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Sherrie Somers

Sherrie Somers

Gainesville,Florida

Summary

Experienced physician leader with excellent reputation for building relationships and networks across a variety of disciplines and fostering a culture of teamwork and collaboration. Focused on developing highly functioning teams with lead physicians, nurses, quality/safety personnel, operations, and executives. Well versed in all elements of complex healthcare delivery systems including operational, clinical performance, quality and affordability. Drive performance through strategic initiatives, leveraging my resources and relationships to achieve complex and sometimes difficult objectives. Utilize data analytics to reduce variation in clinical practice in order to provide high quality, cost effective healthcare with equitable access to our patients and community.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Chief Medical Officer

HCA Healthcare, Inc.
05.2021 - Current

Chief Medical Officer

HCA Florida, North Florida Hospital
08.2023 - Current
  • Complex Hospital system with 523 licensed beds, 5 FSED, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Complex GI, Bariatrics, Surgical Oncology, Level III NICU, Behavioral Health and 3-star STS Cardiovascular service line
  • 170 GME residents: FP, IM, TY, Psychiatry, Palliative Care, Geriatrics and OB/GYN
  • Complex service line development physician sponsor: Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, OB Hospitalist model
  • Executive sponsor EHR Beta Pilot facility– Expanse
  • Operational in SPD and Surgical Services
  • Direct reporting departments MSO, Quality, Safety, Risk, Pharmacy and Infection Prevention
  • Improved CMS 30-day readmission for CHF from 24.4% PY to 14.55%CY
  • Implemented Geographic MDR’s with 10% reduction in GMLOS 126%->115.9%
  • Executive Sponsor for CE PI team Obstetrics decreasing PPH 5.09% 2023Q2 to 1.45% 2024Q2
  • CV Surgery Clinical/Quality Cohort 2024
  • Physician Leadership Academy 2024
  • Led team through successful TJC Triennial Survey October 2023
  • Improved SEP-1 compliance with reduction in Septic Shock Mortality to 8%
  • Leading HCA with DTN 90% with ave of 17 min
  • GME growth plan with Cardiology fellowship
  • Aligned with Valesco to assure clinical quality and leadership engagement/development.

Chief Medical Officer

Rapides Regional Medical Center
05.2021 - 07.2023
  • Regional referral center with 380 beds, Level II Trauma Center, Co-owner Rapides Foundation 503c
  • Rapides Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Level III NICU and PICU
  • GME designation Major Teaching Hospital
  • Provided senior leadership for Quality and Regularity Readiness Committee to have a successful 2022 TJC Survey as measured by a 48% reduction in overall findings, with minimal pattern, and zero wide spread findings
  • Provided senior level leadership to the Quality, Infection Control, Risk Management, and Medical Staff credentialing functions, ensuring the collaboration and coordination of all stakeholders in these processes
  • Improved throughput with decrease in ER holds and maintaining open to transfers by initiating house-wide Geo rounding with an GMLOS improvement from 149 to 125% overall with a monthly $633K -01.2M EBITDA or 26.6 net nurses
  • Senior leader in Level II Trauma recertification through 2024, TJC Chest Pain Survey 2022, Primary Heart attack certification, Primary Stroke Recertification
  • Drove Clinical Excellence and Performance Improvement and aligned with COG strategies for HAI prevention; Overall HAI reduction of 75% from 1QTR22 to 1QTR23, 6-month CAUTI free, zero hysterectomy harm, decreased MRSA and CLABSI by 50% in 1 quarter and maintained low SIR rate for CDIFF at 81st percentile
  • Reached Birth ready designation, created transparent reporting of quality OB data and developed Induction Policy and escalation plan to and achieved NTSV rate improvement from 36% to 24.5% YOY
  • Launched Palliative Care program that exceeded our expectation improving provider satisfaction, patient and caregiver satisfaction, decreased mortality, decreased GIP LOS and increased conversion to GIP Hospice
  • Decreased Mortality from 1.3 to 0.57
  • Worked with CDI team to improve query response rate prior to discharge from 71.5 to 91% and raised query agreement rate from 85.7% to 91.86%
  • Total 2021 financial impact by CDI $3.2 million
  • Decreased Medical Records delinquency from 29.1 to 6.8%
  • Developed highly engaged MDR rounds in MICU/SICU/Trauma utilizing NATE SOFA [C-ARDS]
  • EEOC/RRMC Emergency Preparedness Team for Hurricane Ida and fourth wave of COVID 19 with implementation of rapid on-boarding for both the DMAT and DOD teams
  • FEMA NIMS compliant
  • Took ER from 1st percentile to 32nd PG
  • Achieved 81.3% for stroke DTN time
  • Executive sponsor for OR TOT project to achieve reduction by 10% with Lean Six Sigma Initiative
  • Room TAT 29 min YTD
  • Surgical Services Physician Engagement 95.5%
  • Transitioned MSO from all paper to fully electronic improving efficiency
  • Decreased FTE by 1-1.5
  • Advocated for election of diverse representation to the MEC to include three women (one WOC), two physicians under 40 and a physician from LGBTQ community as part of my DEI commitment
  • Collaborated with VCOM at Monroe, LA, to become official rotation site for 19 MS III and 17 MS IV annually, helping create a pipeline of primary care physicians for Central Louisiana
  • Adopted PERT and Shock initiatives in collaboration with Interventional Cardiology
  • Regular appearances in multi-media and Governors calls around COVID and public health leading to approval of FEMA and SNF/LTAC waivers
  • Realigned Peer Review process in association with updated Bylaws to include a Multi-disciplinary peer review process
  • Developed Complex case management team to assist in decreasing GMLOS
  • Fall 2022 Leapfrog score improvement from C to B
  • Achieved 98th percentile in Physician Engagement as Place to Practice and 95th percentile with Administrator support.

