Bruce Buchanan
Managing Director
Bruce has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare field and is a senior healthcare executive with a successful track record in both the not-for-profit and investor-owned sectors. He possesses multi-market experience at the hospital and health system chief executive officer level. He has deep experience and expertise in revenue growth, physician collaboration/integration, organizational development, productivity improvement and quality enhancement.
Before joining HMP, Bruce served as CEO of Phoenix Baptist Hospital, where he turned around the distressed 236-bed teaching hospital by reducing operating costs while enhancing the quality of care. Bruce led a similar turnaround of Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, including recruiting new physicians, doubling the hospital’s physical space and growing market share. He also served as president and CEO of Atlanta Medical Center and Mercy Health System Oklahoma and its Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City. Bruce held senior management positions with Hillcrest Healthcare System and Saint Joseph Hospital and worked for Invalesco Group as an operations consultant to healthcare organizations.
Most recently with HMP, Bruce served as chief restructuring officer for a rehabilitation hospital company with two facilities. He successfully led the company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process and a Section 363 sale to a new, privately held owner. He also served as CEO of a county hospital and guided it through a Chapter 9 bankruptcy, which resulted in all unsecured creditors receiving three-year notes for full payment plus interest.
Bruce has a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Princeton University, a Master of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Business Administration from George Mason University. He is board-certified in healthcare management and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He also holds membership in the Turnaround Management Association.
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