Dave Carpenter Email & Phone Number

National

With physician leaders, led the merger of Metro Urology and Urology Associates, Ltd. to form the largest independent urology practice in the mid-western United States. Responsible for oversight of the legal due diligence, development of the organizational and governance structure, and consolidation of all systems, including management, accounting, human.

LUGPA is a national organization of integrated urology practices dedicated to enhancing communication among large urology groups, providing operational benchmarking and best practices, promoting quality-based, value-driven clinical outcomes, and improving advocacy in the legislative and regulatory arenas. As a working board member, I am privileged to serve.

US

Metropolitan Urologic Specialists (Metro Urology) was the largest independent urology practice in the state of Minnesota. Committed to innovative and compassionate patient-centered care, Metro Urology offered a broad range of male and female urologic services through its six Twin Cities outpatient clinics, including treatment for prostate cancer, kidney.

In 2009, PNBC, P.A. was acquired by HealthPartners (the largest consumer governed non-profit health system in the nation), and became a non-profit, HP family of care organization. I was retained by HP through the acquisition and merger to:1) Develop and execute with PNBC/HP senior leadership PNBC's post-acquisition 3 year strategic growth plan. Plan.

• Appointed PNBC's first CEO to move the company along on its journey from Good to Great. Main objectives were to institute management structure, develop and execute a five year strategic growth plan, and prepare the.
• developed a Management Services model for growth beyond the Twin Cities market, resulting in partnership agreements with medical groups in St. Cloud, MN, Hudson, WI, and Bend, OR.
• grew (doubled) PNBC's Twin Cities practice to 6 clinics, with a geographical footprint covering the 7 county metropolitan area of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
• developed PNBC's CORE Spinal Fitness maintenance program.
• collaborated with third party payors, employer groups and labor funds to develop innovative 'money back guarantee' reimbursement programs based on PNBC's ability to deliver better medical outcomes at lower costs.
• developed a local management structure at each clinic to standardize/streamline operations, improve execution/accountability, and provide stable management presence for staff.

• Engaged by physician owners of this multi-million dollar outpatient rehabilitation medical practice to increase patient volume at their 3 Twin Cities clinics. Also recruited to increase long term equity of organization.
• created the business plan and financial models for PNBC's expansion over a 10-year growth period.
• opened PNBC's 4th Twin Cities clinic on schedule and under budget. Clinic turned profitable in 4 months.
• migrated IT infrastructure to an internet-based client/server enterprise, resulting in 67% reduction of data inputting and 50% faster collections.
• managed the integration of company's 3 key business applications with software vendor engineers to achieve a customized interface specific to PNBC's specialty practice needs.
• designed and built a company intranet, providing web-based collaborative tools for communication and work productivity among physicians, therapists and admin staff.

• Principal in this privately-held company offering healthcare solutions to reduce workers' compensation costs related to back injuries. Participated in all aspects of the start-up venture, including: drafting of.
• developed and delivered over 75 presentations to individual and institutional investors, raising over $2M in private equity capital.
• created company's key offering, the HealthyBack program. HBP was a supervised, on-site back strengthening program that reduced back injuries and lowered associated health costs at client worksites.
• built and supervised all field operations for HBP sites, with geographical range from Colorado to Tennessee.
• negotiated key contracts with major clients, including United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, SuperValu, and 3M.
• designed and built an electronic billing system with complex data queries based on weekly HBP participant attendance rates. Wrote all SQL queries (would not recommend to those who value their sanity).

• Hired for this newly created faculty position to develop a CME-based week-long certification program to teach health care professionals the scientific rationale and clinical application of MedX musculoskeletal.
• worked closely with visionary inventor Arthur Jones (founder of Nautilus) on the R&D of MedX, his newly created medical testing and exercise equipment for use in spinal rehabilitation programs.
• developed program curriculum and all coursework, lectures, classroom materials, and certification examinations.
• directed staff in certifying over 2,000 physicians, physical therapists, and other allied health care professionals from 40 states and 10 foreign countries.
• managed the Center's 10k sq. ft. Education and Research Annex, all staff, and $500k annual operating budget.
• conducted international teaching assignments to educate physiotherapists on new strength assessment and rehabilitation technology, including: the McKenzie Institute (Waikanae, New Zealand); the Australian Neck & Back.

Ms, Exercise Physiology

Ba, History