Philip Swanger

About Philip Swanger

With over 22 years of healthcare experience and a unique blend of leadership, operations, and political expertise, I have repeatedly demonstrated the ability to establish strong/collaborative relationships, solve problems, innovate, lead, generate revenue, and reduce expenses. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:I served as Director of Government Affairs acting as the lead legislative/regulatory advocate representing over 4,500 constituents. Concurrently, I formed Swanger Association Management – a boutique consulting business – focused on improving client operations and increasing revenue. Recognizing the need to grow professionally, I relocated to Colorado to attend the University of Denver’s MBA program. During my education, I founded the Health Care Club and served as President growing membership to over 60 students its first year. I participated in two extremely select internship programs – focused on process improvement and project management. Upon completing my MBA, I served as the Manager of Business Operations for multiple hospital and ambulatory departments.CREATING VALUE | SURPASSING GOALS:•I led the passage of two critical pieces of California law that ensure patient safety and improve staffing operations and supply efficiency.•I founded two political action committees that added a vital component to better represent pharmacists and their patients’ interests. •Revising multiple departments operations in my first year of management, I exceeded the combined net income budgets by 66%.•I drove the successful certification of cardiac rehab as recognized by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation - the only peer-reviewed certification designed to recognize adherence to the highest quality standards. •I built a pulmonary rehabilitation program from the ground up partnering with various other departments to ensure appropriate billing, marketing, quality, regulatory compliance, supplies, and staffing. The program was immediately successful as patient volumes greatly exceeded targets.

Experience

1. Vice President of Operations Western Region

   AMSURG

   Jan 2022 — Present

   As the Vice President of Operations, I provide oversight to the leadership of three Director of Operations and have operational responsibility for 25 ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) of which 7 are joint ventures, and 8 anesthesia entities. Under this portfolio, we perform over life-changing cases annually with the support of 800-plus employees with over ~$350 million in budget responsibility. Key accomplishments include:•Through effective communication with physician partners, a joint venture partner, and internal AMSURG leadership, brokered an untraditional merger between two multi-specialty ASCs - after many failed attempts - that were both negatively valued by Pinnacle in April of 2023 into one ASC that is now at 90% capacity resulting in a strong partnership that is distributing monthly while introducing a management fee to the partnership.•Strategically working with physician partners and the AMSURG facilities team, renovated a two procedure room ASC by adding a third room that is projected to increase case volume by 32% and EBITDA by 61% over 5-years. During the three-month renovation closure, moved the GI partnership to a four room multi-specialty ASC thereby being able to continue to provide care to more than 2,300 patients in the community and protected the partnership from losing staff and EBITDA. •Operationally took over a partnership in the process of a joint venture deal with a local health-system. Through strong operational support, won the right to continue to support the partnership through a management services agreement and additional equity, which was not initially agreed upon in the LOI. •Doubled capacity by renovating a two-room GI ASC to four-rooms that is projected to increase case volume by 50% and EBITDA by 60% over 5-years.•By leveraging payor contracting and RCM, took over a partnership that had negative EBITDA in the TTM and well over $180K in overdue A/P and returned them to sustainable profitability.

Education

• UC Santa Barbara

  BA, Political Science

  2001 — 2005

• University of Denver - Daniels College of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Healthcare Leadership

  2012 — 2014

• University of Denver

  Certificate in Healthcare Policy and Regulatory Leadership, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Governmental Affairs
• Community Outreach
• Legislative Relations
• Social Media
• Healthcare
• Policy
• Auditing
• Public Policy
• Leadership
• Public Relations
• Public Speaking
• Pharmacy
• Healthcare Management
• Grassroots Lobbying
• Policy Analysis
• Management
• Research
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Product Management
• Pharmacists
• Health Policy
• Direct Lobbying
• Strategy
• Strategic Planning