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Meet our Ballad Health leaders: Mitch Kennedy

It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people. 1. What’s your name? Mitch Kennedy   2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? Chief Nursing Officer at Norton Community Hospital and Dickenson Community Hospital   3. Where are you from? Clintwood, Virginia   4. Education and professional background: Associate degree in nursing from Mountain Empire Community College, BSN from Virginia Commonwealth University, MBA from King University.   5. Tell us about your family: My son A.J. Kennedy is 16 and is a junior in high school. My twin brother Michael Kennedy works with me at Norton Community Hospital and is my closest friend.   6. Tell us about your pets: I have a saltwater reef aquarium.   7. What’s your favorite food? Sushi and steak   8….

Spirit Gala Raffle car winner just glad to support Niswonger Children’s Hospital

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Like almost all the participants, Martin Bailey bought raffle tickets so he could support Niswonger Children’s Hospital – but he didn’t really expect to win anything. The pharmacist from the small community of Parrottsville got a lot more than he bargained for, though. Bailey was the grand prize winner of the Mountain States Foundation’s Spirit Gala Raffle, which landed him a 2018 Chevy Traverse donated by Champion Chevrolet Cadillac. This was the 11th year the dealership has donated the grand prize. “I wanted to support the hospital and I thought, ‘What’s the best way? Buy a raffle ticket,’ ” Bailey said. So he bought two tickets at $50 apiece shortly before Christmas. Then, like all past winners, he didn’t know whether to believe it when he received the news he’d won. It came in the form of a phone call on Jan. 27 when the raffle drawing was held during the…

Meet our Ballad Health leaders: Todd Dougan

It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people. 1. What’s your name? Todd J. Dougan 2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? Financial integration officer 3. Where are you from? Grew up in Chrisney, Indiana, population 600. Corn fields and coal mines. 4. Education and professional background: Moved to Tampa, Florida, upon graduation to work for Price Waterhouse, met my future wife Jennifer at orientation, started dating in the second week (against the rules), got engaged in 1984 (against the rules), married in 1985 (against the rules, they finally made me transfer to a different department), moved to England for two years 1988 to 1990, then worked in Orlando office to 1993. Worked for HCA and Columbia/HCA 1993 to 1997 in Sarasota and Panama City, Florida,…

Shamrock 4 Miler set for March 16 in Abingdon; team member discount offered

ABINGDON, Va. — The seventh annual Johnston Memorial Hospital Shamrock 4 Miler and Leprechaun Walk, presented by Highlands Union Bank and benefiting the Ballad Health Foundation, is set for Friday, March 16, at 7 p.m. Break out your running shoes and St. Patrick’s attire for this fun race through the heart of downtown Abingdon. Ballad Health team members will receive a discount of $5 off their registration fee and one lucky team member will win a free registration! If you register online at www.jmhshamrock.com, use the code word “BALLAD5.” If you pay your entry fee by mail, just indicate on the check or entry form that you are a team member, and make your payment for $5 less than full price. With the discount, team members would pay $20 to enter the run and $10 to enter the walk. If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Lindsey by email at sarah.lindsey@balladhealth.org or by phone at 276-258-4560. We hope to see you…

Meet our Ballad Health leaders: Nikki Vanburen

It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people. 1. What’s your name? Nikki Vanburen 2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? Chief nursing officer for Franklin Woods Community Hospital and Woodridge Hospital 3. Where are you from? Johnson City 4. Education and professional background: Earned my MSN/MBA from King University, BSN from East Tennessee State University, serve on the adjunct faculty at King College’s College of Nursing; I served as a staff ER nurse and trauma manager at Johnson City Medical Center, ED director and then chief nursing officer at Johnston Memorial Hospital, and also was an ER staff nurse at Carilion Roanoke Memorial. 5. Tell us about your family: Married to my husband, Alex, for 20 years. Our son, Alex II, is a senior at…

Meet our Ballad Health leaders: Clay Rolston

It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people. 1. What’s your name? Clay Rolston 2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? Executive Director of Ballad Health Foundation 3. Where are you from? Grew up in Kingsport, currently live in Johnson City. 4. Education and professional background: Graduated from Clemson University in Industrial Engineering. Earned MBA from Florida Tech. Have worked in business development and process improvement roles at Westinghouse Electric, Eastman Chemical, and Pal’s Business Excellence Institute. 5. Tell us about your family: Wife Luanna; children are Ben (junior at University of Tennessee), Marley (sophomore at South Carolina) and Lily (junior at Science Hill). 6. Tell us about your pets: We have a crazy boxer pup named Nala. 7. What’s your favorite food? Anything seafood. 8. What’s your…

