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2008 Exhibitor Profiles
 
75th Annual Convention, October 4-7
Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
 
 
****EARLY BIRD RATE ENDS MAY 2****
Please direct all questions to Toni Pugmire, IHA's director of education, at 208/338-5100 x201 or tpugmire@teamiha.org
 
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BOOTH #1 - RESERVED - SPONSOR - Architectural Nexus
Architectural Nexus specializes in a diverse range of industries providing architectural design services, programming, master planning, feasibility studies, and interior design. Those industries include: Healthcare, Research, K-12 Education and Higher Education, Cultural and Community Centers, Commercial Industrial, Commercial Office/Retail, Recreational, Historic Restoration, Housing and Hospitality, Religious, Interior Design, and Municipal & Federal Government. Architectural Nexus has approximately 100 employees and three locations to serve our clients: our principal office is in Salt Lake City, Utah, with offices in Logan, Utah and Tempe, Arizona. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.archnexus.com.
 
BOOTH #2 - RESERVED - Virginia Mason Medical Center
Virginia Mason Medical Center is a non-profit organization offering a system of integrated health services -- including a multi-specialty group practice of 400+ physicians, an acute-care hospital, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and the Bailey-Boushay House, a nursing residence and day health center for people living with HIV/AIDS. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.virginiamason.org.
 
BOOTH #3 - RESERVED - Hudson Insurance Group
Hudson Insurance Group is a specialty insurance underwriter of primary and excess coverages written through two strategic business units: Hudson Programs, based in New York City, specializing in primary and excess insurance programs; and Hudson Healthcare, based in Napa, CA, specializing in physicians' and hospitals' medical malpractice insurance.

Hudson Insurance Group underwrites on an admitted and non-admitted basis through Hudson Insurance Company, Hudson Specialty Insurance Company and Clearwater Insurance Company. Hudson is a strong, financially secure company -- rated "A" XV (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company. For more information, visit us at www.hudsoninsurancecompany.com.

 
BOOTH #4 - RESERVED - Emdeon Business Services
Emdeon empowers healthcare providers through innovative revenue cycle management solutions by tapping the most complete network of payers, partners, and resources in the healthcare industry. Our uniquely efficient services Simplify the Business of Healthcare to save our clients time and money so they can focus on what's most important - their patients. For more information, visit us at www.emdeon.com.
 
BOOTH #5 - RESERVED - PacificSource Health Plans
PacificSource is an independent, not-for-profit health plan serving the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1933, PacificSource provides medical and dental benefits to more than 4,000 employers and covers more than 151,000 people with its group and individual health insurance plans. Doors opened to the Idaho market in September 2007, and is PacificSource's first venture outside of the Oregon market it has served for over 74 years. For more information, visit us at www.pacificsource.com.
 
BOOTH #6 - RESERVED - CTA Architects Engineers
CTA is an "all in one" architectural engineering firm with the comprehensive resources it takes to guide a project from conception to utilization of the facilities. Our firm has a specific emphasis in the creation and renovation of healthcare facilities and has been ranked in the "Top 100 Design Firms for Healthcare in the U.S." by Modern HealthcareMagazine for the past four years. CTA understands the complexities and demands of today's healthcare projects and the need for technically advanced construction methods as well as cutting-edge design. For more information, please visit www.ctagroup.com or call 208.336.4900.
 
BOOTH #7 - RESERVED - Marketing Solutions Promotional Products
Marketing Solutions Promotional Products offer a complete line of promotional products. Our services include embroidery and screen printing. Our product line includes: awards, recognition and gifts, drinkware and housewares, golf, sports, outdoor and leisure, health and personal care, office and desk accessories, safety, auto, tools and key chains, bags and travel, writing instruments, and calendars and planners. For more information contact Nandra Courtright or Joanna Harvey at 888.943.5463 or visit www.marketingsolutions.norwood.com.
 
BOOTH #8 - RESERVED - Office for Civil Rights
OCR ensures that people have equal access to health and human services without facing unlawful discrimination by providing public education and technical assistance, investigating complaints, and conducting compliance reviews involving entities that receive funds or assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. OCR ensures the privacy of people's identifiable health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), by providing public education and technical assistance, investigating complaints, and conducting compliance reviews.
 
