John A. Deane

CEO & Chief Development Officer

John Deane is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Southwind Health Partners, a physician practice management, interim management and consulting firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. Southwind specializes in working with physician organizations sponsored by hospitals, health systems and academic medical centers. Prior to founding Southwind in 1998, John has worked for thirteen years in executive level positions focused on managing physician organizations, including service as an Operating Vice President at PhyCor from 1993-1998, Executive Director of UT-MED, the faculty practice plan at the University of Texas Medical Branch from 1988-1992, and Executive Director of the Washington University Medical Alliance Corporation, a joint venture between Washington University School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals from 1985-1988. John began his health care career as a consultant and later senior consultant for VHA Enterprises Consulting Services where he worked with health system clients participating in the development of a broad range of managed care physician organizations. John earned his BA and MPA at The American University in Washington, D.C.

Peter Kindrachuk

President and COO

Peter Kindrachuk has twenty-two years of healthcare experience with physician practice management and managed care risk contracting in a variety of settings. Peter serves as Interim CEO for select Southwind management engagements, oversees Southwind operations to ensure client satisfaction and provides consultation in strategic planning, physician income distribution and managed care contracting. Prior to joining Southwind, Peter served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for North American Medical Management (NAMM), a division of Aveta Health (formerly PhyCor). During eight years with PhyCor, a pioneer in the physician practice management arena, Peter oversaw a wide variety of multi-specialty physician group practices ranging in size from 25 to 200 physicians as well as independent practice associations (IPAs), most of which were extensively engaged in managed care risk contracting. As Vice President Operations at PhyCor, and later Group Vice President, Peter was responsible for recruiting, hiring and directing local management teams executing in the field. Prior to joining PhyCor, Peter served as Administrator of the Ochsner Clinic’s largest satellite operation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he successfully grew the group from 40 to 80 physicians. Peter’s early career experience includes serving as administrator of an independent physician group in Green Bay, Wisconsin and other positions at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana. Peter holds an MHA from Duke University and a BA in political science and economics from Northwestern University.

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Margaret Hoban

Executive Vice President

Margaret is Southwind’s key executive for assessment of physician practice operations and revenue cycle management, including billing, collections and accounts receivable. In addition, Margaret provides Southwind clients with technical assistance in the selection and implementation of new generation information systems supporting practice operations. For two years, Margaret served as Solutions and Services Executive for PhyCor, Inc. where she specialized in bringing design, development and implementation of integrated best practice solutions to multi-specialty groups. Previously, Margaret held positions as Executive Director in both primary care and multi-specialty group practices. She also served as Associate Vice President for Ambulatory Services and as Executive Director for Primary Care Network Development within the Sisters of Mercy Health System in Pontiac, Michigan for five years.

Randy Gott

Senior Vice President

Randy Gott leads Southwind’s medical staff development planning services and augments the firm’s physician compensation development expertise. Randy has over sixteen years of experience in the fields of physician services, physician compensation, medical staff development planning, and recruitment. His background includes consulting with hospitals, group practices and physicians in areas such as compensation, practice development, manpower planning, practice acquisitions and mergers. He is a nationally recognized expert in physician manpower planning for health systems. His expertise in physician compensation planning has been utilized by medical groups, hospitals involved in practice acquisitions, and not-for-profit organizations wishing to employ physicians. He is national speaker and author of numerous articles on medical staff issues such as physician recruitment, physician manpower planning, physician retention and is often quoted in healthcare publications.

Dick Wright

Senior Partner

Richard Wright is a Senior Partner with more than 35 years of health care management experience in a wide variety of organizations. He has operated health maintenance organizations, a leading physician practice management company, hospitals, (both domestic and international), insurance companies, a healthcare technology firm, a management consulting firm and a company delivering services in the field of correctional medicine. He is a unique resource for strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, executive coaching and evaluation/resolution of operational challenges in physician organizations.

