Mr. Wesp has over 40 years of healthcare C-suite leadership experience in operations ranging from academic medical centers to continuing care retirement communities. His experience in facility management includes acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and numerous ambulatory care settings including psych and addiction medicine.
During those engagements, he was responsible, in whole or in part, for over $500 MM in construction, renovation or acquisition projects. These projects ranged from critical care towers in urban and rural hospitals to innovative healthcare development including the first co-located long term acute care hospital in a freestanding long term care facility.
His comprehensive understanding of the healthcare continuum is enhanced by his knowledge of the regulatory and reimbursement requirements to effectively evaluate the financial viability of an ongoing operation or a proposed healthcare facility in a given State and municipality. His work with architects and construction managers, using the FGI requirements for healthcare facilities, is critical to navigating State Health Department approval for facility design and licensure. Mr. Wesp’s knowledge of the CMS Certification process has expedited facility participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs which are key to financial viability.
Professional and Community Membership and Leadership Roles:
Board Member, Kentucky Hospital Association
Board Member, National Arthritis Association
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
Licensed NHA: Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia
Relevant Projects:
- Buffalo General Hospital – patient tower replacement $85 MM
- University of Cincinnati Hospital – critical care tower $55 MM
- Medina Memorial Hospital – critical care tower $18 MM
- Muncie, Indiana LTC acquisition and co-location of LTACH $4.5 MM
- Sunnyside Healthcare Commons, Jeffersonville, IN $27 MM
- North Clark Community Hospital reopening $15 MM