Mr. Hirsch, (MHA-Duke University) joins IHC as a seasoned healthcare executive with a successful record in achieving operational and clinical excellence in a community hospital setting.  He has demonstrated leadership in building and developing a management team, and is highly effective in accomplishing organizational goals through the use of program development, quality management, physician recruitment and retention, and medical staff relations.  

Prior to joining IHC, Mr. Hirsch was, for six years,  the President and CEO of Orange Regional Medical Center, a merged entity consisting of Arden Hill Hospital and Horton Medical Center, during which time he performed the following:

• Led the consolidation of the two community hospitals, who were long-standing competitors,  by providing leadership, direction and support to the governing bodies and medical staff.  As a result of the merger, both hospitals are experiencing historically high profit margins.

• Led the approval process and opening of the area’s first Cardiac Catheterization Lab.

• Mr. Hirsch was also instrumental in developing:

• The ORMC Bone & Joint Center
• A hospital-wide central scheduling program
• The development of a hospital concierge program

Over the last 23 years, Mr. Hirsch’s roles have ranged from CEO to Executive VP, COO, and VP of Clinical and Support Services.  In these roles, he has successfully:

• Planned and realized strategic, financial and operational aspects of a $25 million comprehensive outpatient facility.
• Developed and implemented a seven days/week, 24 hours/day hospitalist program for Horton Medical Center.
• Achieved Phase I system consolidation saving $3 million through lab, materials management, insurance purchases, etc. over a 6-month period.
• Enhanced financial turnaround yielding $3.8 million operating gain since the previous year.
• Implemented a hospital-wide Customer Satisfaction Program.
• Developed a comprehensive community cancer center, including facility and programmatic components and certification by the American College of Surgeons.
• Developed an off-site comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation center.
• Developed a Lab Reference Program which generated more than 21,000 additional tests and $500,000 in revenue.
• Implemented a 12-bed Traumatic Brain Injury/Coma Stimulation Unit.
• Increased outpatient service revenue by 15%, while limiting inpatient utilization to less than 1% growth.
• Increased outpatient and inpatient volumes in key revenue-producing environments; rehabilitation (46%), imaging services (25%), cardiopulmonary services (48%).