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 over 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 and developmentally disabled individuals is demonstrated through his volunteer efforts. In addition
to overseeing Riverside REHAB, Inc., Lee currently serves as
President 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.
First as Treasurer and then as President 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. He will continue to serve the Mental Health
Providers of Idaho as their Legislative Chair and Immediate Past
President beginning in April, 2009.
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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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