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New McLaren Bay Region President Clarence Sevillian points to the blinking bow tie of Chamber Chair Al Blinke at Tuesday's breakfast; Looking on are Mark Litten, left, and Keith Markstrom, right, interim Chamber prexy. NEW EXECS: Chamber Hosts Ex-College Athletes Heading McLaren, Bay Future
February 5, 2015
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Two former college athletes met at the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce eye-opener breakfast on Tuesday morning.
They were Clarence Sevillian, new president of McLaren-Bay Region, and Mark Litten, new head of Bay Future, economic development organization.
The meeting also featured the first under new Chamber chairman Al Blinke, manager of WNEM-TV, and interim Chamber president Keith Markstrom. While Mr. Blinke lit up the room with a blinking bow tie (get it, Blinke-blinking), Mr. Markstrom praised recently-retired president Mike Seward for "the growth this organization has experienced.
After Mr. Sevillian explained his vision of what an outstanding health care facility should be, he was introduced to Mr. Litten and the pair exchanged good natured greetings about their new roles -- and their onetime athletic endeavors.
Former Flint Beecher star Sevillian was a pass catching sensation as a wide receiver for the Vanderbilt University Commodore's football team. His 21.2 yards per reception in 1992 was tops in the SEC and seventh in the NCAA. His single game mark of 222 yards stood as a Vandy record for 15 years. He played for the Cincinnati Bengals pro football team two seasons after his college career.
Mr. Litten, by contrast, was a top player for the University of Mt. Union, Alliance, Ohio, basketball team, and has been a cage referee at the high school and college level since 1983.
Mr. Litten will be the speaker at the next Bay Area Chamber eye-opener breakfast Tuesday, Mar. 3 at Bay Valley.
Football injuries led him to the health care field, Mr. Sevillian explained. While receiving treatment on his shoulder and knee, he could see the benefits of the field of Physical Therapy.
While heading the PT department at McLaren-Flint, one of his patients was an ornery old man, a "Mr. Smith," who snapped: "Kid, get away from me and let me die." Persisting with treatment despite his patient's protestations, Mr. Sevillian finally was able to help the irascible "Mr. Smith," he said.
The rest of the story, as the saying goes, came later when Sevillian saw "Smith" and his wife out walking just as chipper as could be. "That really hit home to me," he exclaimed.
McLaren President and CEO Phil Incarnati calls Sevillian a "rare talent." He recognized that talent when he blew out his Achilles tendon and first encountered Sevillian, at the time a physical therapist for 301-bed McLaren Regional Medical Center. The CEO says he recognized his therapist as a potential leader. "People call it a lot of different things - whether it's charisma - but he has that," Incarnati says.
His main goal as a health care executive has been to determine how to create levels of treatment as if your own loved ones were the patients, he said.
The hospital of the future is unlike today's hospital, he said. More outpatient services, preventive care and screening, and holding the patient accountable for their own health care are trends of the field, according to the McLaren executive.
The government, through Medicare, is leading another new initiative in health care: pay for performance, an extension of value-based purchasing.
Quality health care tomorrow will involve more community partnerships and wellness programs, said Mr. Sevillian. "We will have to walk the talk, not only to receive reimbursement but because it's the right thing to do."
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