Mr. Wright recently completed a rebuilding effort as part of the America Service Group (ASG) management team serving as the Vice Chairman of ASG and President and Chief Executive Officer of Prison Health Services. ASG is the leading provider of managed care services to the correctional healthcare market and he remains on the Board of Directors. Prior to joining ASG, Mr. Wright was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Covation, LLC, a provider of software integration and data management services for healthcare payors until acquired by Perot Systems.

Wright was a co-founder of PhyCor, Inc., where he served as Director and Executive Vice President of Operations over a ten-year period. PhyCor, the pioneering physician practice management firm grew to 55 clinics with 3,800 physicians in 28 states with $1.2 billion in revenue. PhyCor paved the way for many of today’s health system and other health care firms working with organized physician practices.

He also held senior management roles at HCA International and its group health venture, EquiCor, while living and working in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, England, Brazil and Nashville.

Mr. Wright holds a Masters of Health Administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University. He was honored with the GSU Institute of Health Administration Professional Achievement Award in 2006.

Robert B. Vernon

Director of Development

Mr. Vernon joins Southwind with over twenty-five years experience in health care, focused on health system and health plan strategy, and new business development. At Southwind Bob will lead the business development, marketing and communication activities, as well as provide Southwind clients with assistance related to physician alignment, consumer-directed care and managed care.

In his role, Bob is charged with ensuring that, as the company grows, we maintain our high level of responsiveness to new and existing Southwind clients. He also offers clients strategic expertise in consumer directed health care, as it reshapes the way physicians and health systems conduct business.

In his career, Bob has served as an advisor to numerous health systems and health plans on issues related to physician ventures, managed care and consumer-directed healthcare. Prior to joining Southwind, Bob led product implementation and customer relations for a consumer-directed healthcare software company.

Previously, he provided product development, marketing expertise, and health plan management services for a worldwide insurance services firm. In his role as a consultant with Voluntary Hospitals of America, Healthcare Venture Associates and Trigon Health Ventures, Bob established several successful managed care organizations and provided turn-around and interim management services to many others. Related to consumer directed health care, Bob has consulted with and presented to health systems, physicians, insurance brokers, technology companies, attorneys, and financial institutions. He has also published several articles on the topic.

Anthony D’Eredita, JD, MBA

Senior Vice President

Anthony D’Eredita provides short and long-term executive project management, as well as strategic and operational services to Southwind clients. Anthony has more than ten years health care leadership and operations experience and has been an attorney for 18 years.

Since joining Southwind, Anthony led the turnaround as interim CEO of a 115-provider multi-specialty practice. He significantly increased revenue and decreased operating losses, leading operational re-design and improvements in compensation programs, financial reporting, management staffing, governance structure, physician leadership, and marketing and branding. Additionally, Anthony leads the development of senior-focused Medicare risk clinics for a publicly traded health plan and conducts third-party payor negotiations and strategic planning for physician clients.

Previously Anthony led consulting services for iLIANT Corporation, an application service provider and business process outsourcing firm. At iLIANT, he led physician group mergers and divestitures, billing office turnarounds, business planning, compliance management and implementation project management. Previously Anthony was with the North Medical Companies, the owner of a multi-specialty group practice, HMO, senior housing facility and extensive medical real estate. There he served as CEO of PhyLinc Practice Management, LLC and COO of North Medical, PC. Anthony also served as senior counsel and led the physician practice group at the New York law firm of Bond Schoeneck and King.

Anthony has been an adjunct professor and is a national speaker. He has authored books on HIPAA and other compliance issues. He earned his MBA at the Whitman School of Business, Syracuse University; his Master of Studies in Law, magna cum laude, and JD at Vermont Law School and his B.S. at Lemoyne College.

