Harrah’sHarrah’s NewNew OrleansOrleans CasinoCasino && HotelHotel 8 8 PMOLinkPMOLink sponsored by “When I tell people about Peoples Health…” “I say to them, ‘Let me tell you what they’ve done for me.’” – Peggy Yeager, Peoples Health Member It started out as routine check-up for 71-year-old Peggy Yeager. “I like everything about Peoples Health,” she says. “I think that She had no idea she was sick. But her doctor wasn’t comfortable y’all were smart enough from the beginning to hire all good people, at all with something he found. He sent her for additional tests because everything – every answer you are looking for – is always and found that Peggy had an abdominal aortic aneurism – taken care of.” a condition blamed for some 15,000 deaths in the U.S. every year. She needed surgery. Peggy Yeager is 73 now. She’s been a member of Choices 65 – a Medicare health plan from Peoples Health – since she turned 65. Peggy was hospitalized for 10 days. “I was in ICU for seven days and “If you want to do the best thing that you’ve ever done in your life, then three days after that in a regular single room… It didn’t cost us please believe me: become a Peoples Health member,” Yeager says. a penny,” she said. “We know that with Medicare alone, we would “Without a doubt it really saved my life.” have had to come up with a good bit of money. We were fortunate enough to have learned about Peoples Health.” Peoples Health is the administrator for Tenet Choices, Inc. Peoples Health/Tenet Choices is an MA organization with a Medicare contract. www.peopleshealth.com H1961 H5501 PH OPAPY 1208 8 8 contents Past honorees . 5 Pool Corp. 39 Introduction . 7 The Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group . 40 ReadSoft . 41 LARGE COMPANIES Slidell Memorial Hospital & Medical Center . 42 Harrah’s New Orleans Casino & Hotel . 8 St. Tammany Parish Hospital . 43 North Oaks Health System . 10 Superior Energy Services . 44 West Jefferson Medical Center . 11 Touro Infirmary . 45 On the cover: (Top) From left: Terri Hymel hosts Yvonne Adams and Reese . 12 Tulane University . 46 Mitchell-Grubb and Angele James at the roulette table of Booz Allen Hamilton . 13 Walton Construction Co. 47 Harrah’s New Orleans Casino. (Photo by Frank Aymami) Broadpoint . 14 (Bottom) The staff of PMOLink gathers in the company’s Coventry Health Care of Louisiana . 15 SMALL COMPANIES Mandeville office. (Photo by Tracie Morris Schaefer) Cox New Orleans . 16 PMOLink . 48 Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles . 19 Wolfe Law Group . 50 Diamond Data Systems . 20 Chopin, Wagar, Richard & Kutcher . 51 Dickie Brennan & Co. 21 Creative Engineering Group . 52 Durr Heavy Construction . 23 Deveney Communication . 54 Published by Eagan Insurance Agency . 24 Gauthier, Houghtaling & Williams . 56 New Orleans Publishing Group East Jefferson General Hospital . 25 Hartwig Moss Insurance Agency . 57 111 Veterans Blvd, Ste. 1440 Gilsbar . 26 Heller Draper Hayden Patrick & Horn . 58 Metairie, LA 70005 Gregory C. Rigamer & Associates . 27 I-Assure . 59 Hilton New Orleans Riverside . 28 Loubat Equipment Co. 60 Publisher: D. Mark Singletary Jones Walker . 29 Louisiana Restaurant Association . 61 Associate Publisher: Lisa Blossman Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. 30 Morgan + Company . 62 Managing Editor: Greg LaRose LaPorte Sehrt Romig Hand . 31 Rimkus Consulting Group . 63 News Editor: Christian Moises McGlinchey Stafford . 32 Schafer Group . 64 Ochsner Health System . 33 Zehnder Communications . 65 Associate Editor: Autumn C. Giusti Omni Royal Orleans Hotel . 34 Art Directors: Lisa Finnan, Alex Borges Peoples Health . 36 LISTS Photography: Frank Aymami, Shannon Diecidue, Tracie Morris Schaefer Phelps Dunbar . 37 Large companies . 66 Account Executives: Liz Baldini, Jeanne Farrell, Cassie Foreman, Ginger Graf, Coco Evans Judd Planet Beach Franchising . 38 Small companies . 70 Production Manager: Julie Bernard 8 World-class healthcare. Close to home. 8 ST.TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL Top hospital nationally for employee, patient and physician satisfaction St.Tammany Parish Hospital is proud to accept New Orleans CityBusiness’ designation among the 2008 Best Places to Work as recognition for the hard work and years-long strategy the hospital has undertaken to be the hospital of choice for exceptional caregivers, local patients and caring doctors. St.Tammany Parish Hospital recognizes that engaged employees go out of their way every day to provide exceptional care. Patients are more satisfied with their experience, outcomes are better, patients are safer and quality is higher when employees are engaged in the mission to deliver world-class healthcare close to home. We are proud to accept this recognition and thank CityBusiness for telling our prospective new team members what an opportunity awaits them at St.Tammany Parish Hospital.Visit www.stph.org to apply today. December 15, 2008 3 ated employees. dedic f its d o ou pr is We’d like to thank our employees for living service r excellence. At Ochsner, it’s all about personal achievement, team ne performance, community service and, most of all, giving our patients s healthcare with greater peace of mind. h c To join the Ochsner team, apply today at www.ochsner.org/careers. O Ochsner, a nonprofit healthcare provider, is committed to making an ongoing difference in the health of our community. 