Served for 25+ years as a senior Healthcare Operations and Business Development Executive with significant experience across a wide variety of healthcare settings including acute and post-acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, physician groups, and ambulatory care centers. Proven experience in change-management, service line leadership, P&L responsibility, community and legislative advocacy, and a variety of other skills which have served to improve financial, operational, and market performance. Doctor of Health Administration, Central Michigan University; Faculty at Des Moines Medical University in Master of Health Administration program; Licensed Nursing Home Administrator; Lean/Six Sigma black belt; and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). Additional areas of professional experience and strength:
Executive Leadership:
Effective member of hospital senior leadership teams and strategic counsel to health system facility and regional leaders. Experienced in P&L management, market assessment, capital planning, and identifying appropriate strategic direction.
Operations Management:
Proven ability to lead across a broad range of clinical and nonclinical operating units and departments. Particular strength in creating operational efficiency to yield improvement in operating, quality, and financial results. Extensive experience with design and implementation of performance improvement planning.
Business Development & Contract Negotiations:
Able to leverage strong consultative skills to identify mutually beneficial business relationships resulting in accretive growth. Experienced negotiator of joint venture relationships, provider contracts, and business partnerships.
Areas of Expertise:
• Strategic planning
• Physician practice management
• Business development and marketing
• Contract management & negotiation
• Operations and Quality management
• Decision support and analysis
• Financial management
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis