Hmos Seek Mental Health Bids Health Plans Group Lobbying to Get State OK to Pursue Exclusive Contracts

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Birmingham gallery does brisk business in Bowie artwork after rocker’s death, PAGE 5 JANUARY 18-24, 2016 HMOs seek mental health bids Health plans group lobbying to get state OK to pursue exclusive contracts

By Jay Greene potentially lucrative contracts that managing medical care, behavioral health plans to take over the state’s [email protected] now are exclusively in the public health, substance abuse and devel- mental health system. A move is underway in Michigan health sector. opmentally disabled in other states. “This budget is pretty attractive to further privatize the public non- “Is it feasible for health plans to They include Illinois, California, to the health plans,” said Bob Shee- profit mental health system by contract with networks as behav- Florida, New Mexico, South Caroli- han, CEO of the mental health turning over $2.4 billion in state ioral providers? It certainly makes na, Washington, Wisconsin and board association. “They see that funding to Medicaid HMOs, some sense,” said Rick Murdock, MAHP’s Texas. market, and they believe they can of which are owned by for-profit in- executive director. “Should the state On the other side, officials for the do quite well” financially. SPECIAL REPORT surers. of Michigan look at ways to contin- Michigan Association of Community Sheehan said the health plans Heart scan, battery of other tests The Lansing-based Michigan As- ue to improve the effectiveness of Mental Health Boards have warned underestimate the difficulty in car- bring some eye-opening results, sociation of Health Plans has mount- the Medicaid program? Absolutely, state officials about the dangers ing for a complex population and Page 9 ed a lobbying effort to gain state ap- we think they should.” that could face a vulnerable and their plans’ ability to earn high prof- proval next year to bid for the Murdock said health plans are needy population by allowing SEE HMO, PAGE 18 Lending grows as commercial mortgage market stabilizes

By Kirk Pinho bad loans from the 2005-07 lending [email protected] heyday are wiped off the books, said Some real estate finance experts local industry experts. predicted turbulent seas ahead two Overall, those factors have years ago, expecting a wave of de- helped lead to lenders being more faults on commercial mortgages is- willing to issue debt on Detroit-area sued during the free-lending hey- properties — particularly stable of- day in the mid-2000s. fice properties with good tenant But it appears as though the rolls — as occupancy rates rebound choppier waters have subsided. and the region’s delinquency rate The 90-day delinquency rates for nears the national average. commercial mortgage-backed se- “You’re seeing improvement in curities borrowers for buildings in the lending activity because proper- The new Clean Planet line of meat and around Detroit have fallen con- ties have been able to increase their dishes aims to take advantage of siderably in the past three years as cash flow and occupancy levels,” consumers’ interest in protein. the local real estate market has im- said Anne Galbraith Kohn, senior proved, lenders agree to workout vice president of the Capital Mar- MIKE RAFFIN agreements with borrowers, and SEE MORTGAGES, PAGE 16 Aronson’s next act Garden Fresh founder launches line of healthy entrées

By Sherri Welch patties in stores including Meijer and [email protected] Costco. Garden Fresh Gourmet founder Jack Minority investors in Great Fresh in- Aronson is taking the fresh approach that clude two with ties to Garden Fresh: made his salsa the country’s top brand to Dave Zilko, who was vice chairman, and another food segment with the launch of Mike Griffin, who is serving as chief mar- a new line of refrigerated meat entrées keting officer for Great Fresh. aimed at health-conscious eaters. The company’s general manager, He’s projecting the Clean Planet line of Mike Skinner, and local chef Brian Pol- refrigerated, fully cooked beef, chicken cyn, who helped develop the recipes for © Entire contents copyright 2016 and turkey dishes, and full meals expect- both the Fresh Planet chicken patties “No one by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved. ed to launch in the coming months, will and new Clean Planet meat line, are also has done crainsdetroit.com Vol. 32 No 3 $2 a copy. $59 a year. generate $8 million in revenue the first minority partners. year. Like the salsa Aronson and his part- anything Clean Planet Foods LLC officially opened ners expanded into the top-selling refrig- like this for business last week as a subsidiary of erated brand in the country before sell- Clinton Township-based Great Fresh ing it to Campbell Soup Co. last summer, before.” Foods LLC, a company Aronson, his wife, the new “chef-inspired, center of the Annette, and minority investors founded plate proteins” sold under the Clean JackAronson, in 2012 to sell Fresh Planet (previously Planet label will last up to 60 days in the Great Fresh Foods NEWSPAPER Jack’s Special Grilled) stuffed chicken SEE FRESH, PAGE 16 founder 20160118-NEWS--0002-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 3:14 PM Page 1

2 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016

ing, a vacant former bank building ship of the moving company has MICHIGAN and multiple empty lots. The prop- fully moved outside of its founding INSIDE erties are within blocks of ongoing family, the Lansing State Journal re- THIS ISSUE significant institutional investment ported. Wesley, CFO for seven years, BANKRUPTCIES ...... 4 CALENDAR ...... 13 led by Muskegon Community College replaces Brig Sorber, whose family CAPITAL BRIEFINGS ...... 4 Baker College and . The city will most had run the company since 1985 CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 15 likely redevelop the two existing and who had previously stepped DEALS & DETAILS ...... 13 BRIEFS buildings on the site and leave the down as president. Last month, Two MARY KRAMER ...... 6 vacant parcels to be developed at a Men and a Truck ranked first in the OPINION ...... 6 Snyder asks Obama for Schuette announced that his of- later date by private developers, moving company category of Entre- PEOPLE ...... 14 disaster declaration in Flint fice would investigate to determine City Manager Frank Peterson said. preneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 RUMBLINGS ...... 19 what, if any Michigan laws were vio- “Our interest is taking our down- list, and 162nd overall. WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 19 Gov. Rick Snyder asked President lated. Federal prosecutors said town a step further,” he said. “It’s Ⅲ Michigan State University is of- Barack Obama to issue an emer- they’re working with the U.S. Envi- not profit-making. We see the value fering a new resource to cities want- gency and major disaster declara- ronmental Protection Agency. being our long-term investment.” ing help with managing finances COMPANY INDEX: tion amid a drinking water crisis in State and federal health officials and budgets, The Associated Press SEE PAGE 18 Flint, and state Attorney General Bill also said last week there has been MICH-CELLANEOUS reported. The MSU Extension Ser- Schuette announced Friday that his an increase in Legionnaires’ disease vice’s Center for Local Government Fi- dance were divided on their sup- office would investigate how the sit- cases over the past two years in Ⅲ Detroit-based law firm McKeen nance and Policy, which is being for- port or opposition to the mine. uation was handled. Genesee County, where Flint is lo- & Associates, which focuses on mally unveiled after it quietly Aquila plans to invest more than Snyder’s office said it is seeking cated, but said they can’t conclude medical malpractice, said it will started in November, will hold $300 million to extract gold, copper, additional federal aid for individu- that the increase is related to the open a Kalamazoo-area office to workshops, research municipal fis- zinc and silver from the site. als and public agencies involved in water crisis. Legionnaires’ disease is capitalize on growth opportunities, cal trends, consult local govern- Ⅲ West Michigan businessman the effort to provide Flint residents a type of pneumonia caused by bac- the Grand Rapids Business Journal ments and issue an annual report and philanthropist Ralph Hauen- with clean drinking water, The As- teria that infect the lungs. reported. It will be the second office on the financial health of each stein died Jan. 10 at age 103. Hauen- sociated Press reported. Tap water for the firm, which according to its Michigan municipality. stein was owner of Werner Lehara, a became contaminated with too Muskegon jumps into website has 16 attorneys. Ⅲ A Canadian company has re- Grand Rapids food equipment much lead after the city switched its development biz Ⅲ Grand Rapids-based office newed interest in developing an manufacturer, and established the water supply in 2014 to save money technology dealer Applied Imaging open pit mine at an Upper Peninsu- Hauenstein Center for Presidential while under state financial manage- With developers facing compli- acquired a Cascade Township office la site not far from the Wisconsin Studies at Grand Valley State Universi- ment; local officials declared a pub- cations in creating a sustainable building for its new corporate head- border, according to the Milwaukee ty and the Grace Hauenstein Library at lic health emergency in October. housing market in downtown quarters, MiBiz reported. According Journal Sentinel. Aquila Resources Aquinas College. Snyder’s request will be reviewed Muskegon, the city has decided to to a statement, the company cited Inc. recently filed an application to Ⅲ Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculp- by the Federal Emergency Manage- jump into the business of commer- recent and projected growth as ne- build a mine along the Menominee ture Park in Grand Rapids saw the ment Agency. If it is approved, the in- cial real estate development, MiBiz cessitating its move from a 25,000- River, which divides Michigan from largest attendance in its history in dividual assistance could include reported. square-foot headquarters to a new northeastern Wisconsin and flows 2015. Officials said more than grants for temporary housing and Last month, Muskegon officials 60,000-square-foot facility by July. into Green Bay. Regulators in Michi- 775,000 guests visited during the at- home repairs, and the public assis- acquired an entire city block that Ⅲ Lansing-based Two Men and a gan recently held their first public traction’s 20th year, up from about tance would help agencies such as consists of an already-under-con- Truck named Jeff Wesley as CEO, hearing on the application, and the 650,000 in 2014, The Associated city schools and the water system. struction 72-unit apartment build- marking the first time top leader- several hundred people in atten- Press reported. Ⅲ 2016 UPCOMING Employment Litigation Experience PARTNER EVENTS Michigan Society of ® Association Executives In Your Corner. Academy of Association Management: Ŷ Represents employers in litigation involving Professional Development all types of employment and labor claims. 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Auto show’s elaborate display builders have more in mind than entertainment

By Dustin Walsh car purchase should be an FCA [email protected] brand. orty feet above the Fiat “This (display) is built to sell,” Chrysler Automobiles NV dis- Bo Puffer, manager of shows and Fplay at the North American events for FCA US LLC’s 71 auto International Auto Show rests more show appearances, said at the than 40 miles of cable and nearly a auto show last week. “I’m here to dozen servers. The hardware pow- sell cars, and the longer someone ers 10,000 square feet of video sur- spends in my space, the less they face and 30 million LED pixels as are with someone else.” six programmers operate a multi- The contractor team GPJ enlist- million-dollar control room to ed to erect the display and its in- make the display come to life. teractive guts also regularly works Auburn Hills-based George P. on the Super Bowl halftime show Johnson Co., one of several display and the Oscars, said Paul designers, was tasked with mak- Hemsworth, vice president and ing the FCA show floor memo- executive creative director for GPJ. rable — not only to entertain at- The auto show, known as DUSTIN WALSH tendees for public and media Southeast Michigan’s Super Bowl, In the technical control room behind the FCA display at the North American International Auto Show, six pro- show days, but to make the direct is not only a spectacle that draws grammers from George P.Johnson operate the choreographed program for the display. pitch that those attendees’ next SEE DISPLAYS, PAGE 17

MUST Bill would protect employees who use med pot

READS By Lindsay VanHulle ful termination lawsuit he later would file Citing Casias’ case, a Democratic state OF THE WEEK Crain’s Detroit Business/Bridge Magazine against the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail- lawmaker has introduced legislation that LANSING — In November 2009, Joseph er. would prevent employers from firing or Casias was fired from his job at a Battle Casias showed his card both to the taking other disciplinary action against Creek Walmart store after a drug test he’d medical staff giving the drug test and to employees solely on the basis of their sta- taken during treatment for a workplace his shift manager, records show, but was tus as medical marijuana patients. knee injury came back positive for mari- fired for violating the chain’s drug policy. Rep. Sam Singh, of East Lansing, says juana. When he sued, a federal district court and the intent of House Bill 5161 is to treat Earlier that year, Casias received a card the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals each medical marijuana the same as any other identifying him as a registered patient sided with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., contend- pharmaceutical medication and force Sam Singh: State under Michigan’s medical marijuana law, ing the state’s medical marijuana statute employers to prove its use interfered with lawmaker seeks to according to court records from a wrong- doesn’t regulate private employment. SEE POT, PAGE 15 push pot debate.

More money, Oil drilling permit sought more problems Gov. Rick Snyder, state legislators will face some for church land in Southfield tough choices in deciding what to do with an estimated By Jay Greene Inc. at Evergreen and Nine Mile $575 million budget surplus. [email protected] roads. Lindsay VanHulle reports in Jordan Development Co. LLC, one of If the company gets a permit, Capitol Briefings, the oldest and largest oil and gas ex- said Ben Brower, a vice president Page 4. ploration companies based in with Traverse City-based Jordan De- Michigan, is betting against long- velopment, drilling of the 2,900-foot term low crude oil prices and has well will begin immediately and ini- Why it’s expensive applied for a drilling permit in tially employ 50 workers for the 10- on the drilling permit, said Hal 1,500 comments. Southfield. day project. The company has 450 Fitch, chief of the office of oil, gas “There were only 20 to 30 oppos- to drive in Detroit Raising some eyebrows and total wells under its belt. and minerals with the Michigan De- ing the project,” said Fitch, who de- bucking a six-month moratorium Ongoing employment would in- partment of Environmental Quality. scribed the details of the drilling A study ranks Detroit as the on fossil fuel extraction recently ap- clude one employee checking on Fitch said DEQ decided to delay permit application as not unusual most expensive spot in the proved by the Southfield City Council, the pump each day and another its decision past the 50-day statuto- compared with the dozens of others nation for business driving. See Jordan has signed a lease agree- employee hauling oil with a truck ry period that ran out earlier this DEQ has received the past several why on Page 19. (It’s not just ment for the drilling with the Word every couple of days, he said. month after Jordan’s Oct. 29 years. the potholes.) of Faith International Christian Center A decision is expected this week application generated more than SEE OIL, PAGE 17 20160118-NEWS--0004-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 4:41 PM Page 1

