealth is a not-for-profit family of leading high-quality providers and other healthcare organizations working together so their communities are the healthiest in America. Ranked among the nation's top 100 integrated delivery networks, MaineHealth includes the following member organizations: Lincoln County Healthcare (Miles Memorial Hospital and St. Andrews Hospital & Healthcare Center), Maine Medical Center, Maine Mental Health Partners (Spring Harbor Hospital), Pen Bay Healthcare (Pen Bay Medical Center), Southern Maine Medical Center, Waldo County Healthcare (Waldo County General Hospital), Western Maine Health (Stephens Memorial Hospital), HomeHealth Visiting Nurses, Maine Physician Hospital Organization, NorDx and Synernet. Affiliates of MaineHealth include MaineGeneral Medical Center, Mid Coast Hospital, New England Rehabilitation Hospital and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.
About the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical PracticeThe Dartmouth Institute aspires to be the preeminent research and educational institution devoted to the ongoing reform of the U.S. healthcare system. Its vision is to achieve a patient-centered, high-quality, cost-effective healthcare system with access and excellence for all. http://tdi.dartmouth.edu
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Contact: 
Contact: Mark Harris
VP, Marketing
MaineHealth
207662-7559

Who is MaineHealth?

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit family of leading high-quality providers and other healthcare organizations working together so their communities are the healthiest in America. Ranked among the nation's top 100 integrated healthcare delivery networks, MaineHealth member organizations include Maine Medical Center, Lincoln County Health Care, Maine Behavioral Healthcare, Memorial Hospital, Pen Bay Medical Center, Southern Maine Health Care, Waldo County General Hospital, Western Maine Health, HomeHealth Visiting Nurses, NorDx, Synernet and Franklin Community Health Network. Affiliates of MaineHealth include MaineGeneral Health, Mid Coast-Parkview Health, New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland and St. Mary's Health System.
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MaineHealth Information


MaineHealth Management Team

William L. Caron, Jr.
President
MaineHealth
110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 661-7001
Fax: (207) 661-7029
caronw@mainehealth.org


Mark Biscone
Executive Director, Waldo County Healthcare
Interim CEO, Pen Bay Healthcare
 
Waldo County Healthcare118 Northport Avenue
Belfast, ME  04915
Phone: (207) 338-9302
Fax: (207) 338-8600
mbiscone@wchi.com		 Pen Bay Healthcare6 Glen Cove Drive
Rockport, ME  04856
Phone: (207) 596-8204
Fax: (207) 593-5287


Terri Cannan Senior Vice President, Marketing & CommunicationsMaineHealth
110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 662-5687
Fax: (207) 661-7029
tcannan@mmc.org


Timothy A. ChurchillPresident, Western Maine Healthcare
Interim CEO, Franklin Community Health Network
Western Maine Healthcare
181 Main Street
Norway, ME  04268
Phone: (207) 743-5933
Fax: (207) 743-1566
churchillt@wmhcc.org		 Franklin Community Health Network
111 Franklin Health Commons
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone: (207) 779-2265


Deborah Deatrick, MPHSenior Vice President, Community Health

MaineHealth110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 661-7001
Fax: (207) 661-7029
deatrd@mainehealth.org


Donna DeBloisPresident
HomeHealth Visiting Nurses15 Industrial Park Road
Saco, ME  04072
Phone (207) 284-4566
Fax (207) 282-4148
ddeblois@homehealth.org


 
James W. DonovanPresident & CEO


Lincoln County Healthcare
PO Box 417
Boothbay Harbor, ME  04538
Phone: (207) 633-1901
jdonovan@lcservices.org


Robert Frank
Senior Vice President & General Counsel MaineHealth110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 661-7010
Fax: (207) 661-7029
frankr1@mainehealth.org


 
Katie Fullam HarrisSenior Vice President, Government Relations and Accountable Care
MaineHealth110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 661-7001
Fax: (207) 661-7029
harrik2@mainehealth.org


