Dick Clark, a Project Manager for HMC, has provided consulting and management services for several hundred hospitals and other healthcare providers since beginning his healthcare career in 1969. Dick currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina and has worked with numerous hospitals throughout the Southeast.

Dick's consulting engagements have focused on strategic planning for new services and facilities including financial and utilization assessments; the evaluation of organizational and financial issues involved in establishing joint ventures and healthcare systems; and the development of business plans for new healthcare enterprises.

Dick is a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, earning academic honors with a master's degree in Hospital and Healthcare Administration. He served his residency at Richmond Memorial Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Dick earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Prior to joining HMC, Dick was co-founder and the Managing Principal for Arthur Clark Companies, a multi-million dollar holding company which included companies specializing in healthcare consulting, management services, home health agencies, durable medical equipment, and comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORF's). Dick's other experience included Vice President of Research Health Services, Kansas City; Senior Associate for Cresap, McCormick and Paget, Inc.; Director of Planning for Swedish American Hospital, Rockford, Illinois; and Manager of Health Systems for Ideal Systems, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin.

Dick has spoken at various seminars sponsored by the American Hospital Association and other healthcare organizations on hospital diversification and reorganization, strategic planning, and survival strategies for rural hospitals.