Louisiana Health Care Review Adds Executive Team Members -Industry Veterans Bring New Insights to Quality Improvement
Baton Rouge, LA- May 20, 2008 - Louisiana Health Care Review, Louisiana's Medicare quality improvement organization, today announced the addition of three new health care veterans to the LHCR management team. Dr. Shaun McIntire, MD, MPH, FACP has accepted the position of consultant medical director. Scott Flowers is the new project director for the Louisiana Quality Improvement Organization contract with the Centers for Medicare and & Medicaid Services (CMS). Bob Johannessen has joined LHCR as corporate director of communications.
"Shaun, Scott and Bob bring a vast amount of hands-on knowledge of the challenges in the health care system and how to communicate the infinite possibilities," said Gary Curtis, LHCR CEO. "We know that with their expertise and valuable contacts, LHCR will continue making great strides in quality and openness in the health care system in Louisiana."
Dr. McIntire assumes many of the quality improvement activities previously led by Dr. Tony Sun, who recently announced his relocation to Kansas City, Mo. Dr. McIntire is a native of New Orleans, and a graduate of Tulane University with a Doctor of Medicine and a Master's in Public Health. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge, and worked as an Emergency Room physician within the area. He then joined Green Clinic in Ruston, La. and later became Assistant Professor at LSU Monroe with administrative duties at E.A. Conway Medical Center, Monroe. He returned to solo private practice in Ruston, and has been a strong advocate for quality improvement and adoption of electronic health records for physician practices. Dr. McIntire is currently a hospitalist at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and has served on LHCR Clinical Advisory Board since its inception.
In his role, Flowers is responsible for overseeing the $20 million contract with CMS and leading targeted quality improvement activities across the state to improve health care outcomes. He has 10 years of health care operations and quality improvement experience. He most recently served as the director of Lean Six Sigma at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, Houston and is certified as a Black Belt in the Six Sigma Methodology. Previously, Scott Flowers served as the administrator of the Operative Care Line at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is a Thibodaux, La. native who graduated from Louisiana State University in 1997. He received a Masters of Health Care Administration and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Houston in 2000.
Johannessen brings to LHCR more than 25 years experience in public relations and marketing, most recently serving as director of communications for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Johannessen served as DHH's director of communications from 1998-2008. Prior to DHH, he spent 10 years in communications management positions with the Baton Rouge General Medical Center, the General Health System and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, all in Baton Rouge. Johannessen is a former president of the Baton Rouge chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, a past board member of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana, has served on the boards of the America Hospital Association's PR/Marketing society and the National Public Health Information Coalition. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University's School of Journalism and the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 1997.
