Mary Pugh Email & Phone Number

Mountain Region

Mednax is a leading national network with more than 3,275 physicians.Brought on to improve practice performance in areas including HR, recruiting, hiring and legislative updates while driving business growth. Plan and direct all service delivery with 200 APPs across 20 practices in six US states. Develop, implement, and upgrade regional practice models while ensuring strict compliance with government requirements in AZ, CO, ID, NM, and UT. Oversee compensation planning, workplace orientation, internal training and P&L management.Growing the Practice: Played a pivotal role in launching strategic initiatives to promote and enhance the region’s advanced practice program. Expanded the provider pool from 12 to 50 providers in Denver, CO market. Introduced nurse practitioners in other markets. Improving the Employee Morale and Retention: Enabled a dramatic decrease in the vacancy rate for advanced practice providers in 2016. Fully redesigned salary structure by introducing paid time-off (PTO) and adjusting salaries of advanced practitioners – while still meeting 2017 budget goal. Initiated salary matrix with data from three national and local resources to evaluate salary shortfalls.

Denver, Co

Organized clinical preceptorships for NNP students.

Denver, Co

Mednax | Obstetrix Medical Group is a regional provider of neonatal and maternal healthcare services.Markedly improved service delivery of a local organization with three FTEs in Vail, CO and 12 FTEs in Denver, CO delivering and supporting a full range of patient services to neonates. Served as a change agent actively promoting a positive working culture and environment.Instilling a Culture of Service and Accountability: Conducted quarterly meetings with all NP providers to push new programs and establish KPIs. Acted as liaison between NNPs, neonatologists, regional management, and nursing/hospital administration.Driving Change to Improve Operational Performance and the Patient Experience: Partnered with regional Advanced Practice Director and Director of Operations to restructure Denver office and introduce mixed practice model. Revamped NNP practice model at Vail location to encourage staff to invest in overall success and reduce compensation requirements.Improving Compensation: Spearheaded the design and transition to much better salary pay structure from hourly wage to new platform aligned with physicians. Developing the Organization’s Future Talent: Collaborated with Regis University to administer Teaching Agreements with local hospitals and produce top-performing NNP staff.

Denver, Co

Worked in close collaboration with physicians, pediatricians, and neonatologists to responsibly care for infants from birth to discharge in newborn nursery, and Level II-III NICUs. Leveraged expertise in various procedures, including chest tubes, continuous medication infusions, NCPAP, mechanical ventilation, intubation and catheter placements to continually improve the patient experience. Laying the Groundwork for Superior Healthcare Delivery: Greatly assisted in developing and executing care guidelines and policies. Facilitated educational training for NNP students, residents and nurses, while actively participating on task forces, CQI teams and committees.Earning Accolades for Performance: Widely recognized by management and healthcare entities for outstanding support during high-risk deliveries by expertly stabilizing critically ill and pre-term infants.

Territory Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona And Wyoming

Offered clinical expertise in the design of critical care software for anesthesiology, OB, and intensive care unit (ICU). Worked collaboratively with the Sales team in the Rocky Mountain Region, including Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Educated the Sales team regarding workflow in the nursery, OB, and NICU. Early success with HCA. Later success as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner through NNP Services of Colorado, HealthOne – Presbyterian/St. Luke’s, Swedish Medical Center and Rose Medical Center. Collaborated with pediatricians and neonatologists in delivering outstanding services to neonates. Facilitated detailed education for both RNs, staff respiratory therapists (RT) and Pediatric/Family Medicine residents.

Doctorate Nursing, Organizational Leadership

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Graduated with Honors Executive MBA program at Colorado State University

Ms Nursing, Maternal-Fetal

Graduated with Honors with a Masters of Nursing

Bsn, Nursing

Activities and Societies: First student elected to Admission Committee Participated on the admission committee for the School of Nursing