National Co-Director

Optum
01.2019 - 05.2021
  • Co-Director National Optum Hospitalist Forum
  • Developed Hospitalist Hub 'Ignite' site
  • Worked in sub-committees to create white papers around TOC, RAF, SNF
  • Sub-committee for Optimal Care for Hospitalist - 2021 goal
  • Created and built, with the help of Optum HCE, Metrics Dashboards to be published by CDO quarterly
  • COVID-19 crisis special sessions to address PPE, best practices, disaster preparedness, and moral injury of our teams
  • Pivoted to help our CDO's complete attestations by utilizing our teams
  • Engage in national initiates to change POS and develop ER diversion programs...One Optum.

Medical Director, Hospital Inpatient Teams

New West Physicians, A Part of Optum
08.2012 - 05.2021
  • Led teams at 6 hospitals and 3 hospital systems through COVID-19 disaster planning, including coordinating parallel plans with all of our hospital systems and creating a COVID-19 working document for clinical excellence
  • Quickly pivoted during the crisis by adapting schedule, creating new workflows, protected “at risk” staff, provided daily updates and eventually acknowledged and addressed the moral injury suffered by the teams
  • Engage Quality and Affordability teams in conjunction with HCE to drive quality education and implementation like STARS/HEDIS/HCAPHS/HCC/RAF
  • Added HEDIS and STARS measures to the quality metrics for 2020
  • Worked with CHIO, EHR, billing a coding department to create link to attestations, HCC/RAF education, coding and documentation for our teams
  • Annual budget revisions with CFO and HCE departments
  • Saved an estimated $3,000,000 by Identifying competing service line with Optum HER
  • Utilized Peer-peer reviews, hospital Utilization Review committees, Regional Centura leadership meetings and escalation and coordination with CMO’s, locally and then nationally
  • Created an estimated savings of~ $120,000 by Successfully adding Swedish Medical Center/ HCA to our hospital inpatient team
  • Engaged and Integrated PAR to South Hospital systems for an annual savings of $278,397 for 2019
  • Decreasing overall costs of care by changing place of service, ER diversion initiative in 2018
  • Optum Forum Initiatives estimated ER diversion projected 2020 savings $690,640
  • Actively participating in SOUND Performa and contract negotiations for Hospitalist services at HCA hospitals MCA and Sky Ridge Medical Center with CMO, CFO, HCE
  • CCTA ER diversion project with SDC annual MA projected savings $95,760
  • Improved the integration of our APP's into the hospital workflow
  • Achieved greater than 90% HCAPHS scores consistently in our six hospitals
  • Successfully recruited and hired nine highly engaged and valued driven providers
  • Participated in meeting with and educating our specialists around value-based care, low value care.

Optum
04.2019 - 11.2020
  • Represent OptumCare and be the face for our residency relationships and external events.

Hospitalist Physician

Colorado Pulmonary Intensivists
03.2011 - 07.2012
  • Provided a full spectrum of hospitalist attending and consultative care to patients admitted to Porter and Littleton Adventists Hospitals.

President, Physician Owner

Stuebner, Saari, And Somers, P.C. at Centennial Plaza
01.2002 - 08.2009
  • Spearheaded the transition from NWP into new practice structure
  • Including real estate negotiations, insurance contracting, HR development and accounting practices
  • Recruited, hired and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization
  • Managed day-to-day business operations, including accounting, finance, HR, marketing and public relations
  • Maintained P&L and shouldered corporate fiscal responsibility
  • Developed and implemented new strategies and policies in collaboration with executive partners to establish and achieve long-term business objectives, providing company with strong and sustainable organizational leadership
  • Worked alongside my partners in practicing evidence-based Outpatient Internal Medicine receiving 4.5 stars in patient satisfaction individually and collectively.

Physician

New West Physicians at Aurora North Campus Medical Plaza
08.2000 - 10.2002
  • Practiced traditional Outpatient Internal Medicine in a Managed Care environment.

