Mr. Alexander began at SCFC in 2003 as its business manager but was promoted to administrator a year later when his predecessor took a position with an ASC management company. His career has spanned many areas of healthcare. He started doing compliance work for the Wyoming Department of Health and then worked in the finance and business development departments for Poudre Valley Health system for over 10 years. Mr. Alexander also served as a practice administrator for a short period prior to joining SCFC. He holds a bachelor's in finance and an MBA from Colorado State University
Earning accreditation for SCFC has been one of Mr. Alexander's proudest achievements and has added to the center's success. "The culture of the workplace has improved as staff, physicians and board members have worked together to achieve and maintain our accreditation," he says. The physicians and staff members are also Mr. Alexander's favorite part of the ASC. "We are fortunate to have very experienced anesthesiologists, surgeons and staff who embrace quality and take pride in providing high quality care," he says.
Mr. Alexander has also worked with Eveia Health Consulting & Management to educate payors in SCFC's market about the value of ASCs and to methodically update the center's payor contracts. "By improving contracts, we have been able to create a win-win situation for SCFC and payors to move certain procedures from more costly inpatient venues to SCFC, thus providing more cost effective high quality care at our center," he says.
What Mr. Alexander enjoys most about being an administrator is the variety of the job. "I like the diversity of challenges faced everyday and take pride knowing that I am involved in an industry that is part of the healthcare-cost solution," he says.
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