HMP Senior Solutions Team
Shawn O'Conner
President - Chief Executive Officer
Shawn O'Conner
President - Chief Executive Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Shawn O'Conner
President/Chief Executive Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Shawn serves HMP clients' nationally from the organization's Nashville headquarters and is specifically tasked with furthering HMP's Senior Living growth and operations strategy.
Shawn comes to HMP with more than a decade in healthcare leadership and successfully leading the operations of healthcare organizations. Prior to joining HMP Shawn served as a Senior Vice President of Operations for Signature HealthCARE, LLC. In his role he was responsible for the overall management and operations of 50 skilled nursing and assisted living communities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.
Shawn brings a wealth of knowledge within the senior living sector of healthcare. He has served as a Regional Vice President of Operations, Regional Financial Controller, Director of Special Projects, and Licensed Nursing Home Administrator with experience across 10+ states. He has extensive experience in leading and directing operations in both single-site communities and multisite operations. His experience includes Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Financial Forecasting, Revenue Growth, and identifying operational efficiencies with a focus on successfully meeting the needs of the customer in accordance with Government Regulations and the organization's overall strategy.
Shawn has a Master of Business Administration from Bethel University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Cumberland University.
Zachary A. Rowe
Chief Financial Officer
Zachary A. Rowe
Chief Financial Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Zachary A. Rowe
Chief Financial Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Zach is a seasoned healthcare finance professional with over 15 years of industry experience. Zach currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of HMP Senior Solutions. In that role, Zach has overseen the onboarding of over 30 senior care facilities financial functions including accounting & financial reporting, payroll, and financial systems. During his time as CFO, Zach has led the financial aspect in the sales process of over 10 senior care facilities.
Zach’s experience spans across the entire healthcare spectrum but includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate infrastructure design, cash flow models, debt covenants, bankruptcy & out-of-court settlements, section 363 sales, unsecured creditors’ committee, and financial systems integration.
Prior to HMP, Zach served as Assistant Vice President, Corporate Controller for the largest private, physician-led healthcare network in the nation. During his time at Steward Health Care, Zach led the buildout of the newly relocated corporate accounting function from Boston to Dallas, recruited and built a team of over 30 FTE’s, completed 3 financial audits, and provided various restructuring & financial projection models to executive management.
Prior to Steward, Zach led the financial side of several healthcare restructuring engagements including chapter 11 cases from the debtor and creditor perspective, interim CFO for a physician practice, and transaction advisory services. Zach has developed a passion for advising healthcare operators, lenders and creditor committees during distressed periods. Zach also served as Acquisitions Controller and Director of Accounting for Nashville based companies, LifePoint Health and IASIS Healthcare, respectively. Zach started his career in the long-term care space at publicly traded National Healthcare Corporation (NHC).
Zach is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Tennessee and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA). Zach holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Accountancy from Middle Tennessee State University.
Kim Vermilyea
Chief Nursing Officer
Kim Vermilyea
Chief Nursing Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Kim Vermilyea
Chief Nursing Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Kim will serve HMP client's nationally from the organization's Nashville headquarters and will lead all nursing initiatives that support HMP Senior Solutions mission, vision, and values to ensure safety, quality, and best practices across all facilities' patient care and experience programs.
She brings over 25 years of leadership experience in the healthcare industry, working in both acute and long-term care settings. She has vast experience as a clinical and operations executive in multi-state and multi-facility enterprises where she implemented strategic clinical policies that improved resident's care, welfare, and satisfaction. Prior to joining HMP Senior Solutions, Vermilyea most recently served as Senior Regional Vice President with Signature Healthcare LLC, where she was responsible for the overall management and operations of 11 skilled nursing facilities in Florida and Georgia.
Kim holds a Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Care Management from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Daemen College. She is wound care certified and has completed training for Six Sigma green belt certification.
Daniel Evans
Chief Information Officer
Daniel Evans
Chief Information Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Daniel Evans
Chief Information Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Daniel Evans is a highly seasoned information technology expert with over 32 years of dedicated experience, specializing in various domains including cyber security, managed service provider (MSP) solutions, data warehousing, business intelligence, data mining, analytics, and reporting. Currently, he utilizes his extensive expertise as part of Healthcare Management Partners, where he focuses on delivering successful technology solutions.