Jack R. Hickey

Director

With 25 years of experience in both financial and operational management in service industries, Jack brings to Southwind’s clients critical cost saving and operational improvement resources as both a consultant and interim executive. Prior to joining Southwind, Jack served as Chief Operations Officer at a 100+ multi-specialty physician clinic, with responsibility for 75 departments at nine locations, handling a gross revenue budget of $111 million. Jack facilitated the conversion to a national group purchasing program for 55 multi-specialty clinics and approximately 3,700 physicians, and identified over $20MM in savings opportunities. He has designed and implemented a standardized pharmacy distribution program for 28 pharmacies and 46 clinics resulting in lower pharmaceutical acquisition costs and increased management reporting capabilities. In addition, Jack has conducted over 30 operational assessments within materials management, identifying and implementing recommended improvement strategies. Trained in the area of finance, Jack held multiple financial positions at American Airlines, including Central Division Controller with responsibility for 41 cities. Jack also served as Assistant Treasurer for National Auto/Truckstops and as Director, National Contracts for PhyCor, Inc.

Andrew G. Kellar

Director

Andy has twenty years of progressive healthcare experience in physician practice management and managed health care. At the executive level, Andy has served as Vice President for Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, La.; a 600 physician integrated delivery system with 24 regional and satellite clinics and 4 hospitals. His responsibilities included managed care contracting with over $400 million in net revenue, business and referral development, hospital integration, international health services and corporate programs.

Additional senior management positions include Regional Vice President of multiple networks for North American Medical Management (NAMM), an IPA/PHO development and management company, and Vice President of Managed Care Contracting for a statewide health plan, insuring 200,000 commercial and Medicare covered lives. Earlier experience includes business operations and revenue cycle management of the regional Ochsner Clinic in Baton Rouge, La. As a charter member of the Administrative team with 17 physicians, the practice grew to 80 physicians in five years including construction of a 110,000 square foot multi-specialty facility.

Andy earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a double major in healthcare management and marketing from Appalachian State University.

Susan Mackintosh, CPA

Director

At Southwind, Sue is responsible for developing detailed financial planning and physician compensation models for medical practices undergoing restructuring. She also performs financial assessments for consulting clients and executive coaching. For five years, Sue served in senior financial operations positions at PhyCor, Inc., including Chief Financial Officer of a 135-provider multi-specialty group practice in Northwest Georgia and Director of Financial Operations for an IPA headquartered in Nashville. She also served as Vice President of Finance for a major health system-sponsored HMO and IPA affiliate in Virginia for 12 years. A CPA, Sue began her career with five years at KPMG in Charlotte and Norfolk, Virginia.

Maureen M. Madigan

Director

Maureen is a Southwind Director of physician practice operations and revenue cycle management. With greater than 20 years of healthcare management experience, Maureen has held a variety of positions as Executive Director in primary, single, and multi-specialty group practices. While serving as Director of Operations for the Mercy Medical Group in Pontiac Michigan, Maureen was instrumental in managing practice acquisitions, transitioning hospital-owned practices into a physician-governed medical group, and served as project manager for the selection and implementation of an information system that supported practice operations. As the Administrator of a busy single specialty surgical group in Michigan, Maureen redesigned the revenue cycle which dramatically reduced days in accounts receivable. Since joining Southwind Maureen has been dedicated to the assessment of physician practice operations, information system implementations and the entire revenue cycle process bringing best practice solutions to Southwind clients.

Vince Manoogian

Director

Vince Manoogian is a Southwind Principal who serves as Interim Executive Director for troubled medical groups and is a specialist in the transition of health system employed physicians to private practice. Vince has served as Interim Regional Practice Operations Director for a 189 physician medical group in the Midwest where he was responsible for the turn around of a 60-physician former staff model HMO group practice. Under Vince’s leadership, this group experienced a $7 million improvement in financial performance with no measurable diminution in physician referrals by physicians affected by the restructuring. As a part of this engagement, Vince played a lead role in implementing successful transitions into private practice or other practice arrangements. Vince’s specialty is in finding the "happy ending" for each individual physician or group that, in nearly every case results in continued strong loyalties to the Health System. Prior to joining the Southwind team, Vince was an independent physician practice management consultant for 20 years where he facilitated billing system conversions, designed and implemented medical group organizational structure and governance, developed physician income distribution plans and served as interim CEO for medical groups ranging in size from three to 100 physicians.

