Frank Avignone Email & Phone Number

Plano, Texas, Us

Affinity Health Partners mission is to improve the rural health systems performance with the highest value management and advisory services customized to each client’s unique needs. Considering the complexity of the problems facing rural healthcare, we believe that our client’s trust in engaging us requires leadership by deeply experienced advisors.As leaders in the healthcare industry, we understand how critical it is first to understand our client and their challenges and then to communicate the resultant strategy in a way the client understand. Often when an organization embarks on a "Save my facility" approach to management and consulting engagement, it will fail due in large part to a failure to communicate in both directions. We are passionate about what we do, and we recognize how critical communications and comprehension is to the success of any engagement we are engaged.Affinity Health Partners leverages a rapid change model to transform our clients’ needs and wants into reality. The Affinity, Rapid Results programs, focus on improving the existing healthcare delivery system, from finance, revenue, clinical quality, and access to care perspective. With the Affinity, Rapid Results approach the benefits and results are derived faster than typical painstaking consulting models. By using the assess, analyze, design and implement the model in parallel our programs quickly reduce operating expenses, improve revenue cycle, and enhance patient outcomes. With this innovative approach, our clients see results faster than any other management company we could be compared.

Plano, Tx, Us

Franklin, Tn, Us

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

• Sole Analyst responsible for transformation project design for largest for profit health care delivery system with 10M+ revenue stream• Prepared and presented 100 hour investment of training for large New York University Health System for health reform transformation for Information Technology Department• Leads teams of consultants in major engagement for payer and provider organizations • Carry Quarter on Quarter 1.5M revenue responsibility and 70% billable rate. • Consulting and Business Development in Business Process Outsourcing, Analytics, Data Management, Integration, Testing, and Infrastructure for Health Care Providers, Health Plans, Healthcare Manufacturers and Pharma

• Performed due diligence, valuation analysis for CEO on average deal values of 10M gross• Collaborated with sales and marketing teams to prepare sales plans, marketing materials, and web portal infrastructure• Enriched branding strategy for care coordination and collaboration teams

Created a successful independent consulting practice in practice areas, specializing in a critical industry functions: Business Development, Clinical Development, Managed Markets, Medical Affairs, Sales, and Distribution Development. As independent consultants I leveraged a broad array of expertise in the business of healthcare to better manage health care technology platforms, strategy development and implementation services.

Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Us

• Collaborated with Blue Cross Northeastern Pennsylvania parent company executive team to create 48M-care management and mobility technology start-up• Galvanized Board of Directors and Executive team support for the new line of business• Led business development and sales teams to an average 30% YoY revenue increases• Collaborated with DoD, HealthPartners, and Blue Cross Association to deliver healthcare mobility solutions

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• Researched the 3B healthcare patient identity industry and conducted various analysis on current market competitors and developed business plan for 15% discounted cash flow rate of return• Authored and published patent for companies core technology• Led company from concept to cash flow in less than 4 years• Raised 10 million in private equity investment• Collaborated with Investment, Operations, sales and marketing colleagues in publishing marketing materials and responding to client inquiries

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• Analysis of Emergency Department Information Technology products, services, and sales/marketing• Primary liaison with hospital customers in distress after failed windows upgrades saving the company 5M in potential losses• Transformed existing sales and marketing teams into high performance collaboration groups driving first 2M in new revenue increase in 3 Yrs.

• Analysis of healthcare IT market to develop business plan for private equity first round of 5M• Collaborated with New Zealand technology partner to procure investment of 500K in products• Led diligence calls with major children’s healthcare provider organization, modeled cash flows, collaborated on deal structure with internal team (20% IRR)

New York, Ny, Us

• Collaborated with IT Partners, Clinical Partner to build consulting practice for Enterprise Patient and Staff Scheduling• Management consulting for major healthcare systems in the US and Canada • Forged teams for structured proposals and delivery of services for technology, clinical, business, and integration

• Rookie of the year sales award• 7M in annual sales 1997 with average sale of 200K• Product Specialist of the year 1997

Open Heart and Trauma service scrub nurse. Assisted in all aspects of open heart surgery and trauma service taking call every other week. Work with Nursing team to ensure top quality care for all patients in the service.

Washington, Dc, Us

Served On Board USS Saratoga CV-60 1983-1985. Hospital Corps School Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Advanced C School Bethesda Maryland.

Doctorate Health Administration Candidate, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Jurisprudence In Health Law And Policy, Health Care Law & Policy

Ba & Mba, Health Care Management

Psychology

An, Surgical Nursing