Leadership
Our greatest asset is the experience of our senior management team.
This experience of our senior management team combined with our passion for what we do has enabled us to create a company focused on trust, quality, ethics and relationships.
Trust
Embracing trust, we communicate and treat our patients and each other with dignity and respect.
Quality
Striving for continuous improvement and responding vigorously to change, we deliver care and service with excellence and experience.
Ethics
Adhering to the highest standards of ethical conduct, we act with integrity in all that we do.
Relationships
Building and sustaining strong relationships, we work with our patients, associates, physicians and our community to provide positive outcomes.
Our Senior Management Team:
Emmett E. Moore
Chief Executive Officer
Emmett has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to Reliant Hospital Partners, Mr. Moore was the Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer with Medical Care America, Inc. ("MCA"), which was one of the nation’s largest surgery center companies. In addition, Emmett had previously served as the Chief Financial Officer at MCA. After completing the sale of MCA’s 100 surgery centers to Hospital Corporation of America, ("HCA"), Emmett became the CEO of a physician practice management company, Physicians Resource Group, Inc. In this position, he also acquired or developed another 46 single-specialty eye centers. Additionally, he has spent years engaged in private consulting and investing related to the healthcare industry including surgery centers, healthcare services and physician groups.
Mr. Moore is a CPA and attorney and holds both a Juris Doctor in Law and a Masters in Accounting degrees from The University of Texas in Austin.
Ellen Lytle
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Ellen has over 20 years of experience in healthcare marketing and sales, managed care contracting, hospital development and physician practice management. Prior to joining Reliant Hospital Partners, she was a Regional Director of Business Development for HealthSouth where she was responsible for the sales and marketing functions for 32 free-standing rehabilitation hospitals in the south and southwest. Prior to HealthSouth, she worked with HCA as the Vice-President of Marketing for a 500-bed facility and as the Regional Director of Marketing for 15 acute care hospitals in North Texas. Additionally, she served as the Regional Director of Network Development for a 120-member physician practice management organization. For more information regarding development, you may reach Ms. Lytle by email @ elytle@relianthcp.com.
Chester Crouch
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Chester has over 15 years of leadership experience in both acute and post-acute settings. Mr. Crouch spent 8 years with the East Texas Medical Center healthcare system (15 hospitals) taking on progressive roles and assisting with the leadership of the Post-Acute Care Division that included a rehabilitation hospital, LTAC hospital, multiple outpatient centers and Sports Medicine and Wellness. Chester also spent 2 years as Assistant Chief Executive Officer with Health Management Associates (HMA) at a 176-bed acute care facility. Most recently, he was the CEO of a very successful HealthSouth rehabilitation hospital that was consistently ranked as a top-performing hospital achieving superior clinical outcomes and routinely exceeding growth and financial expectations.
Chester is a Certified Healthcare Executive with the American College of Healthcare Executives and holds an MBA degree from the University of Texas at Tyler and is also a licensed Physical Therapist.
Phil Parker
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
He has over 15 years of healthcare information technology leadership experience in multiple organizations including public and privately held companies and not-for-profit organizations. Prior to joining Reliant he was CIO at United Surgical Partners International. During his nine year tenure with USPI, he led IT strategy and operations in support of the company’s growth from 8 to 160 surgical facilities. Before joining USPI he was Director of Information Services at United Dental Care, Inc., where he was responsible for development, deployment, and management of all business and financial systems. Mr. Parker earned a B.S. degree in Economics, and a Master of Business Administration degree, from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a member of the Society for Information Systems Management. For more information regarding our IT department please call 972-450-6523 or email Phil @ pparker@relianthcp.com.
Senior vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining Reliant, Rod spent over 30 years in public accounting and was a partner with KPMG, LLP for 16 years. His practice included both private and public companies and was primarily a transaction based practice which included mergers, acquisitions and strategic financial alternatives.
Mr. Abels is a CPA and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Don H. Pace
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Don spent 28 years as a partner with the international law firm of Baker Hostetler and has a strong background in business and legal matters. After leaving the practice of law, Don joined a leverage buyout firm in New York, New York where he was involved in many acquisitions. Don left that firm to do his own leverage buyout and was a successful builder of companies. As an attorney with Baker & Hostetler, his clients included the NFL and extensive negotiations with owners of NFL teams. His other clients included E.W. Scripps, S.I. Newhouse, NY Times and other media clients. Don’s levered buyout was a small insurance company in Tucson, AZ. Using a $27 million leveraged buyout financing Don built it from $18 million in net premiums written to $200 million in net premiums written in five years and took the company public after only 3 years.
Mr. Pace earned his JD degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1964 and his BS degree in Accounting and Economics from Florida State University in 1961.
Tracey Nixon
Vice President, Legislative Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer
Tracey brings over 18 years of diverse experience in healthcare and rehabilitation to Reliant. She spent 12 years with HealthSouth serving in progressive roles of leadership including Director of Clinical Services, CEO, Regional Director of Clinical Operations, and National Director of Clinical Operations with responsibility for 100 HealthSouth hospitals. In these roles, she had a significant impact on clinical outcomes, operational efficiencies, and program development. Tracey most recently served as Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer at Sante Rehabilitation Group, a private company offering ambulatory outpatient and home health services.
Tracey received her Masters in Science and Bachelors in Science degrees from Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, Texas. Tracey is also a licensed Speech Language Pathologist and has spent many years active in research and has published in many medical journals and texts.
