Dr. Paul Fonken, Medical Director at the Timberline Medical Clinic, and Dr. Austin Bailey will speak at the Rotary Club of Estes Park on Thursday, Sept. 14, at their regular noon meeting. They will provide an overview of the ongoing transition of the U.S. health care system from a fee-for-service driven system to a value-based system.
This transition started well before Obama Care, and very likely, will continue regardless of national politics. The change is driven by the high cost of the fee-for-service system, which promotes increasing utilization of expensive health care services while underemphasizing prevention and care for chronic diseases. In contrast, value based health system reforms are beginning to bend the cost curve by tracking and rewarding methods of care that both improve quality and decrease costs.
Dr. Fonken will illustrate this shift from a “volume-based” system to a “value-based” system by describing changes at Timberline Medical over the past 10 years. As a certified “Patient-Centered Medical Home,” Timberline Medical has improved its methods of providing primary medical care. This has resulted in better health status for Timberline’s patient population, while decreasing the total cost of medical care for Timberline’s Medicare patients.
Dr. Paul Fonken
Dr. Fonken is Board Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. He attended high school in Laramie, WY and did his pre-medical studies at the University of Wyoming. He completed medical school at the University of New Mexico in their innovative “Primary Care Curriculum”. After completing his family medicine residency in Greeley, CO in 1990, he joined Timberline Medical, where he practiced full spectrum family medicine until 1997. He then spent eight years with a team in Kyrgyzstan helping to establish family medicine as a medical specialty in the Central Asian Republics. Since returning to Timberline Medical in 2005, he has been helping the clinic to navigate the transition toward “value-based” care.
Dr. Fonken continues to care for Timberline’s patients at EPMC, where he has served twice as the chief of the medical staff. Also, he is an assistant clinical professor of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Dr. Austin Bailey
Dr. Bailey is a graduate of the University of Texas and Texas Tech University. He served 28 years on the faculty of the Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency Program at Poudre Valley Hospital, serving as its Program Director for 19 of those years. Currently, Dr. Bailey provides leadership in two major areas for UCHealth. He is the Medical Director for Population Health, where he facilitates the development of UCHealth’s Clinically Integrated Network which contracts directly with employers. In addition, he is the Medical Director for Primary Care within the UCHealth Medical Group, where he facilitates the transformation of primary care practices towards a “Patient Centered Medical Home” and advises UCHealth on its Primary Care strategy.
Sept. 7, 2017 Meeting Notes
The meeting was opened by President Kathy. Invocation was presented by Anne Slack and song and pledge by Pete Sumey. Wayne Newsom welcomed visitors and visiting Rotarians: Past Assistant Governor Ron Randle, Fort Collins Foothills Club; Linda Vomaske, Assistant Governor, Fort Collins Foothills Club; Harriett Woodard; Marvin Criswell; District Governor-elect Hastings, NE Dale Schultz; Peter Hedstrom; Craig Kautz; Larry Allen, Florence, AZ; and Barb Widrig, wife of Don Widrig.
Ron Randle and Linda Vomaske, outgoing and incoming district assistant governors
President Kathy presented an honorary membership to Don Widrig for his many years of service.
Did Don Widrig's Honorary Rotarian pin have duck feathers? Congratulations, Duckster Don!
Announcements
Sign-up clipboards were sent around for members to sign up to work the Farmer’s Market. Two shifts are available: 8 to 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 am to 1 p.m. Also members are needed to work the upcoming Autumn Gold on September 23.
A Celebration of Life will be held for Ken TeSelle on Sept. 23, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Community Church of the Rockies.
Tara Moenning advised the members of the upcoming recycle event on Oct. 21 at the Community Church of the Rockies parking lot. Patrons can bring items to be shred and an electronic and paint recycling will also be offered. Tara is need of 12 volunteers. If you are interested in helping, please contact Tara.
Tara Moenning also read a letter from one of our club’s scholarship recipients, Ryan Thamert. In the letter, he gave an update on his studies and his internship.
Former member Nancy Stevens passed away, Saturday, Sept. 2. A celebration of her life is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 27 from 3-5 p.m. at the Stanley Hotel Concert Hall.
Happy Money
Thor was happy that Assistant Governor Ron Randle was so helpful to him during his Presidency. Thor was also happy that Harriett Woodard is now a member of our club.
Karen Thompson was glad to be back to attending meetings
Larry Allen was happy to be a visitor at our club.