 
Mark Harris
Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning


MaineHealth
110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 661-7001
Fax: (207) 661-7029
harrim6@mainehealth.org


 
Elizabeth H. Johnson, M.D., M.S.Chief Executive Officer
MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 482-7050
Fax: (207) 771-2005
ehjohnson@mmc.org


Dennis P. KingChief Executive Officer

Maine Behavioral Healthcare
123 Andover Road
Westbrook, ME  04092
Phone: (207) 761-2200
Fax: (207) 761-2108
kingd@springharbor.org


Robert A. McArtor, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer


MaineHealth
110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 661-7001
Fax: (207) 661-7029
mcartr@mainehealth.org


 
Edward J. McGeachey, IIIPresidentSouthern Maine Health CareP.O. Box 626
Biddeford, ME  04005-0626
Phone: (207) 283-7220
Fax: (207) 283-7020
exe.ejm@smmc.org


 
Colin T. McHughSenior Vice President, Network Development & Contracting


MaineHealth
110 Free Street
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 661-7001
Fax: (207) 661-7029
cmchugh@mainehealth.org


Scott McKinnonPresident & CEO

Memorial Hospital3073 White Mountain, Hwy
North Conway, NH  03860
Phone: (603) 356-5461
smckinnon@memorialhospitalnh.org


Andrea Dodge PatstoneSenior Vice President, System Development
MaineHealth110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 661-7001
Fax: (207) 661-7029
patsta@mainehealth.org


Richard W. Petersen
President & CEO


Maine Medical Center
22 Bramhall Street
Portland, ME  04102
Phone: (207) 662-2491
Fax: (207) 662-6202
peterri@mmc.org


W. Stanley Schofield
President


NorDx
301 A U.S. Route One
Scarborough, ME  04074-9308
Phone: (207) 396-7888
Fax: (207) 396-7805
schofs@mmc.org


Christopher Sprowl, M.D.
President Maine Medical Partners
301C US Route 1
Scarborough, ME 04074
Phone: (207) 396-8600
Fax: (207) 396-8632
csprowl@mmc.org


Albert G. Swallow IIIExecutive Vice President and Treasurer
MaineHealth110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone (207) 661-7001
Fax (207) 661-7029
swalla@mmc.org


 
Gerald J. Vicenzi
President & CEO


Synernet
110 Free Street
Portland, ME  04101
Phone: (207) 771-3456
Fax: (207) 775-3415
gvicenzi@synernet.net


Marjorie S. Wiggins, R.N., MBA, DNP(c), NEA-BC
Senior Vice President, Patient Services & Chief Nursing Officer
Maine Medical Center
22 Bramhall Street
Portland, ME  04102
Phone: (207) 662-2751
wiggim@mmc.org


Affiliate Members






Chris ChekrourasPresident & CEO


St. Mary’s Health System
93 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone: (207) 777-8100


Chuck Hays
PresidentMaineGeneral Health149 North Street
Waterville, ME  04901
Phone: (207) 872-1600
Fax: (207) 872-1594


Lois Skillings, R.N.President & CEO


Mid Coast Health Services
123 Medical Center Drive
Brunswick, ME 04011
Phone: (207) 373-6000

Board of Trustees
OFFICERS
 
  • President: Bill Caron, MaineHealth
  • Chair: Susannah Swihart
  • Secretary: Robert S. Frank, MaineHealth
  • Treasurer: Albert G. Swallow III, MaineHealth
  • Assistant Secretary: Beth Kelsch, MaineHealth



KATHRYN BARBER
Kathy Barber has spent her career in medical/biotech industry sales and marketing. A Skidmore College and University of Chicago Graduate School of Business graduate, she worked for Abbott Laboratories in a management development program and at IDEXX Laboratories in Westbrook in marketing positions in the food safety, human diagnostics and veterinary medicine divisions.
Barber is a past board member of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Barber Foods.  In 2007, she joined the board of trustees at Bangor Savings Bank and sits on the Human Resource, Audit and Governance Committees.  She is also a board member for Piper Shores LLC a lifecare community in Scarborough, Maine as well as the Robotics Institute of Maine.