Cindy Nelson
Vice President, Clinical Services
Cindy has over 32 years of experience working in the area of physical rehabilitation in Home Healthcare Services, Acute Care, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Skilled Nursing Services and Academia. Mrs. Nelson is a licensed Occupational Therapist and was most recently the Director of Clinical Services at a very successful HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital. While at HealthSouth, she managed both Inpatient and Outpatient Therapy Services with two outside clinics, Case Management, Respiratory Therapy, Radiology and an accredited Sleep Lab. Additionally, Cindy has held the position of Senior Staff or Chief Therapy positions at Oak Forest Hospital in Chicago, Washington Hospital Center in Washington D.C., Methodist Midtown Hospital in Omaha, and at the Palm Beach General Care Facility.
Cindy is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison and has gone on to teach at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Palm Beach Junior College, and Creighton University in Omaha.
Jeff Crawford
Vice President, Business Development
Jeff has 10 years of experience in business development and marketing of Inpatient Rehabilitation and LTAC services in the greater Houston market. The last 2 years have been spent in new hospital development in the Houston area and south Texas. He has been very successful in new business, project development and partner recruiting for Reliant Healthcare Partners. You can reach Jeff at jcrawford@relianthcp.com.
Randy Penny
Vice President, Business Development
Johnny Donnell
Vice President, Support Services
With over 25 years experience in the healthcare industry, Johnny has held positions such as Director of Engineering for American Medical International (AMI) and Director of Integrated Services for Texas Health Resources (THR). He has an extensive background in new-project leadership and management, having successfully overseen both new and expanded construction for large acute care facilities. For the past seven years, Johnny was a member of the executive team of HealthSouth Dallas where he was Director of Plant Operations and the hospital Safety Officer. A former sergeant in the US Army, Johnny worked four years as an electrical apprentice and successfully completed "Design for Development", a two-year hospital engineering course with Texas State Technical Institute (TSTI).
Mary Alexander
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Mary has over 30 years experience in the healthcare industry, primarily in the inpatient rehabilitation, ambulatory surgery, practice management, acute care, and Hospice sectors. Ms. Alexander has held various positions including Director of Surgery, Director of Quality/Risk Management, Area Director of Hospice, Regional Director of Practice Management, Director of Clinical Operations and Development of surgical hospitals and most recently Director of Patient Care Services, and Interim CEO of a very successful inpatient rehabilitation hospital with well know organizations as HealthSouth, Vista Care, HCA, and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Clinic. Mary’s expertise and interest is reflected in her successful leadership of facilities I the areas of regulatory compliance, accreditation, quality improvement, and operational outcomes.
Mary is a Registered Nurse and holds a Masters degree in Healthcare Management from the University of Texas at Dallas. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), serves on the board of the North Texas Quality Association and is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality.
Patricia Weigel
Vice President, Financial Services
Patricia has 31 years of healthcare experience. Most recently, Patricia spent the last 5 years as Chief Financial Officer of a HealthSouth hospital overseeing the business office, admissions, IT, HIM, and financial operations. Under her financial leadership, the facility maintained one of the highest performing financial and business office operations in the company. Mrs. Weigel also spent 6 years with Richardson Regional Medical Center as a Practice Administrator for their urgent care center, physician practices, and Senior Health Care facility.
April Maldonado
Vice President, Human Resources
April has 11 years experience in the healthcare industry. April has held various positions in the Human Resources field with such well known organizations such as HealthSouth, Tenet, and Health Management Associates. Her areas of responsibility include human resource management services, organizational development, civil rights, employee and labor relations, compensation and benefits, workers compensation, training and career development, and employee programs.
Tracy Penny
Vice President, Marketing
As a Registered Nurse, Tracy has over 22 years of experience in the healthcare industry, working in critical care, organ and tissue transplant coordination, home health, inpatient & outpatient rehabilitation and hospital community development. During her career, Tracy has served as interim Hospital Administrator, Director of Operations and Director of Business Development and Marketing. She has been successful in building new business through program and business development. While developing and securing customer loyalty through strong relationships, Tracy has over 18 years of successful rehabilitation hospital development and marketing experience. Mrs. Penny has actively served on the executive boards of the American Lung Association, American Stroke Association, College Education Planning committee, Northeast Trauma Regional Advisory Council, RAC-F and various other affiliations for more than 17 years. You can reach Tracy at 903-277-1112 or email her @ tpenny@relianthcp.com.
Margaret Orman
Vice President, Operations
Margaret has over 30 years leadership experience in the healthcare industry. She has been involved in all facets of operations pertaining to surgery center and surgical specialty hospital management and development, including Limited Partnership organization and syndication. She held the positions of Director of Development and Regional Director with Medical Care International and the position of Director of Business Development for National Surgery Centers, Inc. She was most recently Vice President, Operations for United Surgical Partners International and was responsible for multiple surgical facilities throughout the western United States.
Margaret received her nursing degree from the College of St. Catherine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of St. Francis, Joliet Illinois. She is a member of the Ambulatory Surgery Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Margaret has been a board member of the Ambulatory Surgery Association and the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation.
Susie White
Vice President, Managed Care
Susie has over 24 years of experience in the health care and managed care industries. Her career experience includes direct client sales, provider contracting, network development and physician-hospital organization operations. Susie's experience includes a long tenure with an acute care hospital, as well as inpatient rehabilitation and long-term acute hospitals. her responsibilities include managment and oversight of all managed care contracting activities for each of hte Reliant hospitals.
Susie received her Bachelor's degree from Baylor University and her Master of Arts in Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary.