ADRIAN S. FARMER
Ph.D., MHCA, NHA, FACHE, CASP, CDT, OCP
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Residential: 423-***-**** Cell: 423-***-****
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PROFILE:
Hospice Director * Hospital Chief Executive * Operating Officer * Health
Planner (Ambulatory) * CQI Coordinator * Managed Care Contract Manager *
Mentor and Instructor * Professor/Educator * Grant Writer
Recognized as an extensively experienced broad based executive level Health
Care Professional. Interested in various opportunities that are synergetic
with the myriad of experience as accumulated in my career.
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:
Over twenty-five years of accomplishments in business development and
administrative management, participating in operations development protocol
and integration. Over twenty years of full P&L responsibility, with a
proven record of teambuilding, strategic partnering, and long term
planning, CQI/TQM initiatives, teambuilding, change management, grant
writing, philanthropy fundraising, marketing and finance campaigns in
corporate environments where growth and accountability were paramount. Key
competencies include:
- Project Management and Grant Writing - Hospice
Administration
- Contract Negotiations and Managed Care Contracting - Marketing
and Customer Relations
- CQI program development and implementation -
Hospital/Long Term Administration
- Budget preparation, development and implementation -
Clinic/Assisted Living Facility Administration
CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Care Giver and Teacher/Tutor
* Care-giver for my Mother (part-time) AND Teacher/Tutor ( part-time)
10/12-present
I care for my Mother part-time and teach/tutor
Coding MDS and English (College Level)
Hospice of Havasu
11/10-9/12
140 total hospice patients (89 Lake Havasu City; 27 Bullhead
City; 18 Parker; 6 Polidori House in-patient facility);
combination of in-home care and facility care; Hospice of
Havasu is a 30 year old nonprofit agency that is able to provide
services to everyone regardless of their financial situation (12
million annual budget).
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
* Responsible for all business and clinical operations
* Authored $2400 grant between school and hospice for grief management for
elementary school children
* Produced positive revenue of over $1M in fiscal year 2011 and over $700k
in fiscal year 2012 to date
* Enhanced fundraising opportunities (routine annual fundraising, multiple
signature sponsor events, planned giving) through fundraising last fiscal
year $245k of free care provided to support hospice patients in the local
community.
Asbury Place at Baysmont
07/06-8/10
96 IL-RC living apts., 48 AL units; 67 nursing home beds; 155
staff supervised, $10+ million budgeted
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
* Responsible for all financial and clinical aspects of nursing home
operations and independent living operations
* Developed an innovative staff development and customer service program
* Managed a 2.5 million dollar renovation of the community; new lobby, new
dining room, renovation of apartments,
assisted living and nursing home refurbishment, and creation of a new
product of independent villas.
* Oversaw a 10% Budgetary NOM over the 4 years at Asbury Place of Baysmont.
* Wrote and Managed the Quality Improvement Program and Corporate
Compliance Program.
Professional experience continued _ _ _ _
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National College of Business and Technology
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
2005-06/06
* Teaching Healthcare Finance, MDS Coding, Administrative Medical
Assisting, Healthcare Law
and Ethics, Business Writing, QI, and Essentials of Psychology.
Monadnock Community Hospital
2003-03/05
60-bed facility, non-profit, consultant grant writer
GRANT WRITER, DIVISION OF PHILANTHROPY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS
* $1500 grant for Breast Cancer program support
* $1800 grant for assistance in development of a Teen Health Center
AND _ _ _ _
Maplewood Nursing Home of Cheshire County
150-bed facility, non-profit community facility, 282 staff
supervised, $13+ million budgeted
CEO-ADMINISTRATOR
* Executed a new business plan which included: a new marketing program;
CQI plan and program and focused on growing the skilled and private census
for the Nursing Home, the Assisted Living Facility and the Atypical
Behavior Unit which, eliminated facility deficiencies; enhanced revenues
and lowered our deficit by $750K in 14 months.
Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation of Limestone
2002-2003
48 MH beds/16 Brain, for-profit, 132 staff supervised, $10+ million
budgeted
SIX MONTH INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR
* Eliminated the deficit ($105K) through enhanced census and focus on
budget controls: controlled the PPDs; cut overtime by one half; grew the
census in the Brain Trauma Unit from 8 occupied beds to full census at 16
resident; enhanced the CQI Program and focused on skilled Medicare
admissions.