GENE BERGOFFEN
Gene Bergoffen is the immediate past chair of the Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, and serves on its Executive and Governance Committees. He is also the Principal of MaineWay Services, performing research studies on truck safety for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association. He is an attorney, completing his degree at Georgetown University Law Center. Initially trained as a forester, with a BS in Forestry and MS in Public Administration, he has worked for the US Forest Service as Director of Legislative Affairs, and the National Forest Products Association. Before relocating to Fryeburg, Maine, he was President and CEO of the National Private Truck Council, representing the nation's private truck fleet community. Active in community affairs, Bergoffen was chair of the Fryeburg Planning Board, and served on the board of the Tin Mountain Conservation Center in the Mount Washington Valley, and is now a member of the Eastern Slopes Airport Authority Board.


JOSEPH M. BUJOLD
Joe Bujold has served on the Board of Franklin Memorial Hospital/Franklin Community Health Network since 2007, and has held his current role of board chairman there since 2009.
A native of Maine and a graduate of Middlebury College, Bujold has served in a number of professional leadership roles.  He lived in Farmington for 11 years during the 60s and 70s at which time he served as president of Bass Shoe Co., then based in Wilton, Maine.  He later joined an international consulting firm, Alexander Proudfoot, which works with major companies of the world to improve business processes and performance.  For 18 years, Bujold ran various units of the company and was based in Brussels, Belgium; Sydney, Australia; and Singapore.  He returned to the United States in 1989 to serve as chief executive officer of Alexander Proudfoot Company worldwide.
Bujold has also been an advisor and consultant to the law firm Holland & Knight and Dexter Shoe Company.  He and his wife Lee reside in Farmington and are the parents of two grown children, Noelle and Marc.


BILL BURKE
Bill Burke is an experienced media executive who held various positions at Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner, including president of TBS Super Station and general manager of Turner Classic Movies. He also served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Weather Channel Companies. Burke also co-authored Call Me Ted, the autobiography of Ted Turner. He is a graduate of Amherst College and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School. In addition to being current vice-chair of the Maine Medical Center board, Burke is chairman of the Portland Sea Dogs and the US Biathlon Association, a director of  Simulmedia, Inc., and serves on the advisory board of Specific Media, Inc.


STEVEN DOBIESKI, M.D.
Dr. Dobieski graduated from Bates College and received his MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at Maine Medical Center and became board-certified in internal medicine. He joined the Greater Portland Medical Group and subsequently took a position at InterMed. Currently, he is a shareholder and full-time internist with InterMed. Dobieski is a member of the InterMed board and the Quality Improvement committee at InterMed. He also is a member of the InterMed Best Practices Work Group. He has been a long-standing member of the American College of Physicians and is an active member in the Maine chapter of the ACP.


GREG DUFOURVice Chair
Greg Dufour is president and CEO of Camden National Corporation, Maine’s largest publicly traded community bank and the parent company of Camden National Bank and Acadia Trust, N.A.  Dufour is also president and CEO of Camden National Bank, a $2.6 billion community bank headquartered in Camden, Maine and is chair of the board of directors of Acadia Trust, N.A., which is headquartered in Portland, Maine.  Dufour was named to his current role in 2009 after serving as president and CEO of Camden National Bank since 2004.  Prior to joining Camden National, Dufour was managing director of finance for IBEX Capital Markets in Boston, MA, a specialty investment advisor, and held several positions in the finance division at Fleet/Boston Financial Group.  His community service includes serving as the current chair of the Maine Bankers Association, a member of the board of trustees and secretary of the board of Pen Bay Healthcare.  He also is a member of the advisory board of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks.  Dufour and his wife Doreen reside in Rockport, Maine.