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BOOTH #14 - RESERVED - The SSI Group, Inc.
The SSI Group, Inc. is a national information technology company established in 1988. The company maintains corporate headquarters in Mobile, AL, and branch facilities in Clearwater, FL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; and Chesapeake, VA. With approximately 390 employees and 2200+ clients nationwide, SSI leads the healthcare field in claims management technology, EDI platforms and networking. ClickOn technology has over 200,000 built-in edits, delivers HIPAA certified transactions from Claredi, and is EHNAC certified. As a testament to the company's leadership, ClickOn Technology processes 250 million transactions annually, totaling in excess of $300 billion. Payer connections are strong at 800+. The company offers a wide range of provider/payer/physician services and technologies for managing cash flow - claims processing (ASP/Direct/Clearinghouse), real-time eligibility, claims status/audition, contract/denial/document management and business office outsourcing for paper claims. For more information, visit us at www.thessigroup.com or call 800.880.3032.
 
BOOTH #15 - RESERVED - CNA HealthPro
CNA HealthPro offers professional liability insurance for hospital and other health care facilities. For more information, visit us at www.cna.com or call 503.431.3077.
 
BOOTH #16 - RESERVED - COMPdata

COMPdata is the most comprehensive and multidisciplinary source of comparative utilization, quality, performance measurement, clinical, physician, financial, demographic, market share, and severity-adjusted information. Since 1987 COMPdata has provided the most timely data, information, report generation, mapping and graphics capabilities, and tools for local-area community healthcare anlaysis. COMPdata customers include over 500 hospitals and health systems, state hospital associations, state data agencies, and researchers.

COMPdata offers highly valued and quality data collection services. This ensures the most timely, high quality, and accurate data are available to COMPdata subscribers 91 days after the close of each calendar quarter.

COMPdata also includes reports and tools detailing the AHRQ Quality and Patient Safety Indicators, and assists subscribers by submitting their data for CMS Performance Measurement requirements, the Hospital Quality Alliance, and the Leapfrog initiative, Leapfrog Hospital Insights. COMPdata is also an affordable tool for meeting the JCAHO Core Measurement requirements.

For more information, visit us at www.compdatainfo.com or call 866.262.6222.

 
BOOTH #17 - RESERVED - Professional Finance Company
Service, Integrity, Results...Since 1904 Professional Finance Company, Inc. (PFC) has been turning bad debt into cash for our valued clients. Over 1,500 healthcare clients use PFC to recover their accounts receivable. Through out First Party Receivables Solution division we recover your current self-pay accounts in a transparent way, becoming a true extension of your business office. Our combination of the latest computer technology and highly experienced staff enables us to effectively collect both your current and delinquent accounts, helping to keep your bottom line healthy, enabling you to focus on the health of your patients. For more information, visit us at www.pfccollects.com or call 800.864.4391.
 
BOOTH #18 - RESERVED - Dairyland Healthcare Solutions
Dairyland Healthcare Solutions is an award-winning healthcare information systems company that links essential information between small community hospitals and their healthcare delivery and business networks. DHS enables its hospital partners to deliver the highest level of patient care by providing the information infrastructure required to operate effectively in the dynamic and complex healthcare delivery environment. For nearly three decades, DHS has partnered with leading community hospitals to help them improve efficiencies, enhance profitability and ensure patient safety by providing solutions to manage, integrate and access key financial, clinical and patient information. DHS is the only company to be awarded three consecutive "Best in KLAS" ratings in the Community Hospital Information Systems category. To learn more, visit us at www.dhsnet.com.
 
BOOTH #19 - RESERVED - Swisslog Healthcare Solutions
Swisslog is a globalprovider of integrated logistics solutions for warehouses, distribution centers and hospitals. Swisslog's solutions optimize the customer's production, logistics and distribution processes in order to increase their flexibility, responsiveness and quality of service, while minimizing logistics costs.
 