A message from our VP of HR: Here’s what we’re working on in human resources

Our Ballad Health merger has taken place and we’re moving forward as one system – but the transition is far from complete. There’s still a lot of work going on behind the scenes to fully bring us together, including in human resources. We’ve got an HR integration team in place giving careful consideration to an array of things, from pay scales and benefit packages to PTO and service recognition. It’s a complicated process but the team is working hard on putting it all together for us, and as decisions are made, we’ll communicate them to our team members. Look for many of these things to take effect on July 1, 2018, the start of the new fiscal year. We recognize it’s a time of uncertainty for everyone, so we’ll be as transparent as possible during this process and make sure Ballad Health team members are kept up-to-date as details are finalized. Here’s a list of…

Important note regarding our Ballad Health insurance and in-network providers

As Ballad Health, we’ve officially merged from two health systems into one. But there are still aspects of our merger that will take a while to implement, including our health insurance plans. It’s important to note that, until July 1, 2018, our in-network health insurance provider list has not changed yet. Providers who were out-of-network for you before the merger remain out-of-network for now. In this regard, we’re still operating on two different benefits systems for the next few months. Former Wellmont team members don’t yet have in-network access to Mountain States providers and vice versa. Creating a comprehensive benefits and health insurance package is one of the biggest things we’re working on, and after July 1, 2018, we should have a plan that gives all benefit-eligible Ballad Health team members in-network coverage at all Ballad Health facilities. We’ll have more information for you as details are finalized. In the meantime, if you’ve got questions, please…

Nominate a fellow team member for the 2018 Servant’s Heart Award

Do you know someone here at Ballad Health who routinely goes above and beyond the normal call of duty to help others? If so, please consider nominating them for the Servant’s Heart Award. You can nominate your fellow Ballad Health team members, including physicians and volunteers, for this honor by visiting this link and describing why your nominee is deserving. Servant’s Heart Awards are given out in four categories: frontline team members, leadership, physicians and volunteers. This is a great way for us to celebrate the outstanding work being done every day by team members within our health system. NOTE: This nomination period is open for ALL Ballad Health team members through March 15. For legacy Mountain States and Laughlin Memorial team members who have already submitted nominations, there’s no need to resubmit. Your previous nominations are still good. This reopening of the nomination period is designed to ensure that ALL Ballad Health team members have…

The 2018 Niswonger Children’s Hospital Radiothon set for Feb. 26-27

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Patients just like 11-year-old Patiance Gardner depend on the Niswonger Children’s Hospital Radiothon. Patiance has an immune deficiency that plagues her with fatigue, narcolepsy, a heart murmur and susceptibility to all childhood diseases even though she’s been vaccinated and revaccinated for all of them. Every three weeks, Patiance visits Niswonger Children’s Hospital for medical tests, doctor visits and to have an IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin) infusion of antibodies that her body doesn’t make. She’ll need these infusions for the rest of her life. “When we went to Niswonger Children’s Hospital for her first infusion, a child life specialist helped her start a mock IV on a stuffed bear,” said Gwendolyn Gardner, Patiance’s mother. “After that, she wasn’t scared anymore. Now, she loves to go and says the staff is like her family. Niswonger Children’s Hospital has been a blessing. I don’t know what we would do without them.” The radiothon is Niswonger Children’s…

Run for Your Buns 5K is coming up March 3 in JC as part of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

  JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and we’re hosting our annual Run for Your Buns 5K on Saturday, March 3, at 9 a.m. at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Come join us and learn about the importance of early colon screening and how easy it is to have your colonoscopy. Local health ambassadors will be onsite to provide information about probiotics and education about the best diets for your colon. Entry fee is $25 person, although Ballad Health team members get $5 off by presenting the promo code “FWCH” when registering. You can register at: RunForYourBuns.com or www.thegoosechase.org. Packet pickup is Friday, March 2, from 4-6:30 p.m. at The Wellness Center, 200 Med Tech Parkway. Together we’ll stroll, walk or run our way to healthier colons!

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