4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 State budget: Decisions to make on surplus,less revenue in 2016 LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder payroll costs contributed to the and lawmakers will have tough problem. choices to make about how to In the 2017 fiscal year, by con- spend a $575 million budget sur- trast, general fund revenue is fore- plus as they start to prepare a cast to increase to $10.2 billion, a spending plan for 2017. 3.8 percent increase over 2016. Flint will get some of the extra School Aid Fund revenue is expect- money, left over from unspent de- LINDSAY ed to grow 2.9 percent in 2017 to partmental funding and strong in- VANHULLE $12.5 billion. come tax collections, as it tries to Capitol Briefings By 2018, general fund revenue is contain a public health crisis over [email protected] forecast to grow 3.8 percent to high levels of lead in the city’s drink- Twitter: @LindsayVanHulle $10.6 billion, while School Aid Fund ing water and a possible outbreak of revenue is projected to climb Legionnaires’ disease. The water 2.8 percent to $12.8 billion. Revenue projections trouble started after a state-ap- Economic trends pointed emergency manager decid- General fund revenue is expected ed to switch water sources from De- to be down this fiscal year before The reality of these estimates, troit’s system to the more corrosive rising again in 2017, according to however, depends on economic Flint River. consensus estimates reached last trends. The state’s budget director, John week by the state’s Treasury Depart- Signs are indicating that the Roberts, told reporters last week ment and economic analysts with state’s post-recession recovery that a state budget amendment the House and Senate. might be starting to mature, Gabriel strictly related to Flint will be out This year, Michigan’s general Ehrlich, an economist and associate within weeks. fund is expected to have revenue of director of the University of Michi- Costs are still being calculated, $9.8 billion, down nearly 2 percent gan’s Research Seminar in Quantitative Roberts said, but this budget revi- from $10 billion in 2015. The state’s Economics, said during last week’s sion is likely to address immediate School Aid Fund is expected to have revenue conference. needs — activation of the state’s revenue of $12.1 billion, up 3.3 per- Job growth, led by manufactur- emergency operations center, de- cent from the 2015 fiscal year. ing and especially the U.S. auto in- ploying the National Guard, the costs Michigan’s anticipated revenue dustry, is expected to temper in the of distributing bottled water — problem this year is partly due to a next few years. UM economists pre- rather than longer-term infrastruc- drop in sales tax collections, the dict job gains in the manufacturing ture upgrades. state said. Even though income tax sector will steadily erode until it ul- Some of the money will be set collections were good, the state timately sheds positions — to the aside to cover unexpected costs this took a 1.5 percent sales tax hit last tune of 2,000 — between 2017 and fiscal year, which started Oct. 1. The year due to lower gas prices, said 2018. rest could wind up in the 2017 fis- David Zin, chief economist with the Even domestic auto sales, while cal-year budget Snyder presents to Senate Fiscal Agency. continuing to flirt with record the Legislature in February. Gasoline purchases contributed highs, are projected to slow down. But where? $603.6 million in sales tax revenue Automakers tallied nearly 17.5 Roberts said Snyder will disclose in 2015, almost 27 percent less than million light-vehicle sales in the his spending priorities with his pro- the year before. U.S. in 2015. Analysts predict light- posal, adding that the administra- The state also expects more com- vehicle sales will reach 18 million tion prefers to use surplus funds on panies to claim tax credit refunds within the next year or two before one-time expenses. under the old Michigan Business leveling off. Yet there are some likely choices Tax in 2016 — an issue that caught Michigan should be able to re- — infuse the money into road or in- the state off guard last year when cover 73 percent of the jobs lost dur- frastructure projects, cover high- the amount of credits under the ing the last decade by 2018, UM priced specialty drugs the state buys now-defunct Michigan Economic economists said. for Medicaid and incarcerated pa- Growth Authority program bal- If it happens as they predict, tients or bulk up the state’s reserves. looned, prompting a $325 million Michigan will have regained “The biggest pressure for the ad- midyear budget cut. 624,700 jobs between the third ministration and the Legislature to Snyder’s administration recently quarter of 2009 and the end of 2018 talk about is the specialty drugs,” he negotiated caps on the value of — nearly three quarters of the said. “That’s something we’ll con- credits that can be claimed by the 858,400 jobs lost between 2000 and tinue to keep an eye on.” Detroit 3 automakers, whose rising 2009. Ⅲ Intellectual Property | Litigation | Technology

Transactional Detroit Lions close team store for redesign experience on par The Detroit Lions have closed by staffers to allow customers to month. Detroit got bids from four their team store inside Ford Field so buy items without waiting for a cash companies. Their names were not with the major Silicon it can be renovated after the club register — similar to how Apple Inc. disclosed. Valley law firms. changes its merchandise conces- stores work. Bill Shea sionaire. The 5,500-square-foot retail shop – BRAD KANCIGOR,KANCIGOR, ASSOCIATEASSOCIATE GC Synopsys,Synopsys, IncInc Details of what the new shop will inside the 13-year-old Detroit stadi- look like won’t be known for several um has been managed since 2009 weeks, but Lions officials said the by Indianapolis-based MainGate Inc. BANKRUPTCIES stadium architecture doesn’t allow That deal is expiring, and the YOUNG BASILE. expansion. Lions are in the process of negotiat- The following business filed for Strategic advisors to the world’s The new store will be open being a deal with an undisclosed re- protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in National Football League Jan. 8-14 most innovative companies. fore the 2016 placement concessionaire, said Detroit . Under Chapter 11, season begins in August. Elizabeth Parkinson, the team’s sen- a company files for reorganization. It’s expected that the space’s ior vice president of marketing and Ⅲ Knight Capital Partners Inc., ANN ARBOR TROY SILICON VALLEY CHICAGO game-day crowding will be alleviat- partnerships. 32611 Raphael Road, Farmington ed somewhat by a redesign and the An announcement on the new Hills, voluntary Chapter 11. Assets www.youngbasile.com use of mobile point-of-sale tablets concessionaire could come within a and liabilities not available. 20160118-NEWS--0005-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 3:31 PM Page 1

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 5 Bowie’s artwork selling Cleveland firm buys Godfrey Hammel By Tom Henderson [email protected] “The drivers for us were briskly in Birmingham Godfrey, Hammel, Danneels & Co. that this is a great firm, PC, a St. Clair Shores-based accounting and consulting firm that and Detroit is a great market. By Bill Shea goes back to 1920, has been bought [email protected] by Cohen & Co. Ltd. of Cleveland. Detroit has more target The Robert Kidd Gallery in Birm- With 77 employees, Godfrey companies for us ... than ingham sold all but one piece of its Hammel ranked No. 12 among the collection of David Bowie’s original largest accounting firms in South- Cleveland.” Randy Myeroff,Cohen & Co. artwork within days of the iconic east Michigan in Crain’s Book of rocker’s death. Lists published earlier this month. and it’s in its renaissance. Culturally, in “other.” Gallery director and co-owner The firm will be rebranded as our firms are very similar. The more Cohen & Co., which employed Gerard Marti, who knew Bowie Cohen & Co., effective Feb. 1, with we talked, the clearer it was that we about 330 before the Godfrey Ham- from an earlier career in music, said current management remaining, had a common approach and phi- mel deal, also has offices in Akron, he’s rushing more of the late singer’s according to Randy Myeroff, losophy.” Ohio; Youngstown, Ohio; New York paintings from his galleries in Los Cohen’s CEO. The firm will join “We’re obviously very, very excit- City; and Milwaukee. Farmington Angeles and Maui, Hawaii. Cohen’s private company services ed,” said Steven Guarini, Godfrey Hills-based UHY LLP’s similar size of They’re expected to arrive this accounting practice, serving pri- Hammel’s president. “When we 330 employees ranks it the fifth- week. vately held companies. started talking to the folks at Cohen, largest accounting firm in South- Marti has long curated celebrity Terms were not announced. The we became aware quickly that our east Michigan. art and said calls have been steadily combined firm will have revenue of cultures were very similar. The deal is one of several in re- coming into the gallery about the COURTESY OF ROBERT KIDD GALLERY more than $65 million. “We came up with a tag line: cent months involving local ac- late singer’s paintings. “Child in Berlin” by David Bowie, a 35”x35” “We’re really excited about this,” We’re better together. There are counting firms. “It’s been crazy,” said Marti, a limited-edition lithograph, is on sale at the said Myeroff. “We’d love to make a going to be huge opportunities for In November, Troy-based French artist who has featured Robert Kidd Gallery in Birmingham. giant impact in this market, and our people because we’re going to Rehmann LLC, the sixth-largest ac- Bowie in his own work. this is the way to start. The drivers grow the business significantly,” he counting firm in metro Detroit with Prices for Bowie artwork range stage persona Ziggy Stardust and for us were that this is a great firm, said. 306 employees, announced it had from $1,500 to $7,000, he said. later the Thin White Duke character. and Detroit is a great market. De- “And our clients will benefit be- bought Roegiers Goldin Chappel Nall & The gallery’s website lists a He was inducted into the Rock and troit has more target companies for cause we’ll have better bench Associates of Stuart, Fla. dozen Bowie pieces, including orig- Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. us within 100 miles than Cleveland strength. We’ll be able to offer a In August, Troy-based Doeren inal acrylic-on-canvas paintings, Bowie’s 26th studio album, does.” wider range of services.” Mayhew & Co. PC, the eighth-largest and signed and numbered litho- “Blackstar,” was released two days Myeroff said talks with Godfrey According to Crain’s Book of local accounting firm with 201 em- graphs. They can be viewed before his death. As of Friday morn- Hammel began last April. Lists, the bulk of Godfrey Ham- ployees, announced it had bought at robertkiddgallery.com/people/ ing, all of his albums had sold out “We had a strategy that we need- mel’s employees, 39, are engaged Farmington-Hills-based Davis and david-bowie. on Amazon.com. Ⅲ ed to grow, but carefully, and Detroit in tax work; 16 are in auditing and Davis PC. Ⅲ Other celebrity art available at Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626 was an obvious market,” he said. accounting, seven are in consult- Tom Henderson: (313) 446-0337 the gallery includes pieces from Twitter: @Bill_Shea19 “It’s Midwestern, like Cleveland, ing, and 15 were listed as engaged Twitter: @TomHenderson2 John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett and Steven Tyler. Also for sale is artwork and photography of celebrities. Marti has co-owned the gallery since 2014 with Jennifer Vinklarek, a former advertising executive from Texas. The gallery operated as part of the estates of original owners Ray {Just right.} Fleming, who died in 2014, and Robert Kidd, who died in 2007. They founded the gallery in 1974. Which audit, tax, and consulting firm is the right size The gallery was on the verge of closing when Marti and Vinklarek for your organization? bought it for an undisclosed sum. Plans are to retain the ground- Too small and you may not benefit from industry experts and the floor gallery as customers have long bench strength to meet your needs. Too large and you could feel known it, with five-figure artwork that your needs don’t come first. from local and noted artists such as “Spirit of Detroit” sculptor Marshall For more than 90 years, Plante Moran has delivered knowledge, Fredericks. pragmatism, and high-touch client service. Last year, 97% of our The lower level will be converted clients said they receive solutions that are relevant and address into more of a pop art gallery, Marti said, and plans include upcoming their business needs. shows featuring Motown art and live entertainment. If you want to experience the Plante Moran difference, Tyler, the Aerosmith singer and a contact us today. longtime friend of Marti, will be on hand later this year to showcase A higher return on experience. some of his paintings for sale at the gallery. The remaining Bowie piece at the gallery was a signed and numbered lithograph (out of 175) titled “Saucer II” that’s priced at $4,500. Bowie died Jan. 10 at age 69 in New York City after what has been reported as an 18-month struggle with liver cancer that he kept hid- Gordon Krater, managing partner den from all but his family and con- 248.223.3262 fidants. [email protected] The British singer and actor was known for such hits as “Changes,” Interested in learning more? dobetter.plantemoran.com “Space Oddity” and “Let’s Dance” while breaking performance ground with androgynous glam 20160118-NEWS--0006-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 4:42 PM Page 1

