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“ You can’t separate the clinical

Perry Ann Reed Named President and the fi nancial – not anymore.”
of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital People who know Healthcare, know BDO.

Perry Ann Reed has joined Nicklaus Children’s Health
System as senior vice president and chief operating officer of
the health system, and president of Nicklaus Children’s
Hospital.
Reed brings to the position more than 20 years of experi-
ence in healthcare leadership. Most recently, she served as
executive director of WakeMed Children’s Hospital & Perry Ann Reed
Women’s Services in Raleigh, NC, managing development
and execution of strategic plans, and overseeing operational
and financial performance, patient safety, patient satisfaction and quality improve-
ment. Previously, Reed served as director of ethics and palliative care at Texas
Children’s and as a consultant at Quinn Reed Associates, directing efforts around
social investments, primarily in the nonprofit sector.
Reed is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, holds a master’s
degree in healthcare management from the University of Texas, a master’s in bioethics
from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M The BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation
University. She has an executive education certificate in board management from the As the healthcare industry enters an era of unprecedented transformation, anticipating and
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and post-master’s healthcare manage- understanding the future state model of healthcare is more important than ever. From advising on
ment certificate from Fordham Gabelli School of Business. She publishes nationally on complex joint ventures, to M&A services, to healthcare redesign, BDO’s multidisciplinary teams help
pediatric ethics. organizations plan for and implement the fi nancial and clinical changes needed to transform their
institutions — and thrive in the years to come.

Alfredo Cepero, 305-420-8006 / acepero@bdo.com
Peter Frenchak Joins VITAS® Angelo Pirozzi, 646-520-2870 / apirozzi@bdo.com
Healthcare as General Manager for @BDOHealth www.bdo.com/blogs/healthcare

Accountants | Advisors | Doctors
Hospice Services in Palm Beach www.bdo.com/healthcare

VITAS Healthcare has named Peter Frenchak, an experi- © 2019 BDO USA, LLP. All rights reserved.
enced healthcare administrator and former helicopter para-
medic and U.S. Air Force veteran, as general manager of its
hospice services throughout Palm Beach County.
Frenchak comes to VITAS from Broward Health in Fort Peter Frenchak
Lauderdale, where he served as director of operations for
physician services since late 2018. The Pennsylvania native also was senior practice
manager at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Community Medicine,
urgent care practice manager for UPMC Physicians Services, and emergency medical
services coordinator for UPMC Presbyterian. He was a flight paramedic for UPMC’s
Center for Emergency medicine, and he served five years in the U.S. Air Force.
Frenchak earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Point Park
University in Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in health services administration from
Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA.

Lee Health Adds Vice President

for Business Development

and Contracting

Lisa Wagamon has joined Lee Health as vice president for
business development and contracting.
Wagamon previously held positions with managed care
organizations for 22 years, negotiating contracts for com-
mercial, Medicare and Medicaid lines of business. She most Lisa Wagamon
recently served as system vice president of Managed Care for
SSM Health’s ministries in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Oklahoma.
Before SSM, Wagamon was with Gateway Health Plan, a Medicaid managed care
organization in Pittsburgh, where she led a team of contract negotiators and physician
representatives introducing value-based contracting to physicians and facilities. She
also worked for Anthem Healthcare and United Health Group in multiple states, nego-
tiating complex health system contracts for multiple lines of business representing
physical, behavioral and long-term health services for millions of members.

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