With years of experience in the development and implementation of integrated logistics solutions, Swisslog provides the expertise that customers in more than 50 countries around the world rely on. Headquartered in Buchs/Aarau, Switzerland, Swisslog currently employees around 1,850 staff in 23 countries worldwide. Fore more information, visit us at www.swisslog.com and click on Healthcare Solutions.
 
Swisslog designs solutions in logistics automation to meet the storage, movement and distribution needs of the healthcare industry. Our solutions are composed of systems that greatly reduce the manual flow of materials and associated information within healthcare facilities. Our customers benefit from faster turn-around time, increased productivity and greater safety at a lower cost of operation.
 
BOOTH #20 - RESERVED - The MHA Group
Merritt, Hawkins & Associates is the largest permanent placement physician search and consulting firm in the United States. MHA also specializes in the permanent recruitment of advanced practice allied health care professionals.
 
BOOTH #21 - RESERVED - SPONSOR - Idaho Health Facilities Authority
 
BOOTH #22 - RESERVED - SPONSOR - Yellowstone Insurance Exchange, RRG
Yellowstone Insurance Exchange, RRG, is a member owned insurance exchange providing professional and general liability insurance. For more information, visit us at www.yierrg.com or call 866.216.7433.
 
BOOTH #23 - AVAILABLE - FOR SPONSORS ONLY
 
BOOTH #24 - RESERVED - SPONSOR - Kahl Insurance Services, LLC
Kahl Insurance Services, LLC is a full service insurance brokerage dedicated solely to the healthcare industry. Kahl Insurance Services differentiates itself from other brokerage firms in its ability to offer timely service solutions and our ability to create tailored risk management programs that complement our insurance coverages. Our value-added risk management apporach allows our clients to utilize our expertise in a vast array of areas from environment of care assessments, JCAHO pre-surveys, infection control and patient safety. Our clients include hospital, healthcare systems, physician groups, and a wide variety of ambulatory care operations. For more information, visit us at www.kahlinsurance.com or call 720.489.7189.
 
BOOTH #25 - RESERVED - SPONSOR - Blue Cross of Idaho
 
BOOTH #26 - AVAILABLE - FOR SPONSORS ONLY
 
BOOTH #27 - RESERVED - SPONSOR - Eide Bailly, LLP

Eide Bailly is a firm of CPAs and Business Advisors that has enjoyed a long history of serving hospitals in Idaho. Our Boise office, established in 2004, continues to expand service delivery for our health care clients in the region.

Eide Bailly provides audit, cost report and tax services to health care clients across the continuum of care. In addition, Eide Bailly's 150+ health care professionals provide a wide range of financial, reimbursement, compliance, operational, coding, and billing solutions. For more information, visit us at www.eidebailly.com or call 208.344.7150.

 
BOOTH #28 - RESERVED - SPONSOR - Chivaroli & Associates Insurance Services
Chivaroli & Associates is a full service brokerage firm specializing in the custom design and placement of insurance and alternative risk funding solutions for the healthcare industry.
 
BOOTH #29 - RESERVED - Press Ganey Associates, Inc.
Press Ganey partners with over 7,000 health care facilities to improve quality of care. We provide insight that allows organizations to improve performance, strengthen customer satisfaction, and increase market share.
 
BOOTH #30 - RESERVED - AIG Retirement
AIG Retirement offers retirement saving, investment planning, 457b plans, and special pay plans.
 
BOOTH #31 - RESERVED - STERIS Corporation
 
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BOOTH #35 - RESERVED - LCA Architects
Since 1972, throughout the Northwest and Northern Nevada, Lombard-Conrad Architects, P.A. has approached architectural design with an appreciation for our clients' needs as well as a commitment to designing structures that have a lasting place in the community. We deliver award-winning designs that also satisfy budgets, schedules, and functional requirements. Our creative skills are grounded in accuracy, clarity, planning, strategy, and client involvement. We tailor our talents to the design of performing arts centers, correctional facilities, educational facilities, office buildings, commercial/retail buildings, financial institutions, and government facilities - some of which have already withstood the test of time, others of which are on their way to becoming landmarks. For additional information, contact Sam Burrows at 208.345.6677 or at sburrows@lcarch.com or visit us at www.lcarch.com.
 
