Owner and President - Lee Barton, M.Ed., C.R.C.
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Lee Barton, M. Ed., C.R.C. holds a Masters
of Education from the College of Idaho and is a nationally
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC). Lee has over
twenty years experience as a professional rehabilitation
counselor in
Idaho.
He founded Riverside REHAB, Inc. (formerly REHABworks,
Inc.) in 1994 with one other person. Since that time the
company has grown to what is today a staff of thirty
professionals providing both community and clinic based
services to a variety of recipients from two
Boise
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Lee's commitment to serving the needs of
Idaho’s
mental health community is demonstrated through his volunteer efforts. In addition
to overseeing Riverside REHAB, Inc., Lee has served as
Treasurer, President, and Legislative Chair of the Mental Health Providers Association of Idaho. The
Association is comprised of more than 70 providers of mental heath
services in the private sector from every region in
Idaho.
As Treasurer, and then as President and Legislative Chair of the Association, Lee
has been involved with a number or working groups formed by the
Department of Health and Welfare during their Medicaid reform
efforts over the last several years. He has made a number of
presentations to the Department as well as the Idaho Legislature
on behalf of Medicaid recipients in
Idaho.
Lee also serves as representative to a coalition of associations
who each serve the needs of mental health and developmentally
disabled recipients. Lee continues to represent the mental health
community in working with the Department of Health and
Welfare and Idaho Legislature on issues vital to
recipients of Medicaid services.
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Lee’s background includes 22 years as an
officer and jet pilot in the United States Air Force. Lee and his
wife, Connie, have one son who also works in healthcare delivery.
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