Medical Management
Resume:
Full Name: Lawrence Schindler fred***
Mailing Address: 8600 Ranch Road 620 N, # 1325
City, State: Austin, Texas
ZIP:
78726
Country: USA Other Country Info:
Email address: *******@********.*** Other Email address:
Home Phone: 512-***-**** Cellular:
Work Phone: 512-***-**** Pager:
Job Information
Job Wanted: Practice Administrator or Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer or Chief Financial Officer or Administrator or Executive Director IT Experience: 5+ Yrs
Degree Attained: Master's Degree Industry Experience:
Contract/Perm: Either
Minimum Pay: $120000 Per Year Last Updated:
Created: 10/05/2006
10/05/2006
Skills
My Best Skill: Technical Specialist
* Level:
Expert
2nd Best Skill:
Level:
3rd Best Skill:
Level:
List Other Skills:
Citizenship, Travel, Relocation
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
Will you travel Occasionally
Will you relocate Yes
I may relocate to: California Texas Georgia
Resume
LAWRENCE SCHINDLER, M.H.A.
8600 RR 620 N, # 1325
Austin, Texas 78726
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Professional Experience and Objective
My experience shows a successful career in building and managing health care operations in different areas of the health field. I have run operations as the leader of or part of the Senior Management Team for small to large health care entities, start-up operations, turning around troubled and or growth minded operations. Having run both 4 physician through 400+ physician practices I bring a wealth of experience to those I work with. I am a leader, innovator and team player who is a motivator and results and bottom line oriented. I am experienced in For-Profits, Not-for-Profits, Governmental operations.
I am looking for an organization that I can lead to become a premier operation and one where I can make a long term commitment.
Principal Areas of Practice
Medical Practices / Clinics; Faculty Practices; Hospitals; HMO's; Hospices; Planned Parenthood, Others Major Projects
Medical Practice and Hospital - operations finance and Consulting
* Experienced in negotiating and "Deal Making"
* Managed Medical Practices for long term periods as Administrator
* Assist practices to improve operations/finances, motivate staff, as well as extensive strategic planning for growth.
* Ran Multi-site multi- specialty practices.
* Experienced in Revenue Cycle Management for Physicians and Hospital Billings/Collections
* Business Development for Medical practices, hospitals, faculty practices, HMO's and long term care,
* Planned the growth of multiple practices both in the number of physicians, locations and scope of services, based upon the vision of the Executive Committee (within input).
* Installed multiple IT systems (A/R and E* Contracting with insurance companies, vendors, banks, practice mergers, etc.
* Worked to eliminate staffing challenges, improve employee and patient satisfaction. I would implement an approach where "the staff are the employees, the physicians are the customers and the patients are the Guests".
* Practice Marketing to grow the practice and push the bottom line.
* Improved operations and motivated staff worked to improve quality, market share and profitability.
* Ran a 28 physician group as the COO / CFO.
* Set up financial reporting by company, by location, by Specialty and by Physician.
* Assisted in the improvement of Board Governance.
* Planned and implemented the growth of the practice to additional offices.
* Negotiated Managed Care Contracts, vendor contracts and dramatically improved Banking relationships.
* Worked with Physicians, Executive Committee and managers to improve operations, communication and bottom line.
Hospital Acquisition and Integration:
* Retained by a regional hospital chain in Florida who had just purchased a hospital from Columbia to integrate the acquired hospital into their Financial and IT systems. Acting as the CFO for the acquired hospital.
* Implemented/ integrated the hospital into the system systems in 4 months as opposed to the 14 months the chain has projected the integration to take.
HMO and Medical Practice Company
* Developed business plan and financial projections for a new Startup company which raised over $18 million USD. Functioned as VP finance for parent company as well as COO. CIO and CFO for the HMO company until we hired staff to fill some of these positions.
* Started the Medical practice company as CEO / CFO and ran same. until the growth of the company required that additional medical practice senior staff could be hired.
* Established company philosophy regarding team work, staff development and mutual respect.
* Financial Operations, controls and procedures, for finance, including install and setup of financial system to include an extensive reporting package with budgeting, analysis as well as statistical and operational issues. Provided narratives to answer questions before they are asked.
* Negotiated millions in operational loans.
* Worked with all senior staff and the Board to build the company.
* Successfully started two HMO's. Successfully started a chain of medical practices across the eastern coast of Florida.
Industry Experience:
Medical Practices (2-400+ physicians) operations, finance, IT, start-ups, turnarounds, expansion, growth
Hospitals (165 - 10,000 bed facilities/chains), operations, Finance, IT, and more
HMO's (start-ups and operation)
Real Estate: construction and property management / construction
EDUCATION
Master
in Health Care Administration, 1979, C.W. Post, Long Island, N.Y.
B.B.A
. in Public Accounting, 1972, Hofstra University, Long Island, N.Y
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Medical Group Management Association (Current)
American College of Health Care Executives (previous)
Hospital Financial Management Association, Advanced Member (previous)
Employment:
The Phoenix Management Group
5/1998-Present
Health Care Consulting - Medical Practices and Hospitals
* Medical Group Practice operations, finance, problem solving, and planning for practices with revenue up to $170 million USD in collections.
