John E. Hill

John E. Hill, MBA, is a partner in the Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, and has over twenty years of experience in hospital/physician relations, physician recruiting, practice management, and consulting. Prior to joining the Healthcare Strategy Group, Mr. Hill was the founder and President of Physician Services of America for sixteen years. In that capacity, Mr. Hill directly managed Physician Services of America's recruiting, planning, and consulting activities for hundreds of hospitals, physician groups, and hospital systems.

Nationally known in the field of recruiting, physician relations, practice management, and consulting, Mr. Hill has been a frequent presenter at national and regional healthcare meetings and symposiums, including The American College of Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Mr. Hill holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Medical Group Management Association.

Please contact Mr. Hill at (502) 814-1185 or jhill@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

David W. Miller

David W. Miller, MHA, is a partner in the Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, with a practice focusing on strategy development, physician alignment, business planning, medical staff development planning, and growth strategies for hospitals and physicians. Prior to joining Healthcare Strategy Group, Mr. Miller spent 15 years with Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky. During his tenure he served as Chief Operating Officer of Norton Hospital, Vice President of Managed Care and Quality, Vice President of Physician Services, and Administrator of the Brown Cancer Center.

Mr. Miller has spoken frequently at meetings of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Hospital Association, and has published articles on topics such as strategic planning, brand development, and quality. Mr. Miller is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He holds a Master's Degree in Health Administration from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor's Degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Please contact Mr. Miller at (502) 814-1188 or dmiller@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Neal D. Barker

Neal D. Barker, MBA, joined Healthcare Strategy Group in 2001. As Senior Project Manager/Senior Consultant, Mr. Barker provides expertise and leadership in the areas of physician manpower planning, physician practice and hospital strategic planning, physician practice mergers and consolidations, physician practice operational improvement, managed care contract evaluation, physician-hospital joint ventures, and specialty proforma projections.

A member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Mr. Barker holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Administration from the University of Louisville.

Please contact Mr. Barker at (502) 814-1189 or nbarker@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Steven E. Ratliff, Jr.

Steven E. Ratliff, Jr., is a Senior Project Manager/Senior Consultant with Healthcare Strategy Group. With over 12 years of management and operations experience, Mr. Ratliff's practice is focused on the operational improvement of established practices, physician practice start up, and interim practice management. His experience includes work with the employed provider groups of multi-hospital systems, large multi-specialty practices, and smaller independents, in capacities such as Director of Physician Practices and Practice Administrator, performing practice assessments, insurance and physician contract negotiation, restructuring daily practice operations, serving on corporate compliance committees, conducting budget review and preparation, development of provider incentive compensation plans, education and development of practice managers, and physician manpower planning.

In addition to his extensive consulting and management experience, Mr. Ratliff holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Murray State University and is a member of the Medical Group Management Association. He has also been a featured speaker to various groups on practice operations topics.

Please contact Mr. Ratliff at (502) 814-1187 or sratliff@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

M. Davis Creech

M. Davis Creech, MBA, MHA, is Senior Project Manager/Senior Consultant with Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, heading the physician manpower planning division. With over thirteen years of experience in hospital/physician relations, practice management, and consulting, Mr. Creech's depth of knowledge and skill brings to clients strength in strategy-focused manpower planning, physician recruitment and retention strategies, physician employment, proforma projection and analysis, practice management, practice education and development, and practice marketing strategies. Mr. Creech holds a Master's Degree in Hospital and Health Services Administration and Master's Degree in Business Administration from Xavier University, and a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Economics and Management from Centre College.

Please contact Mr. Creech at (502) 814-1183 or dcreech@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Dan J. Topp

Dan J. Topp, MAA, is a Senior Consultant with Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, with a primary focus in physician practice management, operational improvement, and physician practice strategic planning. Mr. Topp has 20 years experience as executive director and practice administrator for both small and large group, single and multiple-site, medical and surgical practices, both employed and independent. His broad experience has placed him at the helm of all aspects of practice management, from daily operations to practice expansion and reorganization, quality improvement, implementation of an EHR, service and outreach development, revision of physician compensation plans, transitioning a large group from a PHO to a private group, and piloting a pay-for-performance effort.

