A great lineup of discussions around Healthcare in Kansas.
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Session 1: Strategic Growth through Capital Projects: How to Navigate the Complexity of Construction and Financial Markets
Adam Walter
Associate Director, LumentQuintin Harris
Managing Director, LumentAdam Walter is an Associate Director at Lument working out of the Overland Park, KS office. He has worked alongside senior housing owner/operators and hospital leadership teams throughout the country closing more than $800 million in financings, including FHA-insured mortgages, bridge loans, taxable and tax-exempt bonds, and USDA-insured mortgages.Adam joined the organization in 2015, bringing six years of experience in management and consulting roles. He holds securities licenses Series 79, 52 and 63.
Adam has an MBA and Bachelor’s in Finance from the University of Iowa.Quintin A. Harris is a managing director at Lument, leading the firm’s origination efforts for seniors housing and healthcare in the Midwest. He also manages the firm’s relationship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Community Facilities loan programs.Since joining predecessor Lancaster Pollard in 2005, Quintin has worked on more than 150 transactions totaling nearly $1.5 billion across the entire capital platform. Throughout his career, he has been recognized for executing specialized financings and advisory solutions on behalf of both non-profit and for-profit clients and is a regular speaker on capital funding solutions for healthcare providers.
Prior to joining the firm, he worked in international development and governance and spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in South America. Quintin earned his MBA from the Tippie School of Management at the University of Iowa and holds a general securities license representative license, Series 7. -
Session 2: Survey Readiness: Joint Commission 2024 Update
George Mills
JLL
George Mills is the Director of Technical Operations. In this role, George provides healthcare expertise over the JLL healthcare program, and supports account teams with innovation, program development, and ensuring the goals of higher reliability are achieved. Leading the Healthcare Platform, his team is instrumental is the implementation and support to the JLL community.
George was also the CEO for Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), a JLL owned company from 2019 – 2023. ATG provides digital technology to enhance compliance and provide users with dynamic drawing interfaces. While there he was able to create the Compliance Suite which integrates technology with compliance through document management and robust rounding modules.
Blending these two divisions has resulted in a robust management approach to the physical environment. The Directors of Engineering Support team provides direct, hands on support to all JLL Healthcare clients, as well as provide public speaking and advocacy. -
Session 3: Future Trends in Healthcare
Steve Wagman
SiemensSteve joined Siemens Smart Infrastructure in 2016, as a National Healthcare Business Leader for the healthcare vertical market in North America. This followed a brief retirement, after concluding a 33-year career with Siemens Medical Solution in 2015, serving as a vice president within the division and as a chair of its Diversity and Inclusion Council, a nationally recognized Top 25 Council.
Over the course of his career, Steve has led national organizations in healthcare information technology, revenue cycle, strategic consulting, global services, medical imaging, design & construction services, building performance & sustainability, energy performance services, smart healthcare buildings, and programs management for Siemens One strategic healthcare alliances.
Steve represented the U.S. Healthcare division in the global Project Management at Siemens forum, collaborating with international colleagues in the delivery of products and services to customers globally. He also serves as the Siemens USA corporate relationship executive to Penn State University from 2007-2015: as Siemens developed a strategic alliance relationship.
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Session 4: Cultivating Soil for People to Grow
Ben Anderson
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
Benjamin Anderson is the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System, where he is responsible for the management, direction, and coordination of all organizational operations and related activities in pursuit of the goals and objectives as set forth by the Board of Directors.
During the four years prior to joining HRHS, Benjamin served as Vice President for Rural Health and Hospitals at the Colorado Hospital Association, where he provided leadership and direction in the development and execution of the Association’s rural strategies, advocated on behalf of rural hospitals and health systems and developed strategic partnerships with organizations that affected the health of rural Coloradans.
Before his move to Colorado, Benjamin served as CEO of Kearny County Hospital a comprehensive rural health care delivery complex in Lakin, Kan. that serves patients of 30 nationalities within a 180-mile radius. During his six and a half years there, he led the organization through a period of rapid growth, expanding access to coordinated primary care and specialty services.
Anderson is a recognized leader in transforming rural health care through a mission-driven approach to recruiting physicians to underserved areas, tying together domestic and international service. His work was recognized on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, and in POLITICO and Sports Illustrated. Anderson was named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s Rising Star list of health care leaders under 40 and one of Modern Healthcare’s 2014 Up and Comers. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English (2004) and a Master of Business Administration (2007) from Drury University in Springfield, Mo. and a Master of Health Care Delivery Science degree (2016) from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.