Resume of Pamela J. Pohly   Educational Background Masters in Business Administration, MBA School of Health Administration (two course remaining) University of Colorado at Denver Masters in Education, M.Ed. Stephen F. Austin University Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA Stephen F. Austin University   Healthcare Management Experience President (Pam Pohly Associates) 1994 to Present Date Management of national consulting firm, with specialization in market analyses, market planning, new service line development, staffing, strategic planning & operations re-engineering. Provide acquisition management, start-up and turn-around for hospitals. Also provide staffing consulting, including executive search, interim management, salary and competitive research. Interim management roles have included turnaround projects, such as – Interim CEO of Craig House Hospital in New York, Interim CEO of Deaconess Cross Pointe in Indiana, Administrator of Hays Cancer Center and Interim CEO of Highland Ridge Hospital in Utah. Other assignments include start-up responsibilities, such as - Interim CEO of Deaconess Women’s Hospital in Indiana, a start-up, development and construction project for a new obstetrics and gynecology hospital. Consulting and recruiting includes healthcare clients in Texas, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Utah, New York, New England, Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Colorado, & Arizona. Specific consulting in the area of market feasibility studies, market needs assessments and new business development. Clients include primarily hospitals, as well as physician practices and clinics, Pam Pohly Associates. President  (Bayview Physician Hospital Organization, Inc.) Chief Executive Officer  (Bayview Hospital and Southside Hospital) Managed 110 bed multi-site operation, comprised of 68 bed hospital, 5 outpatient centers & 42 bed stand alone unit within separate primary acute care hospital. Organized and served as President of a new physician hospital organization (PHO) for collaboration, contracting & capitation purposes. Successful turnaround of Bayview Hospital, increasing Bayview annual net income from $200,000 to $1,300,000 through strategic reorganization of priority internal systems & focused marketing. Increased Bayview monthly admits from 65 to 140, maintained low EEOB & strengthened teamwork. Improved employee morale, quality of care. Designed 36-bed campus expansion & 8 new rural satellite centers. At Southside Hospital, improved care, community relations & profitability with unit within separate acute hospital netting $1,000,000, comprising 75% of Southside annual pre-tax profit. Created specialized MIS system, implemented triage centers & recruited doctors. Secured new public & private payer contracts. Developed strong, positive community reputation. Structured 2-year plan, evolving organization into vertically / horizontally integrated delivery system. Bayview Hospital and Southside Hospital, HCA / Healthcare Corporation of America, Corpus Christi, Texas. Chief Executive Officer Direct turnaround of freestanding 50-bed chemical dependency hospital & outpatient locations in 3 states. Focus on team building, new market procurement. Demonstrated leadership strengths. Enormous nation-wide Tenet (NME) restructure resulted in the closure of this facility, along with about 100 other Tenet facilities. New Beginnings Hospital. Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Fort Collins, Colorado. Executive Director & CEO 90-bed hospital turnaround requiring physician recruitment, facility remodel, staff retraining, new licensure, & marketing restructure. In 1991, parent company spun this hospital into a separate company & the newly formed group filed chapter 11, thus leading to my willingness to be recruited from this post by Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a previous employer. Hermitage Hall, Nashville, Tennessee, Mediplex Corporation. Executive Director Created new mental health PPO, including successful sale of complete packaged plan to major employer, including 80,000 self-insured covered lives, gross annual mental health expenditure of 20 million dollars. Prepare necessary fiscal & budget structures and market & feasibility analyses. Direct, plan & coordinate negotiations and systems design. Conceptualized & created innovative triage centers & UR systems. Responsible for real estate negotiations, physician & provider selection and network development. Provide support to employer in benefits structure and union negotiations & management buy-in. Completed development of new behavioral health point-of-service plan. This was a contracted temporary consulting role. Fulfilled all requested goals. (General Dynamics PPO), Trinity Health Network, Fort Worth, Texas. 3 month contract. Hospital Administrator & Chief Executive Officer Operational accountability for several freestanding hospitals or contracted units within acute hospitals, including hospitals & inpatient centers in Maryland, Texas, Colorado & California. Demonstrated strength in team building & business planning. Interim administrator & troubleshooter. Established turnarounds through innovation in internal systems. Implemented start-ups, coordinating all planning from architectural design & equipment purchase to the staff recruitment, training & eventual successful market development. Consistently exceeded expectations, achieving high intra-company regard. Demonstrated success in marketing, management & financial analysis. Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Washington, DC. 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