6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 CRAIN’S Poor spending decisions,plus teacher DETROIT BUSINESS sickouts,add up to more woes for DPS OPINION e are surrounded by dysfunc- dipped. Wtion, from bureaucrats who Nobody would want to work in or apparently misjudged what would send their child to buildings with be required to make Flint River peeling paint, cold or too-hot class- water suitable for human con- rooms or any of the other problems Pot law must be clear sumption to the series of missteps teachers have complained about. that led us to the kinds of condi- At the same time, the irony of the tions Detroit kids go to school with teacher sickouts is this: They proba- every day. MARY KRAMER: bly have done more to steer stu- In looking at photos and media Publisher dents to charter schools that remain on employer liability reports on Mayor Mike Duggan’s open than an advertising campaign tour of Detroit Public School build- five emergency managers since the would do. ings last week, I kept wondering: state seized control of the district Parents — especially working ersonal opinions on the regulation of marijuana use, What happened to the $1.5 billion because of its financial deficits. parents — need to rely on depend- particularly for treatment of certain kinds of medical voters approved in 1994 to rebuild The bond money eventually was able schools for their kids. The sick- Pconditions, run the gamut. Detroit Public Schools? spent by the early 2000s. Just over a outs compound the problem of too For many employers, though, one of the big questions is Most folks — Powerball players decade later, some of the same new, few kids enrolled in too many legal liability. What if an employee, who legally uses marijua- included — would agree that a bil- spiffy schools or rebuilt schools buildings. lion dollars is a lot of money. And were shuttered and vacant. We can expect more buildings to na to treat a condition, injures himself or others while oper- voters decided spending that much An analysis by the Detroit Free close as parents — and kids — vote ating equipment on the job? in 1994 to rebuild aging school Press said nearly $440 million was with their feet. Ⅲ Providing better On the other hand, what if it is buildings was a good idea. wasted on schools that were shut- discovered that a highly valued But hardly anything was spent by tered soon after millions were in- state laws that and productive employee uses 1997, the year the architect of the vested. Mary Kramer is publisher of Crain’s spell out an bond vote, then-Superintendent Why were those schools closed? Detroit Business. Catch her take on marijuana — on his or her David Snead, was ousted from his Poor planning in the first place, per- business news at 6:10 a.m. Mondays employer’s own time and never before position. haps. And the opening of Michigan on the Paul W. Smith show on WJR responsibilities coming to work — and respon- Snead was but one in a long line to charter schools meant more AM 760 and in her blog at sibly? of school chiefs whose tenures were competition, so enrollments in tra- www.crainsdetroit.com. and liabilities is short. And there have been at least ditional public schools often These are big questions that a worthy use of employers need to examine. lawmakers’ time. And the national fervor over pot legalization — plus newly Decide to become a better decision-maker introduced state legislation — means this issue is coming t’s mid-January and we’re is an imperfect science; you make even further into the forefront. I halfway through the first month the best decision you can with the Providing better state laws that spell out an employer’s re- of a fresh, shiny new year. And with time and information that you have sponsibilities and liabilities when it comes to workplace poli- the new year comes that welcome to work with. But, armed with a few cies on employee use of marijuana is a worthy use of law- — although sometimes stress-in- tactics, like fostering constructive ducing — internal pressure to conflict and sometimes allowing an makers’ time. (Read more about the recently introduced CHANGE. EVERYTHING. NOW! idea to ruminate — just a little bit legislation in reporter Lindsay VanHulle’s story on Page 3.) Of course our logical and reason- longer — among the team can have It is far too early to know if the new House bill is a panacea ing brains know we can’t actually fix JENNETTE big results. for employer confusion; that is for the lawyers to decide. everything that needs some fixing SMITH: Think about it. What if the folks at Editor But we urge those in Lansing to take up this issue sooner about either our professional or Hewlett-Packard had gotten the personal routines in the first month timing and technology right on tran- rather than later. The long list of murky, confusingly worded of the year. in the way of the best solution sitioning the Palm Pilot’s descen- state laws needs to be tackled — instead of growing longer. And, really, why set yourself up to emerging? dants into a truly viable competitor fail? Rather, what about making a One part of that could be formal- to Apple and Android? Closer to resolution to make better decisions? ly asking a key person to play the home, what if someone from the Julie Brown: A compelling life story During a December work trip, I role of devil’s advocate in the dis- Motor City had conceived the first devoured (along with a small bag of cussion. Another important skill to on-demand ride-sharing service? Last week, metro Detroit said airline pretzels) a Harvard Business hone: How to strike just the right True innovation and good day- goodbye to former auto supplier ex- Review report on “The Art of Deci- balance in encouraging “construc- to-day decision-making practices ecutive Julie Brown. Her death and sion-Making.” Several authors over tive conflict” among your team. are separate concepts, of course, subsequent funeral service took several related articles point out Does your team feel comfortable but they do feed off each other. some things that are common- having a vigorous debate over the Part art and part science. Part place without a public announce- sense oriented — but take some se- fine points of planned strategy shift? guts and part facts. It’s fascinating, ment; those who knew her say that rious discipline to do right. Without it getting nasty or personal? challenging, exasperating and al- private approach was exactly her For instance, how can an organi- This sort of thing takes practice luring all at once. Here’s my wish style. zation leader actively work to block — but the results speak for them- you find your inner decision Jedi Ⅲ Brown brought important diversi- personal biases that sometimes get selves. Decision-making in business this year. ty to the auto supplier world starting in the 1980s. She was born in Viet- TALK ON THE WEB nam and built her company, Plas- Snyder calls on Obama to Re: CRNA job cuts continue tech Engineered Products, after a career as a Ford Motor Co. Reader responses to stories and engineer. declare water disaster in Flint blogs that appeared on Crain’s national outsourcing trend website. Comments may be edited Although Plastech ultimately filed for Chapter 11 bank- This is an excellent way to get the Is it still worth becoming a CRNA — for length and clarity. ruptcy in 2008 after financial struggles, there was an era federal government to pay for an anti- school loans, outsourcing, pay cuts, when Brown was celebrated for running the largest minority quated water and sewage infra- benefits cut, saturated job market? supplier in the business. Brown’s contributions, compelling structure that probably has been come back and blame GM for years Silverexpress leaching lead to the Flint residents of polluting the water. story and challenges must be remembered — and can be infor decades. T I was talking to someone about structional to others. Dave this and told them the offered See Philip Nussel’s blog on Julie Nguyen Brown, published Snyder really dropped the ball on salary, and they said “sign me up.” by Crain’s sibling publication Automotive News, at www.au- The state investigating itself? That this water problem in Flint. Still a good gig, in my opinion. tonews.com. works! Now the state is going to Carolyn Mazurkiewicz Aralc 20160118-NEWS--0007-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 10:57 AM Page 1

CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 7 Beaumont,Trinity,McLaren find time is right for bond sales

By Jay Greene McLaren, which operates 12 Mazurkiewicz, McLaren’s CFO and Trinity Health, which operates 12 able market. Trinity has about $5.3 [email protected] Michigan hospitals, issued two fixed- senior vice president. hospitals in Michigan and 86 total billion in debt with annual revenue After several years of waiting for rate bonds last April through the Mazurkiewicz said all three hospitals nationally in 21 states, is- of about $13.6 billion. the tax-exempt bond market to im- Michigan Finance Authority and one bonds refinanced higher-rate debt, sued the $556 million bonds Some $500 million was used to prove, Beaumont Health and several taxable bond, totaling $420.4 million. saving the system $25.7 million. through several authorities, includ- pay for new projects that are ex- other hospital systems based in They were rated AA- by Fitch Ratings. “We took advantage of market ing the Michigan Finance Authority pected to total $3.3 billion from Southeast Michigan have found the McLaren actually issued one sin- conditions to refinance,” he said. ($271 million). Moody’s assigned an 2015 to 2018. water is just right now for issuing gle bond with two parts, 2015-A for “The interest rates were as low as Aa3 rating to the bonds. In Michigan, Trinity plans several municipal bonds. $101.9 million, and 2015-B for $67.9 I’ve seen in my career. We did it for The funds will be used to refi- projects, including a new health care Next week, Beaumont plans to million; and a second single bond less than 4 percent.” nance older Trinity bonds and pay facility in Chelsea that includes sur- issue a $300 million series 2016-A with two parts, 2015-D1 for $78.7 In late summer or fall, McLaren for new projects in Michigan, Mary- gery renovations and a cancer cen- bond through the Michigan Finance million and 2015-D2 for $75.4 mil- plans to go to the market for a new land and Idaho. ter; nursing home renovations in Authority. Credit rating agencies lion. The nonprofit company issued bond issue to finance upgrades to Early last year, Trinity issued Grand Rapids and Livonia facilities; a Moody’s Investor Services and Stan- its first taxable bond for $96.3 million. its hospital in Port Huron, he said. three bonds totaling $1.45 billion, new tower and bed renovations at St. dard & Poor’s assigned the bonds “Rates were so low we were able Total debt for McLaren, which including about $350 million in tax- Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia. Ⅲ ratings of A1 and A, respectively. to refinance a tax-exempt bond generated revenue of $2.9 billion able debt, the first time the non- Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325 “We have one obligated group with a taxable bond,” said Dave last year, now is about $643 million. profit health system used the tax- Twitter: @jaybgreene and a single credit now,” said CEO John Fox, noting the 2014 merger of Beaumont Health System, Oakwood Healthcare and Botsford Health Care that created eight-hospital Beau- mont Health. “It’s an attractive time to go out into the market.” Other health care systems agree. Trinity “ WHAT’S DTE ENERGY This month, Novi-based Health issued four fixed-rate revenue bonds totaling $556 million. Last year, Flint-based McLaren DOING TO MAKE IT Health Care issued two fixed-rate bonds and a taxable bond that to- taled $420.4 million. Nationally, over the past two EASIER ON BUSINESS?” years, hospitals have been on a bond selling spree, indicating that concerns over the Affordable Care The new interactive eBill from DTE Energy makes it easy to analyze energy usage and pay your Act’s Medicare payment cuts and other changes in the market have bill. The new, simple layout shows your usage at a glance, gives you links to energy-saving ideas, largely passed. and lets you pay your bill in a snap. There are even sections speciﬁc to your business that can Last September, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s lifted their help you understand and manage what you use, and pay. negative outlooks for nonprofit hospital bonds, citing positive impacts from health care reform. The negative watch warnings were in place since 2008. In 2015, nonprofit hospitals issued more than $18 billion in fixed- rate municipal bonds, up from $12 billion in 2014, said Tampa, Fla.- Sally Like, Owner based HFA Partners. Marcile’s Fashions & Bridal Much of the bonds last year were for refinancing debt on better terms, but the $300 million Beau- mont bond sale is new money for new projects. Beaumont plans to use the money for several projects, including a new emergency department and proton therapy center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, expansion and renovation of a Beaumont medical center in Farmington Hills and renovation of the first-floor operating room at Beaumont Hospital, Troy. In January 2015, Beaumont Health issued a consolidated bond to refinance $398.4 million in debt that saved the new system $23.5 million. Beaumont’s total debt stands at $1.4 billion. Refinancing bonds is tricky sometimes. When issuing bonds, hospitals sometimes agree not to refinance for a set period of time. But sometimes, when rates are low enough, hospitals decide it is more cost effective to refinance and pay the “advance refunding” fee. 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CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 9 Beaumont Health SPECIAL REPORT: CEO sees future in consolidation electing a top management team was one of the first tasks John Fox Saccomplished when he was appointed CEO in March of eight-hospital Beaumont Health, Southeast Michigan’s newest integrated delivery system. By the fall of 2015, Fox was able to HEALTH CARE cross that priority off his list of things to do — by appointing 11 top executives — as part of what is expected to be a two- year process to complete the consolidation that joined Beaumont Health Sys- tem, Oakwood Healthcare and Botsford Health Care. Mirroring national consolidation trends in the wake of the Affordable Care Act, the three-way merger of Beaumont, Oakwood and Botsford was approved in September 2014. Beaumont, which once flirted with Henry Ford Health System, now is South- east Michigan’s largest hospital system by inpatient market share, accounting for about 32 percent of all admissions. About one-third of Beaumont’s top 12 execs came from outside the system, including Fox, who had been CEO of Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. John Fox: Names “The pleasant sur- top executive team. prise is that it is going very well. The organizations are very much complementary to each other, and we are seeing the value of the synergy” they have created, Fox said. Crain’s reporter Jay Greene’s heart is shown in Fox said a combined Beaumont will this image from his Ultimate Heart Check be much stronger for the future as the test.As cardiologist Joel Kahn explains it, health care industry continues to face there were no spots of calcium on the arteries, “significant financial pressure that will giving him a perfect score. drive more consolidation.” New top executives include COO Car- olyn Wilson, RN, from Fairview Health System in Minneapolis; Chief Compli- ance Officer Dawn Geisert, an attorney from Henry Ford Health; and Chief Nurs- ing Officer Susan Grant from Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. Fox is still searching for a chief mar- Off the beatenpath keting officer. Longtime Beaumont CMO Mike Killian retired. Other top executives in place include former Botsford CEO Paul LaCasse, D.O., New preventive tests help reporter get to the heart of healthy living who now is executive vice president of post-acute and diversified business inte- gration, a new position. early 30 years ago, my father “You feel fine, you are 61 with no personal Two top executives came from Oak- died suddenly at age 62 from a history of heart disease, but you have a fam- wood: John Keuten, chief financial offi- heart attack. His death might ily history of heart disease, your labs are av- cer, and Mary Zatina, senior vice presi- have been prevented — or at erage” and I get regular annual physical dent of government relations and least delayed 10 years or more exams, said Kahn, a professor at Wayne State N University School of Medicine Oakland Uni- community affairs. — had he taken his prescribed medication and Five top executives came from Beau- or if he had eaten more fruits and vegeta- versity Beaumont School of Medicine. mont, including David Wood, M.D., chief bles, exercised more and kept his stress lev- Family history of heart disease elevated medical officer; Gordon Walker, chief els down. JAY GREENE me into the “intermediate” risk category, legal officer; Subra Sripada, chief trans- Needless to say, I was very upset when his Senior Reporter even though I don’t smoke and have good formation officer and system chief infor- VA doctor told me in May 1986 how he — [email protected] / Twitter: @jaygreene annual physical test results. Other risk fac- mation officer; J. Paul Conway, chief the stubborn and headstrong former judge, tors for sudden heart attack include high human resources officer; Margaret lawyer and World War II Marine who had al- Farms, he suggested I would be the ideal cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, Cooney Casey, chief development officer. ready beaten the Grim Reaper once during candidate for his new Ultimate Heart Check, smoking and excessive weight. Other merger accomplishments in- the war — had steadfastly refused to take his a multi-phase series of preventive tests that Kahn is the author of several health clude the following: common sys- medicine. reveal early developing heart problems. books, including his most recent one, Dead temwide electronic medical record, cre- Once I told cardiologist Joel Kahn about it “You are literally the avatar, the perfect Executives Don’t Get Bonuses. He argues in ation of single employed medical group during a recent conversation about his new candidate for this test,” said Kahn, who has the book that few people take seriously the and progress made on streamlining clini- clinic, the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity, in been dubbed “America’s Holistic Heart Doc- cal care services. Bloomfield Township and Grosse Pointe tor” by Reader’s Digest. 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10 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 HEALTH CARE EXTRA now recommending the calcium HEART scan for patients who have high FROM PAGE 9 cholesterol and a family history of statistic that heart disease has been heart disease. Other risk factors America’s No. 1 killer for more than could include high blood pressure, 50 years. diabetes, smoking and excessive “My goal is to prevent 1 million weight. heart attacks over the next two One reason is that simple stress years,” said Kahn. tests and EKGs are not as predictive To this end, Kahn has become a of heart attacks as most once strong advocate over the past 15 thought, Kahn said. years of a once-controversial pre- For example, several asympto- ventive heart attack screening test matic executives, including former called the coronary artery/calcium President Bill Clinton, took annual (CA-CS) scan. stress tests that failed to adequately The heart scan detects “harden- identify their heart problems. ing of the arter- In 2004, Clinton had quadruple ies” that contin- coronary artery bypass surgery ues to cause so shortly after an episode of angina many unexpect- while on the campaign trail with ed and preventa- John Kerry. He had passed several ble deaths. stress tests as president. In 2014, heart Kahn says there are far too many

IS EVERYTHING.IS disease led to people like Clinton who feel quite 611,105 deaths, normal but really have hearts with accounting for Kahn: People must arteries that are clogging with cho- Advanced technologies and global competition require new skills. nearly 25 per- take heart disease lesterol, plaque and calcium cent of all seriously. buildup. Lawrence Technological University's innovative degree and certificate programs in deaths that year, To help identify people who have said the CDC in its 2014 report on early stage heart disease, Kahn rec- colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, LTU ranks fifth among U.S. colleges and universities for boosting graduates’ causes of death. Cancer is a close ommends people with at least one Engineering, and Management can help you succeed. earning power. – Brookings Institution No. 2, with 584,881 deaths. accepted risk factor take the inex- Of course my father knew he had pensive heart screening test to iden- heart disease and still continued on tify how much calcium is in their ar- 016 1 016 2 20 6 2 as if nothing was the matter. But teries. He also recommends BEST COLLEGES AMERICA’S BEST TOP 10% in the Midwest UNIVERSITIES NATIONALLY Highest Alumni thousands of people don’t know advanced lab tests. 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And who had coronary artery disease five times as many women die of treated with stent or coronary by- HOW ARE YOU heart attacks than of breast cancer. pass surgery. It is safe to say that Kahn’s advo- “If someone has a (calcium) ENHANCING PEOPLE cacy of the coronary calcium scan score, they have coronary artery — also known as the “mammogram disease. Unless there are con- of the heart” — is five times more traindications, I treat very aggres- & IMPROVING important to women as a mammo- sively. I want to check their lipids; if gram of the breast. they are not favorable, then statins BUSINESS RESULTS? For men, the coronary calcium (drugs to lower cholesterol) become scan, which takes detailed pictures a big part of the treatment,” said of the heart to identify calcium David, noting that calcium scores of Ulliance is celebrating 25 years of delivering comprehensive services buildup in the arteries, is more im- less than 100 generally indicate that keep your employees emotionally and physically healthy. portant than the annual prostate mild plaquing in the arteries, but test, Kahn said. scores of 1,000 or above shows sig- Complete Workforce Services that offer: nificant coronary artery disease. A changing consensus “This is only a test; the most im- • Life Advisor EAPs that are cost effective and promote emotional wellness After years of debate, the Ameri- portant part is really talking with • Customizable Life Advisor Wellness Programs can College of Cardiology and the your patient and obtaining a de- American Heart Association finally ac- tailed history,” he said. • Human Effectiveness Training knowledged in 2012 that the calci- Toward this goal and based on • um test can be beneficial for people my family history, Kahn offered Organizational and Leadership Development over age 45 with low to intermediate me a free Ultimate Heart Check — • Career Transition Services risk factors for heart disease. normally it costs $999 — to ascer- For years, the professional asso- tain the condition of my heart and • Voice Your Concern Report Line ciations and interventional cardiol- arteries. • Incident & Crisis Management Services ogists, many of whom were prima- Along with the calcium scan and rily trained in treating heart attacks the other tests I received (not in- with angioplasty and stenting, cluded in Kahn’s heart check and downplayed the benefits of calcium outlined below), the total for all the scans for people with intermediate tests I received came to about heart attack risks. They were con- $1,150. cerned about radiation exposure “This is the same test (calcium and overuse of preventive testing. scan) now given to astronauts and But a growing number of pio- the president of the United States,” Contact Ulliance at 866-648-8326 or www.ulliance.com neering preventive health cardiolo- he said. gists like Kahn and Shukri David, So, after checking with my edi- M.D., chairman of cardiology at St. tors about accepting the gift, I de- John Providence Health System, are CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 20160118-NEWS--0011-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 11:05 AM Page 1

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HEALTH CARE Corporate Since the late 1980s, when both stents and scans became available, Facility Graphics That Inspire more than 4 million men and women have died of sudden heart attack. Despite more people like me who are aware of these heart calcium scans and related tests, the numbers of deaths are increasing.

FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Developed by the Cleveland cided to go forward with the tests Clinic, studies have shown patients and write about my experiences. with high levels of TMAO are two to Right now, only Texas mandates 2 1/2 times more likely to have a health insurers to cover the calcium cardiac event than those with lower screening test. Michigan does not levels. My TMAO test came out nor- cover it, as I was informed when I mal. registered at DMC Harper University “You are darn lucky,” Kahn said Hospital. about how I aced all my tests. Before my first of two office visits To reduce heart attack risk, Kahn and one Skype visit, Kahn asked for recommends people stop smoking, my latest annual physical lab re- maintain a healthy body mass sults. Kahn received this info from index, exercise, eat more vegetables Matt Ewald at Stonebrooke Family and fruits, watch less than one hour Physicians, a very good doctor who of TV per day and drink up to one usually advises me each year to eat ounce of alcohol per day. more fiber and vegetables to “in- Final thoughts crease your good cholesterol” and Entryways, Lobbies, Common Areas, Training Rooms, “lower your triglycerides.” COURTESY JAY GREENE Since the late 1980s, when both Conference Rooms, Offices and much more. I must digress to let you all know Gale Greene, father of Crain’s reporter Jay stents and scans became available, We do more than provide graphic branding solutions that attract and that I — the ex-jock who never Greene, was about 55 in this photo, taken more than 4 million men and inspire. Our mission is to evoke a unique emotional experience and leave smoked and partake each week in at his Sarasota, Fla., law office. women have died of sudden heart a lasting impression on our partners and their clients. As a national only a few martinis, maybe a beer or attack. Stents have saved lives, but leader in large format graphics, we set the benchmark for quality. From our passionate team of creative designers, expert printers, and glass of wine and an occasional shot for these 4 million, that option was professional installers to our world-class facility and state-of-the-art of vodka — am in unusually good was administered by a good-hu- too late. technologies—we make you look remarkably good. health. mored technician, took about 10 Despite more people like me Kahn knew that before begin- minutes. After various adjustments who are aware of these heart calci- ning, but I did have that one risk back and forth, and holding my um scans and related tests, the factor — my father’s death — that breath several times, the test was numbers of deaths are increasing. increased my risk from low to inter- done. Why? The “Widowmaker” docu- mediate. The next morning Joel called me mentary said one of the biggest en- With the exception of nagging to let me know he was happy to re- emies to encouraging more people iMBranded.com / (866) 717-4467 sports injuries that slow me down, port that I had a zero calcium score. to get scans has been the health in- my total cholesterol (under 100 This means I have no detectable surance industry. when I was 35) is still about average calcium in my coronary arteries. “The Widowmaker” asked this at 200, my heart rate is 64 beats per The range is zero to more than question: Why do insurers pay minute and blood pressure also 1,000. People with 1,000 or more are $50,000 for a stent and yet not cover below average at about 120 over 88. in trouble, meaning they could have a $100 to $200 calcium heart scan? The next step was to pay $30 for a advanced blockages that could re- The reasons are unclear. Howev- blood and urine sample draw at Em- quire stents or bypass surgery. er, a medical physicist was quoted cura Medical in Bloomfield Town- The next morning, I took the in “The Widowmaker” as saying in- ship. Kahn wanted a set of ad- carotid artery test, an interesting ul- surers had told him the typical poli- vanced lab tests that he sent to the trasound taken on either side of cyholder is only in their plan for five Cleveland Clinic for special analysis. your neck. The “carotid intimal-me- years. Because the scan detects Two days later, I paid $75 for the dial thickness,” or CIMT, test meas- mostly long-term problems, savings coronary calcium scan at DMC ures the thickness of the inner two from expensive stents could go to Harper. Other hospitals, including layers of the carotid artery. This their competitors, he said. Beaumont Hospital, charge higher inner measurement and score com- Former Humana media rates, $125 or more. pared with people of similar age is spokesman Wendell Potter told the Still, this is a good price even offered only at Kahn’s clinic. “Widowmaker” producers that the though it is not covered as a preven- Unlike the calcium scan, the insurance system isn’t designed and tive test by insurance. CIMT measures “soft plaque,” functioning for prevention and Besides the advanced lab test which can, over time, turn calcified. long-term cost savings. and the calcium scan, the Ultimate The test also indicates stroke risk. Despite some improvements and Heart Check includes a simple hand The CIMT ultrasound test, which notable exceptions, our health care scan to measure antioxidant levels was administered by Lisa Ostrovsky delivery system continues to be in your skin, which for me was low of Kahn’s clinic and Jolene Mueller more of a “disease treatment sys- at 10,000, proving to Kahn I was not of Vasolabs in Bountiful, Utah, is tem” designed to maximize profit eating enough fruits and veggies. part of Kahn’s Ultimate Heart for participants, he said. “The test doesn’t lie,” said Kahn, a Check. I scored a three, which is Regardless of whom to blame, vegan and an exercise nut who is well below average, and showed no the bottom line is it is up to us to live disappointed his score is only soft plaque. healthier lives. 70,000. “I would like 80,000.” The My advanced labs check identi- As patients, if we are lucky to maximum score is 90,000. fied a few common issues like a low have insurance and a primary care How the scan is vitamin D level and a slightly high doctor, it is up to us to ask our doc- conducted cholesterol value. Kahn advised me tors more questions about our to eat more fruit and vegetables, less health care. As for the calcium scan, Kahn red meat, a green smoothie in the Are we eating nutritious foods, told me it takes 10 seconds for the morning and a broader multi-vita- are we getting enough sleep and machine to make the images. Actu- min with more plant-based supple- exercise, are we managing our ally, it took a little longer if I add in ments. stress? the 15-minute wait in the Harper He also informed me I am one of And are we taking the best pre- lobby, 15 minutes to complete out- the first patients in Michigan to take ventive tests and getting the best patient registration and 30 more the Cleveland Clinic’s trimethy- data possible during our annual minutes of waiting in the CT/MRI lamine-N-oxide blood test, or physical exams? scanning suite before my test. TMAO, which is part of my ad- I am now. But I still have work to The actual calcium scan, which vanced labs. do. Ⅲ 20160118-NEWS--0012-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 11:06 AM Page 1

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Michigan, account for 40 percent of go to ERs with behavioral problems “Half of the visits of dual-eligi- ADVERTISING DEADLINE all Medicaid spending and 27 per- are in a crisis situation. ble patients with mental health is- cent of all Medicare spending. Care “They have domestic problems, sues are now admitted,” said For- MARCH 17 costs total about $350 billion a year, emotional outbursts and are sick,” shee, noting that before the or 9 percent of the nation’s $4 bil- Forshee said. “Some are hearing program began, almost all ER vis- lion annual health care tab. voices and seeing spiders.” its with mental health problems The Molina-Common Ground Rae said too many people with resulted in admission. contract is one example of mental health issues are admitted Greg Matzelle, Molina’s behav- providers working together to cut to hospitals for observation and ioral health manager, said only into those high costs. treatment because ER staff are one patient so far has been read- It works like this: Under the con- more trained to manage medical mitted to a hospital in the same tract, participating hospitals in emergencies and not deal with week after being assessed. “We try Genesee County contact Common mental illness. to empower the patient to go back Ground when a Molina member “The program is about providing to their medical home and pri- comes into the emergency depart- quality alternatives to psychiatric mary care physician,” he said. ment with an acute mental health inpatient hospitalization, not about Rae said Common Ground and problem. preventing people from a needed Molina are talking about extend- Within 30 minutes, a member of admission to the hospital,” said ing the joint program into Oakland Common Ground’s crisis interven- Rae. County, where Molina estimates tion and recovery team arrives at Rae said the ER intervention about 200 Molina patients could the hospital to assess the Molina concept was the brainchild of for- use the service in 2016. member, said Heather Rae, CEO of mer CEO Tony Rothschild, who re- Forshee said cost savings in Common Ground. tired from Common Ground in Oakland County could be higher Upon consultation with the hos- October. because there are more dual-eligi- pital emergency doctor, the patient “Molina was very interested,” ble patients and because Com- is either admitted to the hospital or Rae said. “These programs have mon Ground has more resources. diverted to Common Ground, better outcomes at a lower cost to For example, Rae said that last where the patient receives a mini- taxpayers.” year Common Ground added two mum of 30 days of outpatient care, Common Ground is paid two new services to its Oakland Coun- Rae said. separate fees — initial assessment ty program: a 23-hour medically If hospitalized, the individual is and 30 days of outpatient services. supervised observation program followed by Common Ground “This is not a revenue center,” Rae and a crisis residential unit at through face-to-face encounters said. “We don’t make a lot of money Common Ground’s Resource and and by telephone for 30 days. on it because it isn’t our purpose.” Crisis Center at the Oakland Coun- Participating hospitals in Gene- ty governmental complex for see County include McLaren Flint Broader efforts county workers and other and Hurley Medical Center in Flint. patients. During the first year of the proj- Last March, a federal demon- Over the past 10 years, Com- ect, which began in early 2014, 19 of stration program began in Michi- mon Ground has helped Oakland 39 patients, or 49 percent, who gan and nine other states to reduce County save money by reducing went to a hospital ER in Genesee costs of thousands of dual-eligible the number of employees admit- County were successfully diverted patients and to improve their care ted to hospitals for behavioral to recover at home and were not coordination. health issues. admitted. Under a contract with the Michi- Rae said Common Ground Molina netted savings of $75,825 gan Department of Health and Human would like to expand the program after paying Common Ground for Services, Troy-based Molina is tak- to other health plans in Genesee, its services, which led to a return on ing care of several thousand dually Oakland, Wayne and Macomb investment of 4.15 to 1. eligible Medicare and Medicaid pa- counties. It also is talking with an- “The savings are significant,” tients in a federal demonstration other HMO in West Michigan, she said Jim Forshee, M.D., Molina’s program in Macomb and Wayne said. medical director. “We want to ex- counties. Another benefit to the ER diver- pand this program. Some of these Molina is one of seven other sion program is that it has helped patients don’t need to be hospital- HMOs and four mental health alleviate the shortage of psychi- ized. Outpatient care is a better al- agencies participating in the Cen- atric beds in hospitals. RESERVE YOUR SPACE! ternative.” ters for Medicare and Medicaid Ser- “Nurses sometimes have to Contact Marla Wise Patients with mental health is- vices’ demonstration in Michigan. search around for an available 313.446.6032 • [email protected] sues end up at a hospital ER for a The goal is to cut 7 percent of costs bed, sometimes in a different variety of reasons. over the next three years. unit,” he said. “They have a suicide threat, they Because the dual-eligible popu- “We’ve had patients transfer aren’t sleeping well, maybe they are lation is growing, Molina expects to from Genesee County to Macomb abusive with family members or expand the ER diversion program County for a bed.” Ⅲ have a medication problem be- with Common Ground and other Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325 *Ads must be 1/4 page or larger and are incremental to current schedule. cause their meds have changed,” mental health providers. Forshee Twitter: @jaybgreene 20160118-NEWS--0013-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 10:35 AM Page 1

