Russ Ridenhour
4760 Tiffany Park Circle Bryan, TX 77802 979.329.3972 russridenhour@gmail.com
| Professional Summary | Career goals: Provide positive leadership in an organization in need of motivational vision, operational efficiency, and growth. Key strengths: Providing a stabilizing and calming influence in extremely challenging circumstances. Creative problem solving in managing formidable situations.Positive leadership to turn around struggling teams. Skills and abilities: Experienced hospice, palliative care, and home health operational manager. Mergers and acquisitions of hospice and home health agencies. Homecare Homebase expertiseLicensed occupational therapist |
| Experience | Traditions Health Director of Business Development Operations 2023-present Management of de novo hospice locations in various statesServed as Vice President of Operations on an interim basis for the North region managing all offices in Ohio, Nebraska, Virginia, Illinois and Indiana and the West region managing all offices in California, Oregon, Arizona and Nevada. Support inside sales departmentTraining new operational leadersProject management of various company-wide initiatives Vice President of Business Development 2021-2023 Start-up of new hospice locationsDeveloped palliative care programs and rolled out at sites throughout the countrySales team development and training Support of existing locations with sales or operational challengesDeveloped inside sales department to manage web-based referrals Vice President of Integration and Implementation 2019 – 2021 Led M&A team of twenty with our acquisition of over fifty home health and hospice offices. President, Texas Division 2018-2019 Led sales and operations teams at thirteen licensed home health and hospice sites. Vice President of Operations 2017-2018 Operational responsibility over home health and hospice offices throughout all company locations. Regional Director of Operations 2014-2016 Operational responsibility over home health and hospice offices throughout all company locations. Director of Therapy Services 2010-2014 Managed PT, OT and ST services at all home health and hospice locations. Occupational Therapist 2009-2010 RGE Self Employed Occupational Therapist 1999 – 2009 Provided occupational therapy treatment in home health, hospice, and outpatient settings UTMB Clinical Instructor of Occupational Therapy 1999 – 2006 Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Executive Director 1998 – 1999 Overall sales and operational responsibility for freestanding outpatient PT, OT, ST center. RCSA Director of Professional Recruiting and Development 1993 – 1998 Supervised OT and PT departments in hospitals, home health agencies, school districts, outpatient clinics and SNFs. Developed new lines of business and managed recruiting department. Sun City Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist 1989 – 1993 Provided outpatient therapy and home health therapy with specialty in hand rehabilitation. TPT Occupational Therapist 1988 – 1989 Provided outpatient therapy with specialty in hand rehabilitation. |
| Education | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio – BS in Occupational Therapy -1986-1988 The University of Texas at Austin – 1983-1986 |
College Station/Houston area. Â Available for travel as well.Â
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The TNMHPO Education Subscription is for agencies who wish to provide on-demand education for the entire staff. This subscription is an add-on to a TNMHPO membership and can’t be purchased separately.
A TNMHPO Membership Plus Education Subscription gives members of the Texas New Mexico Hospice & Palliative Care Organization unlimited access to all archived online education for the entire year. You can provide training to your current staff and utilize these educational opportunities for new employee orientation. There are courses for every discipline on your hospice team and continuing education units and proof of attendance for Administrators, Nurses, Social Workers, and LPCs.
The optional education subscription may only be used by staff of the joining hospice agency, not to train partners, affiliates or sister organization staff. If your hospice is part of a home health, then the home health division will need to pay its own dues and education.
TNMHPO reserves the right to limit users if we feel the system is being misused.
The TNMHPO Education Subscription is 10% of your annual membership dues plus $650. Â
When purchasing your membership, select the “Education Subscription” option in the drop down on the membership product page.Â
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For questions regarding our education subscription or its offerings, contact our Director of Operations, Keith Parker, at 512-956-0875 (voice and text) or email at kparker@txnmhospice.org.