Windsor Care/Sterling Place Assisted Living
1999-2002
120 bed facility, non-profit, 212 staff supervised, $15 million
budgeted
CEO-ADMINISTRATOR/DIRECTOR
* Increased revenue by $100K by: merging two nursing homes and increasing
capacity from 99 beds to 120 beds; developing a new budget process; CQI
Plan and creating a new marketing program.
* Built a Dialysis Unit on campus in order to provide outpatient dialysis
services.
Keauhou Rehabilitation and Health Care
1999
99 bed facility, for-profit, 139 staff supervised, $10 million
INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR (3 months)
* Performed duties as Interim Administrator while the facility searched for
a permanent administrator.
Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments
1997-1999
Clinic and health programs, non-profit, 50 staff supervised, $5
million budgeted mostly through grants
PUBLIC HEALTH, CLINIC, AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR/DIRECTOR
* Grew the revenue of 10 rural health clinics by over $50K and increased
profitability through the authoring and implementation of a new CQI program
and grant application for CNAs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Programs
and the Telemedicine Network.
Navajo Health Foundation
1995-1997
Sage Memorial Hospital, 55 bed facility, non-profit, 167 staff
supervised, $17 million budgeted
CHIEF OPERATION OFFICER
* Increased revenues $300K while assuming the role of COO by creating a new
CQI program, revamping the budget process, the creation of a new Rural
Health Clinic and the recruitment of new physicians.
* Negotiated the first Managed Care Contract between the Navajo Health
Foundation and Flagstaff Memorial Hospital
Professional experience continued _ _ _ _
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Appalachian Regional Hospital
1991-1995
60 bed facility, non-profit, 180 staff supervised, $12 million
budgeted
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR
* Created an ICU, renovated the ER, and shifted the focus of the facility
to outpatient services that enhanced revenues by over $500K with a 10
million dollar budget.
* Developed a CQI Process, formed and helped to create a local Business
Coalition and Partnership with Charleston Area Medical Center.
Republic of Palau, McDonald Memorial Hospital
1988-1991
50 bed facility, non-profit, $99.8 million budgeted mostly through
grants
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR (contractual)
* Wrote a grant to the Department of Interior (USA) for Computer Upgraded
to the DOI and for AIDS Support to the WHO. Managed the day operations of
the hospital and the mental health services and developed new programs
(Computer upgrades, a Financial Systems, new Grants for AIDS, Mental
Health, and Patient Outsourcing. Also trained a local counterpart to
assume my duties at the conclusion of our 3-year contract.
* Oversaw a 24 million dollar new hospital construction project. This
involved securing budget support monies each year in Washington DC at the
Congressional and Senate Budget hears in May; was the expert that presents
the budget request each year. The project was completed on time with a new
state of the art facility for the Republic of Palau.
Saudi Arabian Contracts (contractual)
1984-1988
130 and 264 bed facility, for-profit, 180 staff supervised, $300
million budgeted
SCREENING CLINIC ADMINISTRATOR, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR, ASSOCIATE
ADMINISTRATOR, ADMINISTRATOR/CEO
* Administered and put all systems in place for the Screening Clinic that
received over 1000 patient visits per day, and was over all Ancillary and
Clinical Support Services.
* Managed a $300+ Million Dollar budget for the Ministry of Interior and
the Ministry of Health.
Kosciusko Community Hospital
1980-1984
85 bed facility, non-profit, 65 staff supervised, $10 million
budgeted
ASSISTANT HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR
* Administrator over all Ancillary and Support Services.
* Developed a safety program and oversaw all preparation for JCAHO
Accreditation.
LICENSES:*Nursing Home Administrator License No. 3681 (New Hampshire-
obtained 2004); *Nursing Home Administrator License No. 02229 (Iowa-
obtained 2003); *Nursing Home Administrator License No. 2304 (Kentucky-
obtained 1999); *Nursing Home Administrator License No. 2293 (Tennessee-
obtained 1998); *Licenses in Washington and Hawaii (renewable)
MEMBERSHIPS:
*Chamber of Commerce Ambassador; *Rotary Club of Lake Havasu; *Member and
Fellow of American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE)
EDUCATION
*Ordained Christian Pastor (OCP); *Nursing Home Preceptor
*Certified Dementia Trainer (CDT); *Certified Administrator of Senior
Professionals (CASP)
*Century University, Albuquerque, NM (Ph. D. Health Services Management
*University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Master of Health Care
Administration-Hospital/Hospice Admin.)
*East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. (Bachelor of Science
Degree in English)
Systems/Software Expertise: Microsoft Office Suite, Word Perfect, Quicken,
and Graphics