CHRIS EMMONSChris Emmons is the president and CEO of Gorham Savings Bank. The Massachusetts native graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, and began his banking career at Maine National Bank in 1977. After stops at BayBank and TD Banknorth, he joined Gorham Savings Bank in 2003. A strong community supporter, Chris is involved with the Maine Bankers Association as well as several local non-profit organizations. He serves as chairman of MMC's Board of Trustees, board member and former chairman of the University of Southern Maine Foundation, and chairman of the United Way of Greater Portland. Chris' 30+ years of service to United Way began as a loaned executive in the late 1970s. He served as chair of the 2006 Annual Campaign, raising more than $8.5 million. Chris was selected as a 2007 laureate and inducted into the Maine Business Hall of Fame.
ROBERT S. FRANKSecretary
Robert Frank has served as deputy general counsel for MaineHealth since July 2009. In that capacity, he has provided legal advice in connection with strategic initiatives and acquisitions, competition laws compliance, payor contracting, data security and breach matters, risk management and insurance, federal and state healthcare provider licensing, and has overseen professional liability, regulatory and business litigation and dispute resolution matters. Prior to his work at MaineHealth, he was an associate at the Morrison & Forester law firm in San Francisco (1979-82); an assistant attorney general at the Maine Department of Attorney General (1982-1987); an associate and then partner in the law firm Verrill Dana (1987-1995), and a founding member and partner of Harvey & Frank (1995-2009).  While in private law practice, he represented various hospitals, physician practices and health insurance carriers, the Maine Hospital Association, and on special assignment to the American Hospital Association in connection with the drafting of federal antitrust and health care guidelines. He also served as a visiting lecturer of antitrust law for three terms at The University of Maine Law School (1997-1990), and currently serves as a panel member on the Grievance Commission of the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar.
Bob is a graduate of Emory University (B.A. Physics), and Yale Law School (J.D.). He is a member of the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, and a past board member, treasurer and founder. He also served as treasurer and board member of the LARK Society for Chamber Music, and a board member of Young Peoples' Theater in Brunswick.


FRANK H. FRYE
Frank H. Frye, an attorney, is "Of Counsel" to the law firm of Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry. Frank practices in the areas of Corporate, Business and Tax/Estate Planning Law, and specializes in serving closely-held business entities and non-profit organizations. Before joining the firm, he served as Attorney and Assistant Branch Chief, Interpretative Division in the Office of the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, Washington D.C., and practiced with a large law firm in New York City. He has been selected for inclusion in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law and New England Super Lawyers for Business/Corporate and Tax. His community work includes serving on the Maine Medical Center Board of Trustees. He has been selected for inclusion in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law and New England Super Lawyers for Business/Corporate and Tax, and  is a past Chair of the Maine State Bar Association Tax Section. His charitable and civic work included service on the Town of Scarborough Planning Board, and as aTrustee of the  Portland, Maine  chapter of the American Red Cross and  Opportunity Farm for Boys and Girls. Frank currently serves on the Board of Directors of  Down East Magazine, the magazine of Maine.


BERNARD GAINES
Bernard Gaines has served on the board of trustees for Southern Maine Medical Center, and now Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC), since 2001.  He has served as chairman of the board of trustees at SMMC/SMHC since 2011.  He has also served previously on the MaineHealth board.
Gaines is a retired executive from Unum.  He currently owns BSG Properties, LLC.   He is married and living in Saco.
Gaines volunteers his time as a member of the SMHC Physician Services board of directors, the Thornton Academy Board of Directors, is a member of the Saco Lodge (Masons), the Order of the Eastern Star and the BPOE Elks.


GEORGE E. HISSONG, JR.
George (Ted) Hissong serves on the Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC) Board of Trustees as vice chairman and is chairman of the SMHC Governance Committee. He is president and CEO of Stafford Systems, Inc. located in Kennebunk, Maine, a position he has held since 1988. Hissong has served as a trustee of the Kennebunk Light and Power District, two years as chair as well as a trustee of the Kennebunk Sewer District. He is currently a member of the Sanford Industrial Development Commission and serves on the board of Port Opera.
Hissong graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in physical chemistry from Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH and attended graduate school at Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN.


