The Development Team
The complete development of an Ambulatory
Surgery Center cannot be done by a single person. It requires a team of
architects, attorneys, interior designers, engineers, nurses, equipment
consultants, and administrators. We know the "Critical Success Factors" in
developing financially effective Centers and know through years of
experience that you can't afford to work with rookies who don't share this
knowledge. We take great pride in our ability to work with you in choosing
the most experienced and knowledgeable development team in the country.
Our Team
Members
Fred Ortmann
Sarah
McKeever
Hank Martin
Chris McMenemy
Nancy Nemeth
Jessica Kopittke
Kay Fryman
Paul McNally
Our Development team is led by founder, CEO, and
President Fred W. Ortmann, III. With over 30
 years of experience in
virtually every aspect of the healthcare field, Fred Ortmann has enjoyed a
reputation for providing creative, yet practical approaches to some of the
most difficult problems facing communities, physicians, and hospitals.
He is a native of South Carolina, a graduate of
the University of South Carolina and has a master's degree in Hospital
Administration from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Fred was a Hospital Administrator for over 25
years, and the Vice President for Center Development of the country's
premier developer and operator of surgery centers for almost 10 years. He
has worked on the development of Ambulatory Surgery Centers in 26
states, and knows every step in the development of an Ambulatory Surgery
Center. He is a frequent guest speaker at many national ambulatory surgery
meetings and seminars and has published a number of articles on the
development of ASCs.
"I would like to extend my sincerest thanks
to you for everything you did in helping us set up this endoscopy center. We
have been successful beyond our expectations. Patient satisfaction has been
superb, and we have four additional physicians bringing cases to the center
since we opened. We are adding two more GI physician partners soon, which
should allow us to operate at close to 90% capacity."
Drew Heiner,
MD, Granite Peaks Endoscopy, Salt Lake City, UT
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Sarah
McKeever RN,
is the Vice President of Clinical Development at Ortmann Healthcare
Consultants, joining the team in October 2003. Sarah brings a varied 24
years of nursing experience to OHC. Her experience includes hospital work
and Gastroenterology Office-Based Surgery, and she served as the Center
Director of a very successful ASC specializing in Gastroenterology. Sarah
enjoys the challenge of mentoring future Center Directors for the Ortmann
Healthcare Consultants projects. Her specialties include Equipment Planning,
Credentialing, Policy and Procedure Development, Pharmacy Setup, Employee
Hiring/Records/Orientation, and Agreements Development. She has managed
Multi-Specialty and Single-Specialty projects.
"Sarah McKeever's expertise and friendly,
generous style of direction enabled us to be fully functional on opening day
and in compliance of the standards for Medicare and AAAHC. She is a
wonderful teacher and has become a great friend. We love that crazy lady!"
Monica Clayton, CGRN, The Endoscopy Center
of Colorado Springs.
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Hank Martin
joined Ortmann HeathCare Consultants in 2006 as Vice President of Business
Development. Completing his degree
in Business Administration at Delta State University, he has had a career in
sales, business development and advertising that spans over 35 years, 22 or
those years in the healthcare field, receiving numerous sales awards. Hank
was involved in national advertising campaigns and product branding for
scores of household name brands while working in Nashville, New York City
and Chicago. His commitment to customer service and client relations is not
only a part of his work with Ortmann internally, but also shared with the
staff of the centers developed by OHC. He is a musician, singer and
songwriter and was honored in 1984 by his home state of South Carolina,
which adopted his song “South Carolina on my Mind” as the new South
Carolina State Song. Hank is proud to be a member of the Ortmann HeathCare
Consultants team.
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Chris
McMenemy
has been with Ortmann Healthcare
Consultants since 2004 as Vice President for Administration. Chris’
background is in secondary education and she was named Missouri Journalism
Teacher of the Year during her time teaching high school journalism. Before
joining Ortmann Healthcare Consultants, Chris worked with IT consulting and
software training at a large hospital system in Columbia, SC. With this
background, Chris specializes in IT consulting for the centers OHC develop
and with other pre-development activities, such as financial feasibility
studies, ASC financing, ASC insurance, and HR benefits.
