CEO, Hedrick Medical Center, Chillicothe, MOCEO, Wright Memorial Hospital, Trenton, MOCEO, Anderson Country Hospital, Garnett, KSCEO, Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, KSSelected to lead the new bi-state hospital division comprised of four Critical Access Hospitals with a collective FTE count of 900 and an annual net revenue of $160M. Fostered a positive employee culture and developed a comprehensive regional leadership model which emphasized empowering reporting relationships for multiple hospital Administrators. Leveraged expertise in producing successful outcomes across multi-state environments to execute a Quad leadership development model and mentor 19 individuals through the process of stepping into executive and director level leadership roles. Drove a continual innovative focus on optimizing local and regional resources.✔ Successfully enhanced alignment and reduced variations across all facilities to ensure continued growth in services and revenues while also boosting efficiencies.✔ Provided executive leadership for all system regional operations for a bi-state region with 60 counties and fiscal responsibility for $1B+ in operating revenue.✔ Effectively guided the entire multi-state, multi-hospital operating structure through COVID-19 pandemic management and subsequent innovation efforts.✔ Spearheaded the process of onboarding Allen County Regional into SLHS which repositioned the organization amid the challenges of the pandemic and allowed for enhanced medical services.✔ Utilized the previously established dual model and successful partnership between Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital to realign Anderson County Hospital and Allen County Regional Hospital in SE Kansas.✔ Achieved the system’s highest employee engagement and patient safety scores while also reaching optimal levels in financials, quality, and patient satisfaction.

Provided executive support for a hospital which generated $65M in annual operating revenue and employed 322 full-time individuals. Implemented weekly communication tools to increase patient and employee satisfaction by sharing emphatic care stories among employees, medical staff, and board of directors.✔ Strengthened financials and administrative decision making for one of the country’s top performing Critical Access Hospitals, frequently achieving double digit operating margins and receiving a 5-Star CMS rating in 2022 as well as multiple other awards. ✔ Directed the installation of the first comprehensive EHR system which served the hospital and associated clinics.✔ Achieved superior employee engagement scores and ignited growth across varied medical staff positions and multi-hospital service lines, consistently recruiting and developing successful physicians and APPs.✔ Created a leadership community engagement model and exhibited both personal and professional involvement.✔ Secured fundraising and oversaw construction for the $1.6M Healing Garden by the HMC Foundation.

Performed as dual CEO to unify system operations and move beyond previous rivalries, thus producing top results for both entities in addition to leading the organization’s transition to the Joint Commission accreditation status. Managed the recruitment of multiple physicians to expand rural services and rebuild the local primary care base. Created and executed strategic planning tools which established a regional-wide, streamlined platform for handling medical staff development, market prioritization, metro/regional hospital alignment, and financial implications.✔ Spearheaded quality performance improvements which led to consecutive Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence awards and the only CMS 2021 5-Star rating assigned to a Critical Access Hospital in several states.✔ Developed and implemented a staffing model with 30 dual leaders and 100+ shared employees to maximize advancement opportunities at a minimal cost.✔ Realized strong operating margins for the first time in decades through a multi-million-dollar financial turnaround.✔ Achieved the highest employee engagement scores in an 18-hospital system and the highest patient safety scores among all system hospitals.

Built constructive, mutually beneficial relationships with physicians and leadership teams from 50 regional hospitals. Incorporated strategic planning tools to improve finances and develop the medical staff. Strengthened and facilitated client relationships such as outreach start-ups, clinical affiliations, and hospital operating agreements.✔ Generated strategic growth in the number of referring facilities by assessing organizational needs, capacity, revenue potential, and opportunity for additional operational support.✔ Contributed to achieving the largest tertiary center market share in the KC secondary service area with total regional charges at a 20% increase throughout tenure, growing to an annual $700M.

✔ Developed and managed a multi-faceted MSO which serviced a four-state region and achieved 3% growth in organizational market share and $1.25M in new net revenue during the first year of operations.✔ Drove organizational processes to ensure strong patient satisfaction scores and realized exceptional rates of satisfaction among providers due to success in utilizing a collaborative, team-driven leadership model.✔ Appointed as a loaned Practice Administrator executive for a key hospital partner and developed the operational and cultural integration of a multi-specialty provider group.✔ Created start-up processes and supplied operational administration for new private practice clinics with assistance in developing and integrating functions for a rural network to include HR, IT, distribution, and reimbursement.

✔ Led strategic planning, relationship management, and market development for a $400M integrated system.✔ Played a pivotal role in increasing market share and doubling secondary service area net revenue to ~$110M.