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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Leader of hospital & integrated primary & subspecialty group practices in collaboration with for non & for-profit Level I Medical Centers. Developed HMO & ACO entities conjoining multi-site medical groups & ancillary service offerings. Veteran of facility star-up, acquisition, system brokering, & expansion. Successful developer of: Orthopedics, Cardiology, OBGYN, Bariatric, Plastics, Ophthalmology, ENT, General Surgery, Psychiatric, Rehabilitation, Nephrology, Primary Care, Imaging, Lab, ER, Urgent Care, Organ Transplant, Medical Evac Fight Services & Pilot Duties. Comfortable leading 250+ FTE’s, budgets exceeding $150M net revenue from ASCs up to 350+ bed acute bed facilities. Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives with MBA Health Organization Management Certificate, Completed Telemedicine Fellowship, Current Airline Transport Rated Pilot, studied toward PHD in entrepreneurial research.

FQHC, HOPD, Urgent Care Meaningful Use / IT Integration Collaborative Partnering Integration

Payroll / Credentialing / HR Mgt. New Campus Dev. & Expansion Correctional, Indigent, & VA Health

HMO / ACO / EOP Developments Destination Healthcare Offerings Rev. Cycle Mgt. / Bundled Contracting

Facility / Campus Design & Buildout Virtual Clinic / Telemedicine Ops Physician Recruitment / Joint Ventures

Joint Commission / DNV / AAAHC CQI / Clinical Pathways / HCAPs Budgeting / Cost Reduction / Right Sizing

HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE

Physician Hospital Administrative Solutions (PHAS), TX, PA, NM April ‘08 - Present

CEO Founder / Co-Owner

Development, Acquisition, Merger, and Brokering Consultant

Led Hospitals & Accountable Care Organizations from launch, acquisition, & expansion through success & partnerships. Following contractual roles began as 1099 Consultant or Interim & developed into W-2 relationships:

Stanislaus Surgical Hospital

Chief Executive Officer /AVP/ Consultant March 2020 – May 2023

Led hospital revamp through Covid-19 challenges & transition to profitability for new ownership potential.

•Contracted as Sutter Health System AVP & CEO over Stanislaus Hospital, ASCs, & Imaging Center of Modesto CA.

•Kept hospital & affiliated entities at positive EBIDA through Covid & after transitioning to new ownership.

•Led operational transition to new: HR, payor contracting, provider collaboratives with majority partner PSC LLC .

Plano Surgical Hospital & Affiliated Operations, DFW Metro April 2018 – Dec. 2019

Chief Executive Officer

Led a Nobilis affiliated hospital ASCs, rehab, & group practices out of compliance jeopardy & DNV Certification.

•Expanded integrated service delivery via direct-to-consumer marketing of surgical & ancillary services.

•Increased: EBIDA, compliance, & quality indicators while gaining BCBS, Aetna, Cigna & United contracts.

•Led hospital to incremental EBITDA in support of struggling Nobilis peer acquisitions.

Edgewood Hospital & Lawrence County ASC Transfer & New Castle, PA. Jan. 2016 - May 2018

Consultant / Chief Executive Officer

•Led revenue cycle, service expansion & merger initiatives to stage hospital & ASC for larger system acquisition.

•Developed: out-of-network strategy, cap pricing, bundled payments for new specialists & anesthesia coverage.

Atrinea Albuquerque, NM ’13 Grace Health Lubbock TX ‘14, Medical Home Team DFW ‘14 June. 2013 - Dec. 2014

Consultant & Operational Manager, Chief Pilot

•Initiated overlapping operational launches & Launched ACO with collaborating hospital & group practices.

Lovelace Regional Hospital, Roswell, NM July 2012 - June 2013

Chief Executive Officer

Led turnaround and accreditation of newly acquired acute network hospital owned by Nashville based Ardent Corporation. Integrated campus acquisition into Ardent System in collaboration with Lovelace Health Plan while expanding all services.

• Tripled ER traffic & installed helicopter base to funneling subspecialty patients to Lovelace of Albuquerque.

•Recruited: Cardiac, GI, ENT, Gen. Surg., Urology, OB, Pain, Endo & Ophthalmology doubling Hospital EBITDA.

•Renovated hospital, increased OR volume 30% via new urgent & primary feeders raising inpatient census to capacity.

• Led: marketing, collections & cost reduction initiatives while increasing local Senior Health enrollment by 5000.

• Led HCAP from 50th to top 10%, gaining DNV Certification as sole Ardent hospital exceeding budget & profit goals.