Mr. Topp holds a Master's Degree in Administration from the University of Northern Iowa and has served as member of the Executive Board of the Arizona Medical Group Managers Association and as President of both the state and local Medical Group Managers Associations of Arizona.

Please contact Mr. Topp at (941) 979-8270 or dtopp@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Belinda C. Muench

Belinda C. Muench, MHA, is a Senior Consultant with Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, with a primary focus in physician manpower planning, physician compensation arrangements, organizational development, and hospital strategic planning. Ms. Muench brings to clients her broad experience in market/service line assessment and strategy development for both rural and urban hospitals.

Ms. Muench holds a Master's Degree in Health Administration and Bachelor's of Science from The Ohio State University.

Please contact Ms. Muench at (502) 377-2487 or bmuench@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Matthew K. Fulton

Matthew K. Fulton, CPA, CVA, is a Senior Consultant with Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, with a primary focus on financial analysis related to physician and hospital economic relationships, including practice valuations, fair market analysis related to physician compensatory arrangements and proforma projections. Mr. Fulton is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, and holds a Master's of Science in Accounting from the University of Kentucky.

Please contact Mr. Fulton at (502) 814-1191 or mfulton@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Leslie Robinson-Smith

Leslie Robinson-Smith, is a Senior Consultant and Product Manager, Physician Resource Planner, with Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, with a primary focus on physician manpower planning.

Ms. Robinson-Smith brings to clients a broad experience gleaned from over 20 years in healthcare strategic planning, service development, marketing, and managed care.

Please contact Ms. Robinson-Smith at (502) 814-1190 or lrsmith@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Travis Ansel

Travis Ansel, MBA, is a Senior Consultant with Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, with a primary focus on physician practice strategic planning and hospital/physician strategic integration.

Mr. Ansel holds a Master's of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University, and a Bachelor's of Science Degrees in Finance and Business Management from the University of Tennessee.

Please contact Mr. Ansel at (502) 814-1182 or tansel@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Kathy Rhodes

Having recently joined Healthcare Strategy Group as a Senior Consultant, Kathy brings nearly 20 years of physician practice management for PCP's as well as surgical specialists. She offers a proven track record of cost containment, A/R, HR management, EHR transition and the addition of ancillary revenue streams. Most recently, she successfully merged a group of 16, who in 2009 were awarded MGMA's "Best Practice" in the areas of patient satisfaction, A/R and Collections. Kathy's MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University holds a healthcare specialization.

Kathy holds active memberships with MGMA and ACMPE where she is a Certified Practice Management Executive and currently working toward her Fellowship. As a long time member, she has had the honor of holding many Leadership positions including: KMGMA Leadership Board 2001 - 2007, Past President, (KMGMA), UAA - Executive Committee (MGMA), and State Leaders Council 2004 - 2008 (MGMA).

Please contact Ms. Rhodes at (502) 814-1184 or krhodes@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Bobby Morin

Robert J. Morin, Senior Consultant brings a breadth of management experience to the Healthcare Strategy Group. Over his 18 years, he has worked in for-profit and not for-profit healthcare organizations ranging from community and tertiary hospitals to a large hospital sponsored primary care group as well as a large 30-provider cardiology practice.

As a former hospital and physician practice Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Hospital Corporation of America and Saint Elizabeth's, Summit Medical Group, Bobby will use the financial, operational and management experience he has gleaned to help clients in strategic planning, hospital/ physician relations and improving operational performance.

Bobby is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and received his B.A. in Accounting from Georgia State University.

Please contact Mr. Morin at (502) 814-1195 or bmorin@healthcarestrategygroup.com.

Wade Thomas

Wade Thomas, MBA. Wade is a Senior Consultant for Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, with experience in both Managed Care and Strategic Business Planning for healthcare organizations. Prior to joining Healthcare Strategy Group, LLC, Wade worked for Norton Healthcare in Louisville, KY.

Wade has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Louisville and a Bachelors of Science in Commerce and Business Administration from the University of Alabama where he majored in Healthcare Management and minored in Political Science.

Please contact Wade at 502-814-1197 or at wthomas@healthcarestrategygroup.com.