Expert Details
Healthcare Consulting: Financial Advisory, Quality Enhancement, Constituent Satisfaction, Governance Structure, and Service Line Development
ID: 739192
Pennsylvania, USA
She was named one of the “Top 25 Women in Business” by NAWBO of Northeastern Pennsylvania Entrepreneurial Leader, Business, and Growth Driver. She has extensive business development experience using networks and existing relationships to identify opportunities and close new sales. She cultivates lasting, collaborative business relationships and executive-level C-suite partnerships to achieve positive results, revenue growth, and repeat clients. She applies innovative principles and critical thinking to healthcare environments. Her areas of expertise include Organizational Strategy, Operations, and Care Transformation - assessing business practices and providing insight based on industry trends, research-based best practices, and leveraging experience as a clinician, operator, and executive leader. She is an influential and trusted advisor, providing services to healthcare-related organizations and hospitals to develop impactful strategies and improve operational, financial health, and patient outcomes.
Expert has experience implementing and streamlining processes to instill financial discipline and increase viability to maximize revenue and reduce expenses. She provides communication and relationship management, communicating clearly and concisely and facilitating constructive interactions. She establishes and maintains relationships with leaders, physicians, and employees to improve engagement across client organizations. She is well-versed in strategic and analytical thinking, and problem-solving, and is outcome-focused to deliver client results by applying intellect that generates effective solutions to complex challenges. Expert manages client initiatives, revitalizing growth, controlling costs, and maximizing productivity for operations while concurrently improving patient care delivery outcomes and creating meaningful and long-term change.
Expert has an innate ability to engage teams and problem-solve. As a senior executive, she's genuinely interested in not only the daily operations of the business but also in how these operations affected the people carrying them out.
Entrepreneurial Leader, Business, and Growth Driver: Extensive business development experience using networks and existing relationships to identify opportunities and close new sales. Cultivates lasting, collaborative business relationships and executive-level C-suite partnerships to achieve positive results, revenue growth, and repeat clients. Applies innovative principles and critical thinking to healthcare environments.
Organizational Strategy, Operations, and Care Transformation Expert: Assesses business practices and provides insight based on industry trends, research-based best practices, and leveraging experience as a clinician, operator, and executive leader.
Influential and Trusted Advisor: Provides services to healthcare-related organizations and hospitals to develop impactful strategies and improve operational, financial health, and patient outcomes. Implements and streamlines processes to instill financial discipline and increase viability to maximize revenue and reduce expenses.
Communication and Relationship Management: Communicates clearly and concisely and facilitates constructive interactions. Establishes and maintains relationships with leaders, physicians, and employees to improve engagement across client organizations.
Strategic and Analytical Thinking, Problem-Solver: Outcome-focused to deliver client results by applying intellect that generates effective solutions to complex challenges. Manages client initiatives, revitalizing growth, controlling costs, and maximizing productivity for operations while concurrently improving patient care delivery outcomes and creating meaningful and long-term change.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2002 | Degree: MS | Subject: Health Services Management & Policy, | Institution: New School University, Middletown, NY |
Year: 1999 | Degree: BA | Subject: Professional Studies, Community & Human Services | Institution: Empire State College, Middletown, NY |
Year: 1987 | Degree: Associate | Subject: Applied Nursing | Institution: Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, NY |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2014 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Founder/Principal | Department: |
Responsibilities:An independent healthcare consulting practice leveraging C-suite operations and administrative expertise to serve healthcare organizations through short- and long-term engagements, including interim C-suite leadership. Focus areas include rapid-cycle financial turnarounds, quality enhancement, constituent satisfaction, governance structure, and service line development. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2019 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principal & Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Provided event-driven financial advisory services focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2006 to 2013 | Employer: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS | Title: Chief Operating Officer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Held CEO, COO and Assistant Chief Executive for several hospitals within the Community Health Systems. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2004 to 2006 | Employer: Ashland Medical Center, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., | Title: Chief Executive Officer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Chief Executive Officer, Ashland Medical Center, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., Brentwood, TN, 2004 – 2006 |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2002 to 2004 | Employer: Ashland Medical Center, Province Healthcare Company, | Title: Chief Nursing Officer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Chief Nursing Officer, Ashland Medical Center, Province Healthcare Company, Brentwood, TN, 2002 – 2004 |
Career Accomplishments
Licenses / Certifications |
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Pennsylvania State Registered Nurse, 1987 – Present New York State Licensed Professional Registered Nurse, 1987 – Present California State Registered Nurse, 2019 – Present State of New Jersey Registered Professional Nurse, 2020 – Present State of Idaho Registered Nurse, 2020 – Present State of Indiana Registered Nurse, 2022 – Present |
Awards / Recognition |
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Named one of the “Top 25 Women in Business” by NAWBO of Northeastern Pennsylvania |