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Inside the CEO Mind: Paul Glantz. 8-10 a.m. Feb. 3. Detroit Regional Newsmakers of Year luncheon set for Feb. 9 Chamber. Glantz, founder of CALENDAR Emagine Theatre and the driving In Detroit, big ideas frequently force behind Emagine Entertainment start with an I. More precisely, an TUESDAY 5:30-8 p.m. Automotive Industry Inc., shares his story of becoming Ilitch. The father-and-son duo of JAN. 19 Action Group. Former Detroit Free a cinematic expert and innovator. Mike Ilitch and Chris Ilitch, for The Big Four. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Press Reporter David Ashenfelter, $30 DRC members, $55 non- their work building The District De- Detroit Economic Club. Featuring who recently emerged victorious members. Emagine Royal Oak. troit, which will be anchored by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks from an 11-year legal battle to Contact: Marianne Alabastro, the new Red Wings arena, and for Patterson, Detroit Mayor Mike Dug- protect his source(s) from a for- (313) 596-0479; email: funding the Mike Ilitch School of gan War- Business Wayne State University , Wayne County Executive mer federal prosecutor, will speak. [email protected]. at , Chris (left) and Mike Ilitch ren Evans and Warren County Exec- Automotive Industry Action will be among those honored as utive Mark Hackel. Moderated by Group, Southfield. $25 for Associa- Technology Industry Outlook. 8-11 Crain’s top Newsmakers of the Tickets: $75; $65 students; $800 Carol Cain, senior producer and host tion for Women in Communica- a.m. Feb. 22. Automation Alley. Year for 2015. for reserved table of 10. Preregis- of CBS 62’s “Michigan Matters” and tions and Detroit Press Club The key findings of Automation Nine other 2015 Newsmakers tration closes Feb. 5 at 9 a.m. If Detroit Free Press columnist. Cobo members, $35 nonmembers, $15 Alley’s annual technology indus- also will be honored at an annual available, walk-in registration will Center, Detroit. $45 DEC members, students and recent graduates. try report will be discussed. De- luncheon for reasons ranging be $95 per person. $55 guests of members, $75 non- Contact: Catherine Ticer, (248) troit Institute of Arts, Detroit. $25 from merger and acquisition deals Purchase tickets at members. Phone: (313) 963-8547; 514-1441; email: members, $45 nonmembers. to economic development. crainsdetroit.com/events. email: [email protected]. [email protected]. Contact: Lori Podsiadlik, (248) The event is set for 11:30 a.m.- Questions: Kacey Anderson, 457-3212; email: podsiadlikl@ 1:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Motor City email: [email protected], call WEDNESDAY UPCOMING EVENTS automationalley.com. Casino Hotel, Detroit. (313) 446-0300. JAN. 20 Global Economic and Industry Outlook Germany: The European Engine of Eco- for 2016 and Beyond. 8-10:30 a.m. Detroit Policy Conference. 7:30 a.m. nomic Growth. 8:30-11:00 a.m. Au- Jan. 27. Automation Alley. A dis- Feb. 24. Detroit Regional tomation Alley. An overview of cussion on the shifting dynamics Chamber. Keynote remarks by Hannover Messe, the world’s lead- of the global economy and how David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize- ing trade fair for industrial technol- companies can best position winning journalist. MotorCity ogy. Automation Alley, Troy. $40, themselves to take advantage of Casino Hotel, Detroit. $159 $20 members. Contact: Lisa Lasser, the opportunities and challenges chamber members, $225 (248) 457-3200; email: info@auto of doing business overseas. nonmembers. Contact: Janelle mationalley.com. Keynote speaker: Jim Glassman, Arbuckle, (313) 596-0340; email: managing director, J.P. Morgan [email protected]. Automotive Industry Outlook: Oppor- Chase and Co. Automation Alley, tunities & Risks for 2016. 5-8 p.m. Troy. $40, $20 members. Contact: Calendar guidelines. Visit Marketing & Sales Executives of De- Lisa Lasser, (248) 457-3200; email: crainsdetroit.com and click “Events” troit. Mike Wall, director of automo- [email protected]. near the top of the home page. tive analysis, IHS Automotive, will Then, click “Submit Your Events” present the IHS Automotive outlook. Professional Leadership — The Jack from the drop-down menu that will Management Education Center, Aronson Story. 7:30-9 a.m. Feb. 3. appear. Fill out the submission form, Troy. $45 members, $60 nonmem- Leadership Oakland. Featuring then click “Submit event” at the bers. Website: www.msedetroit.org. Jack Aronson, founder, Garden bottom of the page. Fresh. MSU Management THURSDAY Education Center, Troy. $32 More Calendar items can be JAN. 21 members, $36 nonmembers. found at crainsdetroit.com/events. A battle to protect source identity. Website: leadershipoakland.com. 20160118-NEWS--0014-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 11:24 AM Page 1

14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 PEOPLE: ADVERTISING SECTION SPOTLIGHT AUTOMOTIVE NONPROFITS Lions name Patriots exec Bob Quinn as GM Moving relatively quickly to Larry Rollins Meredith E. Freeman fill the post once their season Chief Operating Officer Senior Program Officer ended, the Detroit Lions intro- Henniges Automotive Max M. & Marjorie S. duced Bob Quinn Rollins was promoted to Fisher Foundation as gen- ARCHITECTURE Chief Operating Officer for In her new role, Freeman eral manager. Henniges Automotive in will focus on supporting the The Lions November 2015 with responsibility for regional overall grant making work of the foundation. agreed to a Melanie Berger Operations (North America, Europe and Asia) in Meredith was program director for the Fair deal during the first week Studio Leader, Healthcare addition to Global Engineering and Program Food Network and was one of the chief they were al- Design Studio Management. Larry has been with Henniges architects of the Michigan Good Food Fund. She was selected in 2014 for a three-year lowed to in- Harley Ellis Devereaux since the beginning of his career in 1988 and fellowship with the Kellogg Foundation Bob Quinn terview can- (HED) has taken on positions of greater responsibility over the years in manufacturing and plant Community Leadership Network. didates from National Football League HED has appointed Melanie management. Larry earned his Bachelor of other Berger, CPSM, as Studio Leader, Healthcare Science degree from Cameron University. teams. Quinn, 39, had various Design Studio. In this role, Berger will lead roles within the New England Pa- healthcare client development and assist in TELECOMMUNICATIONS triots’ personnel department for Larry Williams managing the studio’s business operations. 16 years, including the past four Berger brings more than 20 years of business Interim CEO, Chief as director of pro scouting, as development expertise to HED, including Financial Officer and Craig D’Agostini the team won four Super Bowls. Head of Legal Affairs previous experience at AECOM and Parsons. Vice President of Quinn replaced Martin May- Henniges Automotive Government Affairs hew, fired in November along with Lions President Tom Lewand David Jaeger Williams, a proven leader with Comcast Studio Leader, Healthcare over 25 years of experience, was appointed as after a 1-7 start to the season. D’Agostini oversees all Design Studio interim Chief Executive Officer for Henniges The team hired Ford family ad- government and community Automotive. In addition, Larry will continue with viser Rod Wood as president. No Harley Ellis Devereaux affairs for Comcast. His responsibilities his current responsibilities as Chief Financial details were disclosed on terms (HED) include overseeing franchise and regulatory Officer and Head of Legal Affairs. Larry joined of Quinn’s contract. HED has appointed David compliance and managing community Henniges in March 2003 and prior to joining he Jaeger, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, as Studio Leader, investment initiatives, including the company’s was Director of Finance for GDX Automotive Schmitt appointed COO Healthcare Design Studio. Jaeger will continue Internet Essentials program. D’Agostini has 16 North America & Europe. Larry earned his MBA to lead healthcare planning and design for the years of experience in the telecommunications of United Shore league from Butler University and earned a Bachelor of firm along with continued involvement in project and cable industries. Most recently, he served Science from Central Michigan University. Andy Appleby didn’t look far development. With 32 years of experience as senior director of government affairs for for the top executive to manage designing healthcare environments, Jaeger Comcast in Houston. the day-to- works with clients to implement lean design day opera- solutions that focus on effective use of space to LAW Parvathy Hariharan tions of his enhance the patient and staff experience. Vice President of new United Customer Experience Shore Profes- Christopher Vogelheim Stefan D. Osterbur Strategy sional Baseball Of Counsel League in Studio Leader, Science & Comcast Technology Design Studio Reising Ethington P.C. Utica. Hariharan oversees Harley Ellis Devereaux Appleby’s An experienced patent Comcast's efforts to implement the company’s Dana Schmitt General Sports (HED) attorney, Stefan Osterbur’s multi-year strategy to transform the customer and Entertain- Christopher Vogelheim, AIA, practice is directed to experience and to create a culture focused on ment said that Dana Schmitt, his LEED AP, has joined HED as Studio Leader, domestic and foreign patent prosecution, exceeding customers’ expectations. Hariharan longtime COO and general Science & Technology Design Studio. preparation of legal opinions concerning patent comes to Comcast from Deloitte Consulting counsel, will become COO of the Vogelheim will lead all aspects of the firm’s infringement and validity issues, trade secrets LLP in Detroit, where she held several independent developmental Science & Technology Studio in the Detroit area. and intellectual property litigation. Osterbur leadership positions. She has significant league to begin in June. Schmitt, With 23 years of architectural design and comes to Reising Ethington from Fishman experience in building customer retention a 2005 Crain’s 40 under 40 hon- leadership experience, Vogelheim’s expertise Stewart Yamaguchi PLLC (formerly Rader, strategies for major clients. oree, will be in charge of league, spans across projects of varied scope and Fishman, & Grauer PLLC), where he was a ballpark and team operations. complexity. Prior to joining HED, Vogelheim Partner. His experience includes patent portfolio Also newly hired were Brian most recently served as Facilities Practice management, infringement and clearance Berryman, as executive director Leader at AECOM. issues, and IP transactions. of baseball operations; Matthew Schul, vice president of corpo- E. James Zwolensky rate partnerships; Rod Emmons, Studio Leader, Higher vice president of tickets, groups Education Design Studio and premium sales; Theresa Doan Harley Ellis Devereaux , vice president of market- Tim (HED) ing and public relations; Dameron, director of promotions E. James Zwolensky, AIA, in charge of game presentation LEED AP, has joined HED as Studio Leader, and promotions; and Josh Hart- Higher Education Design Studio. Zwolensky will man, senior account manager, lead all aspects of the firm’s Higher Education corporate partnerships. Studio in the Detroit area. With over 25 years of experience in architecture and project UM institute names Sayer leadership, Zwolensky’s expertise spans across projects of varied scope and complexity. Prior The University of Michigan to joining HED, Zwolensky most recently served named James Sayer director of as Senior Project Manager at Stantec. the UM Transportation Research Institute. He’ll replace interim di- Crain’s has moved its complete list rector Carol Flannagan March 1. of appointments and promotions to Sayer is head of the human www.crainsdetroit.com/peopleon factors group at UMTRI and an adjunct professor of civil and themove. Guaranteed placement in environmental engineering at print and online can be purchased the university. Ⅲ at this website. 20160118-NEWS--0015-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 4:35 PM Page 1