"One of the best parts about working with
Ortmann Healthcare is that each person is completely at my disposal. The
entire staff is very easy to work with and has walked me through every
process of our venture. From the initial proforma information to human
resources issues, Chris is extremely knowledgeable in every aspect and is a
pleasure to work with. I feel confident that no detail of managing the
start-up of the endo center has been overlooked. I have been working with
OHC for 2 1/2 years and have been completely satisfied with the relationship
we have developed—when I call OHC, I'm calling my friend, not my
consultant." DeAnne Owens,
Practice Administrator, Waccamaw Endoscopy Center (Back to Team Members)
Nancy Nemeth RN, CGRN joined Ortmann HeathCare Consultants in 2006 and has been a
registered nurse for over 25 years with licenses in both North Carolina and
Florida. Her experience has been in the hospital, physicians’ offices and
outpatient surgery centers. She was a clinical coordinator for 9 years in an
office-based Gastroenterology Center, where she supervised the clinical
staff and developed policies and procedures for State and Federal
compliance. Nancy was a Center Director for 3 years, involved in
development, construction and operations for a 5-physician Gastroenterology
ASC. Nancy’s clinical and management background, along with her people
skills, make her a strong addition to the Ortmann HeathCare Consultants
team.
"Nancy has an enormous
amount of experience in gastrointestinal endoscopy and she has been there
'from the ground up' in the creation of successful ASCs. She offers the
ultimate combination of clinical and administrative skills. She understands
the physicians' issues and desires while also effectively navigating the
rigorous regulatory and administrative demands which come with an ASC. Her
"people skills" are unparalleled."
Jeffrey Schneider,
MD, Digestive Disease Associates, Tamarac, FL
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Jessica Kopittke is
Director of Regulatory Affairs and has been with Ortmann Healthcare
Consultants since 2005. Jessica oversees the physician credentialing, state
licensure, Medicare certification, managed care, and accreditation aspects
of each project. She is a graduate of the University of Florida and a
graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Masters in Health
Administration. Jessica is enthusiastic about working with physicians and
center directors and enjoys taking on the challenges of each new project.
“Jessica, I am impressed with your work... Thanks for making my job easier!”
Ginger Slaughter, Center Director, San Juan
Endoscopy, Farmington, NM
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Kay
Fryman RN, BSN, MA
joined Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in
2007 and has been a registered nurse for over 35 years. All but two of those
years were in operating rooms from medical centers and hospitals to
ambulatory surgery centers. She has worked her way through all levels of
operating room nursing from scrub nurse, circulating nurse, supervisor (four
times), director (of a level one trauma center OR) to CEO (of an ASC
including three ORs, pharmacy and primary care clinic). Kay has traveled
with an operating room inspection team and augmented the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Inspection Team (JCAHO), so she
knows what it takes to make an ASC function. She looks forward to helping
OHC develop strong, accredited ambulatory surgery centers.
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Paul
McNally is Senior Vice President for Ortmann Healthcare
Consultants and has over 35 years of diverse and progressive experience in
Health Care Administration. His experience includes facility planning,
development and construction, organizational development, staff training and
motivation, marketing, program development, departmental and facility
supervision, and public relations. Twenty three years of his experience has
been in direct hospital activity. This included hospital CEO
responsibilities, numerous positions in support services departments,
including seven years responsibilities in corporate staff positions for
multi-hospital systems. Paul has planned, coordinated, equipped, furnished,
and opened ambulatory surgery centers, assisted living facilities and a
125-bed acute care hospital. All of these facilities are operating very
successfully today. He was a general partner in a Retirement/Assisted Living
Community Corporation and served as Director of Operations. His duties
included site selection, plans development, construction overseeing, opening
and marketing and corporate management.
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