The Wipfli-RWHC Cost Champions Award has been launched to “encourage and share implemented cost savings ideas suggested by a team or individual employed by a RWHC rural hospital. Click here for the program description 
Click for the Wipfli-RWHC Cost Champions Award application 
. Applications are due by end of January to Holly S Pokrandt, CPA | Partner | Wipfli LLP
Wipfli-RWHC Cost Champions Award Recipients
2020
- First Place ( $1,500): Dan Arndt and Autumn Kumlien, Operations Services and Nutrition Coordinators, at Stoughton Hospital for “Reducing Staffing and Leveraging Community Partnerships.”
- Honorable Mention ($500): Melody Hargis, Director of Inpatient Services, at Door County Medical Center for “Implementing a New Staffing Plan that Called for Two IC Nurses Inhouse 24/7.”
- Honorable Mention ($500): Judy Dayton, Director of Ancillary Services, at Gundersen Boscobel Clinic for “Restructuring the Lab Status.”
2019
- First Place ( $1,500) Sauk Prairie Healthcare: David Pulvermacher, Maintenance Mechanic
- Honorable Mention ($500): Stoughton Hospital Association: Liz Touchett, Rehab Services Manager
- Honorable Mention ($500): Mile Bluff Medical Center: Rebecca Oetzman, Accounting Director
2018
- First Place ( $1,500): Fort HealthCare: Greg Dempsey, Facilities Manager
- Honorable Mention ($500): Southwest Health Center: Todd Lull, Director of IT
- Honorable Mention ($500): Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital: Accounting Director, Director of Materials Management; Rick Sauer, Director of Financial Services; Lynn Dederich, Distribution Assis- tant; Jody Cotton, Distribution Assistant; Holly Halberslaben, Clinic Manager; and Jennifer Ekenberg, Registration Specialist
2017
- First Place ( $1,500): Mauston: Jodi Lankey, Purchasing Agent
- Honorable Mention ($500): Stoughton: Julie Stenbroten, Home Health Manager
- Honorable Mention ($500): Rhinelander: Lisa Michaelis-Alft, Regional Director of Lab Services
2016
- First Place: Monroe Clinic: Rhonda Roenneburg, Director of Imaging Services
- Honorable Mention: Fort Healthcare: Sally Fetherston, Materials Manager
- Honorable Mention: Stoughton Hospital: Autumn Kumlien, Clinical Dietitian, and Penny Bauman, Senior PC/LAN Analyst
2015
- First Place: Ministry Door County Medical Center: Dale Massey, Manager of Patient Registration
- Honorable Mention: Southwest Health Center: Nicole Adrian, Pharmacy Purchasing Control Technician
- Honorable Mention: St. Clare Hospital: Melinda Schoen, CQI Director
2014
- First Place: Vernon Memorial Healthcare: Terry Bullock, Accounts Payable Clerk, Jessica Bjerkos, Accountant, and Lynn Taylor, Accountant
- Honorable Mention: Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital: Rita Kazda, Food Services Supervisor, and Tara Ringler, Dietician
- Honorable Mention: St. Croix Regional Medical Center (SCRMC): Tara Yunker, Director of Pharmacy, and Anita Lundquist, Manager of Unity Pharmacy
2013
- First Place: Boscobel Area Medical Center: Nursing Staff, Fair Changes Scheduling Process that Reduced Overtime.
- Honorable Mention: Stoughton Hospital Association: Public Relations Department, Consolidating Multiple Newsletters into One Quarterly Publication
- Honorable Mention: Richland Hospital: Jim Summwalt, Revising Procedures for Maintaining Hospital's Boiler System
2012
- First Place: Reedsburg Memorial Hospital: CRNAs, Revisions to Anesthesia Gas Use & Flow Rates
- Honorable Mention: Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital: Kelli McKee, Elimination of Unnecessary Paper Reports
- Honorable Mention: Richland Hospital: Monica Fry, Reduction in Cost of Digital Record Keeping