EXECUTIVE PROFILE: DONNA MILAVETZ

Donna Milavetz, MD, MPH, FACP has lived in Utah since 2002, and while she has lived all over the United States — from New York, Tucson, Boston, to Minneapolis — she considers Utah her “home.” She is thrilled about how great a place it is to raise a family, as it is “safe, affordable and childfriendly.” The outdoor enthusiast in her also said, “the state offers a playground of natural beauty to explore in every season. We have visited all five of our National Parks, some more than once, and they can be easily reached within a four-hour drive from our home.”

As a licensed medical doctor and Internist with more than 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Milavetz started her professional career in Utah as an Internal Medicine physician with Intermountain Healthcare, serving as the Medical Director of the Ogden-based McKay Dee Women’s Health Center. But wanting to make an impact in the community, in 2007, Dr. Milavetz started the healthcare company, OnSite Care, Inc., which provides on-location clinics to employer groups in Utah, eliminating the barriers of cost and access to primary care. OnSite has helped stabilize healthcare costs for employers and provided aggressive early intervention into chronic disease management to reduce long-term healthcare spending.

In 2019, recognizing the importance of making a larger impact on cost reduction for employer groups, OnSite partnered with Steward Health Care to help manage specialty and hospital-based care spending. Steward Health Care is the largest physician-led, privately-owned health system in the United States, with international operations. Steward employs more than 50,000 employees, owns 35 hospitals and has its own Accountable Care Organization. It is a physician-led, patient-focused company invested in moving healthcare into the value-based space of reimbursement, rewarding quality and care collaboration to lower the total cost of care for the patients served. Within the State of Utah, Steward has 5 hospitals, a standalone Emergency Department, Urgent Care Partners, stand-alone imaging centers, 180 employed physicians spanning multiple specialties and over 700 providers in the Steward Healthcare Network.

When discussing what it is like in Utah to be an executive and woman in business, Dr. Milavetz said she has found the environment to be “very welcoming” and “supportive” of a femaleled enterprise. She notes how fellow CEOs, colleagues and mentors have shown her the same respect as her male counterparts, and how start-up capital is available to women entrepreneurs, which traditionally has been a problem.

Dr. Milavetz also said her company is one of the many thriving businesses from the numerous efforts to help small business owners succeed in Utah, as this is the engine for growth in our economy. She highlighted a few available resources, such as the Women’s Business Center of Utah, Salt Lake Chamber Small Business Committee, and Silicon Slope.

Lastly, when reminiscing about the most rewarding aspects of her career, Dr. Milavetz includes doing business in Utah. When asked why, she said, “The environment is one of collaboration on shared interests, problem-solving to find sustainable solutions for big problems that face our state, and genuine decency with mutual respect towards each other.” Utah is quite well known as a businessfriendly environment devoted to helping businesses thrive and grow, so this is not too surprising.