Mark Knepper

About Mark Knepper

I am an energetic leader with exceptional business development and marketing skills to help improve cultivate/expand business relationships while improving revenue growth and developing a winning supportive culture among employees. I have worked in the Long-term Care, Contract Therapy and Hospice Care arenas. I also hold an active Nursing Home Administrators license in Ohio.Specialties: Extremely familiar with long-term care reimbursement systems, managing in-house therapy programs, HR issues, fiscal management and census development. Has developed an invaluable level of resources and knowledge to assist with training modules (clinical, customer service, marketing, financial, operational and reimbursement), implementation of in-house rehabilitation programs, skilled nursing facility clinical and financial analysis and management. With my past sports background, I have also developed team building and leadership training modules.

Experience

1. General Manager Vitas Healthcare, Ohca Board Directors Hospice

   VITAS Healthcare

   Dec 2017 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Responsible for oversight of the greater Columbus, Ohio 15 county surrounding area for VITAS Healthcare a national provider of hospice services. In this role we have created a culture of caring and support and have some of the lowest turnover in our organization. I am also active in all our associations participating on the Board of Directors for the Ohio Health Care Association as Vice Chair. I have also been involved on the legislative front in Ohio helping pass HB120 into law testifying on its behalf on several occasions at the state capital. Secured for our Ohio workforce dollars of ARPA monies through HB 45. One of two Level V \"We honor our Veterans\" hospices in the state.

Education

• Yale School of Management

  Advanced Management Program

  1998 — 1998

• PennWest Edinboro

  BS Education English Concentration and Computer Science

  1981 — 1986

Skills

• Program Management
• Elder Care
• Strategic Planning
• Budgets
• Home Care
• Acute Care
• Inpatient
• Recruiting
• Healthcare Industry
• Team Building
• Management
• Healthcare Consulting
• Training
• Nursing
• Strategy
• Rehabilitation
• Customer Service
• Healthcare
• Business Development
• Start-Ups
• Process Improvement
• Leadership
• Hospitals
• Human Resources
• Employee Benefits
• Long-Term Care
• Physician Relations
• Healthcare Management
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Clinical Research
• Medicare
• Leadership Development
• Managed Care
• Quality Improvement
• Medicaid