•Increase EBITDA by 100% within 6 months & earned best improved: employee, physician & patient survey results.

Advanced Surgical Hospital, Washington, PA Oct. 2009 - June 2012

Chief Executive Officer

Recruited to assume leadership of stalled ASC & MOB ground-up project deserted at mid-build.

•Expedited redesign of ASC to a hospital development & expedited opening timeline to qualify for grandfathering exemption under the Accountable Care Act.

•Led: contracting, buildout, equipment procurement, furnishing, & occupancy permits for 80k sq. ft. hospital & MOB.

•Beat launch & Joint Commission targets making 28% EBITDA, 30-day AR turnover & distributions within 6 months.

•Mentored CNO into CEO role prior to assuming new acquisition/development role for Lovelace Health System.

Nueterra Healthcare, Leawood, KS Oct. 2008 - Oct. 2009

Group Vice President

Recruited to revamp, launch, and or broker multiple troubled ASCs.

• Mentored & managed ops support of multiple ASCs with governing boards in: CA, NV, NM, TX & KS.

• Coached administrative: marketing, budget, CMS/State compliance, contracting, CQI, and operational guidance.

•Performed strategic analysis & developed service line pro forma for new equipment, specialties, & site developments.

•Led turnaround of terming accounts, coordinated brokering the sale of two & acquisition of start-up ASC partnership.

TrustPoint Hospital, Lubbock, TX March 2008 - Oct. 2008

Chief Executive Officer

Recruited to launch rehab, psych, & geriatric hospital abandon by Nashville based partner during mid-construction.

•Created new operational LLC syndication with new partner Polaris LLC & recruited physicians.

•Revived development opened as 125 bed rehabilitative, geriatric psych, & detox center with pharmacy.

•Recruited collaborating & referring practitioners & added a tenant entity with 30 separately licensed LTAC beds.

•Led opening with 100 FTE gaining: Joint Commission Accreditation & positive EBITDA within 3 months.

•Led development from prospectus through buildout, occupancy, recruitment, contracting, & profitability.

•Mentored a physical therapist manager to assume CEO role & completed LTAC space for joining tenant.

National Surgical Hospitals, Chicago, IL 2003 – 2008

National TPA hospital developer, administrator, & co-investor. Spent five years of ground up developments & expansion as CEO launching two hospitals, Arizona Spine & Joint & Physicians Medical Center of Santa Fe, NM.

Physicians Medical Center, Santa Fe, NM July 2006 - March 2008

Chief Executive Officer

Transferred to lead Santa Fe, NM hospital development operationally & politically opposed by established area hospitals.

•Launched new $40+ million annual revenue physician owned surgical hospital within a record corporate timeline.

• Led facility design, build, equipment, supply, syndication & Joint Commission Accreditation ahead of target dates.

•Led achievements of zero DOH deficiencies, top of: corporate patient-staff satisfaction & industry QI results.

• Met bonus criteria for launch results, health contracting, physician recruitment & volume criteria.

Arizona Spine & Joint Hospital, Mesa, AZ July 2003 - June 2006 Chief Executive Officer

Recruited as the fourth administrator failed hospital launch opened seven months earlier & headed for bankruptcy.

•Doubled case volume & revenue within six months of hire & tripled profitability within one year.

•Awarded Best Corporate Turnaround ’03, Team Leadership Award for ’04, & Best Quality Award ‘05.

•Obtained record case margins via cap pricing, case selection, contracting, & collaborative physician strategy.

•Initiated state & supported national lobbying efforts ’04 . Recruited 15 specialists & doubled participating providers.

•Won 2nd best Phoenix area employer by AZ Business Journal ’04-‘05, Jobbing-DotCom ’05 Employer of Excellence.

•Mentored CNO as my replacement to lead parent corporation’s troubled Santa Fe, NM hospital build & launch.

Physician Hospital Administrative Solutions, Lubbock, TX 2000 -2003

CEO Owner of Multi-customer Mgt. & Consulting S-Corp. Provided assistance with operations, contract negotiations, investor relations, service flows, marketing, budget, revenue cycle management, & strategic partnering.

The Center for Orthopedic Surgery, Lubbock, TX Jan. 2000 – July 2003

Contract Administrator

• Led robust $50 million Orthopedic operation & imaging center of 60+ staff:

• Reorganized practice work-flows reducing overhead by 20% via new IS & EMR & x-ray equipment.

• Led physician & midlevel recruitment creating West Texas’s largest independent orthopedic group practice.