DAVID JAMES KUMAKI, M.D., FACP
David James Kumaki, MD, is an active member of the medical staff at Stephens Memorial Hospital specializing in Internal Medicine.  He simultaneously served as chair of both the Stephens Memorial Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) and the Maine PHO.  Kumaki is a physician leader on MaineHealth’s Shared Health Record project (SeHR) and a member of the SeHR executive committee.  He is also chief medical information officer for Western Maine Health.  Previously on the staff at New  Hampshire’s Androscoggin Valley Hospital, his experience extends well beyond New England.  Kumaki is a long-time member of the Wilderness Medical Society and Nepal Studies Association. His experience includes several positions in Kathmandu, Nepal:  staff physician for Canadian International Water and Energy Consultants’ International Clinic; acting medical officer and consultant in Internal Medicine for the Peace Corps; and volunteer physician for the Himalayan Rescue Association.  He also spent time in Greater Boston, first as an Intern and resident at Boston City Hospital, and later on the staff at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, New England Baptist Hospital and Symmes Hospital.


SANDY MATHESON
Sandy Matheson is the executive director of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. She was previously the director of the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems. Matheson’s career has been in management, healthcare and financial services. She served as the president and CEO of Hanford Environmental Health Foundation, the board chair of Kennewick General Hospital, consulted and acted as interim CEO for various organizations, and taught as an adjunct instructor for the Washington State University business program. Matheson has been involved with a broad range of civic and charitable activities and in 2003 was named the Tri-Citian of the Year in Washington State for her community service.
Matheson graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics from Northwestern University and a MBA from Washington State University.


THOMAS J. RYAN, JR., M.D., FACC
Thomas J. Ryan, Jr., M.D., has served as medical director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Maine Medical Center since 2003. Ryan's awards and honors include being twice elected One of the Best Doctors in America as well as Cardiology Teacher of the Year at MMC. He's a Fellow in the American College of Cardiology and The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. He sits on many committees, including the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. His research includes dozens of published works, and his academic appointments include Harvard Medical School and Vermont School of Medicine.


MELISSA SMITH
Melissa Smith, the President and CEO of WEX, a global corporate payments company, has been elected to the MaineHealth board of trustees. A finance expert by training, Smith joined WEX in 1998 and played a pivotal role as WEX’s chief financial officer, leading the company through a highly successful initial public offering and focusing on its growth as a public company. Her record of execution, continuous improvement, and increased responsibilities for WEX’s business operations led to her appointment as president of the Americas, and ultimately as president and CEO of the entire company. As CEO, Smith has responsibility for the company’s day-to-day global operations and its long-term strategic growth. She also serves as a WEX board member.
Smith is an active member of her community and was named The Girl Scouts of Maine’s 2013 Woman of Distinction, and a Mainebiz 2012 Woman to Watch. Recognized as an industry leader, Melissa was named the PYMNTS.com 2014 Most Innovative Woman in Payments and a PaymentsSource 2014 Most Influential Woman in Payments. She serves on the Center for Grieving Children’s Board of Directors and participates in the Executive Women’s Forum, which she co-founded to provide a support network for female executives in her local community.
Melissa began her career at Ernst & Young and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Maine.




SUSANNAH SWIHARTChair
Susannah Swihart spent two decades at BankBoston Corporation in a wide variety of leadership, operational, and strategic roles, including Vice Chairman and CFO. Previous responsibilities at BankBoston included management of a variety of corporate banking businesses, operations, and risk functions. During that period, Susannah was a member of the executive committee of the board of trustees of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, ran BankBoston's $3+ million United Way campaign in 1998, and later chaired the $1 million Women's Leadership Breakfast for the United Way of Massachusetts Bay. Since returning to Maine in 2000, she has committed her efforts to a variety of corporate and community boards. In addition to MMC's Board of Trustees, Susannah serves on the boards of directors of the Dead River Company and MaineHealth and is the former board chair of Common Good Ventures and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine. Susannah is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.









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