Kristen Richards
Vice President of Ambulatory Care
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Kristen RIchards is the VP of Ambulatory Care at Cardiovascual Logistics in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Episode # 496 • 19 Nov 2024
Ensuring Safety & Quality in ASCs
Interested in setting up an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) or Outpatient Based Lab (OBL)? Special guest Kristen Richards sits down with host Dr. Aaron Fritts to discuss the importance of establishing and tracking safety and quality metrics in the outpatient space to achieve success. Kristen is Vice President of Ambulatory Care at Cardiovascular Logistics in Chicago, IL.
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As CVL’s vice president of ambulatory care, Kristen Richards provides support, leadership, and expertise to our platform’s cardiac catheterization labs, ambulatory service centers (ASCs), and office-based labs (OBLs). She draws on her extensive operational experience, value-based care (VBC) expertise, and strong track record of success to support CVL’s premier partner practices.
Kristen’s decades-long career in the cardiovascular space includes senior-level roles at leading healthcare organizations. She most recently served as vice president of cardiovascular operations at Atlas Healthcare Partners, where she drove cost savings and efficiency improvements by streamlining operations, optimizing the supply chain, enhancing business processes, building high-performance teams, and negotiating high-value contracts. She previously served as senior health economics manager at Philips Healthcare, cultivating strong partnerships while developing profitable value-based risk-sharing models, and as director of cardiovascular services at Banner Heart Hospital, where she established a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Kristen holds a Bachelor of Science in respiratory therapy from Northern Arizona University and a Master of Business Administration in healthcare administration from Grand Canyon University. She regularly shares her insights and expertise as a conference keynote speaker on topics such as VBC, the state of cardiovascular services, and key priorities for healthcare organizations.
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