BOOTH #36 - RESERVED - SPONSOR - Parker Smith & Feek, Inc.
Parker, Smith & Feek, Inc. is a full service insurance broker based in Bellevue, Washington. We are committed to developing a thorough understanding of our 'clients' objectives, their exposures to risk, and communicating available alternatives. Professional liability including alternative risk financing is a particular specialty for our firm, but we also help in arranging coverage in other business areas as well, including property, business interruption, general liability, workers compensation, automobile, employment practices, employee benefits and D & O liability. Unique features to our practice group include clinical risk management consulting and claims reporting and advocacy.
For additional information, contact Sherry Heaton at 503.635.4890 or at slheaton@psfinc.com, or Jim Chesemore at 425.709.3773 or at jrchesemore@psfinc.com.
 
BOOTH #37 - RESERVED - CPSI
CPSI is a single source vendor that provides a complete and fully integrated healthcare information system for community hospitals that includes software, hardware, conversion/implementation, and support. Software modules include financial, clinical, point of care, and PACS solutions.
 
BOOTH #38 - RESERVED - Dowden Custom Media
Dowden Custom Media is your partner for exceptional results -- when you're looking to build your brand, drive responses or increase clinical encounters. Dowden offers unequalled expertise in connecting with consumers and clinicians on a regular basis through our consumer publications, online communication tools, live events and professional journals. Whether you need a totally custom magazine, a new Web site or a unique health event for your market, our team of health communication experts is ready to partner with you to develop and deliver integrated marketing solutions that help you exceed your goals. Ready for results? Call us at 877.7DOWDEN, or visit us at www.dowdencustom.com.
 
BOOTH #39 - RESERVED - FinCor Solutions
FinCor Solutions is a consultative, multi-line insurance company offering health care providers both traditional and alternative risk products and services. For more information, contact Mike Rutz at 425.526.2266 or mrutz@wacasulaty.com or visit us at www.wacasualty.com.
 
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BOOTH #42 - RESERVED - FocusOne Solutions
FocusOne Solutions provides managed services programs designed to streamline the staffing process. Our customized, innovative workforce solutions help our clients achieve greater operating efficiencies and exceptional fill rates. This simplified process provides the benefits of working with various staffing firms without the administrative headaches. One Source. Seamless Staffing. For more information call 800.856.6574, or visit our Web site at www.focusonesolutions.com.
 
BOOTH #43 - RESERVED - Red Mortgage Capital, Inc.
Red Capital Group® is a leader in healthcare finance with a passionate commitment to rebuilding America's rural and community hospitals and clinics. Our healthcare professionals focus exclusively on small and rural hospitals and provide a comprehensive array of financing services including FHA, OSDA, and bond financing options. For more information call 866.456.1309, or visit our Web site at www.redcapitalgroup.com.
 
BOOTH #44 - RESERVED - NightHawk Radiology Services
NightHawk Radiology Services serves as a One Source, One Solution provider of professional interpretation services, business services, and its proprietary clinical workflow technology of radiology customers. These services are designed to improve the quality of patient care and lives of physicians who provide it. NightHawk's radiologists are U.S. board-certified, state-licensed and hospital-privileged located in the United States, Australia, and Switzerland. For more information call 866.400.4295, or visit our Web site at www.nighhawkrad.net.
 
BOOTH #45 - RESERVED - Hammes Company
Hammes Company is a single source of market-based and financially sound healthcare facilities solutions. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., with 18 regional offices, Hammes Company is a leading full service consulting firm at the forefront of providing strategic market based planning, facility development, project management and implementation, and real estate acquisition and advisory services to their clients. Ranked as the nation's number one developer of healthcare facilities for eight consecutive years by Modern Healthcare magazine, Hammes Company serves major hospitals, healthcare systems and physician groups across the country. For more information, visit us at www.hammesco.com.
 
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BOOTH #52 - RESERVED - EZ Way, Inc.
EZ Way manufactures/distributes patient transfer equipment featuring mobile floor lifts, sit-stands, ceiling lifts, lateral transfer and repositioning equpiment for the safety of patients and caregivers. For more information, call 800.627.8940 or visit us at www.ezlifts.com.
 
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