Areas of Experience and Expertise
STRATEGIC and TACTICAL PLANNING
- Accomplished merger of equals - a $320MM transaction.
- Integrated structures and operations of large competitors with 5,000 employees.
- Wrote first strategic plan for urban hospital in Pittsburgh, PA that succeeded in
preventing a hostile takeover.
- Developed strategic plan for community hospital that increased revenue, expanded
services and improved quality.
- Developed rationale for physician recruitment and obtained over 20 additional physicians
in urban and rural environments.
IMPROVE and GROW ORGANIZATIONS
- Expanded volume, improved profitability and grew market share by establishing satellite
facilities and recruiting physicians.
- Initiated Dialysis, Physical Medicine Rehabilitation, Radiation Therapy and Psychiatric
Units.
- Facilitated initiation of continuing medical education.
- Started a neurosurgery service.
- Administratively led new and improved physician residency programs.
- Recruited and developed effective management teams.
BOARD / MANAGEMENT / CONSTITUENCY / GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
- Initiated Board orientation programs.
- Initiated Board continuing education for two organizations.
- Began Board self-evaluation with systematic, rational and measurable process.
- Founded in-house Management continuing education program.
- Improved Board/Medical Staff/Auxiliary/Community Relations at two organizations.
- Recognized for effective physician relationships.
- Coached executives.
- Appointed as first hospital representative to Health Policy Board (advisor to a state
Sec. of Health.)
- Experienced board member of hospital, professional association, nursing home, insurance
company, governmental, educational, cultural and community organizations.
DEVELOP/NEGOTIATE ALLIANCES
- Led a negotiation team uniting four competitors in new umbrella Physician Hospital
Organization.
- Conceived and negotiated joint venture with Johns Hopkins.
- Started successful CT Corp. with three competitors.
- Founded MRI Corp. with four hospitals in four states.
- Organized a joint venture Heart Catheterization Laboratory with competitor.
- Merged competing Physician Hospital Organizations on two occasions.
- Initiated joint meeting for consolidation of Home Care/Hospice agencies of competitors.
- Led organizations through several union negotiations.
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