Resumes of The Vinca Group L.L.C. Principals
The Vinca Group L.L.C. professionals represent a wide range of capabilities in the health care industry. Our consultants have substantive experience in all aspects of health care including acute, subacute, skilled and long term care, and assisted living. We have worked at the policy, planning and operational levels. We also bring technical skills including financial analysis, methodology development, database development and analytical skills. We have included representative resumes.
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President
Ms. Katz is the President of The Vinca Group L.L.C. She has directed more than 300 market feasibility studies to develop independent and assisted living facilities and more than 400 skilled nursing facility market studies to develop, reposition, or conduct due diligence for the financing or acquiring entity. Ms. Katz has been responsible for due diligence, structuring transactions and identifying acquisition opportunities for independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing facility and ancillary service companies. Ms. Katz assists facility's managers to improve operating and financial performance on behalf of financial institutions and REITs. She has also developed successful pricing strategies and product development to secure multi-facility contracts.
Previously, Ms. Katz was the co-founder of Oakwood Living Centers, Inc. where she was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. She was responsible for the development and operation of a 1,400 bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation company. With Genesis Health Ventures, Inc., Ms. Katz was Vice President, Managed Operations. In that position, she was responsible for operations for 24 skilled nursing facilities including hospital-owned and 501(c) 3 corporations facilities.
Ms. Katz wrote the financial feasibility criteria for Federal Qualifications for HMOs and conducted a number of HMO feasibility studies. Ms. Katz served as the Project Manager for the study that evaluated prospective payment and Medicare reimbursement for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ms. Katz lectures frequently on various health care related topics. She developed and was a faculty member for the Managed Care Institute for the Assisted Living Federation of America. She has presented at the National Investment Conference and national meetings of the American Health Care Association, the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the American College of Healthcare Executives, ALFA and the Johns Hopkins University/NIC program in senior housing. Ms. Katz has a Bachelor of Science from the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Cornell University.
Experience
Market Associates, Inc.
Senior Partner
Genesis Health Ventures, Inc.
Vice President-Operations, Managed Nursing Facilities
Oakwood Living Centers, Inc.
Senior Vice President-Chief Operating Officer
APM, Inc.
Manager
Arthur Young & Company
Manager
The Analytic Sciences Corporation
Technical Staff
American Medical International
Assistant Director, Consulting Services
Temple University Health Sciences Center
Medical Technologist
Education
Cornell University
Master of Business Administration (with distinction)
Sloan Certificate Hospital and Health Services Administration
The Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Science
Vice President
Ms. Heffernan has been an associate with The Vinca Group L.L.C. since 1995. Ms. Heffernan is responsible for conducting site visits to skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living facilities for market and feasibility studies. Ms. Heffernan has extensive experience in defining market areas, analyzing demographic data and performing qualitative and quantitative assessments of long term care facilities and retirement communities.
During Ms. Heffernan's time with The Vinca Group L.L.C., she has performed data collection and analysis for health care market studies. These studies include overviews of managed care penetration, assessment of skilled nursing, assisted living and adult day care facilities and identification of integrated delivery systems and networks.
In terms of specific projects, Ms. Heffernan has assisted in developing business opportunities for a major health insurance company to invest in the case management business. She has developed strategic operations to enhance the performance of a large assisted living portfolio. She has developed and maintained physician databases intended to facilitate managed care contracting and has evaluated the hospital conversion of acute care beds to a skilled nursing unit.
Ms. Heffernan produces detailed maps and demographic reports for national health care establishments. Ms. Heffernan also produces sub acute product line analysis and sub acute bed need models for individual hospitals and geographic markets.
Education
Loyola College
Baltimore, MD
B.A. in History, Minor in Political Science
Member of the National History Honor Society
Associate
Ms. Everist recently joined The Vinca Group L.L.C. in September, 2004. Ms. Everist participates in database management including updating facility data for defined market areas. Ms. Everist also conducts market research in capacity, occupancy, pricing, services and marketing presentations. Ms. Everist also analyzes market area demographics. Prior to joining The Vinca Group Ms. Everist was employed in the service segment of the hospitality industry.
Education
Towson University
Baltimore, MD
B.S. in Business Administration, Marketing concentration
Essex Community College
Baltimore, MD
A.A. in General Studies
Member Phi Beta Kappa, the two-year college National Honor Society
Monique
Faulkner
Associate
Ms. Faulkner joined The Vinca Group L.L.C. in September 2006. Ms. Faulkner conducts market research and assists in database management. She has experience in several areas of health care including: health care financing and accounting, skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living operations, as well as hospice care.
Experience
McBee Associates, Inc.
Senior Consultant
Stella Maris, Inc. - Hospice Unit
Referral Coordinator/Financial Counselor
Arleigh Burke Pavilion/The Sylvestery (CCRC)
Admissions Coordinator
Education
University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
M.S. in Health Systems Management
Towson University
Baltimore, MD
B.S. in Gerontology, Minor in Business Administration
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