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Nursing Home Administrator

Location:
Blountville, TN, 37617
Posted:
April 20, 2013

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Resume:

ADRIAN S. FARMER

Ph.D., MHCA, NHA, FACHE, CASP, CDT, OCP

*** ******* *****, ***********, ** 37617

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



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