Program
Roger Thorp introduced our guest speaker for today’s meeting, Cary Stevanus. Her program highlighted fundraising for the Honor Flight and the Veteran’s Monument. After her presentation, member Bob Brunson and President Kathy presented Cary with a check in the amount of $1,001 as a donation towards the monument from the Rotary Club of Estes Park.
Bob Brunson presents our club's donation for the Veterans Monument to Carey Stevanus.
Submitted by Kerrie Hill, Scribe and Scott Thompson, photographer
In Memoriam
Nancy Stevens
Nancy Jane Stevens, daughter of Dean & Flossie Sack, was born August 12, 1938 in York, Nebraska, and passed away September 2, 2017 in Estes Park. Nancy cultivated her innate kindness and generosity through her extensive travels, her big-hearted philanthropy, her dedication to her work, her unbridled affection for everyone she met and especially through her pride in her family. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Management and Business from Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois. She also earned a Master’s Degree in Psychology and Adult and Continuing Education from the University of Nebraska. In addition, Nancy pursued undergraduate, graduate and post graduate studies in Philosophy and Medieval and Renaissance Studies from Oxford University, Oxford England, as well as post graduate studies in the Funding and Administration of Non-Profit organizations at the University of Chicago and the University of Missouri Block School of Business in Kansas City.
Nancy was the Director of International Studies for Barat College and worked with Oxford University at the Centre of Medieval and Renaissance Studies for 10 years as the American Representative coordinating American undergraduate and visiting academics for special programs abroad. After retiring from her position in Oxford, she relocated to Kansas City and advanced to the position of Executive Director and Director of Development of the Kansas City Camerata Chamber Orchestra. Nancy finished her illustrious career in Estes Park where for 18 years she was the Director of Programs and Development for the Estes Park Music Festival. Stevens was a board member and officer of several community and academic organizations, including Phi Delta Kappa International, the AAUW, P.E.O. Chapter GJ and The Noon Rotary Club both of Estes Park. She joined Rotary December 8, 2005.
A celebration of Nancy's life is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 27 from 3-5 p.m. at the Stanley Hotel Concert Hall. Donations in Nancy’s honor may be made to Estes Park Junior Golf or Estes Park Pet Association.
Nancy Stevens
Nominating Committee seeking leaders
The Nominating Committee to slate officers for the next club year, July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 has been appointed by President Kathy Groesbeck, in accordance with our club's bylaws. The Nominating Committee members are: Dave Evans, President-Elect and Chair; Pete Sumey, Past President, Thor Homme, Immediate Past President, and Karol Rinehart, Member-at-Large.Tara Moenning has accepted a position on the Nominating Committee to replace the late Ken TeSelle.
The Committee will continue to meet in the next several weeks to submit the names of qualified members for President-Elect Nominee, Secretary, Treasurer, Sergeant-at-Arms for one-year terms; three Directorates of Club Service and Administration, Community Service, and Membership for two-year terms; and two Foundation Board trustees for three-year terms. Also, the committee will nominate from the membership someone to fulfill the two-year term of 2017-18 and 2018-19 for the International Service Directorate, with Dave Evans resigning from the position to become the President Elect for 2017-18.
At the Club Meeting of August 17, 2017, President Kathy Groesbeck announced the position changes of: Karol Rinehart, resigned as President-Elect and resuming the Director of Club Service and Administration; Dave Evans accepting President-Elect and resigning Director of International Service; Tara Moenning resigning Director of Club Service and Administration and resuming Scholarship Chair at the club's Foundation. These necessary changes came as a result of a Nominating Committee of Thor Homme, Pete Sumey, and Kathy Groesbeck meeting to slate these positions. These position changes were announced at the Club Meeting of August 17 and Sept. 7, 2017, will be announced at the Sept. 14 Club Meetings, as well as published in The Spoke on August 28, September 4, and Sept. 11, 2017, in accordance with the club's bylaws.
The Nominating Committee places the following names forward, which will be officially approved by the Club Board at their meeting on September 5, 2017.
Club Service Director ................ Karol Rinehart
International Service Director.....To be filled
Rotary Quote of the Week
"Just think: The next case of polio could be the last case. But we must be careful, because that "last case" will not the be the end of our task. In fact, that's when the job gets even harder. The World Health Organization will require at least three years with zero cases reported before certifying the world polio free."
-Paul A. Netzel, 2017-18 R. I. Foundation Trustee Chairman
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