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say, yes, there is an incident?” at work came back positive. POT Singh said the wording was inten- About the bill Casias lost his job. FROM PAGE 3 tional, in order to give employers flexi- A bill introduced by state Rep. Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, would prohibit An issue of fairness bility when dealing with situations on employers from firing or otherwise disciplining an employee solely on the basis an employee’s job performance, es- a case-by-case basis. A drug test likely of the worker’s status as a medical marijuana patient. Singh said his bill allows employ- pecially if that use happened out- would trigger the job action, he said. ers to take job action against a side of work hours. “You’d have to have some very House Bill 5161 was introduced in December and was referred to the House worker if there is cause to do so, The intent is to prevent blanket strong compelling reason as an em- commerce and trade committee. such as if the employee was caught firings and discrimination against ployer to suggest that somebody’s The bill would amend Section 4 of the state’s 2008 medical marijuana law to using marijuana on the job or workers who use the drug — still medical marijuana use on their off prohibit employers from terminating or taking adverse employment action comes to work under the influence. considered an illegal controlled time is impacting their perform- against an employee for medical use of marijuana “if the use is not incompatible Treating marijuana as a medi- substance under federal law — for ance that would cause a detriment with and does not hinder job performance and the employee produces his or her cine, though, should protect em- medical purposes, Singh said. to your company,” Singh said. registry identification card for the employer’s inspection,” the legislation states. ployees who use the drug on their Some attorneys who specialize in “The onus really is back onto the personal time, Singh said. In addition, the amended law would prohibit employers from terminating or employment law, however, caution employer to make the case for this Yet that raises the possibility for taking adverse employment action against an employee after failure to produce that the bill as written is ripe for liti- — versus the other way around — the standard to be unfairly applied, a registry identification card unless the employee is subject to termination or gation, due to language they per- which is automatically being able to said Marlo Johnson Roebuck, office adverse employment action for a specific incident involving marijuana “and ceive as vague and overly broad. assume it is adversely affecting the managing shareholder for law firm production of the card would preclude the termination or action.” For instance, the bill’s wording re- individual.” Jackson Lewis PC in Southfield and quires employers to show the mari- Criticism of the law Grand Rapids. Companies with juana use “is not incompatible with nor does it require or imply the inclu- computer-generated system. (Arsi- zero-tolerance drug policies likely and does not hinder job perform- Michigan’s 2008 voter-initiated sion of private employment in its dis- wala said he was tested twice himself would have to rewrite them and ance” — a phrase some lawyers be- medical marijuana law has been criti- cussion of occupational or profes- last year.) doing so could give medical mari- lieve takes the unusual step of placing cized for its broadness since the start. sional licensing boards,” the appeals Under a zero-tolerance policy, if juana patients unfair privilege. the burden of proof on employers. A notable example is the debate about court ruled in a majority opinion in an employee tested positive for For instance, Roebuck said, the The bill also would prevent em- whether dispensaries that proliferated Casias v.Wal-Mart, et. al. “The statuto- THC, the main chemical in mari- bill’s language could make it so that ployers from asking whether a worker in cities such as Detroit are legal. ry language of the (law) does not sup- juana, “basically that person would an employee who wasn’t using a has a medical marijuana card unless Lawmakers this session have port Plaintiff’s interpretation that the lose their job,” Arsiwala said. substance and was involved in a he or she faces discipline or termina- taken up bills to more strictly regulate statute provides protection against But marijuana can show up on a safety incident at work could be tion for a “specific incident involving the medical marijuana industry, in- disciplinary actions by a business, drug test for a while after a person fired, while another employee who marijuana” and showing the card cluding allowing edible marijuana inasmuch as the statute fails to regu- uses it. And under the bill, someone also happened to be a medical mar- would prevent the job action. products and setting up a so-called late private employment actions.” would have to determine whether the ijuana patient might keep his or her “In my opinion, this is creating “seed-to-sale” tracking system. The Bonnette, of Nemeth Law, says employee was under the influence at job if involved in a similar incident. almost a special exempt class for bills cleared the House but have he doesn’t believe the law needs fur- the time of the random test or after a “If they are protected in that situ- the use of marijuana,” said Terry stalled in the Senate’s judiciary com- ther clarification. The amendment workplace safety incident, he said. ation, then they would probably be Bonnette, a partner with Nemeth mittee; its chairman, Sen. Rick Jones, being proposed would preclude “Of course it’s going to be difficult receiving more protection than the Law PC in Detroit. has asked Senate Majority Leader employers from enforcing their ex- to enforce,” Arsiwala said. average employee who doesn’t have “What does a specific incident in- Arlan Meekhof to discharge the bills isting drug policies, he added. In Casias’ case, he told a court he a medical marijuana card, so that volving marijuana mean?” Bonnette for a vote in the full chamber. Mohammed Arsiwala, M.D., has had been using the drug to treat could create some inconsistent said. “If I am doing a random drug But the law largely has steered a zero-tolerance drug policy for his pain from sinus cancer and an in- treatment,” she said. screen and an employee tests positive clear of private employers. Judges, roughly 200 employees at Livonia- operable brain tumor he was diag- Singh said he hopes his bill will be for marijuana in that random drug including the federal appeals court based Michigan Urgent Care and Occu- nosed with at 17. He insisted he the start of the conversation, adding screen, is that a specific incident in- panel that decided Casias’ case, pational Health, which operates 10 never used marijuana before or that he would be open to discussing volving marijuana? Or does there have have interpreted the law as not ex- clinics in Southeast Michigan. during his work shifts at Walmart. ways to tighten the language if the to be, for example, a workplace inci- tending to businesses. Michigan Urgent Care conducts Even so, according to court records, business community requested it. Ⅲ dent? 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MORTGAGES 2015 good year for FRESH FROM PAGE 1 loan securitizations FROM PAGE 1 kets Group in the Southfield office Not only have delinquencies refrigerator. of CBRE Inc. “I field several calls a declined, but 2015 was a strong year They are exposed to high pres- week from CMBS lenders looking for new loan securitizations. The 10 sure at low temperatures in a bottle for my read on the office market.” largest (figures in millions): or sealed container to kill bacteria The three-year delinquency rate and micro-organisms. The process Property Securitized loan balance high came in January 2013 when 72 extends shelf life without freezing or CMBS loans with a balance of just One Campus Martius $75.0 adding preservatives. over $1 billion were delinquent 90 Somerset Park Apartments $73.5 But unlike the Garden Fresh or more days, according to New Gourmet salsa, hummus, dips and York City-based Trepp LLC. That’s a Somerset Park Apartments $70.0 chips, you won’t find the new Clean delinquency rate of 17.32 percent of One Campus Martius $50.0 Planet meats in your local supermar- the $6.04 billion in CMBS debt at First National Building $40.0 ket. They are sold exclusively through the time spread across 627 loans. www.cleanplanetfoods.com, select The national average delinquency Somerset Park Apartments $36.5 gyms and from a cooler in the lobby rate was 9.57 percent that month. First National Building $30.0 at the Great Fresh headquarters MIKE RAFFIN But last month, the local delin- building. Clean Planet Turkey Meatloaf is one of the new healthy products being offered by Great Utica Park Place $29.0 quency rate was just 7.66 percent The line is sold in five packs of Fresh Foods LLC. (compared with 5.17 percent na- Plymouth Road Tech Center $28.0 4-ounce individual portions for tionally), with 41 loans totaling Warren Industrial Center $25.4 $3.50-$4.50 per serving online. The chase the Clean Planet meats at homes in Oakland and Macomb $396.6 million 90 days or more Source: Trepp LLC varieties include: Piedmontese beef wholesale pricing and sell them di- counties and local billboards. Local delinquent, according to Trepp. The patties and meatballs, turkey meat- rectly to customers from a cooler at fitness guru Peter Nielsen, a minori- total balance of the region’s 545 loaf and Italian style turkey meat- their gyms, Griffin said. ty partner in the subsidiary, is serv- CMBS mortgages as of last month million note that the lender might balls, chicken and turkey patties, Clean Planet is negotiating affili- ing as spokesman for the products. was $5.17 billion, according to forgive. whole chicken breasts and Ja- ate relationships with other fitness On behalf of Clean Planet, Great Trepp. But in return, the borrower had maican style chicken, which Aron- clubs, as well, starting locally and Fresh will supply online orders for Dennis Bernard, founder and to spend money — millions of dol- son began developing when he and creating demand here before ex- people living in the Michigan, Ohio president of Southfield-based lars — to generate more revenue his wife still owned the Clubhouse panding into other states, in an ap- and Chicago markets from its Clin- Bernard Financial Group Inc., said his from the property through things Bar-B-Q in Ferndale, where they also proach akin to the one Garden ton Township base. office was responsible for arranging like tenant improvements and even developed their famous salsa. Fresh Gourmet took. To distribute the products in 14 of the 20 largest CMBS debt is- slightly reduced rents to attract ten- The all-natural and preservative- With Clean Planet, “we want to other states, Clean Planet is setting suances last year, including $125 ants to stabilize the property, free meat entrees are “the cleanest start with a grassroots approach as up cold-storage depots in major million across two loans issued on Bernard said. In some cases, that proteins with long shelf life,” Aron- well,” Griffin said. “We think if we cities through affiliate agreements, One Campus Martius downtown, paid off. son said. “No one has done any- can build loyalty locally, we can Aronson said. The first out-of-state owned by Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock Real Overall, metro Detroit’s 72.5 mil- thing like this before.” grow from there.” distribution site Estate Services LLC, and $70 million, lion-square-foot office market had a The trend toward protein-centric Consumers are increasingly is set to open in also across two loans, for the First vacancy rate of 19.9 percent during diets is reflected in everything from looking for foods in their pure form, February in At- National Building downtown, also the third quarter last year, the most the Atkins Diet to the Paleo Diet, according to The NPD Group, a New lanta, and nego- owned by Bedrock. recent period for which data was Griffin said. At the same time, York-based market research firm. tiations are un- He said many of the loans issued available from the Southfield office there’s a trend toward “clean food” More than 30 percent of consumers derway to open during the record-setting years of of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. The that’s natural, preservative-free and are cautious about serving foods sites in Las Vegas CMBS debt issuance in 2005, 2006 rate was around 26 percent in the not as highly processed. with preservatives, compared with and Los Angeles and 2007 under more lax lending first quarter of 2013. We believe Clean Planet “is on 24 percent 10 years ago, and the in the next one standards have already been re- In addition to the One Campus trend with the clean food move- trend for additives follows the same Peter Nielsen: to two months. solved by lenders. Martius and First National Building ment ... (and) a good alternative for progression, said Kim McLynn, ex- Fitness guru to help The protein In 2005, $1.65 billion in commer- loans issued last year, rounding out people who are time-starved and ecutive director of public relations, promote products. entrees are “just cial mortgage-backed securities the three largest CMBS financing looking for highly nutritious, whole in an email. a stepping debt was issued in metro Detroit, deals was $180 million for the $216 proteins that don’t have artificial in- In terms of protein, NPD Group’s stone,” Aronson said. according to Trepp. That tapered off million purchase of the 2,226-unit gredients.” research shows that the majority of A line of fresh, prepared meals over the next two years, as $1.44 bil- Somerset Park apartments in Troy, Great Fresh, which employs U.S. consumers, or 78 percent, with a healthy meat entrée and lion was issued in 2006 and $1.22 which sold last year to Summit, N.J.- about 20 people, is producing all of agree that protein contributes to a sides like brown rice and broccoli is billion in 2007. based The Solomon Organization LLC. the Clean Planet products, with healthy diet, and more than half of also in development under the “A lot (of lenders) of the ‘WTF Stable office properties with solid local chef Luis Reyes, formerly of adults say they want more of it in Clean Planet brand. They’ll come in loans’ from those years have already tenancy will continue to generate Birmingham’s 220 restaurant, over- their diets, she said. proprietary packaging that is coated taken the real estate back” following CMBS debt with favorable loan seeing preparation. “A precooked, clean protein meal with a special film to prevent the default, he said. “The loans were terms, including loan amounts at Aronson projects Great Fresh will would be a triple threat for con- transfer of any chemical properties taken care of, the properties and higher levels compared with a prop- reach $12 million in revenue this sumers, since in addition to their in- to the food when warmed, Aronson notes were sold. If you think about erty’s value, said John Latessa, sen- year, up from about $4 million last terest in natural, pure foods, they says. it, that was most of the tip of the ice- ior managing director of the CBRE year. “My plant in Clinton Township are also looking to increase their “For years, I’ve always studied the berg, so we lost that.” Midwest Region. can handle probably up to $30 mil- protein consumption and are al- Zone Diet where anything you get ... One of the concerns was that For example, the $125 million lion in business. Once we hit (that) ways interested in convenience,” too much of ... over a three-hour pe- borrowers would not be able to One Campus Martius loans were is- for Great Fresh, we’re going to have McLynn said. riod ... will be stored in your body as make the so-called balloon pay- sued at about 75 percent of the to move or expand,” he said. And home delivery and offering fat,” Aronson said. ment — which is much larger than property’s value, according to The plan is to add another 80 em- the Clean Planet line at local gyms Developed in consultation with a a borrower’s monthly debt service Bernard. Last year, more than $1.23 ployees soon, Aronson said. make sense in terms of conven- nutritionist and doctor, the new payments — that typically comes billion in CMBS debt averaging 68 Clean Planet opted for a less con- ience, targeting and accessibility, meals will give you everything your when CMBS debt matures. percent of the properties’ value was ventional approach to distribution she said. body needs, nutritionally, for three Workout agreements with issued for metro Detroit properties, of the new Clean Planet line be- Clean Planet Foods plans to pro- hours, he said. delinquent borrowers also helped according to Trepp. cause of a feeling that it’s “almost mote its protein offerings through Clean Planet and Great Fresh nullify the expected ramifications Latessa also said 2016 should too innovative for conventional re- social media, a mailer to 600,000 plan to begin limited production of the 2005-07 CMBS debt boom, “bring a lot of clarity” regarding the tail,” he said. of the preservative- and nitrite- Bernard said. Between 2011 and future ownership of some promi- “There’s too much of a story to free meals from the Clinton 2013, borrowers — recognizing a nent suburban office properties, in- tell in the amount of time your typi- Township plant and begin selling pending improvement in the real cluding the former Federal-Mogul cal shopper in a (store) is willing to them over the next few months estate market — didn’t want to Holdings Corp. headquarters in take to understand the prod- through the same channels as the walk away from a property that Southfield; the Galleria Officentre, uct” and the higher Clean Planet proteins, Aronson would soon be able to support its also in Southfield; and the former pricing for it, he said. debt, Bernard said. The turn- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan said. “We’re out to change the way around also made banks more buildings in Southfield, currently So far, TV Fit- the world eats for the better,” Griffin willing to work with borrowers. occupied by Federal-Mogul. ness in Fern- said, with healthier products people So for example, a lender would “There were a lot of big proper- dale and Iron want to eat. convert a $20 million loan into a $16 ties in this town that were in various City Fitness & MIKE RAFFIN “It’s a business enterprise, but it’s million note with a lower interest states of flux,” he said. Ⅲ Yoga in Water- Jamaican Chicken also a passion.” Ⅲ rate, making the debt more man- Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412 ford Township 5-Pack is one of the Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694 ageable for the borrower, and a $4 Twitter: @kirkpinhoCDB have signed on to pur- products offered by Clean Planet. Twitter: @SherriWelch 20160118-NEWS--0017-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 3:15 PM Page 1

