Dale Chadwick

247D Pompano Drive SE

St Petersburg FL 33705
dce7d40e@westpost.net
727 871 9835
Results oriented executive and consultant in the health care industry. Expert in
managed care. Track record of implementing successful turnarounds, increasing
profitability and generating savings. Exceptional organizational skills. Motiva
tional leader, inspiring staff, providers, clinicians to produce. Excellent neg
otiation skills, having conducted successful contract negotiations with state ag
encies, hospital administrators, provider groups, health care agencies and insur
ers. Experienced and skilled at developing and implementing strategic, business,
marketing plans, continuously measuring outcomes, utilizing the balanced score
card and metrics.
Accomplishments
a Executed a financial turnaround resulting in a14% increase in profit for a $5m
agency.
a Reorganized a $10m rehabilitation department resulting in 9% savings.
a Directed two statewide managed care health systems.
a Negotiated contracts as a provider executive and as an insurance executive.
a Secured accreditation and licensing for inpatient units and health agencies.
Experience
Executive Director, SequelCare of Florida, LLC. FL 2007-2010
Child Welfare Agency
a Analyzed accounts receivable. Moved 30-day collections to 90% from 45%, collec
ted a $250,000 bad debt account.
a Revised clinician compensation system resulting in a 31% increase in productiv
ity.
a Increased productivity and reduced expenses by teaching clinical supervisors t
o forecast, manage their program budgets and analyze variances.
a Reduced agency turnover by 8% by improving orientation and training programs,
and opening agency wide communications.
a Secured agencyas first 3-year CARF accreditation.
a Combined service lines to create and market a continuum of community-based ser
vices resulting in a 7% increase in market share.
a Acquired five contracts, increasing geographic coverage.
a Accomplishments resulted in a 14% increased profit from prior year.
Business Associate and Senior Consultant, Open Minds. PA 2006-present
National health research, publishing and consulting firm
a Developed a statewide PPO. W VA
a Senior team member of a project to stabilize and diversify a multi-county hosp
ital, hospice and long-term care facility. NJ
a Developed a multi-county physician group practice. IA
a Co-led a national seminar on implementing evidence-based practices in health c
are management. FL
a Prepared a winning proposal in response to an RFP for securing a single point
of access contract. FL
Senior Management Consultant, Universal Health Systems., Inc. PA 2004-2007
National Hospital Management and Consulting Corporation
Managed two UHS programs:
1. Interim director a" 3-month assignment. FL
a Stabilized operations of a 24-bed geriatric inpatient unit .
a Expanded the flexible staffing schedule to include non-variable staff.
a Expanded the departmentas consultation-liaison program.
a Prepared unit for licensure.
a Recruited Medical Director.
2. Executive Director, Universal Health Systemas Lowell Youth Treatment Center
MA
A 26-bed inpatient hospital for children and adolescents. MA
a Placed intake operations, 24/7, in community hospital emergency rooms, which
increased admissions.
a Developed adult and adolescent partial hospitalization programs.
a Directed community-based continuum with community partners that resulted in co
ordinated aftercare, increased admissions and fewer re-admissions.
a Developed a family stabilization community based team that also reduced re-adm
issions.
Director, Rehabilitation Services and Community Care. Tri-City Health Center.
Multi-county health care system. MA 2002-2004
a Reorganized and decentralized 200-employee division resulting in a 9% savings.
a Implemented case management system for disabled adults residing in the communi
ty, which reduced re-admissions to the crisis unit and hospital.
a Increased the number of Section 8 housing units for disabled clients.
a Managed a 12-bed crisis unit, five group homes and outpatient services.
(The Board of Trustees terminated the CEO and closed the agency in 2004)
Research Project Director, Veterans Administration Hospital Systems. AR
aTranslating evidence- based research to clinical practicea
2002
Hypothesis: Educating physicians in evidence-based research regarding prescribin
g protocols would not result in a significant difference between control and stu
dy inpatient unitsa physician prescribing practices.
a Directed this one-year research project with 8 study inpatient units and 8 con
trol units in the South Central VA Hospitals.
a Recruited and supervised physician opinion leaders.
a Developed curricula, educational materials, planned and led physiciansa semina
rs.
a Disproved hypothesis.
a Published findings in peer reviewed literature.

Assistant Vice President of ValueOptions, and Executive Director .ValueOptionsa

managed care system for the state of Arkansas VA 1999-2002
Participated in contract negotiations with representatives of state government
a Implemented from day one, and directed, ValueOptionsa $80m managed health care
program for Arkansasa 340,000 Medicaid enrollees
a Recruited senior management, senior clinical and case management teams
a Directed providers to develop vertically integrated healthcare systems.
a Directed the interface between ValueOptionsa billing system and data warehouse
system with the Medicaid billing system.
a Led statewide educational forums to educate physicians and enrollees about man
aged care and the ValueOptions program.
a Regionalized case managers, implemented mobile vans, and piloted a tele-medici
ne program, increased access to healthcare services by 35% in rural counties.
(The state and VO cancelled the contract because of a dispute between the state
and the stateas physicians that was not disclosed when the contract was signed)
Senior Consultant, Choate Health Systems. MA 1991-1999
a Lead consultant to a national managed care organizationas implementation of a
statewide managed health care program for the state of Iowa (2-year project)
a Prepared and implemented a plan to consolidate two hospital systems (one year
project)
a Directed due diligence activities for a successful health center acquisition
a Developed and implemented business plan for a physician group practice.
a Negotiated case rates for a physiciansa group practice.
Other Experience
Operated successful Private Consulting practice throughout career list of consul
tation projects.
Assistant Vice President, Director of Outpatient Services. Mentor Clinical Care,
a national private company specializing in home-based services. MA
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health.
Administrator, Clinical Laboratories and Department of Pathology, New England Me
dical Center. MA

Education
MBA. Honors. Boston University Graduate School of Management
B.S. Summa Cum Laude. Boston University
Publications, Presentations
Elmer, C. and Chadwick, D. aImplementing Evidence-Based Practices in Managing H
ealth Care Operationsa. Orlando, FL. 2006
Curran, G, Chadwick, D. et al. a Evidence-Based Medicine: Implementing Research
Findings Using Clinical Opinion Leadersa. Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
2005
Rousmaniere, P. and Chadwick, D. aWorkersa Compensation and Managed Care: Wher
eas the Beef?a Bestas Review. 2001
Chadwick, Dale aAssessing Agenciesa Readiness for Risk Managementa, Journal of t
he Association of Behavioral Healthcare. 1998
Minkoff, K. and Chadwick, D. aOverview of Managed Care and Behavioral Medicinea.
Institute on Psychiatric and Psychosocial Medicinea. Des Moines, IA 1997
Chadwick, D. aTrauma in the Workplace: Costs, Risks and Solutionsa. Betterly Ri
sk Management
Quarterly. 1995.