Next CEO brings decades of experience to hospital

Franklin Foundation Hospital will be getting a new Chief Executive Officer in a few short weeks and when she gets here, she will be bringing over three decades of experience in the healthcare industry with her.
According to information on the website of her current employer, USMD Hospital at Fort Worth, Texas, Stephanie Atkins-Guidry “has over 30 years of healthcare experience ranging from Certified Surgical Tech to Chief Nursing Officer and most recently (was) administrator of several ambulatory surgery centers."
Atkins-Guidry "had the responsibility of overseeing all aspects of patient care and utilization of physical and financial resources including billing and coding services for all the facilities. She represented the surgery centers to key customers, industry groups, financial community, representatives of government and regulatory agencies, as well as the general public.”
The biography on the USMD website continued, “Ms. Atkins-Guidry is known for her ability to build a successful organization by creating a vision for the company and seizing opportunities as they present themselves.
“In 2002, Atkins-Guidry became the Chief Nursing Officer of Medical Centre Surgical Hospital; this would be the second construction project in her career which she prepared for a successful Medicare and JCAHO survey.
“In 2004, Atkins-Guidry joined Healthsouth as administrator of three ambulatory surgery centers in Fort Worth, Texas. She was involved in all aspects of the business including negotiations of managed care contracts and was the project manager for a $2 (million) construction project.
“Ms. Atkins-Guidry began her career in the healthcare field as a Certified Surgical Tech and then in 1990 received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Texas Christian University.
“In 2001 she received a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Dallas. Ms. Atkins-Guidry is married and has five children.”
Atkins-Guidry is expected to arrive in just over five weeks to take over for FFH interim CEO Jim Platt who in turn took over for former interim FFH CEO Craig Cudworth. Cudworth left last month after two years at the helm of the hospital in Franklin.
The Banner-Tribune was unable to reach Atkins-Guidry for comment for this profile story.