DIONICIO R. RIVERA, MBA, LNFA

***** ***** ****** ******, ** Paso, Texas 79936

Mobile: 915-***-**** Email: ac7lmd@r.postjobfree.com

KEY QUALIFICATIONS & ACCOMPISHMENTS

Accomplishments; Business Development and Entrepreneurship

Self-motivated, self-starter, and results-oriented person.

Has the ability to establish start-up operations and keep the company on tract and within budgets.

Has certified a private pay nursing facility into a full Medicare and Medicaid within the limitations of the Certificate of Need (CON) moratorium in the State of Texas.

Consulted with another skilled nursing facility and collected $2.5M Medicare and Medicaid accounts receivable and collected it in five months’ time

Established a Home Health Agency, Durable Medical Equipment Company, Nurse Aide Training School, Assisted Living Community.

Opened a Hospital in the Philippines that has been under construction 12 years prior and has obtained Phil Health (Medicare) accreditation to acquire Level 1 Certification.

Nursing Facility Administrator:

Demonstrated the ability to turn around troubled companies.

Worked for Beverly Enterprises, Inc., as a Regional Floating Administrator in various facilities in East Texas taking care of facilities with fast-track termination, decertification and vendor hold actions.

Able to increase collection and maintain low receivable days.

Able to increase census and maintain high private pay and Medicare.

Able to handle problem employees, residents, and their families.

Maintain good relationship with physicians, discharge planners, and social workers and the community.

Advocate

Changed the public image of nursing facilities to a more favorable one.

Improved the financial condition of nursing facilities and developed systems for the efficient use of time, personnel and resources.

CARRER HIGHLIGHTS

Companies that I’ve worked for in the past:

Chief Executive Officer Since 1994

Maharlika Resources, Inc. (El Paso, Texas)

This is a family owned and operated business that owns and operates a skilled nursing facility and an assisted living facility in the State of Texas.

Nursing Facility Administrator: (listed first are most recent)

Bender Terrace Nursing Center; Lubbock, Texas 2016 to 2017

Mountain Villa Skilled Nursing Facility; El Paso, Texas 1994 to 2016*

Mountain View Nursing Center; El Paso, Texas 1994

Sunset (Oasis) Haven Nursing Center; El Paso, Texas. 1991 to 1994

Pebble Creek Nursing Center; El Paso, Texas 1989 to 1991

Beverly Enterprises – East Texas as Floating Admin 1985 to 1988

*Except for 3 occasions when I have to hire someone when I went on a Sabbatical Leaves and extended vacations.

Assisted Living Facility Manager:

Mountain Villa ALC – Kerrville, Texas 2005 to 2007*

Accountant:

Ranger Park Inn and Ranger Park Hospital; Santa Anna, Texas 1983 to 1985

Medical Sales Representative:

Johnson & Johnson (Philippines), Inc.; (Ethicon Division) Manila, Philippines

VOLUNTEER SERVICES

Held top positions in several not-for-profit entities on a volunteer basis:

President/CEO (This is a non-paid volunteer position) Since 2010

Board of Trustee Since 2010

Northern Luzon Adventist Hospital, Inc.

Currently operational as Level 1 Hospital in the Philippines

President 2009 to 2011

Board of Trustee 2009 to Present

Northern Luzon Adventist Schools Alumni Association of America, Inc.

Owns and built the hospital in the Philippines as a project of the Alumni Association.

Chairman of the Board

El Paso Adventist Junior Academy 2014 to 2015

Vice-President 2018 to Present

Philippine Cultural and Heritage Society, Inc.

CEO & Chairman of the Board 2011

Blazing Light, Inc. (a non-profit entity with 501(c)(3) with the IRS) DBA: “El Paso on the Move” This is our response to the First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative to bring awareness to the epidemic of obesity. This entity absorbed the Comprehensive Health Improvement Project (CHIP), the Depression Recovery Program, Smoke Cessation Program and the Health Education and Nutrition Programs under the acronym STEWARDS, which stands for Sunshine, Temperance, Exercise, Water, Air, Rest, Diet and Spirituality.

EDUCATION& CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Business Administration,

Webster University, 1994

Major in Health Services Management

Bachelor of Science in Commerce,

Philippine Union College, (now Adventist University of the Philippines), 1975

Major in Accounting.

Nursing Facility Administrator, 1985 to Present

Licensed in Texas

Assisted Living Facility Manager, 2006

Certified in Texas

References: To be provided upon request.

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