5. Ochsner Medical Center 5. 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans, LA 70121 )FBMUIDBSF 8JUI 1FBDF 0G .JOE www.ochsner.org I 1-866-OCHSNER 4 2008 Best Places to Work 8 8 Past honorees 2007 HONOREES Small businesses 20. Cox Communications 12. Hibernia National Bank 3. Kenner Regional Medical Center Large businesses 1. Ellsworth Corp. 21. Hilton New Orleans Riverside 13. FARA 4. Newtown and Associates 1. Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles 2. I-Assure 22. Peter A. Mayer Advertising 14. Apogen Technologies 5. West Jefferson Medical Center 2. ReadSoft 3. PMOLink 23. Superior Energy Services 15. St. Tammany Parish Hospital 6. Diamond Data Systems 3. Phelps Dunbar 4. Louisiana Restaurant Association 24. Durr Heavy Construction 16. Keating Magee 7. Peter A. Mayer Advertising 4. Diamond Data Systems 5. Trumpet 25 (tie). Vinson Guard Services 17. McGlinchey Stafford 8. Harrah’s Casino New Orleans 5. Frilot 6. Morgan + Company 25 (tie). First NBC 18. River Marine Management 9. Gilsbar 6. Superior Energy Services 7. Southern United States Trade Association 19. Landscape Images 10. Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps 7. Booz Allen Hamilton 8. Deveney Communication Small businesses 20. Free Gulliver Walmsley and Casteix 8. Adams and Reese 9. Zehnder Communications 1. PMOLink 11. The Montalbano Group 9. Planet Beach Franchising 10. Riverwalk Marketplace 2. Zehnder Communications 12. Salco Management 10. St. Tammany Parish Hospital 11. Signature Destination Management 3. Ellsworth Corp. 2004 HONOREES 13. PetroCom 11. DonahueFavret Contractors 12. Hartwig Moss Insurance Agency 4. Belladonna Day Spa 1. Kenner Regional Medical Center 14. PMOLink 12. Coventry Health Care of Louisiana 13. Johnson Johnson Barrios & Yacoubian 5. Trumpet Advertising 2. Adams and Reese 15. Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group 13. Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. 14. Design the Planet 6. Chopin, Wagar, Richard & Kutcher 3. PMOLink 16. McGlinchey Stafford 14. Broadpoint 15. Advanced Imaging Solutions 7. River Marine Management 4. Zehnder Communications 17. Franco’s Athletic Club 15. LaPorte Sehrt Romig Hand 8. Keating Magee 5. Landscape Images 18. American Nursing Services Inc. 16. Postlethwaite & Netterville 9. Deveney Communication 6. Salco Management 19. Ruth’s Chris Steak House 17. Ochsner Health System 2006 HONOREES 10. Robert Berning Productions 7. West Jefferson Medical Center 20. New Orleans Metropolitan 18. East Jefferson General Hospital Large businesses 11. Free Gulliver 8. Harrah’s Casino New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau 19. West Jefferson Medical Center 1. Ochsner Health System 12. International House Hotel 9. Banner Chevrolet 21. Vinson Guard Service 20. Peoples Health 2. Adams and Reese 13. Loubat Equipment 10. PetroCom 22. Lambeth House Continuing Care 21. Touro Infirmary 3. West Jefferson Medical Center 14. Industrial Products Ltd. 11. Gilsbar Retirement Community 22. Walton Construction Co. 4. Gilsbar 15. Aesthetic Surgical Associates 12. Peter A. Mayer Advertising 23. Harvey Press 23. Tulane Medical Center 5. Omni Bank 13. McGlinchey Stafford 24. Omni Bank 24. Hilton New Orleans Riverside 6. East Jefferson General Hospital 14. Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group 25. Hibernia National Bank 25. Durr Heavy Construction 7. St. Tammany Parish Hospital 2005 HONOREES 15. Cannon Cochran Management 26. Natives Landscape Corp. 26. John Ehret High School 8. Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles 1. Ochsner Clinic Foundation Services 27. Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann 27. Benjamin Franklin High School 9. Touro Infirmary 2. Adams and Reese 16. Free Gulliver 28. Banner Chevrolet 28. Strategic Employee Benefit Services 10. Harrah’s Casino and Hotel 3. Kenner Regional Medical Center 17. Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann 29. Entergy Corp. of Louisiana 11. Booz Allen Hamilton 4. West Jefferson Medical Center 18. Edward Jones Investments 30. Mr. B’s Bistro 29. Dickie Brennan & Co. 12. Phelps Dunbar 5. Zehnder Communications 19. Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps 31. Eustis Engineering Co. 30. Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group 13. PetroCom 6. East Jefferson General Hospital Walmsley and Casteix 32. Where Y’at Magazine 31. Harrah’s New Orleans Casino & Hotel 14. Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group 7. Albert-Garaudy and Associates 20. Banner Ford 33. Professional Construction Services