Chief Executive Officer for a specialty health care firm that provides full service respiratory therapy services to hospitals, home medical equipment services and sleep therapeutic services under contract to hospitals.

General counsel for a specialty health care firm that provides full service respiratory therapy services to nursing homes. Coordinates all legal services for the company and serves as compliance officer and reimbursement consultant for the company.

Chief Executive Officer of a specialty law firm that emphasized serving the needs of healthcare providers. The firm represented hospitals, physicians and other health care providers in activities involving compliance programs, integrated delivery systems, physician networks, medical staff issues, professional review activities, fraud and abuse review work, physician joint ventures, managed care activities, physician recruiting, and Medicare and Medicaid issues.

As chairman of the Frost & Jacobs Health Care Practice Group, a multi-disciplinary group of twenty-one attorneys, coordinated and managed the firm’s health care practice. Personal practice involved helping hospitals deal with physician relations problems, avoid Medicare fraud and abuse, recruit physicians, engage in hospital/physician joint ventures, assess and credential physicians, restructure medical staff bylaws and engage in professional review activity.

Managed the consolidation of two hospitals and built a replacement facility. Merged the operating staffs and medical staff of each facility into cohesive single units providing outstanding health services for the community. Expanded the facilities, adding a freestanding surgery center, a retirement complex, a nursing home, and ancillary facilities such as a diagnostic center for breast disease. Acquired several other businesses, including a consulting firm and a materials management software system. During the ten years as Chief Executive Officer, the organization always produced a return well in excess of the industry average.