* Manage Medical Practices for long term periods as Administrator;
* Experienced and managed multi- practice consolidations, and operations;
* Develop, promote Team building for staff and practice providers;
* A/R Management to maximize collections for medical practices and multiple practices and to push the bottom line;
* Manage/perform finance / payroll, HR, operations for medical practices;
* Experienced in contracting and banking relationship building;
* Experienced in Managed Care contacting for medical practices;
* Experienced in marketing and contracting for medical practices;
* Experienced in all areas of financial operations, and turnarounds situations;
* Assist Board/Ownership with planning, and direction, options/approaches;
* Staff management, staff guidance and motivation;
* Growth / strategic planning and implementation for medical practices; Physician analysis and contracting;
* Experienced in primary care and most specialty care as well as ASC's;
* Develop reporting and management analysis - operational and financial;
* Assist with planning for stable practice/company growth, expansion & turn-around;
* Assisted Orlando Regional Health system with integration of Lucerne Hospital, after acquisition. Assisted with negotiations and system conversions.
HP America
6/1993- 4/1998
Maitland, Florida,
CFO / COO
- A Chain of Medical Practices and Two HMO's
Successful history of progressive achievement and start-up of an HMO and chain of Medical Practices in the State of Florida.
* Medical Practice mergers, acquisitions and start-ups up to $150 million in Revenue,
* Medical Practice daily operations and Finance/A/R
* Performed and implemented strategic planning for growth,
* Implemented and managed operations, finance/accounting, IT, human resource, contracting and other functions, including medical practices.
* Staff training, team building and motivation for company staff.
* Managed HMO and Medical Practice operations with over 45,000 members,
* Implemented financial and A/R systems for medical practices.
* Handled mergers and acquisitions for Medical Practices as well and operational improvement and managed practices.
* Developed Board management, financial reports and analysis.
* Implemented financial and operational policies of the Board of Directors.
* Directed set-up of IPA's, and operational and or financial consulting.
* Physician relationships building,
* Enhanced practice accounts receivable areas to improve billings, collections and control,
* Insurance company contracting.
* Managed various Medical practices in the West Coast of Florida.
* Revenue enhancement through managed care contracts negotiations, new business development,
* Developed business plan and financial projections for new HMO and Medical Practice Company, and implemented same.
RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY CENTER, Dunedin Bay, Florida
27 phys multi-specialty/multi location medical practice, 2/1992
- 5/1993
COO / CFO
* Managed practice with over $27 Million in collections,
* Implemented new financial reporting system for partners.
* Worked with partners and senior staff to develop, plan and implement an improved operations and increased bottom line,
* Practice Expansion, contracting,
* Managed general administrative operations, fiscal services, patient accounting, general accounting, budgeting, data processing, medical records, and human resources.
* Negotiated Managed care contracts with major insurance companies, and enhanced banking relationships.
LOWER FLORIDA KEYS HEALTH SYSTEM, Key West, Florida 11/1990 - 12/1991Two Hospital
chain,
Vice President
- Finance
* Successfully negotiated various large MIS systems. Streamlined operations and improved efficiency, and the bottom-line,
* Supervise fiscal services, patient accounting, general accounting, budgeting, reimbursement, data processing, medical records, human resources, materials management and CSR
* Expansion planning and implementation.
NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE, Valhalla, N.Y. 3/1989 - 11/1990
First Deputy Director
- Deans Office - Hospital Administration
* COO/CFO for Metropolitan Hospital Center (600+ Beds),
* Administered two multi-specialty physician practice plans, (approximately two hundred physicians per group for 2 groups (totaling 400+ physicians)) with gross billings totaling $245 million dollars,
* Daily management operations and finance of hospitals with over $150 Million in expense budget,
* Successfully negotiated various large MIS systems and union contracts,
* Increased faculty practice plans gross billings annually by over $40 million dollars,
* Managed hospital(s) expense budgets totaling $70 million dollars,
* Established controls and procedures in Finance, and operating departments,
* New program/service development (established radiation oncology, reorganized department of orthopedics, etc.),
Medical Business Support,
NY, NY 8/1986 - 2/1989
Health Care Consulting
* Medical Practices / Hospital / Nursing Home consulting in operations, finance, IT
St. Vincent's Medical Center, New York, NY 9/1984 -- 7/1986
Manager of System - 1,200 bed Hospital
* Implemented both a Clinical and Financial information system at a 900 bed Medical Center, New York City,
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, NY, NY 6/1980 - 8/1984Director
Revenue Management - 17 Hospitals, 10,000 beds
* Director - Revenue Management for 17 hospital chain, reducing A/R and improving cash collections by over $9 million in as many months,
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 5/1978--6/1980Director
of Internal & Operational Audits / Special Projects
* Director of Internal and Operational Auditing / Special Projects for a 1200 bed Medical Center
NYS, Dept of Health, Bureau of Audits and Investigations5/1975 - 5/1978Principal Medical Facilities Auditor
* Authored two manuals used state-wide on conducting Medicare and Medicaid audits
* Managed Medicaid Audits for the State of NY of Nursing homes and Health Related Facilities.
* Passed N.Y.S. character and competence requirements for the RHCF (nursing home
) receivership program,
Lester Witte & Company, CPA2/1972 - 4/1975
Audit Manager
* Public Accounting - 3+ year's health care, audit, management and taxation.
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
Hofstra University, Department of Business1980-1981
Hempstead, New York - Assistant Professor
Fordham University, Department of Accounting1981 -1981
Bronx, New York - Assistant Professor
Pace University, Computer Information Systems Department1982-1986
Manhattan Campus, New York - Assistant Professor
Health Care Financial Management Association
1991 Recipient for the State of Florida of the Follmer Bronze Award
For Service to the Health Care Industry
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