SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, January 26, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ground was officially broken January 25th for the Intermountain Kem Gardner Transformation Center. The center, to be built and operated by Intermountain Healthcare, will be the home for institutes that train healthcare leaders seeking to transform the way care is provided in the U.S. and around the world, achieving the highest clinical quality at the lowest sustainable cost.
Intermountain will build the 120,000-square-foot Transformation Center on the Intermountain Medical Center campus in Murray. Construction of the four-story facility should be complete in 2018.
The Transformation Center will be the base for a number of Intermountain programs, including:
Intermountain Healthcare Leadership Institute. Led by Charles Sorenson, MD, president emeritus of Intermountain, the Leadership Institute will offer multi-day leadership courses to senior-level healthcare physician leaders and administrators from the U.S. and other countries.
Intermountain Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research. Led by Brent James, MD, Intermountain’s chief quality officer, this Institute has trained nearly 5,000 senior physicians, nursing, and administrative executives, drawn from around the world, in clinical management methods. The Institute also has nearly 50 “daughter” training programs in nine countries.
Clinical Programs and innovation programs. With more than 1,500 active research studies in more than 20 clinical areas, Intermountain is equipped to make medical discoveries that improve care and save lives.
The Transformation Center is being funded in part by a $20 million donation to the Intermountain Foundation by Utah philanthropist Kem Gardner. Mr. Gardner has served on Intermountain boards for 34 years and was Chair of the Intermountain Board from 2007-2012. He currently chairs the Intermountain Foundation Board.
Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based not-for-profit system of 22 hospitals, 185 clinics, a Medical Group with about 1,500 employed physicians and advanced practitioners, a health plans group called SelectHealth, and other medical services. Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare through high quality and sustainable costs. For more information about Intermountain, visit www.intermountainhealthcare.org.
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Continuing growth underscores UESP’s value to families saving for higher education
(Salt Lake City) The Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) announced today that its assets under management topped $10 billion, a milestone capping 20 years as Utah’s official and only tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan.
The path to $10 billion began in 1996, when the Utah Legislature established UESP to help families save for higher education. In 2005, assets reached $1 billion in roughly 67,000 accounts. Today, UESP administers more than 330,000 accounts for college savers. Account owners live in all corners of the United States.
UESP is rapidly growing and is the sixth-largest 529 plan in the nation measured by market share, according to investment research firm Morningstar Inc. UESP is also the biggest self-managed plan in the 529 marketplace, according to Morningstar.
“Assets under management is an important measure of consumer acceptance,” said Lynne Ward, UESP Executive Director. “Families across the country see the benefit of saving for higher education through UESP, which offers numerous flexible investment options and fees that are among the lowest in the 529 industry.”
While helping children reach their educational goals, a UESP account also provides valuable tax benefits.
· Earnings accumulate tax-free.
· Earnings withdrawn from UESP are exempt from federal and Utah state income tax if used to pay for qualified higher education expenses at a college, university, or vocational school that participates in federal financial aid programs for students in the United States or abroad.
· Utah taxpayers may qualify for a Utah state income tax credit or deduction for contributions to UESP accounts, up to certain limits.
About UESP
UESP, Utah’s official nonprofit 529 college savings plan, is highly ranked by Morningstar Inc., Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, Money magazine, CBS MoneyWatch.com, and consumer expert Clark Howard for its low fees and industry innovations such as its customized allocation investment options.
Accounts are free to open, and UESP requires no minimum deposit or account balance. UESP’s user-friendly website, uesp.org, makes it easy to open, manage, and contribute to an account online.
To learn more about the Utah Educational Savings Plan, visit uesp.org, call UESP toll-free at 800.418.2551, or send an email to info@uesp.org.
Important Legal Notice
Read the Program Description for more information and consider all investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. Call 800.418.2551 for a copy of the Program Description or visit uesp.org.
Investments in UESP are not guaranteed by UESP, the Utah State Board of Regents, the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority or any other state or federal agency. However, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance is provided for the FDIC-insured accounts. Please read the Program Description to learn about the FDIC-insured accounts. Your investment could lose value.
Non-Utah taxpayers and residents: You should determine whether the state in which you or your beneficiary pays taxes or lives offers a 529 plan that provides state tax or other benefits not otherwise available to you by investing in UESP. You should consider such state tax treatment and benefits, if any, before investing in UESP.
