Cara Bobish B.S.N., RN, B.S.

*** **** ***. *** *** Brooklyn, New York 11249

724-***-****

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Registered Nurse with over a decade of healthcare operations experience who is highly analytical, performance driven senior level healthcare operator/leader that maintains revenue growth YOY, building relationships, engaging teams, and bridging the gap between operations and sales while functioning as the COO at Alvita Home Care. Professional track record demonstrating ability to turn around financially challenged health care businesses to financially profitable. Adept at cultivating business channels that produce consistent, quality revenue positioning the region for growth.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Alvita Home Care

Chief Operating Officer/VP of Operations January 2022- present

oProvide business leadership by using skills and experience in operations to stabilize the company in preparation to deliver high quality home care across 3 agencies in NYC, Long Island and NJ markets

oResponsible for 42m P&L; analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.

oProvide strategic leadership required to position organization for private equity investment to include development and implementation of policies, procedures, short-term and long-term strategic growth goals

oResponsible for re-building of leadership teams to include Directors of Operations, Recruitment, Compliance, and Financial Controller roles by empowering new employees at all levels to be innovative and action-oriented while advancing a culture of accountability with clearly established lines of authority and decision-making

oDevelop and implement systems to monitor and ensure compliance with productivity standards, performance standards and position competencies

oDevelop and implement process driven framework with KPI focused performance to ensure high quality service that ensures Client satisfaction

oAssisting in planning new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue

oCreating an environment that will encourage the recruiting and retention of qualified hospital employees

oManaging costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities, demonstrated action plan to eliminate non-value costs in conjunction with organizations Chief Financial Officer

oWork in conjunction with CEO and VP of Sales to devise business plans for targeted markets including income producing activities, delegated plan activities while implementing and monitoring progress toward goals and objectives

oRepresents CEO in high-level negotiations with potential business partners

Amedisys Home Health & Hospice

Area Vice President of Operations- Jan. 2018- January 2022

Ability to effectively lead team of Director of Operations across the state of New Jersey, demonstrated ability to drive YOY financial growth and strong results through larger scale mergers and acquisitions (sole leader of a 340 million-dollar acquisition of a national hospice organization for the entire NJ region)

oOversight of a 900-patient census across the state of NJ solely responsible for a financial portfolio to include over 147m in annual revenue end of year in 2021

oYOY growth:

o2018- 7.6%

o2019: 8.9%

o2020: Decline of growth (d/t COVID)

o2021: 5.5.% from decline of previous year (this included unbudgeted salary increases for RN’s & HHA’s during period of high turnover)

oResponsible to drive business development, implement strategic region realignment and seek out new referral sources due to lost business as result of acquisition

oDevelop, manage and support the operational leaders and management team for multiple centers within the territory to ensure quality patient care, compliance with state and federal regulations and overall portfolio growth as defined in year of year growth objectives and goals

oRecruit, hire, assign, and evaluate the leadership staff throughout the territory

oParticipates in development, interpretation, and implementation of all policies and procedures

oWorked collaboratively with SVP of Business Development to establish strategic growth plans for entire NJ regions and respective market areas served to include one joint venture with large hospital system across NJ

oManage the day-to-day operations, as well as expansion, of the hospice service line

oRecipient of company’s “Equity Award” (vested stock of 65k) for exceeding revenue goals YOY

Sunrise Senior Living of East Meadow (Enhanced Nursing License)

Executive Director/Administrator - September 2014- June 2018

Led a 127 bed Assisted Living facility with 10 department heads and a front-line staff of 125. Daily involvement in financial management, business development and managing a multi-million-dollar annual budget.

oRecognized as highest achieving Executive Director in 2017 by increasing overall revenue by 30% in a 4-year period

oCreated additional referral sources through industry contacts for facility- created initiative/partnership with large SNF organization to assist in reducing recidivism rates for their mandatory ortho and elected bundle payments

oResponsible for the nationally recognized success of the 2015/2016/2017 fiscal year by

posting over one million in private pay revenue month over month

oMaintained 98% occupancy of rooms year over year since joining

oResponsible for the nationally recognized success of the 2015/2016/2017 fiscal year by posting over one million in private pay revenue month over month

oTrained in “Spin Selling” selling system

oAwarded prestigious Bronze Award in Sept. 2015 for excellence in care by the American Healthcare Association

oRecognized in 2014/2015/ 2016 NYSDOH Deficiency Free Survey

oRecipient of 2015/2016 “Excellence in Sales” award for achieving highest occupancy rates throughout company globally

GHC Clinical (Post-Acute Rehab)

Corporate VP of Managed Care- July 2013 / September 2014

oOversaw managed care operations for 25 SNF’s in 6 different states

oGrew managed care line of business by 3.5% in 1 year period

oResponsible for the business development and management of a network of insurance providers in the PA, DE, D.C., MD and NY markets which resulted in managed care revenue of 15m

HCR Manor Care (Post-Acute Rehab)

Regional Director of Managed Care (Pennsylvania and Maryland market) March 2009-July 2013

oOversaw Managed Care operations (32.5% of business compared to Medicare) for 21 skilled nursing facilities with over 2,700 beds in the Western and Central Pennsylvania Region.

oParticipated in division contract negotiations, providing guidance and strategic direction on utilization reviews

Burns White & Hickton, LLC

Nurse Consultant (Medicare Department) - February 2007 / February 2009

EDUCATION

Clarion University of Pennsylvania 2003

Bachelor of Science

Rehabilitative Science with a concentration in substance abuse

oCaptain of Women’s Tennis team

Robert Morris University 2006

Bachelor of Science

Nursing

oSecond-degree accelerated program for Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

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