David Bachman, M.D. Email & Phone Number

Collaborating as part of an experienced strategic team with hospital clients across the country in efforts to ensure high compliance with Medicare regulations as well to improve revenue integrity. Playing a central role in program implementation and providing ongoing educational guidance to hospital learders, physician advisors and Utilization Management.

Tacoma, WA

• 87-bed children’s hospital
• large regional primary care & specialty network
• 220+ providers
• $20M annual budget RESPONSIBILITIES
• Served as senior physician executive for hospital and for employed provider network
• Directed hospital and ambulatory quality and patient safety initiatives

Puyallup, WA

• 350-bed acute care referral hospital
• $10M annual budget
• Served as senior physician executive for hospital and primary interface for system-employed and community providers
• Directed multidisciplinary initiatives to reduce length of stay, improve sepsis care, and reduce opioid prescribing
• Provided medical leadership for highly publicized, large-scale public health investigation of cluster of hepatitis C cases in partnership with Tacoma Pierce County Health Department and CDC
• Oversaw detailed plans of correction in response to multiple state and CMS regulatory surveys

Brunswick, ME

• RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provided direct patient care for patients of all ages with a wide range of acute medical and surgical issues in a 93-bed community hospital with 25,000 annual Emergency Department visits

Rockland, ME

• 100+ providers
• 99-bed prospective payment hospital
• $40M annual budgetRESPONSIBILITIES
• Served as senior physician executive for hospital and for employed provider network
• Directed medical staff office, physician recruitment, credentialing, and new practice development
• Provided oversight for risk management and patient grievance programs

Portland, ME

• System-level program leadership
• 12 hospitalsRESPONSIBILITIES
• Developed and directed transition of care, heart failure, palliative care, and emergency medicine programs
• Served as program advisor and faculty of Physician Leadership Development courseACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Decreased systemwide Medicare readmission rates from 16.2% to 14.7%
• Contributed to broader evidence base on transitions of care through IHI poster presentations, peer-reviewed publication of home diuretic protocol for heart failure, state-level invited lectures, and as keynote speaker.

Lewiston/Auburn, Maine Area

• RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provided direct patient care to patients of all ages in a 190-bed regional trauma center as well as in three affiliated community hospitals
• Served as mentor and supervisor for advanced practice providers
• Recognized for overall quality of care as well as high level of patient satisfaction

Portland, Maine Area

• RESPONSIBILITIES
• Senior physician leader for a 230-bed community hospital providing broad range of services for the Portland, Maine region
• Accountability for hospital-based and community physician relationships, medical staff operations, patient safety and quality, and program developmentACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Directed overhaul of hospital-wide quality, performance improvement, and risk management plans
• Coordinated successful Joint Commission, federal and state hospital surveys.
• Represented hospital in state-wide patient safety and quality forums

Portland, Maine Area

• RESPONSIBILITIES
• Oversight of multiple aspects of inpatient care, reporting to Chief Medical Officer
• Direct leadership for Care Management, Bed Management, Risk Management, and Infection PreventionACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Redesigned Care Management, with heightened focus on length of stay, timely discharge, and appropriate transfer of patients to continuing care settings
• Implemented new Bed Management program, overseeing newly created position of RN Bed Manager. Introduced new computerized bed management tools, created census and length of stay reports, optimized use of intermediate.
• Partnered with leadership of multiple local rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities to improve communication, introducing shared software systems and establishing joint team meetings focused on patients with.

Portland, Maine Area

• RESPONSIBILITIES
• Day to day operational oversight for Emergency Department with over 40,000 annual visits in a 626-bed tertiary academic
• Direct patient care along with didactic and clinical resident teaching
• Departmental and hospital-wide performance improvement initiativesACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Championed departmental patient flow and risk management performance improvement activities
• Coordinated efforts to streamline evaluation and disposition of patients with acute mental health issues, developing joint protocols with psychiatric hospital clinical and administrative staff

Portland, Maine Area

• RESPONSIBILITIES
• First director and specialist in pediatric emergency medicine in a 200-bed Children’s Hospital
• Program development and operations, clinical and academic oversight, and quality improvementACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Coordinated transition to dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department in new Children’s Hospital, participating in space design, staffing models, and treatment protocols
• Developed business plan for department to support expansion of attending level staffing
• Expanded pediatric teaching curriculum in acute care topics

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.)

RESIDENCY & FELLOWSHIP TRAINING Internal Medicine Internship, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston. MA Pediatric Residency, Children's Hospital.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Biology & French., Dual Major, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa