Trent Skaggs' more than seven-year healthcare experience encompasses an expertise in facility planning and development. His other specialty areas include new service development; community needs assessments, and certificate of need and long-term care planning.

Prior to Hospital Management Consulting, Mr. Skaggs was a senior health analyst at a 15-hospital network system, where he focused on assessing HMO contracts and their financial solvency. He also worked six years as a consultant with a healthcare management and consulting firm in the Midwest, where he worked on numerous strategic planning and development projects. He wrote a certificate of need application to help a Midwest hospital consolidate outpatient and ambulatory care services into a $94 million patient tower. He assisted a hospital in the Southwest with planning and development issues by compiling national, regional, and hospital-specific statistics for the staff to identify and act upon and he recommended specific goals.

Mr. Skaggs has performed over 250 demographic studies for numerous projects, including assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation facilities, strategic plans, and physician studies. He is a skilled speaker and presenter.

His education credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Economics as well as a Masters in Public Administration with an emphasis in healthcare.

In his most recent engagement, Mr. Skaggs assisted County Commissioners in the Midwest in looking at the feasibility of developing a senior housing project which included; assisted and independent living, skilled nursing care, home health and rehab. In addition to the feasibility he preformed financial feasibility study and researched financing options.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

• Project Management
• Physician Fee Schedules
• Strategic Planning
• Certificate of Need Development
• Market/Demographic Analysis
• Database Development
• Feasibility Modeling
• Long-term Care Planning
• Network Advising