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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Ralph P. Fargnoli, Jr., President and CEO
Kathleen LePar, Vice President of Professional Services
We’ve discovered that the best way to reach a better place in the healthcare industry is to associate directly with industry leaders. The team of executives we’ve assembled at Beacon Partners is a prime example of this. They are, without question, true leaders in their field, each committed to helping show your healthcare organization the way to greater success.
As a 25-year veteran of the healthcare industry, Ralph P. Fargnoli, Jr. is a respected industry leader whose experienced viewpoint and visionary outlook is sought after by executives at the most prestigious healthcare organizations across North America. His strategic and methodical approach to finding solutions to the needs of the healthcare community is what has allowed Beacon Partners to thrive since he founded it in 1989.
Fargnoli stays actively involved with the industry through his affiliation with organi zations such as the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and his longstanding tenure on the board of trustees for the CHIME Foundation.
Fargnoli received the 2008 CHIME Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes pioneering leaders in the healthcare industry who have made major contributions to the field of healthcare IT.
Under Fargnoli’s leadership, Beacon Partners has become a recognized leader in organizational performance improvement for the healthcare industry through their expertise in IT, clinical, strategic and operations consulting. He has a keen understanding of the evolving needs and challenges facing organizations in the healthcare community, and has directed Beacon Partners to strategically evolve accordingly.
Fargnoli spearheaded the company’s “Service Excellence” program to further differentiate Beacon Partners, which includes pioneering the “Beacon Promise,” the only 100% satisfaction guarantee in the healthcare management consulting industry. Most recently, he has directed the company to expand its strategic planning capabilities to address the need for broad-reaching strategy and planning in response to increased financial pressures on healthcare organizations. Fargnoli maintains Beacon Partners leadership position by staying ahead of industry trends and developments, attracting top talent, a commitment to service excellence, and continued growth initiatives in response to industry demand.
Beacon Partners has become one of the fastest growing privately held firms in North America under the leadership and direction of Fargnoli. Beacon Partners was named to Inc. magazine’s 2007 and 2008 list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America; received the 2008 “Pacesetter” distinction by the Boston Business Journal for being one of the 60 fastest growing companies in Massachusetts; was named to Healthcare Informatics 2008 “HCI 100,” a list of the top 100 leading healthcare information technology companies in the industry; and in 2008 was named as one of Modern Healthcare’s “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.”
Fargnoli is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Business Administration and holds an MBA from Bryant University.
Kathleen LePar has 30 years of healthcare experience. She is a registered nurse offering Beacon Partners clients clinical and nursing informatics expertise gained through broad experience in progressively responsible management and supervisory positions. She possesses management and customer service skills, providing a wide array of leadership and management support with a great depth of understanding of healthcare organizations. She also served as an education and public affairs specialist for the Medicare Peer Review Organization (PRO), responsible for developing and delivering Medicare education, along with communication and relationship-building with physicians, administrators and both state and federal legislators.
Ms. LePar is an expert in selecting and implementing advanced clinical systems, including EMR, clinical documentation and specialty systems in acute care, ambulatory clinics and behavioral health provider organizations. She effectively identifies approaches for creating integrated networks to support the healthcare continuum and effectively applies informatics and clinical solutions that extend nursing care delivery across the breadth of the patient safety scope.
Using proven methodologies for change management Ms. LePar has effectively assisted organizations in successfully reaching their goals by facilitating change management working sessions, collaborating with senior leaders to identify impacts to their functions and to assess organizational change readiness and developing project charters to guide organizations through the change process.
She currently serves as Vice President of Professional Services for Beacon Partners, and oversees resource management, professional development, service methodologies and practice line development.
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