George Thomas

About George Thomas

CAREER PROFILE Transformative HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE with 20+ years’ of demonstrated expertise in executive leadership, business development, and strategy development & implementation with acute care hospitals, academic medical centers, and ambulatory clinic networks. Core Competencies Acute Care, Ambulatory Care, Academic Medical Centers, Strategic Planning, Change Management, P&L of $200+M, Care Continuum Programs, Process Improvement, Business Transformations, Clinical Operations, Managed teams of 400+ Employees and 300+ Physicians, Physician & Employee Engagement, Patient Experience, Partnerships & Alliances, Value-Based Models, Care Integration. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Managed teams of 400+ employees and 300+ physicians. • Managed all aspects of annual operating budgets of $200+M to drive quality and value-based care. • Transformed the delivery of care that led to improvements in health quality measures over the 90th percentile in multi-specialty ambulatory clinic networks. • Increased physician engagement scores from 76% to 98% in 2-years, improved ambulatory clinic revenue by 10%. • Co-led the strategic development and implementation of Gamma-knife technology to treat Head & Neck Cancers resulting in improved health outcomes and a 13.5% increase in radiation oncology net income. • Co-led the transformation of care across acute care operations in pediatrics leading to reduction in ALOS by 2 days. • Led the integration of care in integrated health systems that resulted in over a 2-point reduction in HgA1c, over 1% reduction in lipid levels, reduced stroke rates by >50% and 14% reduction in depression rates. • Lowered employee turnover rates 52% from 21% to 10% between 2014 and 2018. • Since 2001 led efforts to maximize healthcare resources through addressing social determinants of health.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Axia Healthcare

   Jan 2019 — Present · Boca Raton, FL, US

Education

• Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management

  Certificate

  2007 — 2007

• The University of Dallas

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2004 — 2006

• The University of Dallas

  Master of Management - MM

  2006 — 2008

• A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

  Doctor of Health Administration

  2016 — 2021

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Certificate

  2018 — 2018