President, Physician Owner

Somers And Westenberger, LLC at Centennial Plaza
08.1995 - 11.1999
  • Set up de-nova Traditional Outpatient and Inpatient Internal Medicine practice
  • Involved in all aspects of business development including insurance contracting, marketing, accounting and operations
  • Recruited, hired and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization and developed employee handbook
  • Managed day-to-day business operations, including accounting, finance, HR, marketing and public relations
  • Closed practice to New Patients at year 2
  • Grew practice from two to four providers.

Contract Physician

Denver VA Medical Center
04.1995 - 07.1997
  • Contract work during residency and to support myself while building private practice
  • Compensation and Pension Department, Physical evaluations and determinations.

Physician Moonlighter

Aurora/HealthONE Healthcare Clinics
09.1993 - 04.1995
  • Full spectrum of Urgent care services for Internal Medicine

Physician Moonlighter

Pres/St. Luke’s Medical Center/HealthONE
11.1993 - 11.1994
  • Critical Care Locums during Residency

Education

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry and Theater/Speech

California State University

Resident Categorical Internal Medicine -

Pres/St Luke’s Medical Center/HealthONE with UCHSC
06.1995

Intern Categorical Internal Medicine -

Beth Israel Medical Center
06.1993

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine -

Western University of Health Sciences
06.1992

Skills

  • Financial Leadership and Resiliency
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Utilization management
  • Performance and Quality Improvement
  • Patients safety and satisfaction
  • Throughput focused
  • Value Based Care
  • Service Line Development
  • Impact the Community served
  • Operational accountability
  • Recruitment and Leadership development
  • Physician engagement and alignment

Certificationsandlicensure

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt A3 Healthcare ID #LHPL-22-15
  • Colorado Medical License August 1993- present # 32972
  • ABIM Board Certified Internal Medicine expires December 31, 2032
  • DEA, UPIN, NPI upon request
  • Certified Clinical Densitometrist 2005-2010
  • Quality University/IHI 2021

Civicactivities

  • Haven Hospice board member nominee
  • CENLA Jewish Federation of North America board member
  • Colorado Division NCJW - National Council of Jewish Women, 2017- 2021,"Ask the Doctor"
  • Jewish Colorado (previously known as Allied Jewish Federation)
  • Denver Center for Performing Arts
  • Volunteers of America
  • Rocky Mountain Cancer Foundation
  • SANUS Theater Troupe - Actress/Asst. Director/ Director 1988-1991
  • LA Marathon Medical volunteer
  • Montclair Indigent Clinic
  • Rotary Mobile Medical Clinic, Mexico

Community Service

  • LHA Winter symposium ACHE panel member
  • Louisiana regional PHO CME Committee
  • LDH Chronic Disease Workgroup 8/2021-2023 State Health Improvement Plan
  • LERN Louisiana Emergency response network
  • Centura, HCA and SCL COVID-19 disaster plan task force
  • Multi-disciplinary Peer Review Committee Littleton Adventist Hospital
  • Culture and Diversity Counsel Littleton Adventist hospital
  • Utilization Review Committee Porter Adventist Hospital
  • Utilization Review Board member Swedish Medical Center
  • Education Committee Swedish Medical Center
  • HCA Hospital Leadership quarterly meeting, Continental Division
  • PERT Response team committee St Anthony's Hospital
  • PERT Response team committee Littleton Adventist Hospital

Certification

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt A3 Healthcare ID #LHPL-22-15

Colorado Medical License August 1993- present # 32972

ABIM Board Certified Internal Medicine expires December 31, 2032

DEA, UPIN, NPI upon request

Certified Clinical Densitometrist 2005-2010

Quality University/IHI 2021

Timeline

Chief Medical Officer

HCA Florida, North Florida Hospital
08.2023 - Current

Chief Medical Officer

HCA Healthcare, Inc.
05.2021 - Current

Chief Medical Officer

Rapides Regional Medical Center
05.2021 - 07.2023

Optum
04.2019 - 11.2020

National Co-Director

Optum
01.2019 - 05.2021

Medical Director, Hospital Inpatient Teams

New West Physicians, A Part of Optum
08.2012 - 05.2021

Hospitalist Physician

Colorado Pulmonary Intensivists
03.2011 - 07.2012

President, Physician Owner

Stuebner, Saari, And Somers, P.C. at Centennial Plaza
01.2002 - 08.2009

Physician

New West Physicians at Aurora North Campus Medical Plaza
08.2000 - 10.2002

President, Physician Owner

Somers And Westenberger, LLC at Centennial Plaza
08.1995 - 11.1999

Contract Physician

Denver VA Medical Center
04.1995 - 07.1997

Physician Moonlighter

Pres/St. Luke’s Medical Center/HealthONE
11.1993 - 11.1994

Physician Moonlighter

Aurora/HealthONE Healthcare Clinics
09.1993 - 04.1995

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry and Theater/Speech

California State University

Resident Categorical Internal Medicine -

Pres/St Luke’s Medical Center/HealthONE with UCHSC

Intern Categorical Internal Medicine -

Beth Israel Medical Center

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine -

Western University of Health Sciences

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