Multi-site Multi-specialty Group Practice/Critical Access Hospital Professional


Executive with a significant healthcare background encompassing physician group
practice management and hospital management. Demonstrates the ability to work
well with physicians and other executives, and lead diverse teams. Possesses the
knowledge, skill and understanding of physician and hospital needs in order to
develop physician/hospital relationships and build and maintain a successful
operation.  
Professional strengths include
Nineteen years healthcare management experience
Physician practice/hospital management/Business development/   
Finance/Operations/Startup & turnaround strategies/Joint ventures   Referral
development/Financial analysis/forecasting/Business planning
development/Strategic planning/Financial resources management/Growth
opportunities identification/Long range planning
 

Professional Experience

Managing Director
Southern Plains Medical Group, (SPMG)   Oklahoma City, OK        July 2008 
Negotiated the sale of Southern Plains Medical Center (see position below) to
Rural Hospital Acquisitions. Continued management of group practice and hospital.
 Arranged  financing for  the purchase of Southern Plains Medical Center by Rural
Hospital Acquisitions.  Authored  the Business Plan, which included policies,
procedures, acquisition guidelines,  due diligent matrices, financial guidelines 
and renamed the company Southern Plains Medical Group.   Developed a means, by
the formation of  an Exclusive Provider Organization and a contract with a
Medicare Advantage program,  to expand Southern Plains Medical Group’s
acquisitions into the Texas, Arkansas and Kansas markets. Member of Board of
Directors.

Executive Director
Southern Plains Medical Center,    Chickasha, OK     1998 – July 2008 
ED/CFO for a multi-specialty group practice and Director of a critical care
hospital 
Oversight of the strategic management, finances and operational functions for
the company’s business development and operations.   Responsible for strategic
planning, operations, development, physician recruitment/retention, physician
compensation, budgets and P&L Statement for both a multi-site multi-specialty
group practice and a critical access hospital.  Member on the Hospital Board of
Directors.  Reported to the Clinic Board of Directors.  

•Acquired the financing and structured the acquisition of the physician group
practice from a practice management company.   Developed a successful joint
venture that purchased and remodeled a 25-bed critical access hospital. 
•Gained physician and employee respect and trust.  Developed a reputation of
high integrity, team building, fairness, strong leadership and forward thinking  
Demonstrated continuous success in physician recruitment and retention in a
location that was less than optimal.    
•Developed a physician compensation formula resulting in a significantly
increased bottom line.  This addition to the bottom-line resulted in the
elevation of physician compensation with the majority enjoying a 20 percent
increase.
•Generated several new revenue streams through the addition of new services, the
enhancement of existing services and the lucrative renegotiation of existing
health plan contracts. 
•Successfully streamlined the business office and delivery system, decreasing
overhead by ten percent and increasing revenue by eight hundred thousand dollars
a year. 

CEO
G & G Management Services, Temple, TX 1996 - 1998  
Responsible for the startup, financial management, business plan development,
strategic planning, marketing  and operational functions for the company’s
business. 
•Developed strategic plans and operational strategies for group practices and
hospitals   
•Negotiated contracts and compensation packages for multi-specialty group
practices  
•Evaluated, designed and implemented changes to business offices for clinics and
hospitals

Executive Director
Victoria Medical Foundation, Victoria, TX 1994 - 1996  
Responsibilities included startup and management of this 501a healthcare
organization.  The organization was founded to bring two member hospitals
together to compete against a third hospital in the community.  
•Joint venture of an HMO with Time Fortis Insurance, Detar Medical Center,
Regional Medical Center and the physicians in a twelve county region   
•Successfully established a sizeable HMO provider network in South Texas, Gulf
Coast region  

Clinic Director
Scott & White Clinic Temple Texas, 1989 - 1994  
Upon completion of internship program became Clinic Director of a fifteen
physician clinic located in Gatesville Texas.  Provided oversight of the
strategic management and operational functions for the company’s business in
Gatesville TX.   Responsible for strategic planning, operations, development,
physician recruitment, budgets and P&L Statement for the Clinic. 

Education

University of Central Texas, Killeen, TX
Master's Science Business Administration, Degree 1993
Texas A&M, University College Station, TX
Bachelor's Business Administration, Degree 1989