With over 28 years of combined experience in healthcare and technology, Daniel has demonstrated proficiency in rapidly deploying large-scale, high-performance data systems. His tenure at The SSI Group saw him leading the development of core data warehousing infrastructure and reporting solutions. He is skilled in all phases of the project life cycle, from leadership to implementation, and has a deep understanding of the importance of fostering a well-organized team environment.
Daniel serves as the CEO of HMP Technologies, LLC, a managed service provider offering support to over 20 long-term care facilities. Additionally, he holds the position of CEO at HMP Metrics, LLC, overseeing a web application providing financial data for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities nationwide. Within Healthcare Management Partners (HMP), Daniel operates as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), offering technology leadership and insights on cyber security, data analytics, and business intelligence.
Before his current role, Daniel gained valuable experience architecting systems for major corporations such as Johnson & Johnson and Raymond James. He has developed solutions utilized by prominent hospital systems including Catholic Health, Providence Health, and Carolinas HealthCare System. His tenure at The SSI Group, Inc. as Principal Architect involved providing revenue cycle management solutions and analytics, focusing on areas such as Denial Management, Claims Processing Management, and Payer Reimbursements.
An avid enthusiast of technology, he holds a degree in Computer Science from The University of Southern Mississippi. His passion for innovation and his wealth of experience make him a valuable asset in the ever-evolving landscape of information technology and healthcare.
Lauren Douglas
Chief Accounting Officer
Lauren Douglas
Chief Accounting Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Lauren Douglas
Chief Accounting Officer
HMP Senior Solutions
Lauren is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with extensive top-level experience in the provision of professional accounting and financial management services for clients in the healthcare sector. Lauren has over 13 years of experience in financial management.
Lauren currently serves as Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer of HMP Senior Solutions. Lauren has served as court appointed Receiver over two senior care facilities in the Nashville area. While with HMP, Lauren has also managed the administration and accounting of major engagements including a court-appointed Receivership of 9 assisted living facilities located in Alabama and Georgia and two court-appointed Receiverships located in Alabama.
Prior to joining HMP, Lauren served as an Assistant Controller for W Squared Inc., a professional corporate services provider, where she was responsible for managing the accounting and financial reporting function for multiple clients across different sectors. During her tenure she gained invaluable experience in detailed financial statement reporting, multi-entity management, cash management, medical billing and implementation.
Lauren began her career with PwC as an Assurance Associate, where she primarily worked on audit engagements of companies in the automotive, insurance and healthcare industries. During her time at PwC, Lauren expanded her knowledge of GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley reporting requirements and developed the skills to complete segments of audits, compilations and reviews.
In addition to being a CPA in Tennessee, Lauren holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee Knoxville and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Tennessee Technological University.
Scott Phillips
Chairman
Scott Phillips
Chairman
HMP Senior Solutions
Scott Phillips
Chairman
HMP Senior Solutions
Scott has significant experience with government, tax-exempt, and investor-owned healthcare service providers. He understands the organization and delivery of high-quality health services, including the role of corporate and medical staff governance during difficult periods of transition. Scott has executive level experience with mergers, acquisitions, and turnaround situations, including restructuring in bankruptcy. In all of his many healthcare provider turnaround assignments, he has successfully designed and implemented plans that simultaneously added patient volume and revenues while conserving cash and reducing unit costs. He understands this approach builds on the organization's strengths and attracts the support of the local community including medical and nursing staff, which is essential for the long-term provision of quality healthcare services.
In addition to other responsibilities, Scott is currently serving as the President and Chief Executive Officer of HMP Senior Solutions LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HMP which provides long-term management services to Eldercare Facilities (assisted living, skilled nursing and CCRCs).
Scott has expert knowledge of the bankruptcy process as well as its implications and obligations on an operating provider of healthcare services. He recently led the successful financial turnaround and Chapter 9 reorganization of a 179-bed county-owned hospital, and in 2016, he was appointed the Chief Restructuring Officer for a regional hospital company in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which owned or managed eight critical access hospitals, a billing and management company and a therapy services company.
He was the financial advisor to 18 tax-exempt continuing care retirement communities, with more than 20,000 residents in twelve states, which were affected by the bankruptcy and sale of Erickson Retirement Communities.
Scott has been the testifying expert, lead investigator, or arbitrator in over 50 high-profile healthcare industry legal disputes.
Scott graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive status) and member of numerous professional organizations.