Rosemon Martin

Director, Southwind Revenue Cycle Solutions

As Director of Southwind’s Revenue Cycle Solutions Team, Rosemon brings substantial depth as an experienced, large medical group business office director. She will be providing interim management of the professional fee revenue cycle and relating consulting services under the direction of Margaret Hoban. Prior to joining Southwind, Rosemon worked for 18 years in progressively responsible positions leading to the Director of Patient Account Services at The Warren Clinic, a 150 physician multi-specialty group practice sponsored by St. Francis Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rosemon will work with other members of the Revenue Cycle Solutions Team to dramatically improve the performance of the professional fee revenue cycle for Southwind clients. Her extensive background in working with large, multi-specialty medical groups positions her well to meet that need.

Kerri Kelly

Senior Consultant

Kerri comes to Southwind as a Senior Consultant, with over 12 years of experience in physician practice related consulting experience, most recently at Cejka Consulting in St. Louis where for nearly 10 years she was a team member and/or lead consultant on large scale consulting engagements. She also served as Manager and client liaison for smaller scale engagements including practice valuations, operational assessments and salary/productivity surveys. Kerri is responsible for supporting Southwind’s new physician manpower planning consultancy under the leadership of Randy Gott.

Mimi Hagar

Consultant and Human Resources Specialist

Mimi Hagar brings to her role at Southwind over 20 years of experience in the human resources field. Mimi will be supporting Southwind management and consulting engagements by facilitating the recruitment, evaluation and selection of practice management executives; providing technical assistance with practice management job classification restructuring; and other human resource related consultation. Mimi is currently the President of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Stacy Moss

Consultant

Stacy Moss is a Southwind consultant specializing in revenue cycle design and management. Stacy serves as a member of the Southwind and local team to bring best-practice solutions into practice operations. Prior to joining Southwind, Stacy served as a manager for 4 years with the Kroger Corporation beginning in a management development program and culminating in Assistant General Manager responsibilities at a number of grocery stores within the corporation. For 3 years she served as manager for a large veterinary hospital and boarding kennel where she was instrumental in redesigning front-end operations to reduce accounts receivable and enhance customer service.

Eric Passon

Senior Consultant

Eric Passon leads the financial analysis and compensation benchmarking activities at Southwind Health Partners. Eric is responsible for financial benchmarking of physician compensation, production and practice operations, pro forma financial modeling of start-up practices, practice acquisition due diligence, and physician compensation plan design and restructuring.

In his three years at Southwind, some of Eric’s significant client engagements include:

• Over 35 financial assessments and compensation plan designs or restructurings for health system sponsored physician practices;
• Pro forma modeling for start up multi-specialty physician practices in Idaho, Georgia and Nebraska;
• Financial acquisition due diligence for a $65 million, 60-physician cardiology practice in the mid-Atlantic, a $120 million, 125-physician multispecialty group in the Midwest, and a $30 million, 46-physician multi-specialty group in the mid-Atlantic;
• Serving as Interim Finance Director for a multi-specialty start-up practice which grew to thirteen physicians during his tenure;
• Innovative compensation plan development for multiple departments of a major academic medical center in the Northeast; and
• Pro forma modeling for multiple start-up clinics dedicated to Medicare HMO patients.

Prior to joining Southwind, Eric was Vice President of Finance and Administration in the anesthesia services division of TeamHealth. In this role, Eric’s responsibilities included developing and presenting physician practice financial models to health system executives, and establishing operational and financial metrics for multiple physician groups. Earlier he served as Manager of Acquisition Analysis for TeamHealth, in which he oversaw the due diligence and financial modeling for several acquisitions, and the integration of three healthcare companies including two management service organizations. Eric began his healthcare career as a financial analyst for TeamHealth.

Eric’s educational background includes an MBA from the University of Tennessee and a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Central Florida.