| As the chief executive of one of Florida’s largest
health care systems, Mr. Nathan’s responsibilities are wide-ranging.
He reports directly to the publicly elected Lee Memorial Health
System Board of Directors, which has charged him with the following
key duties:
Leadership Responsibilities
Conceptualize, implement and lead a shared vision of a
health care delivery system, which promotes the mission of the Lee
Memorial Health System. That vision is to be the best patient
centered health system in Florida balancing quality, access and
cost.
Work in collaboration with diverse constituencies throughout the
State of Florida to clarify, communicate, and implement the Lee
Memorial Health System vision in a manner which is responsive to and
takes advantages of the relationships throughout this region.
Provide leadership, direction, and establish clear accountability
for the development of an effective leadership structure, which is
conducive to the development of a sense of System-wide
collaboration between the entities within LMHS.
Promote a collaborative environment, which encourages the
participation of diverse constituencies in key decision making and
strategic management efforts.
Establish collaborative relationships with primary care and
specialists throughout LMHS. Assure Medical Staff input and
involvement in key decision making efforts, and the
development/expansion of clinically related programming.
Provide leadership and direction in the system’s efforts to
provide a full continuum of services in partnership with physicians,
providers, payers, community agencies, and employers creating a
common strategic vision and compatible values.
In collaboration with physicians, provide leadership and guidance
in the development and implementation of ongoing programs to control
and reduce costs, while concurrently providing the highest quality
of patient care and defining improved measures to document quality
standards.
Provide leadership and guidance in assessing the local
marketplace; identify and respond to market opportunities for
program development; work closely with community leadership,
providers, and payers to establish beneficial relationships between
and among groups.
Ensure that systems are in place for appropriate, efficient, and
effective use of human, physician, financial, information resources
and performance improvement processes.
Foster open and ongoing communication/flow of information among
and between the LMHS Board, senior management, the management staff,
and the physicians of the Lee Memorial Health System.
Provide for the Health System’s compliance with applicable law
and regulation. As such, the President reviews and promptly responds
to reports and recommendations from legal, planning, compliance,
regulatory and inspecting agencies.
Professional Experience
Mr. Nathan has been affiliated with Lee Memorial for nearly a
quarter century. He served in various leadership positions from 1975
to 1981, at which time he was appointed President of Lee Memorial
Hospital. Over the next 16 years, as President and Chief Executive
Officer, Mr. Nathan led Lee Memorial Hospital from a single hospital
to today’s health system with five acute care hospitals, a Children’s
Hospital, a Rehabilitation Hospital, a skilled nursing facility,
Home Health Services, outpatient facilities, and physician group
practices.
In 1997, Mr. Nathan left Lee Memorial Health System to do
leadership consulting and pursue interests in national health care
reform, including testimony before the U.S. Senate. In April 2000,
he returned to LMHS as System President and CEO.
Education
Mr. Nathan holds Master’s degrees in both Business Administration
and Health Care Administration from Xavier University. He has a
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Miami University.
Memberships/Community Involvement
Mr. Nathan is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare
Executives; a Board member of the Florida Hospital Association; Past
President of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation; a Board
member of the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools; and a
founding board member of Lee County Pulling Together. He previously
served as Chairman of the Coalition for a Drug-Free Lee County;
Chairman of the Association of Voluntary Hospitals of Florida; and
Campaign Chairman and President of the United Way of Lee County. He
has provided national keynote presentations in such areas as
transformation of health care delivery, indigent care, competition
and antitrust.
updated 1/30/2008
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