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“We are a mile from the Rouge enue for the church” if oil or gas is OIL River. There has been no regard for found. FROM PAGE 3 the health and safety of our com- “We could do more mission work munity,” said Quarles. “The state all over the world and community Fitch said supporters over- has disregarded our (City Council) programs to help Southfield,” Simp- whelmingly cited benefits of the who says they do not want it.” son said. She declined to state the revenue to the church and how it “There are a lot of active oil or percentage of royalties the church would help charitable and commu- natural gas producing wells right would receive from Jordan. nity causes. Opponents cited now in Oakland County,” including Founded in Detroit in 1979, Word Southfield’s moratorium; the poten- the one proposed by Jordan Devel- of Faith moved to Southfield in 1998 tial impacts to public health, safety opment in Southfield, said Fitch, for more space and to upgrade its and the environment; and concerns noting most of the several dozen ac- facilities, Simpson said. The church over hydraulic fracturing. tive wells are in unincorporated also provides mission services of Brower said Jordan does not plan areas outside of the county’s cities clothes, food, toys for kids, end-of- to conduct hydraulic fracturing to and villages. life care to seniors and other servic- extract gas from shale rocks. He said Since last September, however, es in Southeast Michigan. the church property is on top of a only one well is producing gas with- “We had a transitional living geological formation called a Nia- in a city limit in Oakland County out WORD OF FAITH INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTER home for homeless young women garan reef made of porous rock. of about 66 active permits, Fitch Jordan Development Co.LLC has signed a lease agreement for drilling with the Word of (Agape House) and had to close it” That structure makes the shale nat- said. This gas well is on property Faith International Christian Center Inc. at Evergreen and Nine Mile roads in Southfield. after three years because of funding urally fractured and doesn’t require owned by Michigan State University issues, Simpson said. “The home ul- water to be injected at high pressure at its management education cen- the last six months,” he said. “We the church granted permission to timately serviced over 20 young to remove gas. ter in Troy. have been working on this project Jordan last summer after receiving ladies (work and life skills) during Several neighbors of the church, Michigan has more than 14,000 such a long time we want to get it written assurances the drilling the three years it was open.” including Larry Quarles and Skip active and producing wells, includ- started.” would not damage the property or Simpson said the church might Davis, contacted Crain’s last week ing about 179 in Southeast Michi- Brower said he hopes oil prices environment. consider reopening the house de- with their environmental concerns, gan, said the DEQ. will rise later this year. Simpson said Bishop Keith Butler pending on how much revenue is including that water could be used The majority are oil wells and are “It is right at the edge of not being told Jordan Development that the generated if the oil drilling is suc- in the extraction process. in St. Clair County, with 81 produc- profitable,” he said. “We hope this is church was opposed to hydraulic cessful. “Oil is removed through natural ing wells, followed by 34 in Washte- a long-term project where we make fracturing to remove hard-to-get Brower said Jordan became in- pressure,” Brower said. “Hopefully naw County, 25 in Livingston, 19 in money when the price goes up.” gas deposits. terested in a lease with Word of we take out only oil, maybe some Oakland, eight in Macomb, eight in Still, Brower said some of Jordan’s Simpson said that once people Faith after seismic tests indicated gas, and not water. If gas and water Wayne and four in Monroe, the dozen or so Southeast Michigan opposed to the drilling get accurate there might be a plentiful supply of comes up, we will truck the water DEQ said. wells are producing oil and gas at information about the project, “I underground oil in the Southfield off the site.” Brower said Jordan hopes to tap good levels. think they would be OK with it.” area. If gas comes up, Brower said, into a major oil supply in Southfield For example, a joint venture proj- Jordan’s application states it has “We have drilled with partners a normal process is to either burn it on the church’s 110-acre property. ect between Jordan and Traverse leased 40 acres for the Word of Faith little farther west in Livonia with off or transport it for sale to the But he said low oil prices the past City-based West Bay Exploration Co. project. The nearest occupied struc- good success,” said Brower. “We nearest gas pipeline. two years have slowed drilling in on MSU property has produced ture is a church building 525 feet have quite a few wells in (Southeast Quarles, a retired IBM engineer Michigan to levels he hasn’t seen in about $60 million of natural gas away, 75 feet more than required by Michigan) with lots of gas and oil. and one of the leaders of Stop the 18 years. since the well was drilled in 2002, law. The nearest private building to Not so much in Wayne County.” Drilling in Southfield, said he is con- “The prices are terrible, $32.25 is Brower said. the proposed well is 900 feet. Brower said Jordan is a partner in cerned about the oil drilling for sev- the national number now per bar- Brower said the MSU gas well has “We have a spot in dense woods three high-producing wells in Livo- eral reasons that include reduced rel. Southern Michigan gets $6 less generated 8 billion cubic feet of gas that is very sealed from public view- nia with West Bay Exploration. “One property values, impact from po- (because of transportation costs), the past 14 years. The state has ing,” Brower said. “The church very well is over 200,000 barrels. That is tential methane gas air pollution so we are into the $26-per-barrel earned $ 6 million in royalties, and much wants it.” good for anywhere in Michigan,” he and additional truck traffic through range,” said Brower. MSU earned $12 million. Simpson said the church signed said. Ⅲ a neighborhood that is populated “It does affect the drilling. No- Andrea Simpson, director of pub- the lease agreement because “it Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325 with schools and houses. body has done anything (drilling) lic relations for Word of Faith, said could be a source of income or rev- Twitter: @jaybgreene

“NAIAS absolutely leads to a the floor begin a choreographed se- things this year than ever before,” ships) in a big way last year,” Walter DISPLAYS boost in sales for us,” Sellers said. quence, more akin to a Las Vegas said Slaughter, also a co-chairman said. “They’ve reshaped things and FROM PAGE 3 “The show really adds to the hype of spectacular than an auto show. of 2016 NAIAS. “Attendees love the made experiential more important more than 800,000 attendees, it’s big cars here in Detroit, and you’ve got “(The FCA display) is a combina- interaction and it gives them an ex- … they want to be in places like mo- business. to have an eye-catching display to tion of architecture and live enter- perience they’re not going to get torsports, auto shows and events.” Other local companies that work get people’s attention and get them tainment and marketing media anywhere else.” Roughly 70 percent of the brand in that specialty include Farming- into the cars.” working together,” Hemsworth said. However, elaborate displays play displays are new at this year’s ton Hills-based Czarnowski Display Sellers operates Sellers Buick GMC “It’s important to create an interac- only a small role in car buying deci- NAIAS, with many implementing Service Inc., which designed the Gen- in Farmington Hills, John Bowman tive environment, something that’s sions, said Nancy Walter, vice presi- more technology to engage atten- eral Motors Co. display and others, Chevrolet and Sellers Bowman Auto not static, and bring synchronicity dent of business development for dees, Hemsworth told Crain’s ahead and Livonia-based EWI Worldwide Center in Clarkston, as well as Sellers to FCA at the show.” Foresight Research. of the show in December. Inc., which produced the Ford Motor Bowman Subaru in Macomb The large metallic rings that sim- For potential buyers, the equa- “Everyone (clients) has different Co. exhibit and others. Township. ulate gears during the show were tion to car sales is much simpler. requirements and budgets, but Automakers spend as much as For FCA and its brands, execu- built in Europe and flown to Detroit The ability for show attendees to sit what they all want is to create an in- $300 million in a given year on dis- tives want to promote brand unity in the cargo holds of seven 747s. The in the vehicle is the most influential timate level of interaction with the plays in hopes of luring attendees to while attracting customers. FCA as- display required more than 100 aspect of the auto show to car buy- nearly million visitors at the show,” their dealerships when they leave signed GPJ the task of making a semis to deliver it to Cobo. ers, according to Foresight. Hemsworth said. “Technology has Cobo Center. concept called “Gears” a reality. GPJ designed other automaker “For (automaker) customers we been a big aid in meeting those de- According to Rochester-based GPJ created video-wrapped pil- displays at NAIAS, including those work with, we’ve been known to mands and creating something that marketing research firm Foresight lars for each FCA brand — Chrysler, for Nissan, Infiniti, Acura, Honda, Toy- march up to their stands and tell goes beyond brand awareness to Research Inc., 71 percent of atten- Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Fiat and Alfa ota, Scion and Lexus. Outside of them to unlock the cars,” Walter something experiential for the show dees for the world’s auto shows were Romeo — that display 40 minutes NAIAS, it works with Maserati, Tesla said. “That’s what they’re here for. attendees.” expected to buy or lease a new car of logos and other brand content. and Volkswagen. They want to shop.” For FCA, that means an over-the- within 12 months of attending last The pillars are connected with 18 EWI wasn’t available to discuss But the displays are playing a top display that can keep the atten- year. LED-lined rings, or gears, linking bells and whistles of the displays more important role as the Millen- tion span of a generation inundated For automakers and dealers, the six brands into one overall pitching Ford products, but interac- nial generation continues to grow as with over-the-top technology. that’s more than 568,000 potential theme, Puffer said. tivity remained a strong element in car buyers, Walter said. “While the latest technology ap- car buyers set to walk by their dis- “We sell several brands, but we’re many displays, including Ford’s. Millennials — those born be- peals to all ages, we do think the new plays between Jan. 16-24, which one company,” Puffer said. “We At Ford, attendees can enter an tween 1980 and the early 2000s — interactive display will be appealing translates to billions of dollars up wanted to find a way to showcase F-150 that rises almost two stories fell from nearly a third of car buyers to young consumers,” Puffer said. for grabs. that in this space in a big way.” above the show floor to showcase in 2009 to just 10 percent of buyers “The combination of very cool Sam Slaughter, president of Rounding out the hourlong pro- how a trailer responds to its Pro in 2013 because the recession hit graphics, upbeat music and a dy- Clarkston-based Sellers Auto Group gram is a 20-minute video and light Trailer Backup Assist system as well the younger generations harder, namic light display should attract Inc., said auto shows play an impor- show called the “Super Storm.” Dur- as a virtual ride in an Explorer Walter said. the more connected customer.” Ⅲ tant role in introducing customers ing the storm, the lights go down, through scenic roads in America. But that’s changing. Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042 to new products. music erupts and the 38 screens on “There are more interactive “Millennials came back (to dealer- Twitter: @dustinpwalsh 20160118-NEWS--0018-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/15/2016 3:45 PM Page 1

