Southwestern Health Resources appoints Jim Beiermann as senior executive

After serving as CFO for the past two years, Beiermann is promoted to organization leader

DALLAS, December 20, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR) today announced the appointment of Jim Beiermann as Chief Executive Officer (SEO). Previously Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SWHR, Beiermann will continue to lead the organization’s work in population health management.

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Jim Beiermann, senior executive at Southwestern Health Resources (Photo: Business Wire)

As SEO, Beiermann will lead SWHR’s clinically integrated network of hospitals, physicians, and other clinicians coordinating high-quality care for people and communities in North Texas. He will lead SWHR’s network performance in risk-based contracting and lead innovative data-driven population health management strategies to improve healthcare in the region.

In 2020, SWHR saved Medicare more than $38 million and earned a 97% quality score as one of the nation’s next-generation responsible care organizations, according to the Centers for Medicare. & Medicaid Services.

“SWHR is leading the way in creating a value-based healthcare model,” Beiermann said, “and value can be achieved by providing quality care, improving clinical outcomes and providing excellent patient experience. When we do this and do what is right for the patient, we can effectively lower the overall cost of providing this exceptional care.”

SWHR’s network includes UT Southwestern faculty, members of the Texas Health Physicians Group, and independent community physicians. A primary goal of SWHR is to enable providers to partner with patients in their care to achieve increased patient satisfaction and better clinical outcomes, as well as to serve the more than 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the plan. Care N’ Care healthcare.

“SWHR not only shifts mindsets from fee-for-service to value-based care, but also succeeds in implementation. To improve clinical performance, physicians in our network leverage the resources provided by SWHR – data , analytics and innovative strategies for care utilization and management,” Beiermann said. “Our high credentials for quality and savings demonstrate our commitment to patients, providers, employers and payers. We’re all in this together and I’m honored to help lead the charge.”

Throughout his career, Beiermann has transformed business operations to drive growth, efficiency and profits through process improvement, change management, cost management and strategic planning. As CFO of SWHR, Beiermann worked to implement a connected care system and a single payment model that resulted in significant overall savings year over year.

“Jim has been an excellent steward of our financial resources, has supported innovation in quality care for our patients, and will continue to focus on expanding our network to serve North Texas,” said Daniel K. Podolsky, MD, president of UT Southwestern Medical Center. , who co-chairs SWHR with Barclay Berdan, FACHE, CEO of Texas Health Resources.

“His leadership and expertise will continue to be critical in optimizing our financial efficiency, managing operational change, and supporting our vendors in achieving high quality clinical performance and collaboration at all levels,” said Berdan.

Beiermann has spent the past 30 years managing the cost of care and has been on all sides of the managed care spectrum – payer, provider and consumer. Prior to SWHR, he spent a third of his career at Wellpoint Anthem and held leadership roles at Conifer Health Solutions and Molina Healthcare.

Beiermann is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received his bachelor’s degree in finance.

About SWHR:

Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR), which combines the strengths of UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Resources, includes a clinically integrated network of 29 hospitals and more than 5,500 physicians and other clinicians, is committed to being the national leader in the health of the population. With more than 650 points of care, the network delivers greater value and enables patients to access services across a full continuum of medical needs. SWHR serves people in 16 North Texas counties, coordinating care for more than 730,000 patients under commercial health care plans and Medicare programs.

For more information, call 214-389-7272, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., email [email protected] or visit southwesternhealth.org.

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