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Jim Wurts |
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Jim Wurts
FACHE, FACMPE |
- 1994 - 2009: Served in a number of senior administrative positions with Covenant Health System, Lubbock, Texas and its predecessor organization, Lubbock Methodist Hospital System. Roles included Vice President, Regional Services, with responsiblility for management and development of a fourteen hospital rural network; Chief Administrative Officer, Covenant Medical Group, principal operating officer of 250 physician hospital-affiliated group practice, and Vice President, Planning and Business Development, with system-wide strategic planning responsibilities. Upon retirement, entered into a consulting relationship with Covenant.
- 1993-1994: Administrator, Memorial Medical Center, Port Lavaca, Texas
Served as CEO of 75 bed county-owned hospital.
- 1984-1993: Administrator, Memorial Hospital/Moore County Hospital District, Dumas, Texas
CEO of rural health delivery system comprised of acute care hospital, nursing home, Hospice, EMS, home health care unit, and extensive outpatient facilities.
- 1980-1984: Senior Vice President, King’s Daughter’s Hospital, Ashland, Kentucky
Directed professional departments, legal, regulatory and health planning matters of 340 bed regional medical center.
- 1970-1974: Administrative Assistant, US Army Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Directed administrative operations of 75 bed inpatient psychiatric service and comprehensive outpatient mental health clinic.
- Education:
- B.S. – University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1969
- M.B.A. – Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, 1978
- Graduate Studies in Political Science – Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1979-1981
- Affiliations:
Numerous health and civic affiliations including:
- Clinical Instructor, College of Allied Health Professions, University of Kentucky
- Chair, Pathways, Mental Health Center
- Chair, Ashland Community Hospice
- Member of Health Planning Agencies
- Chair, Panhandle Division, Texas Hospital Association
- Trustee, Texas Hospital Association
- Chair, Texas Department of Health Primary Care Committee
- Rural Representative, Family Practice Advisory Council, Higher Education Coordinating Board Member
- Regents Advisory Council, American College of Healthcare Executives
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Wayland Baptist University
- Member, Section on Long Term Care, American Hospital Association
- Member, Regional Policy Board, American Hospital Association
- Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Kentucky and Texas
- Member, Board of Trustees, Methodist Hospital Plainview and Covenant Hospital Plainview
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Organization Management, Texas Tech University
- Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives
- Fellow, American College of Medical Practice Executives, Medical Group Management Association
- Member, Board of Directors, Southwest Clinical Lab, Inc.
Have presented numerous speeches to professional groups including:
- Texas Hospital Association
- Rural Hospital Forum
- TMA General Assembly
- South Carolina Hospital Association
- Texas Rural Health Association
- Texas Association of Homes for the Aged
Topics included:
- “Mastery of Small Town Politics”
- “Overhead Reduction Strategies for Medical Practices”
- “150 Sure-Fire Cost Containment Strategies”
- “Cost Reduction for Nursing Homes”
- “150 More Cost Reduction Techniques”
- “RBRVS and Its Impact on Small Hospitals”
- “Becoming a Small Hospital Administrator”
- “The Transition from Hospital to Medical Practice Management”
- “Accreditation Basics”
- “Use of Low Cost Recruitment Videos”
- “Marketing the Rural ER”
- “Reengineering for Small Hospitals”
- “Making Hospital/Physician Relations Work”
- “Implementing Long Term Care Services”
- “AIDS/HIV in Rural Texas”
- “A Labor Law Primer”
- “Rural Hospital Closures: The Texas Experience”
- “The Care and Feeding of the Raptor: Managing Hospital Affiliated Medical Groups”
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