Experience

Great Plains Regional Medical Center

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Interim Chief Executive Officer

  • Apr 2014 - Present

  Appointed Interim CEO, while continuing to maintain COO duties, at critical point in organization’s comprehensive rebranding campaign. Created and implemented a 90-day action plan to ensure successful transition from “Great Plans Regional Medical Center” to “Great Plains Health,” as well as continuation of construction on new patient tower and initiatives to improve patient satisfaction scores. Lead 16 direct reports and administer $144M annual operating budget. Directed planning, development and construction phases of a 217,000-square-foot, $100M new patient tower that has been under construction since 2013. Deployed Lean teams to evaluate and improve current processes impacting the patient experience. Tower is expected to be completed six weeks head of schedule in June 2015 and $4M under budget. Opened an orthopedic spine service—the first for the community of North Platte, with projected revenue of $2.57M in 2015—that had been in development since 2013. Additionally, launched initiative to create an “Orthopedic Center of Excellence,” including recruitment of three orthopedic surgeons who are expected to generate $3.85M in revenue in 2015. Completed design and broke ground on a $20M, 70,600-square-foot expansion and remodel of a physician office building that is on track for completion in 2015. Show less



Great Plains Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Jul 2009 - Apr 2014

  After completing Interim CEO/President engagement, promoted to COO to lead all daily operations of hospital, including quality and nursing. Managed 12-member senior leadership team. Appropriated $51M annual operating budget. Achieved operating margins ranging from 5.1% to 7.0% (2009 – 2014 YTD). Completed and operationalized 3,800-square-foot, $1.5M imaging center that produced $4M increase in revenue in first full year. Named Interim Executive Director of North Platte Nebraska Physician Group (2012 – 2013) and managed 44 employed physicians, resulting in 8.3% growth in patient visits to employed physicians. Initiated development and operationalized interventional cardiology services that produced a contribution margin of $1.99M from the cath lab. Show less

• Interim CEO

  • Feb 2008 - Jun 2009

  Tapped to deliver administrative leadership for 14 months, while maintaining duties as VP of Operations. Delivered 8% operating margin in 2008—one of the highest in the organization’s history—through a multi-pronged strategy of managing productivity and supply costs. Proposed, developed and initiated hospitalist program that has improved relationship with private internal medicine group and elevated inpatient coverage. Transformed GPRMC’s cancer services into a “Center of Excellence” by building a $270K cancer center; recruiting three medical oncologists; restructuring of clinical trials and market affiliation with the Eppley Cancer Center in Omaha, integrating medical and radiation oncology to drive efficiency and integrate patient care; expanded support programs for cancer patients; and established five outreach clinics in secondary market area. Guided organization through a successful unannounced Joint Commission survey in 2008, followed by an inspection from Nebraska state health officials charged with determining effectiveness of The Joint Commission survey. Introduced Institute of Healthcare Improvement initiatives, including deployment of rapid response team, reduction in ventilator-associated pneumonia and decrease in central line infection into the culture of quality to elevate patient safety. Drove physician satisfaction with hospital administration score from 23% to 71.8%. Show less