UESP does not provide legal, financial, investment, or tax advice, and the information provided in this document does not contain legal, financial, investment, or tax advice and cannot be construed as such or relied upon for those purposes. You should consult your own tax or legal advisor to determine the effect of federal and state tax laws on your particular situation.
A Morningstar Analyst Rating for a 529 College Savings Plan is not a credit or risk rating. Analyst Ratings are subjective in nature and should not be used as the sole basis for investment decisions. Morningstar does not represent its Analyst Ratings to be guarantees. Please visit Morningstar.com for more information about the Analyst Ratings, as well as other Morningstar ratings and fund rankings.
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New Survey: Mountain West Voters Weigh-in on Trump Administration’s Priorities for Public Lands
Montana Governor Steve Bullock—Chairman of the Western Governors’ Association—to join media briefing call discussing findings on most pressing public lands issues
COLORADO SPRINGS—The Colorado College State of the Rockies Project will release its Conservation in the West Poll revealing the views of Mountain West voters on the Trump Administration’s priorities for managing the use and protection of national public lands.
On the media briefing call, panelists will provide in-depth analysis of the bipartisan survey across seven Western states, including findings on efforts to turn national public lands over to state government control, recent national monument designations, the outdoor recreation economy, and energy production on public lands.
WHAT: Media briefing call discussing Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll
WHEN: Tuesday, January 31st at 10:00am MST
WHERE: Dial conference number (855) 796-8563 and enter code 61798245
WHO:
NOTE: Poll results, infographics and briefing call slides will be available ahead of the briefing call at 9:30am MST on the Colorado College website.
About Colorado College
Colorado College is a nationally prominent, four-year liberal arts college that was founded in Colorado Springs in 1874. The college operates on the innovative Block Plan, in which its 2,000 undergraduate students study one course at a time in intensive three and a half-week segments. For the past twelve years, the college has sponsored the State of the Rockies Project, which seeks to increase public understanding of vital issues affecting the Rocky Mountain West through annual reports, free events, discussions and other activities.
About Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates
Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3)—a national Democratic opinion research firm with offices in Oakland, Los Angeles and Madison, Wisconsin—has specialized in public policy oriented opinion research since 1981. The firm has assisted hundreds of political campaigns at every level of the ballot—from President to City Council—with opinion research and strategic guidance. FM3 also provides research and strategic consulting to public agencies, businesses and public interest organizations nationwide.
About Public Opinion Strategies
Public Opinion Strategies is the largest Republican polling firm in the country. Since the firm’s founding in 1991, they have completed more than 10,000 research projects, interviewing more than five million Americans across the United States. Public Opinion Strategies’ research is well respected, and prestigious media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, and CNBC rely on Public Opinion Strategies to conduct their polling. The firm conducts opinion research on behalf of hundreds of political campaigns, as well as trade associations, not-for-profit organizations, government entities, and industry coalitions throughout the nation.
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AT&T Names New Vice President and General Manager in Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, JAN. 18, 2017 - AT&T* welcomes Amanda Harris to oversee business in Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. In her new role, Amanda will manage nearly 700 employees and more than 500 AT&T-owned retail locations, national retail partners and authorized resellers in this five-state territory.
“It’s an exciting time for mobile entertainment in the Rockies,” said Amanda Harris, Vice President and General Manager, AT&T Rocky Mountain Region. “We’ve transformed the landscape of wireless, so in addition to those chair lift selfies that our customers love to share in the mountains, with DIRECTV NOW they can stream their favorite TV shows between runs. We’re evolving and I’m thrilled to share how our new capabilities benefit today’s consumer.”
Amanda has nearly 20 years of industry experience and joined the AT&T family in 2000. Prior to relocating in Colorado from San Diego, Amanda held leadership positions across AT&T business segments, including video, wireless and customer experience.
Amanda is an active member of the AT&T Veterans Association, Women of AT&T and AT&T’s oxyGEN, a millennial-focused employee resource group. Originally from St. Louis; she enjoys yoga, reading and exploring the Colorado outdoors with her husband and two-year-old son. Amanda will be based out of AT&T’s Englewood, Colorado office.
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions around the globe connect with leading entertainment, mobile, high speed internet and voice services. We’re the world’s largest provider of pay TV. We have TV customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin American countries. We offer the best global coverage of any U.S. wireless provider.* And we help businesses worldwide serve their customers better with our mobility and highly secure cloud solutions.
Additional information about AT&T products and services is available at http://about.att.com. Follow our news on Twitter at @ATT, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/att and YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/att.
