Stuart G. Stangeland, M.B.A.
Consultant

Stuart Stangeland’s management career in health care dates to 1986 when he joined Kewanee Hospital in Kewanee, Illinois, as an assistant controller; in 1987 he became the Chief Financial Officer of a sister hospital, Gibson Community Hospital in Gibson City, Illinois. In 1991 his focus shifted from hospital finance to medical group practice management. Since then he has served as:

• Administrator of the Primary Care Family Center in Libertyville, Illinois, a multi-specialty group consisting of Family Practice, Internal Medicine, and OB/GYN physicians that had annual revenue of $9 million, two thirds of which was from capitated HMO contracts; and
• Regional Director of Operations and Vice President Physician Services for Cornerstone Physician Corporation of Irvine, California, a physician practice management company that is now a subsidiary of FPA Medical Management. In these roles he supported the company’s managed medical groups as an interim manager and problem solver, financial analyst, and new business planner and developer. He also was responsible for integrating new physician practices into the medical groups, developing corporate policies and procedures, and performing operational assessments prior to practice mergers and acquisitions.

As a Consultant with The Tompkins Group, Stuart brings analytic, financial, system implementation, and managerial skills to our clients. In the past he has:

• managed multi-specialty group practices;
• performed operations assessments and developed operations improvements plans for independent and hospital-owned multi-specialty group practices;
• established finance departments; developed and managed budgets; developed financial controls, policies and procedures; and implemented financial management information systems in medical groups; and
• managed the conversion and implementation of management information systems, including planning, data conversion, file set-ups, and staff training.

Stuart earned an M.B.A. from Illinois State University and a B.A. in healthcare financial management (magna cum laude) from Concordia College. He is a member of the American College of Medical Practice Executives and the Medical Group Management Association.