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Paul Contris Arizona founded Mission Healthcare LLC in May of 1997, bringing with him greater than a decade of experience within the long-term care industry.

In 1982, Paul earned a bachelor�s degree in accounting from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., graduating summa cum laude. He worked well for Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) as a certified public accountant in the company�s audit division before joining Hillhaven Corporation in 1983. He served as Hillhaven�s acquisitions analyst and was instrumental in expanding the organization, which at the time was the second-largest long-term care system in the united states.

Paul Contris Arizona was then recruited by Samaritan Health Systems (SHS), a hospital chain located in Arizona, to serve becasue it is chief financial officer responsible for creating a long-term care subsidiary called Samaritan Senior Services. Under Paul�s leadership, Samaritan Senior Services grew to include 22 long-term care facilities.

After eight years with SHS, Paul helped found a new long-term care company called SunQuest HealthCare Corporation, which grew in to a multi-million-dollar company that went public in 1995 beneath the new name Unison HealthCare Corporation. In 1996, the company�s ownership altered, and Paul worked as an executive vice president of acquisitions and new company development until 1997.

Planning to continue working in the long-term care industry, Paul Contris Arizona began Mission Healthcare with Evergreen Terrace Healthcare Center, situated in Grand Rapids, Minn., as the company�s first community. Today, the organization has more than 900 associates working in seven communities offering quality services and gives a number of specialty care programs for example memory care and ventilator units (such as the largest Minnesota ventilator unit situated in a long-term care facility). Mission Healthcare also boasts several Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs-certified facilities.