Rainbow, Salyer Join St. Joseph's Team

Syracuse, NY (November 22, 2016) – Marty Rainbow has joined St. Joseph’s Health as Director of Engineering and Plant Operations. Rainbow brings to St. Joseph’s over 20 years of experience as a construction manager (CM), and most recently he served as CM for St. Joseph’s Patient Room Tower. In this new capacity, Marty will oversee the Buildings and Infrastructure Modernization, Capital Improvements, the Facility Master Plan, Clinical Engineering and Maintenance.

Additionally, Michelle Salyer has joined St. Joseph’s health as Director of Managed Care. In this role, Salyer is responsible for leading managed care and value based payment contract negotiations, managing payer relations to ensure proper payment, supporting revenue cycle functions, monitoring and improving the payer performance and educating the system on third party payer regulations, contract terms and updates. Salyer holds a Master of Science in Health Communication from Boston University, and most recently served as Senior Director of Hospital and Risk Based Contracting at EmblemHealth. She brings more than 15 years of experience to St. Joseph’s Health.

About St. Joseph’s Health

St. Joseph’s Health is a non-profit regional health care system based in Syracuse, N.Y., providing services to patients throughout Central New York and northern Pennsylvania. From primary to specialty to home care, to our Magnet-recognized hospital, and in collaboration with our community partners, St. Joseph's Health is advancing the health of the communities we serve through an expanding range of healthcare services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. Ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital” and a 15-time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice award, St. Joseph’s is widely recognized for quality, value and delivering the highest patient satisfaction. St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with Franciscan Companies and St. Joseph’s Physicians and is a part of Trinity Health.

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