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Michael W. Albertson
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Michele Davenport Lambert
Partner |
A management consultant
and hospital executive for 15 years, Mike has played a
key role in developing strategic plans and facilitating
business development initiatives for a wide range of non-profit
and for-profit providers, government agencies, faith-based
hospitals, and managed care organizations. He is highly
skilled at product line development, ambulatory care planning,
physician partnering strategies, and overseeing affiliation
planning and implementation.
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Michele has over 25 years
of clinical, administrative management, and
consulting experience working with non-profit and for-profit
hospitals, health plans, physician group practices, ambulatory
care centers, health departments, and allied health care
organizations. She is considered an expert at facilitating
organizational change to improve competitiveness, strengthen
operational performance, enhance customer service, and
identify new sources of revenue.
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Michael W. Albertson, FACHE
Prior to joining Health Solutions and Market Intelligence, Mike served as a vice president of strategic planning for Sun Health in Sun City, Arizona. He has also worked as a senior health care executive in Georgia and Florida and as a management consultant for Chi Systems, Inc.
Areas of Expertise
- Strategic Planning and Business Development
- Physician Partnering Strategies
- Affiliation and Integration Strategies
- Competitive Analysis and Scenario Development
- Facility and Space Planning
- Marketing Strategies
Experience
- Developed a system-wide strategic plan for a 600-bed, two-hospital system with a nationally recognized Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research institute and innovative geriatric health services
- Facilitated the development of an organization restructuring and financial turnaround plan for a $1.8 billion four-hospital system in Florida; also developed physician partnership strategies including employment and joint venture guidelines and succession planning
- Decreased medical office building vacancy rate from 23% to 0%, negotiated a million dollar hospitalist contract, and developed a successful physician recruitment package for a 400-bed tertiary facility in Atlanta
Education
- B.S. (Health Administration), University of South Dakota, 1990
- M.H.A., University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 1992
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives
- Board Member, Arizona Healthcare Administrators Forum/ACHE Chapter
- Board Member, Arizona Rural Health Association
- Member, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association
- Member, American Hospital Association -Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development
- Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association
- Member, Arizona Association of Healthcare Lawyers
- Member, Arizona Association for Economic Development
- Member, American Association of Healthcare Consultants
Michele Davenport-Lambert, RN, FNP, MBA, FACHE
Prior to joining Health Solutions and Market Intelligence, Michele worked as an independent consultant and served as a vice president for Lovelace Health System in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and as an administrator for CIGNA. In addition, she has served on the faculty of the University of Arizona and the University of Phoenix and worked as a registered nurse and family nurse practitioner.
Areas of Expertise
- New Business Development and Revenue Enhancement Strategies
- Facility and Service¬Line Assessments & Redirection
- Operational and Clinical Performance Improvement Strategies
- Change Management
- Researching and developing new healthcare
products
- Effective customer-directed service strategies
- Leadership/Staff Development and Coaching
- Crisis Management
Experience
- Facilitated system-wide operational improvements that resulted in $3.7 million in savings over an 18-month period for a for-profit integrated delivery system
- Directed the reengineering of the revenue
cycle for a health plan, medical group, and hospital using
process improvements and new technology
- Planned and successfully implemented
a new business and patient services information management
system for a hospital and ambulatory care clinics
- Assumed chief operating officer duties
for a $300 million for-profit integrated delivery system,
medical group, and health plan
- Created and Implemented turn around strategies
for twelve family practice, pediatric, and internal medicine
staff model group practices and Urgent Care Centers resulting
in profit status within 24 months
Education
- B.S. (Nursing), University of Arizona,
1981
- M.S. (Community Health Nursing/Administration),
University of Arizona, 1984 and Clinical Nurse Specialist
Degree (Primary Care/FNP), University of Arizona, 1984 and
- Clinical Nurse Specialist Degree (Primary Care/FNP), University of Arizona, 1984
- M.B.A., University of New Mexico, 1997
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives
- Board member, Arizona Healthcare Administrators Forum/ACHE Chapter Member
- Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
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