The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award
Presented to an individual or organization demonstrating outstanding leadership in the business of healthcare.
Signature HealthCARE
Signature HealthCare, which recently relocated to Louisville from Florida, operates 72 skilled –nursing communities and has launched several spinoff companies to serve the aging population.
Ed Schoenbaechler (Hall Render) and Linda Howe (Signature HealthCARE)
The Crowe Horwath Innovation Award
Presented to an individual or organization that has positively impacted healthcare delivery costs through the development, design or implementation of new technology.
ApoVax, Inc.
ApoVax, Inc. is a local biotechnology company developing novel therapies and vaccines for cancer, infectious diseases, and Type 1 Diabetes. ApoVax, Inc. has developed a vaccine-based therapy used to treat cancer and infectious diseases and also a therapy to prevent organ or tissue rejection in transplant settings. Each of these technologies could significantly improve patient outcomes and improve healthcare costs.
Bill Probus (Crowe Horwath) and Haval Shirwin (ApoVax, Inc.)
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award
Presented to an individual or organization that is an effective advocate at the local, state or national level concerning issues such as, but not limited to, access to care initiatives that support healthy lifestyles.
Kentucky Voices for Health
Kentucky Voices for Health (KVH) is a broad coalition of more than 100 organizations working to improve Kentuckians’ health and healthcare coverage. KVH works to ensure that all Kentuckians have access to high quality, affordable healthcare. KVH advocated for a tobacco tax increase and advocated to remove barriers to the enrollment of children eligible for KCHIP or Medicaid, but not yet enrolled. KVH also successfully urged Governor Steve Beshear to fund the Medicaid smoking cessation program as part of the biennial budget.
Dean Johnson (Seven Counties Services) and Jodi Mitchell (Kentucky Voices for Health)
The ARGI Financial Physician of the Year Award
Presented to a physician who has demonstrated outstanding leadership on a local, state or national level to improve accessibility, affordability and quality of healthcare in our region.
Kupper Wintergerst, M.D., Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Louisville
Dr. Kupper Wintergerst’s primary research focus is on Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in children. Dr. Wintergerst has worked diligently to advance hospital Diabetes programs by developing sophisticated protocols to more safely manage Diabetes. He has developed and participated in a wide variety of projects that focus on improving access and quality of care and is the lead investigator on a seven state newborn screening program initiative for thyroid disease.
Angela Tichenor (ARGI Financial), Kupper Wintergerst, M.D. and Dave Zimmerman (ARGI Financial)
The Consumer First Award
Presented to an individual or organization that has demonstrated the most “consumer friendly” program or facility.
Brain Injury University, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
The Brain Injury University, an educational series specifically designed by healthcare professionals, assists brain injury survivors and their families return to school and increase their network of peer friends. The Brain Injury University helps the survivor to understand deficits, increase knowledge of a brain injury, learn compensatory strategies to increase independence, keep up-to-date with current research and technology and ask questions about their injury.
Sally McMahon (Medical News) and Dan Hudson (Brain Injury University at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital)
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education
Presented to an individual or organization that has developed and implemented programs which increase the level of knowledge, education, and career opportunity in healthcare.
Norton Healthcare’s Diversity and Inclusion Department
Norton Healthcare’s Diversity and Inclusion Department works to improve the health of the community by maintaining an inclusive environment in which employees understand, respect and reflect the diversity of the people served. The strategy was integrated into the company’s existing strategic plan with goals and measurements. A four-hour instructor-led beginning diversity-training course was developed and it was mandated that all employees of Norton Healthcare be required to attend the class.
Jan Spencer (Sullivan University) and Tim Findley (Norton Healthcare's Diversity and Inclusion Department)
The Governor’s Dignity of Humanity Award
Presented to an individual or organization that through its mission and its actions has improved availability and/or access to healthcare services for our region’s underserved or vulnerable populations.
Hosparus
Hosparus provides care, comfort and counseling for people facing life-limiting illnesses in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Hosparus healthcare professionals and volunteers provide pain control, control of symptoms, medication management, personal care and counseling and spiritual care. All services are delivered wherever a patient calls home. Hospice care relieves suffering when a cure for an illness is not expected. It involves treatments that enhance a patient’s comfort and quality of life.
Joe Rotella, M.D. (Hosparus), Howard Bracco (Seven Counties Services) and John McCall (Hosparus)
The Facility Design Award
Presented to an individual or organization that has designed, built or implemented the most innovative facility within the region.
Baptist Crestwood, Designed by Luckett & Farley
The Baptist Crestwood facility, designed by Luckett & Farley, is Baptist Hospital Northeast's first outpatient facility, offering diagnostic imaging and physical therapy services, as well as physician office space. The facility utilizes multiple “green” construction features and has been designed to not only meet the current needs of the residents but to meet their future needs during expansion and renovations.
Michael Willis of (Luckett & Farley), Marsha Biven (Baptist Crestwood), Jill Joseph Bell (Passport Health) and Marc Carter (Passport Health)