Dr. Kori Novak has resigned her position as chief executive officer after about two years at the helm of Toiyabe Indian Health Project. Her resignation was accepted by the Toiyabe Board of Directors on Friday, November 6. Novak said that she is proud of all she has accomplished during her time at Toiyabe but preferred […]
Reportedly, CEO Dr. Kori Novak, is presenting her official resignation, effective at the end of the month, to the Toiyabe Indian Health Project at the regular TIHP Board meeting scheduled for this morning. If that happens, Sierra Wave News will follow up Novak’s resignation with, hopefully, an interview and a copy of her resignation letter. […]
Statement from Toiyabe, NIHD leaders Toiyabe Chief Executive Officer Kori Novak, PhD MBA, and Northern Inyo Healthcare District’s Interim Chief Executive Officer Kelli Davis, MBA, have released the following joint statement, encouraging residents to limit their exposure and stay home: To Our Community, On behalf of the front-line health care professionals at Toiyabe Indian Health […]
BILLIE GENE SAULQUE “JAKE” January 17. 1941 – March 29, 2019 Billie Gene Saulque, best known as Jake, walked on in his sleep on March 29, 2019. He was born at Schurz, Nevada, Indian Health Services Hospital on January 17, 1941 to John M. Saulque, and Gladys D. Watson. He was raised in Benton and […]
By Deb Murphy After 18 years as Chief Executive Officer of Toiyabe Indian Health Project, David Lent was fired by a board vote of 7-6. Describing the past 10 weeks as a nightmare, Lent laid into the board before the vote was taken. He announced he had the resignation letters from Chief Financial Officer Mary […]
By Deb Murphy Faced with nearly 50 community members and staff during the open session of last Friday’s meeting, the Board of Directors of the Toiyabe Indian Health Project came out of a two-hour closed session to announce they will be meeting with suspended Chief Executive Officer David Lent this Friday. Chairman George Gholson announced […]
By Deb Murphy To assess the situation at Toiyabe Indian Health Project, you have to look at bits and pieces of information surrounding the suspension of four administrators a month ago. Action taken by Bishop City Council may indicate the suspension is instead “staffing changes.” The Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding, initiated by Toiyabe, […]
By Charles James The Inyo County and Toiyabe Indian Health Project’s “Women with Infants and Children” (WIC) programs held their 12th Annual WIC Walk at the Tri-County Fairground on Thursday, August 3 to promote breastfeeding. This year’s theme: “Babies Bloom When Breastfed.” Over four dozen participants joined in. The fact is, breast milk is still […]
TIHP press release Toiyabe Indian Health Project (“TIHP”) would like to take this time to ensure its service community that it is conducting business as usual. While TIHP’s upper management is currently going through some changes, TIHP is still operating and continuing to offer all of the quality healthcare services it previously provided. TIHP continues to operate […]
By Deb Murphy The situation at the Toiyabe Indian Health Project is not one of waiting for the next shoe to drop. It’s more a matter of a hailstorm of shoes. Former Toiyabe Indian Health Project board member John Glazier was booted off the board last week for speaking to the media. In effect, that […]
By Deb Murphy July 14, four months after the $17.5 million clinic opened, the Toiyabe Indian Health Project board of directors voted to suspend Chief Executive Officer David Lent, Chief Operations Officer Rick Frey, Chief Financial Officer Mary Daniels and Human Resources Manager Cyndee Kiddoo, without pay for 60 days while an investigation looks into […]
Press release Toiyabe Indian Health Project (TIHP) is pleased to announce completion of its new Bishop Clinic. Located at 250 See Vee Lane, the new clinic will house almost all of TIHP Bishop services under one roof. TIHP’s dialysis unit will stay in its current location at 44B Tu Su Lane, and will experience no […]
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