Amerimed Consulting

The approach at AmeriMed Consulting is specific to our client's setting, goals and needs from large multi-hospital systems to community hospitals to rural facilities. We set the standard for medical staff development plans, community needs assessment, and other strategic tools - individualized, thorough and applicable. We provide clients with a detailed understanding of the current and potential state of healthcare in their service area and realistic recommendations based on their specific strategic goals.

With our assistance, healthcare leadership can more easily make staffing and expansion decisions based upon the accurate and specific information and trend setting data that we provide. We find, analyze, track and deliver the assessment needs that may often be hidden from casual observation, but are crucial to the success of your strategic plan.

AmeriMed Consulting employs unique methodologies that go beyond imprecise ratio models. We base our recommendations upon research into provider FTE patterns and level of experience, population health status patterns, the reputation of facilities within the community, perceived needs assessment, IRS/HHS legal compliance, client goals, and other factors.

Our principal focus is our client. When traditional office hours and schedules are not in the best interest of our client, we take the initiative to provide availability options for our clients. We employ state-of-the-art technologies that allow us to be in more than one place at the same time and function from anywhere on the globe. This means that availability and access may be outside of the typical office setting - we are able to meet the specific needs of our clientele and that is of the utmost importance to AmeriMed Consulting.

At AmeriMed our consultants have experience in physical staffing, demographic analysis, quantitative research, healthcare management and related fields. The knowledge accumulated by our consultants allows each of our team members to contribute more to a client than the simple presentation of data.

Jennifer Moody

Ms. Moody is a highly respected, recognized leader in her profession. She is called upon regularly to speak on medical staff trends and generational diversity issues by state and national hospital and healthcare management organizations for educational programs presentations. She has been published in numerous industry publications and is interviewed on a consistent basis by the media regarding industry trends.

Jennifer brings considerable expertise to AmeriMed, including multi-component project design, statistical analysis, managerial and financial accounting, compensation design, and community needs assessment.

Her expertise also includes managing extensive projects designed to gather, research, and reference data for surveys, strategic plans, and needs assessment reports. Jennifer leads a team of strategic consultants and analysts that administer physician relations, employee satisfaction, and patient demographic surveys in dozens of communities each month. They conduct interviews with individual physicians, facilitate community focus groups, and assemble relevant data regarding clients' medical service areas, including existing physician referral patterns, demographic trends, payor mix, managed care penetration, and health care utilization patterns. In addition, she works with health care facilities nationwide to develop accurate and useful measurement tools for health systems, hospitals, and clinics.

Ms. Moody is actively involved with the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development of the American Hospital Association, the Forum for Healthcare Strategists, and the American College of Healthcare Executives. She has been published in Healthleaders.com, The New England Journal of Medicine's Recruiting Physicians Today, Health Lawyers Weekly, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, as well as several regional and specialty publications.

Jennifer is a native of Fort Worth, Texas and a graduate of Texas Tech University with a degree in Political Science. She earned a MS in Accounting with course work in health economics and compensation theory from the University of North Texas.

Contact Jennifer at jmoody@amerimedconsulting.com

Brandy Gofourth

Mrs. Gofourth has significant experience in marketing and consulting and works in a strategic consulting role with clients. Brandy brings a unique range of skills to AmeriMed. Her experience with physician interviewing and surveying is perhaps the most extensive and exceptional in the industry.

Brandy manages extensive projects designed to gather, research and reference data for strategic plans and needs assessment reports. In her role as strategic consultant, she works with health care facilities nationwide to assist in the formation of partnerships for community needs analysis and medical staff development.

Brandy has worked on numerous consulting engagements, managing projects for both small rural facilities and multi-hospital systems in some of the largest markets throughout the US. In her project work, Mrs. Gofourth administers community and medical staff surveys, conducts interviews with individual physicians, and facilitates community focus groups.

She is actively involved with regional and national healthcare organizations including the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development of the American Hospital Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Mrs. Gofourth is a native of Oklahoma and a graduate of Oklahoma State University. Her degree is in Journalism and Broadcasting with an emphasis in Public Relations.

Contact Brandy at bgofourth@amerimedconsulting.com