18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 HMO “I am in favor of anything that Making a case CRAIN’S FROM PAGE 1 streamlines the current structure.” If Medicaid HMOs take over the DETROIT BUSINESS system, said Willie Brooks, CEO of www.crainsdetroit.com it margins in behavioral health. James Haveman,president of the Haveman Group the Oakland County Community Men- Editor-in-Chief Keith E. Crain “This is not a traditional market tal Health Authority, the drive for Group Publisher Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] most health plans are used to serv- havioral health. He said Molina in Murdock acknowledged savings profits by the health plans could Associate Publisher Marla Wise, (313) 446-6032 ing,” Sheehan said. “(We) treat the Michigan already treats many of the could accrue if the HMOs managed take up to 10 percent of payments or [email protected] Editor Jennette Smith, (313) 446-1622 or more severe cases that involve the patients that ICA does, so the acqui- all care. But he said benefits to the from an already underfunded men- [email protected] additional complexities of poverty, sition was a natural fit. state also could help to address the tal health system. Director, Digital Strategy, Audience Development Nancy Hanus, housing, employment, disease and “We want to ensure our mem- following over a three-year period: Brooks explained that Medicaid (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] environmental concerns.” bers get the best behavioral, med- the pending shortfall of state rev- HMOs’ retain an average of about Managing Editor Michael Lee, (313) 446-1630 or [email protected] Under the state’s current mental ical and developmentally disabled enue in fiscal year 2017 for the Med- 15 percent of revenue as adminis- Managing Editor/Custom and Special Projects health payment system, the Depart- care possible,” Bass said. “Frequent- icaid program. trative overhead and profits. Non- Daniel Duggan, (313) 446-0414 or ment of Health and Human Services [email protected] ly that doesn’t happen when you The shortfall, which could tally profit mental health agencies retain Assistant Managing Editor Kristin Bull, makes monthly per-person Medic- have two payers who are two differ- more than $1 billion, includes the about 5 percent or less as overhead. (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] News Editor Beth Reeber Valone, (313) 446-5875 aid payments to “prepaid inpatient ent entities.” potential loss of provider taxes that “Whenever you don’t have to or [email protected] health plans,” commonly called Of the people served by the men- support the Medicaid program, ris- worry about shareholders’ profit, Senior Editor Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 mental health authorities, in 10 re- tal health authorities in 2015, more ing specialty drugs costs and $150 the money goes back to the peo- or [email protected] Research and Data EditorSonya Hill,(313) 446-0402 gions that cover about 251,000 than 70 percent are already enrolled million in 2017 in general funds to ple,” Brooks said. “HMOs’ goal is or [email protected] Michiganians. Wayne, Oakland and in a Medicaid HMO, according to support Healthy Michigan, Mur- to avoid risk, and they make more Editorial Support (313) 446-0419; YahNica Craw- ford, (313) 446-0329 Macomb counties each make up the Michigan HHS and the Ann dock said. money by avoiding risk. Our goal Newsroom (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446-1687 , one region with their mental health Arbor-based Center for Healthcare “If we are truly interested in treat- is to approach risk and minimize TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 authorities. Transformation and Research. ing the whole person, we should the long-term affects by providing REPORTERS The mental health authorities, in Taft Parsons, M.D., Molina’s vice move toward more of an integrated services.” Jay Greene, senior reporter Covers health care, insurance, energy, utilities and the environment. turn, contract with a variety of president of behavioral health, said approach,” Murdock said. Watkins, who is at the center of (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] provider organizations and com- managing diabetes and other James Haveman, former com- the for-profit versus public non- Chad Halcom Covers litigation, the defense industry and education. (313) 446-6796 or munity mental health agencies to chronic conditions in conjunction munity health director, said he sup- profit mental health debate, said he [email protected] deliver services that include autism, with mental health conditions reports the health plan’s effort to co- is not opposed to further privatiza- Tom Henderson Covers banking, finance, technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or developmental, substance abuse, sults in better outcomes. ordinate both physical and tion of the mental health system. [email protected] behavioral health and serious men- “We have multidisciplinary behavioral health. “I am anti-profiteering,” Watkins Kirk Pinho Covers real estate, Oakland and Ma- comb counties. (313) 446-0412 or tal disorders. The 46 community teams that work to improve (pa- “I am in favor of anything that told Crain’s in an email in a refer- [email protected] mental health agencies, which tients’) illness burden by working streamlines the current structure. ence to the move by health plans to Bill Shea, enterprise editor Covers media, advertising and marketing, the business of serve 83 counties, also receive gen- with local social services (and com- We need to shrink the administra- take over the public mental health sports, and transportation. eral fund dollars for services not munity organizations) to deliver tive costs,” said Haveman, president system. (313) 446-1626 or [email protected] Robert Snell, reporter Covers city of Detroit covered by Medicaid. services the member needs,” Par- of the Haveman Group, a consulting But Haveman said there is and regional politics. (313) 446-1654 or The opening foray by health sons said. firm based in Grand Haven. enough money in the system to [email protected] Lindsay VanHulle, Lansing reporter. (517) 657- plans, say some observers, began Cost savings “The current structure … has allow for-profit HMOs to generate 2204 or [email protected] last year in Wayne County when for- multiple levels of administration. I their return on investment and inte- Dustin Walsh, senior reporter Covers the business of law, auto suppliers, manufacturing and profit Molina Healthcare, based in If Gov. Rick Snyder and the state have come to the conclusion we grate care. steel. (313) 446-6042 or [email protected] Long Beach, Calif., acquired a mi- Legislature agree that Michigan need to lessen that so we can get “Community health boards have Sherri Welch, senior reporter Covers nonprofits, services, retail and hospitality. (313) nority interest in Integrated Care Al- should change its mental health out more services,” he said. sizable reserves,” he said. “HMOs 446-1694 or [email protected] liance, a developmental disability contracting system, Bass said Moli- can contract with the people who Evolving care, financing ADVERTISING provider organization. na would be better able to serve that know how to provide the services. Sales Inquiries (313) 446-6032; FAX (313) 393-0997 ICA has a contract with the De- population with the experience it is Over the past 50 years, Michigan’s (HHS) can write the regulations to Sales Manager Tammy Rokowski troit-Wayne Mental Health Authority, gaining through ICA and a dual eli- mental health delivery system has ensure services are delivered to the Senior Account Executive Matthew J. Langan Advertising Sales Christine Galasso, Catherine one of the regional agencies that gible demonstration program in changed drastically. Starting in people.” Grace, Joe Miller, Sarah Stachowicz contract with HHS. Michigan where it is coordinating 1987, the state began closing 11 of While opposing HMO takeover Classified Sales Manager Angela Schutte, (313) 446-6051 In September, Molina acquired physical and behavioral health care 16 psychiatric hospitals and moved plans, Elmer Cerano, executive di- Classified Sales Lynn Calcaterra, (313) 446-6086 100 percent interest in ICA, a move for Medicare and Medicaid pa- more into the outpatient arena. rector of the federally funded con- Events Manager Kacey Anderson that led Tom Watkins, CEO of tients. In 1996, Michigan carved out be- sumer advocacy group Michigan Pro- Creative Services Director Pierrette Templeton tection & Advocacy Service Senior Art Director Sylvia Kolaski DWMHA, to terminate ICA/Moli- Sources tell Crain’s the health havioral health from physical health , agreed Marketing Coordinator Ariel Black na’s contract for failure to notify the plans are suggesting to Snyder and reimbursement under a federal that the state mental health code Special Projects Coordinator Keenan Covington authority and other contract viola- state legislators that allowing them waiver when the state began con- would have to be modified to close- Sales Support Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford tions. The authority’s board in mid- to manage medical and behavioral tracting with Medicaid HMOs. ly regulate for-profit HMOs. Editorial Assistant Nancy Powers Production Manager Wendy Kobylarz December suspended the termina- health in an integrated fashion “Now we are preaching integrat- “The concern we have is because Production Supervisor Andrew Spanos tion until at least Jan. 31 to study the could cut costs by $200 million from ed care. You can’t preach that unless there are high-cost users and there CUSTOMER SERVICE issue. 2017 to 2019. you carve back in those services,” will be a temptation by for-profit Main Number: Call (877) 824-9374 Molina said in a statement its ac- The cost savings then could help Haveman said. “I support the carve- companies to reduce services” to or [email protected] Subscriptions $59 one year, $98 two years. Out of quisition of ICA is part of a broader pay for state general fund transfers in (to Medicaid HMOs). The com- create adequate profit margins, state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. Outside strategy to integrate physical and mandated by the $1.2 billion Michi- munity mental health board model Cerano said. “We are opposed to or- U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state rate for surface mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or (877) 824-9374. behavioral health care for the peo- gan road bill, which Snyder recently has to change.” ganizations taking profits out of the Single Copies (877) 824-9374 ple it serves in Michigan and at least approved and begins in 2017. Most To reduce costs, Snyder in 2013 system because this removes need- Reprints (212) 210-0750; or Krista Bora at [email protected] seven other states. of the road improvements will be reorganized mental health delivery ed resources.” To find a date a story was published (313) 446- Craig Bass, a Molina vice presi- paid by higher gas and license taxes, by funneling state dollars into geo- Cerano said the 10 mental health 0406 or e-mail [email protected] Crain’s Detroit Business is published by dent, said the health plan is looking but $150 million must be shifted by graphic regions in no-bid contracts authorities are capable of squeezing Crain Communications Inc. nationally to improve care coordi- 2018, rising to $600 million by 2020 to 10 mental health authorities. out more efficiency by reducing the Chairman Keith E. Crain nation between physical and be- and after. At the same time, Lt. Gov. Brian number of community mental President Rance Crain Treasurer Mary Kay Crain Calley headed the Mental Health and health agencies under contract. Executive Vice President/Operations Wellness Commission to evaluate and “We don’t need 46. They should William A. Morrow Executive Vice President/Director of Strategic INDEX TO COMPANIES recommend changes in the state’s be more aligned with the (mental Operations Chris Crain These companies have significant mention in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: mental health system. health authorities) to reduce the ad- Executive Vice President/Director of Corporate Operations KC Crain One still unmet recommenda- ministrative overstructure,” said Beaumont Health...... 7, 9 Macomb County Community Mental Health ....18 Vice President/Production & Manufacturing tion is to “improve coordination of Cerano, noting that Detroit Wayne Dave Kamis Bernard Financial Group ...... 16 McLaren Health Care ...... 7 Chief Financial Officer Thomas Stevens CBRE ...... 1 Michigan Assoc.ofComm.Mental Health Boards.1 behavioral health and physical already has consolidated opera- Chief Information Officer Anthony DiPonio Clean Planet Foods ...... 1 Michigan Association of Health Plans...... 1 health.” tions. G.D. 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CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS // JANUARY 18, 2016 19 ON THE WEB RUMBLINGS WEEK JAN. 9-15 In Detroit, the estimated average Global Platform BV Detroit Digits lands-based . monthly cost for Lions to keep business motorists A numbers-focused look at last OTHER NEWS is $1,307.75 — more week’s headlines: expensive than the Caldwell as Ⅲ Dan Gilbert has helped launch nation's largest Courtside Ventures , a Detroit- cities, including New head coach based, $35 million early stage York,Los Angeles, $24 million venture capital fund that will in- Chicago and Detroit Lions The investment Southfield-based he said Friday vest in technology and media Philadelphia. they would retain Jim Cald- Environmental and Technical companies with a focus on sports. T well as head coach next Controls plans to build a hydrogen Ⅲ Stache International, a 2,000- season. Caldwell’s status was un- fuel cell plant on Detroit’s east square-foot sandwich shop, clear as the team searched for a side. The plan is in early stages and opened in Detroit’s Eastern Mar- general manager after its 7-9 sea- contingent on city approval. ket for lunch on weekdays and Why Detroit is nation’s most son, but new GM Bob Quinn cited also for dinner on weekends. the team’s strong finish as a factor Ⅲ Legoland Discovery Center in keeping the coach. Michigan at Great Lakes Crossing expensive city for biz driving 180,000 Outlets in Auburn Hills crowned The approximate amount of COMPANY NEWS Clint Parry of Wauseon, Ohio, its etroit landed atop the list of About $300,000 more is owed to law square footage Dan Gilbert added new master model builder. The most expensive cities in the firms that have represented Camp- Ⅲ Arkansas-based Wal-Mart to his real estate portfolio after center is to open this spring. D country for employees who bell at some point in litigation with Stores Inc. plans to close 269 acquiring three buildings near Ⅲ A former Detroit Public drive for business, according to PrivateBank and Post Note at Oak- stores — including two in metro Corktown. Gilbert’s Bedrock Real Schools art teacher left a $1.71 mil- Runzheimer, a Waterford, Wis.-based land County Circuit Court. Detroit, in Waterford and Hart- Estate expects to use the buildings lion bequest to the Detroit Institute workforce management firm. The bank in 2010 sued Campbell land, by month’s end — in a push for mixed-use development. of Arts. The gift by Elizabeth And the main reason isn’t the and track co-investor Jack Krasula, to streamline the chain that will Verdow, a longtime DIA volunteer potholes. who also owns the Southfield exec- affect 16,000 jobs nationally. who died in 2014, will fund acqui- In Detroit, the estimated average utive-search firm Trustinus LLC and Ⅲ Detroit Public Television and sitions of contemporary art. monthly cost for business motorists is host of a show on WJR AM 760. But Michigan State University an- 73 Ⅲ The historic South Lyon The- is $1,307.75. It’s more expensive Krasula, through Post Note, appar- The percentage of jobs lost during nounced a formal collaboration ater was sold to Neil Asset Manage- than the nation’s largest cities — in- ently has become Campbell’s credi- the last decade that economists on public TV programming, in- ment LLC in Plymouth by Lake cluding New York, Los Angeles, tor and reached a settlement with predict Michigan will recover by cluding development of 24/7 fare Street Investments LLC. Terms of Chicago and Philadelphia. Campbell for $6 million in August 2018. University of Michigan for children and families the deal were not known. “With Detroit, the primary driver 2011 to resolve the court case, ac- economists project the state will statewide. MSU will continue to Ⅲ Romel Casab, an Oakland is really insurance,” said David Olson, cording to court records in the Oak- have gained 624,700 jobs by the operate public affiliate WKAR-TV County businessman who at one director of business vehicle services land County case. end of that year. Channel 23, and not join the Feder- time claimed to be part-owner of and expense for Runzheimer. Campbell has retired about $1.2 al Communications Commission the former Packard Motor Co. plant Detroit has some of the nation’s million of that settlement debt Broadcast Incentive Auction to Ⅲ The University of Michigan in Detroit, was indicted in federal highest auto insurance rates, a rea- through regular payments since sell its rights to use federally con- Health System has affiliated with court on drug conspiracy and son the Michigan Legislature has then, but has been in default since trolled broadcast frequencies. CVS Health to share electronic pre- firearm charges. taken up bills this session in an ef- the agreement increased his DPTV’s WTVS-Channel 56 is also scription and visit information for Ⅲ Highway safety officials plan fort to address the issue. The bills monthly payments starting last expected to remain on the air. its employees who visit CVS’ 17 to take several steps this year to haven’t moved in months, however. September to $29,531 per month, Ⅲ Struggling cable news net- MinuteClinic locations in Michi- clear the way for autonomous ve- Incidentally, the cheapest place which exceeds his monthly take- work Al Jazeera America, which has gan. hicles, including those designed is just down the road a piece: Wa- home pay at HomeBanc. a Detroit bureau since 2013, said Ⅲ ZF North America Inc., the to operate without a driver, to hit pakoneta, Ohio, with an average Republic Bancorp in Ann Arbor it will cease operations by April Northville-based subsidiary of ZF the streets in large numbers, U.S. monthly cost of $598.83. was sold in 2006 for $1.05 billion to 30. “Our business model is simply Friedrichshafen AG, announced Transportation Secretary Anthony Citizens Banking Corp. Campbell and not sustainable in light of the eco- plans to move its headquarters to Foxx said at the North American In- Pinnacle course’s Campbell Krasula, along with several other nomic challenges” in U.S. media, Livonia. The move is largely cere- ternational Auto Show in Detroit. files for bankruptcy local partners, started a Tampa- CEO Al Anstey wrote in a memo. monial, as the auto supplier will Ⅲ Metro Detroit single-family based bank-holding company, Ⅲ An agreement struck be- retain its Northville office, a sales home and condominium sales Jerry Campbell, former chairman CNBS Financial Group Inc., and tween M1 Concourse LLC and and engineering center. improved in 2015, increasing 4.7 and founder of Ann Arbor-based opened its first branch in 2007. Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Ⅲ Southfield-based supplier percent from 2014, according to a Republic Bancorp HomeBanc claims 13 branch lo- Motorparts gives Federal-Mogul’s Denso International America Inc. report from Realcomp II Ltd., while Inc. and co- cations in central Florida in addi- Champion spark plugs sponsor- said it has exceeded projections median home and condominium owner of the tion to its Tampa headquarters, ac- ship of M1 Concourse’s 1.5-mile by investing more than $1 billion sale prices rose 10.6 percent. failed Pinnacle cording to its website. recreational test track in Pontiac. and adding 3,000 new jobs in Ⅲ City building and health offi- Race Course in Ⅲ Henry Ford Health System in North America since 2014. cials will begin inspecting all De- Huron Town- Forbesgives a nod Detroit and Livonia-based Trinity Ⅲ Auto designer Henrik Fisker is troit public schools for possible ship, filed for to Bon Bon Bon owner Health have formed two of the 21 joining former General Motors Vice code and safety violations, AP re- personal bank- new accountable care organiza- Chairman Bob Lutz and entrepre- ported. The inspections follow ruptcy protec- Founder-owner and chocolatier tions approved by Medicare and neur Gilbert Villarreal to create a visits by Mayor Mike Duggan to sev- Jerry Campbell: tion this week at Alexandra Clark of Bon Bon Bon LLC in join another 456 similar ACOs new luxury sports car company, eral schools after the teachers In court in Florida. a federal court in Hamtramck made Forbes maga- that put them at full risk or partial VLF Automotive, Automotive News union complained of rodents, Florida, for debts zine’s list of 30 under 30 honorees for financial risk for patient care. reported. VLF is the successor to mold and other problems. tied to the shuttered horse track. 2016 for food and drink this month. Ⅲ Irvine, Calif.-based Concerto- VL Automotive, the Lutz-Villarreal Ⅲ Julie Secontine, Oakland Campbell, who earns an annual Clark, 27, who opened a Ham- Health Inc. signed an agreement company launched in 2013. County’s risk manager, was salary of about $290,000 as presi- tramck store in July after investing with Humana Inc. to participate in Ⅲ Milwaukee-based Johnson named as the state’s fire marshal dent and CEO of Tampa, Fla.-based $32,000 of her own money in the the Louisville, Ky.-based HMOs Controls Inc., the world’s largest and as director of the Michigan Bu- HomeBancorp Inc., claims about $9 startup, got the magazine’s atten- provider network in Southeast seat supplier, said the new seating reau of Fire Services, AP reported. million owed to various creditors in tion for confections that blend Michigan. Terms were not dis- and interiors business it is spin- a voluntary Chapter 11 petition this seven kinds of chocolate and locally closed. ning off will be named Adient, Au- OBITUARIES week before Judge Rodney May of sourced fillings that run from tradi- Ⅲ Twenty Detroit projects are tomotive News reported. JCI’s au- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle tional fruit offerings to the more among the 158 finalists of the sec- tomotive interiors business is Ⅲ Julie Nguyen Brown, president District of Florida. unconventional, like cornbread ond Knight Cities Challenge. The based in Plymouth Township. of Plastech Holding Corp. in Dear- But chiefly Campbell owes $4.8 and honey. Miami-based John S. and James L. Ⅲ Pensions & Investments, a born, has died. Her family did not million to Post Note LLC, which ac- Clark has also opened a second Knight Foundation will announce New York City-based publication release information on her age or quired a former $5 million con- retail location in downtown De- this spring the winners to receive of Detroit-based Crain Communica- date or cause of death. Brown struction loan from Bloomfield troit. An alumna of Michigan State a share of a $5 million grant. The tions Inc., acquired two pension founded Plastech Engineered Prod- Hills-based PrivateBank in early University and Schoolcraft College, challenge, a three-year project, industry summits, the WorldPen- ucts, formerly the country’s 2009 to Campbell and his co-in- she worked previously at chocolate seeks engagement on solving sionSummit and WorldPensionSum- largest minority-owned automo- vestors at Pinnacle. The racetrack bar Max Brenner International in urban problems. mit Africa Special, from Nether- tive supplier. Ⅲ closed less than two years later. Boston. Ⅲ DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 1/11/2016 11:26 AM Page 1

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