CAREPLUS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Business Development
- Director of Business Development, Spearheads Efforts to Develop Revenue Growth
A well-respected executive that forms tight bonds with support teams and leaders, Adam is known for his ability to develop relationships through specific sales approaches, procedures, and networking; laying the foundation for revenue growth and building strong relationships critical to achieving peak revenue and profitability.
Since 2008, Adam has served as Chairman of St. Mary's Hospital Professional Advisory Board serves on St. Mary's foundational board. He earned his B.B.A. at Georgia Southern University.
He lives in Athens with his wife, with whom he as a son and daughter. Adam is an avid outdoorsman enjoying hunting and fishing and spending time with his family and often coaching sports for his children's school programs.
Adam West, Director of Business Development, spearheads efforts to develop revenue growth.
Cassie Syme, Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for propelling CarePlus toward its fiscal, operational, and communications goals. She manages financial and physical resources, fosters relationships with clients and partners, and recruits and trains a high-performance team.
Cassie is a healthcare management professional with extensive experience in business growth and development, human resources, compliance and customer service. She has held leadership roles in ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, and medical practices.
Before joining CarePlus, Cassie was Regional Director of Piedmont Heart Institute, in charge of the executive administration of cardiology practices in the Atlanta area. She also served as Director of Operations at Saint Joseph's at East Georgia, and Chief Executive Officer at Minnie G. Boswell Memorial Hospital. Cassie has a BA in Human Resource Development and is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Chamber of Commerce.
Cassie resides outside Atlanta with her husband, daughter, and family pets. Cassie enjoys spending time with her family and devoting time to humanitarian causes.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Clinical Operations
Dr. Alexandru Visan is a Medical Director with a focus on performing complex enterprise financial analysis, revenue cycle management, as well as identifying perioperative efficiencies by using lean, six sigma management techniques, and workflow optimization. Dr. Visan held academic appointments at the University of Miami and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. During his previous tenure as Medical Director of the Regional Anesthesia Division at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Over the past few years, he has moderated, hosted, or facilitated more than 50+ seminars, workshops, or lectures on a variety of topics ranging from Value of Pain Medicine a PSHs, Strategies to leverage Value of Anesthesia In healthcare systems, Setting Up an Acute Pain Service, Alternative Payment Models to Redefining Anesthesia Practice in the Current Healthcare Environment.
Dr. Visan was actively involved in teaching, training and research activities. He facilitated the development of well-organized regional anesthesiology and acute pain management program and improved operating room workflows and clinical enterprise efficiency.
He earned his Executive MBA, with a specialization in Health Sector Management and Policy at the University Of Miami Business School and completed his residency and fellowship in regional anesthesiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.
Jeff Nickell serves as Chief Financial Officer of CarePlus, leading the strategic planning, profitability improvement, and cost reduction within the company.
An accomplished senior executive, Jeff has more than 20 years of experience managing financial operations in private, public, and non-profit organizations. Prior to joining CarePlus, Jeff was Chief Financial Officer of Halcyon Healthcare, a private company operating 16 hospice locations in three states. He also worked as Vice President of Finance at Steward Health Services, a non-profit provider of home health and hospice services, and Vice President of Reimbursement at PSA Healthcare, Inc., which offers pediatric home care services for medically fragile children.
Jeff holds a B.S. from Auburn University and an M.B.A. at Georgia State University. He currently resides in Roswell with his wife and three children. Outside of work, he enjoys coaching youth sports, running and cycling, and is also an active fundraiser for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.