•Introduced new DME & ancillary services lines & renegotiated payor contracts expanding revenue by 20%.

Client: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX Dec. 1999 - April 2000

Independent Consulting Contractor

• Launched contracting and revenue proliferation of dormant University acquired forensic department.

• Revamped stalled efforts & expedited client agreements with 50 + counties within 3 months.

Client: Per-Se Technologies / Radiologics, Dallas, TX May 1999 - Dec. 1999 Account Director

• Rescued terminating 3rd party collection account via improved: forecast, operations, & quarterly reporting.

•Improved client’s $36 million gross billing returns by $300K net / month & reduced AR turnover by 20 days.

• Created charge-capture initiatives & insured compliance for over 100 radiologists based in California & Florida.

Other Clientele Included: Dec. 1998 - June 2003

•Medical Transport Service, Alteer Corp, Caprock Imaging, Savish Transcription, Mobile Imaging,

•Coordinated in development of NorthStar campus & invested in MOB, Heart Hospital, ASC. & Imaging Center.

Parkland Community Health Plan, Dallas, TX Dec. 1998 - Jan. 2000

Director of Network Development & Provider Relations:

Launched Texas Star Program HMO for Parkland Hospital in collaboration with UT Southwestern along with Children’s Health Care Insurance, TX University Health Plan, & Indigent care programs.

•Led internal staffing & Price Waterhouse support in contracting over 1500 hospital, physician & ancillary providers.

•Supervised provider relations, network, & marketing in collaboration with US Aetna as a 3rd party system support.

• Created coverage for 150,000+ Medicaid, EPO, CHIPs, Texas University Health Plan & Indigent Care members.

• Led: State Readiness Reviews, consumer marketing, provider, facility, member enrollment, & network adequacy.

•Surpassed all: membership satisfaction, geographic coverage, DOH regulated process & reporting requirements.

• Served Parkland Hospital’s: QI, Medical Review, Utilization Management, Marketing & Regulatory Committees.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences, Lubbock, TX May 1995 - Dec. 1998

West Texas Based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

TTUHSC, Southwest Campus Administrator Jan. 1997 - 1998

Coordinated acquisition & development of 130,000 sq. ft. Hospital, 30,000 sq. ft. MOB & 30 acres of commercial real estate.

•Managed renovation, leasing, & 3rd party partnerships associated with acute hospital & new multi-specialty clinic sites.

•Developed business plans, budgets & up-scale clinics to serve commercially insured community patient demographics.

•Led: inventory auction, asbestos abatement, MOB renovation, & campus lease developments to 3rd party tenants.

•Solicited LTAC, along with ASC buildout, dialysis center & multi-specialty health clinics & new psychiatric center.

TTUHSC, Office of Managed Care Specialty Care Coordinator Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1997

Executive Coordinator of Managed Care for TTUHSC medical group initiatives.

•Led multispecialty staffing & support of: VA, Health Department, & Department of Criminal Justice clinics.

• Developed, staffed, & managed: specialty clinical operations extending TTUHSC clinical outreach capacities.

• Hired new physician partners to staff up network remote clinical sites & referral processes to feed medical facility.

•Coordinated integrated staffing of $75 million TDCJ HMO, & added Texas University Health Plan, & CHIPs plans.

•Served TTUHSC Committees for: Provider Contracting, Campus Development, Utilization, Compliance, & Relations.

TTUHSC, Telemedicine Administrator May 1995 - Jan. 1996

Served as Administrator & led prolific development of multispecialty specialty clinics for the underserved.

•Co-improved “Teledoc” interface technology with NEC of Japan for distant patient exam & EHR integration.

• Immediately promoted from Fellowship to developing administrator over: clinical operations, billing, & collection.

•Expanded from single site to 28 “hub & spoke” feeder sites covering West TX. multi-specialty satellite-based clinics.

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Rawls School of Business PhD Program Student

Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX Completed Post Graduate Telemedicine Fellowship

Texas Tech University/HSC, Lubbock, TX MBA / Certification in Health Organizational Management

Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX B.S. in Business Administration with concentration in Finance

AFILLIATIONS

Fellow of ACHE T-Bones Assoc. Multiple Chambers Commerce

Physician Hospital Assoc. Rotary International Various Community Health Boards

American Hospital Assoc. Volunteer Air Deputy Arthritis Foundation & Special Olympics

Experimental Aircraft Assoc. Angel Flight Volunteer. Commercial Rated Airline Transport Pilot Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assoc. American Triathlon Assoc. Former: Life, Health, Accident, Series 6 & 63

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