Shawn Lawson
Chief Operating Officer
Services
Prairie Travelers has provided RNs, LPNs, CANs and Medication Aide staffing to health care facilities in North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota for over 20 years. We provide staffing coverage from single dates to multiple week contracts. Our staff is experienced, educated and thoroughly screen prior to arrival. All staff is covered under our professional liability, worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance.
LaTina Jensen
Healthcare Practice Consultant
Services: The Keane Insurance Group is one of the largest medical Professional liability insurance brokers in the Nation. We offer access to more carriers and more innovative solutions than anyone in the industry. All lines of insurance for hospitals, senior care facilities, surgery centers, ACOs, large groups, and individual providers. Product offerings include medical professional liability, free HR assistance, disability insurance plans, coverage for Cyber Liability, and more.
Michelle Karjala
Business Support Coordinator
Services: Minneapolis-based MMIC is the Midwest’s leading provider of medical liability insurance and risk management services for medical professionals. For 35 years, MMIC has helped health care systems, physician groups, hospitals and long-term care providers reduce risk and improve patient and resident safety. Today, MMIC supports health care leaders, physicians and all who provide care by enhancing their well-being and performance. This results in better quality patient care, a better patient experience and a lower cost of care. Visit MMICgroup.com
Kimberly Johnson
Regional VP, Western Region
Services: Managed Care Advisory Group (MCAG) is an expert at identifying and recovering non-traditional high margin revenue for all types of organizations from class action settlements. They have experience and credibility in getting the most for your claim with the least effort on your part. Clients have received hundreds of millions of dollars from settlement funds via their Settlement Recovery Service (SRS). They don’t create class actions, they continually search for class actions that have already settled and have funds available for their clients.
Susan Eason
Director of Marketing
Services: Ideacom Mid-America is the Midwest’s leading provider of nurse call systems, workflow automation, and staff and patient security systems. We offer a full complement of communication solutions that can be tailored to fit any size facility, budget, and need. Find out how we can help you optimize your workflow, improve staff and patient satisfaction, and provide a safer, quieter and more responsive environment. At Ideacom, we are creating a better future by connecting people through technology.
Darin Willardsen, MD
Founder, CEO
Services: Horizon Virtual is an awarding-winning company that provides remote robotic Internal Medicine Physician services to Critical Access Hospitals in the Midwest in an effort to meet the growing demand for highly trained and qualified physicians. This service allows local patients to fully utilize their hometown hospital and helps local providers and administration to remain confident in the services they provide to their community.
Levi Hentges
Director of Business Development
Services: SEAM is a full-service data destruction company specialized in hard drive shredding, paper shredding, electronics recycling, and IT equipment resale. As the only certified provide in the Dakotas, SEAM guarantees compliance for healthcare organizations to minimize risks and maximize return on their decommissioned devices.
Darcy Litzen
Client Development Officer
Services: Delivering high quality telemedicine care to individuals when and where it’s needed.
John Bretz
Director
Services: SunRx implements seamless contract pharmacy networks that are convenient cost-effective and promotes 340B compliance. Its industry-leading auditing, tracking and financial management features provide hospital administrators with up-to-the-minute information about their facility’s 340B program savings.
Eric Waldenmaier
VP Business Development
Services: Paymerang processes billions in payments annually for clients around the country in diverse sectors including banking, education, healthcare, media, manufacturing, and services. Our payment network spans over 400,000 vendors from coast to coast, with 75% receiving electronic payments over traditional checks.
Jay Volk
Vice President
Services: CareCredit is a leading healthcare credit card designed to help people pay for the healthcare they need in a way that is helpful for them. From dentistry, veterinary care and hearing aids to prescription glasses and cosmetic surgery, CareCredit is a way for people to pay for care not covered by insurance, including elective procedures, copays, deductibles, and coinsurance, often with special financing. CareCredit is accepted at more than 240,000 provider and health related merchant locations and there are more than 12 million CareCredit cardholders. Key Benefits: helping hospitals & health systems Shift collection Risk with risk free payment, Improve Collection Rate, Reduce A/R, Increase Cash Flow with 2-day payments, Increase Revenue, Increase Patient Retention, and Improve Patient Satisfaction and Financial Experience.
Rory Audino
Senior National Account Executive
Services: A leading managed services provider that streamlines the staffing process for hospitals and healthcare systems by serving as the single point of contact for hiring requests.
Ryan Millman
Sr. Executive Benefits Consultant
Services: Modern Capital’s Executive Benefits Practice has been working with federal and state regulators since 1995 and has years of experience consulting with nonprofit organizations to provide solutions that recruit, reward, and retain their executive leadership and key employees. Through custom design, implementation, and administration, Modern Capital offers all types of executive benefit plans with various funding and cost offset strategies.
Richard Bubach
CEO
Services: QHA collaborates with healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities across the state to improve the quality of care provided to the people of ND. QHA works toward this goal through a number of contracts, partnerships, and initiatives to improve the quality of care for the people of ND by successfully balancing the needs of providers, consumers, stakeholds, and payers.
Erik van Kuijk
Professor
Services: Trains the next generation of Physicians.
Mark R Whitmore
CEO / Shareholder
Services: Legal – Bassford Remele has been defending medical providers in litigation and at trial for four decades. This representation includes doctors, nurses, hospitals, and other providers, and also includes assistance with credentialing and board matters.
John Lazarczyk
Partner Alliance Manager
Services: For over 20 years, Accurate has helped healthcare organizations make the quick, compliant, and informed hiring decisions needed for healthcare’s complex staffing requirements and competitive labor market. Accurate is industry leaders in providing employment screening that delivers the speed and accuracy you demand with the personalized customer support you deserve. Accurate offers 24/7, multi-lingual U.S.-based client and candidate support. Industry leading verification rates, intuitive self-serve reporting capability and seamless integration with Applicant Tracking Systems helps you to streamline your program. And, to ensure a positive candidate experience, we offer a mobile optimized candidate experience and LiveChat support from any device.
Carrie Wilson, AINS
Executive Vice President
Services: Providing insurance and risk management products and services.
Joanna Slaminski
Market Executive
Services: Mortenson is family-owned organization built on strong values, family heritage, and a commitment to making a difference in the community. We provide a complete range of construction and development services and are currently ranked as the 15th largest contractor in the United States, We are focused on providing solutions that drive value for our customers and our dedicated team of experts are among the most experienced in the industry.
Brian Pyle
ICRA Specialist
Services: Healthcare construction infection control risk assessment training.