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*Global coverage claim based on offering discounted voice and data roaming; LTE roaming; voice roaming; and world-capable smartphone and tablets in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier. International service required. Coverage not available in all areas. Coverage may vary per country and be limited/restricted in some countries.
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Get heart-healthy for free at the 2017 Community Heart Fair on Sat, Feb 4, from 9 am to 1 pm, at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray.
This is a great opportunity for people to assess their heart health. We encourage everyone to take advantage of these free screenings and resources to improve their heart health.”
— Donald Lappe, MD, Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.
SALT LAKE CITY , UTAH , USA , January 27, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Utahns are invited to get heart-healthy at the 2017 free Community Heart Fair on Saturday, Feb 4, from 9 am to 1 pm, at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray. The community heart fair is the largest heart fair in the Intermountain West.
Why is getting heart healthy important?
- Heart disease (which includes heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases) is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, killing nearly 800,000 people each year.
- Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people of most racial/ethnic groups in the United States, including African Americans, Hispanics and Whites. For Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders and American Indians or Alaska Natives, heart disease is second only to cancer.
- Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than all forms of cancer combined.
- Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing nearly 380,000 people annually.
- In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. Every 60 seconds, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event.
“That’s why we offer this free community heart fair, to help people understand their risks and to help them reduce those risks so that they can become more heart healthy,” said Kirk Knowlton, MD, director of cardiovascular research at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.
There will be free health screenings and tests, presentations on how to protect your heart, heart-healthy cooking demonstrations and classes, a fun kids zone with activities and games, and a Go Red for Women’s area with information on women and heart disease and how they can reduce their risk.
Participants can also learn about common heart problems, talk to the region’s leading heart experts, get information about their diet, medication, insurance benefits, and learn how to enhance their overall heart health.
Participants will also be able to participate in important medical research, including participation in a research registry that will help researchers develop comprehensive information that will help them determine best practices to predict, prevent and treat medical conditions.
Additional presentations, activities, and cardiovascular experts from all of the different services and programs available at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute will be offered. A Life Flight medical helicopter and fire trucks from Murray City Fire Department will be on display.
“This is a great opportunity for people to get an initial assessment of where they stand in terms of their heart health,” says Donald Lappe, MD, chief of cardiology at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute. “We encourage everyone to take advantage of these free screenings and resources to improve their heart health.”
The Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute is one of the nation’s premier heart centers, and has renowned heart experts in more than a dozen heart specialties, including artificial heart/mechanical support, heart rhythm disorders, structural heart disorders and heart surgery.
Registration is not necessary. For more information, please call the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute at 801-507-4701.
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AFP-UT Launches Website to Fight Call for Income Tax Increase
Utah’s recent growth in jeopardy if legislators raise income tax
SALT LAKE CITY – Americans for Prosperity-Utah (AFP-UT), the state’s leading grassroots advocacy organization is launching an effort to educate citizens about proposals being discussed at the Capitol to increase taxes on Utahns. The Utah chapter of AFP will hold a rally on Friday, February 3rd to call on legislators to vote against any tax increases that would penalize Utahns’ and hurt jobs growth in the state.
“Raising income taxes would hurt economic growth and job creation,” said state director, Evelyn Everton. “Since Governor Huntsman cut income taxes from 7% to 5% in 2008, Utah has benefited from an economic growth spurt. The impressive increases in business and revenue have helped the state fund critical infrastructure needs and improve our education system. Our recent success will be jeopardized if lawmakers move to increase the income tax. Despite cutting taxes, our national rankings in education have soared and our students’ graduation rates have increased by 15%.”
View New AFP-UT NoUtahTaxIncreases.com here
Everton continued, “The legislature does not need to collect more taxes from hardworking Utahns. The legislature needs to live within their means and continue to innovate to ensure Utahns gets the best return for every dollar invested.”
AFP-UT will rally at the capitol on Friday, February 3rd at 10:00am. AFP-UT will score legislators on votes taken to increase taxes in their annual policy scorecard.
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) exists to recruit, educate, and mobilize citizens in support of the policies and goals of a free society at the local, state, and federal level, helping every American live their dream – especially the least fortunate. AFP has more than 3.2 million activists across the nation, a local infrastructure that includes 36 state chapters, and has received financial support from more than 100,000 Americans in all 50 states. For more information, visit www.AmericansForProsperity.org
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