Cheryl L. Anderson, PhD, PT, MBA, GCS is a writer, educator, clinician and researcher. Cheryl is a licensed physical therapist and board-certified geriatric clinical specialist. Cheryl previously worked as Director of Health Policy for a rural health plan, Director of Operations for national rehabilitation firms, and as a consultant in long term care.  She continues as adjunct faculty to several universities. Further, she consulted on several ventures with her state’s Department of Human Services in the area of systems change.

Her areas of interest include: health care, health policy (including Medicare and Medicaid), health management, rehabilitation, rural health issues, health promotion; issues of the elderly/geriatric, performance improvement, quality management, leadership, evidenced-based medicine, organizational development, and ethics.

Cheryl has advised and assisted students with dissertations, theses, capstones, and other major academic papers. She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Social Change. An accomplished writer, Cheryl has published book chapters, home studies, peer-reviewed articles and other works in trade journals and lay publications. Extending beyond academia, Cheryl has authored many grants and been the principle investigator on several.

EDUCATION

PhD - Health Care Management – Health Policy, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
MBA - University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
BA - Physical Therapy, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN

CERTIFICATIONS

PT Licensed physical therapist, 1979 to current
GCS Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist, 1993, 2003
COI Certified On-line Instructor, 1999

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Adjunct faculty; Walden University – College of Behavioral and Health Services. Online teaching; dissertation/thesis advisement; editing.

Adjunct faculty, University of Phoenix – Doctoral program in Health Care Administration. Online teaching; dissertation/thesis advisement and editing.

Adjunct Faculty, College of St Scholastica for the Masters of Arts in Management at St. Cloud, Brainerd, and St. Paul Campuses.

Instructor for Health Care Management; Performance Improvement in Health Care; Seminar in Organizational Development; Academic Writing – Management Writing and Resources; Capstone Seminar; and Reader for Capstones; thesis advisement and committee work .

Director of Operations, RehabCare Group
Responsibilities include operations and financial management of rehabilitation programs in 30 skilled nursing facilities located in MN and ND.

Director of Health Policy and Quality Management , PrimeWest Health Systems
Corporate Compliance Officer, Quality Management, Medicare Advantage and Part D Director; Grants and grant writer and principal investigator. Responsibilities include managing all aspects of health plan quality including quality projects, Performance Improvement Projects, Focus Studies, compliance reports, and public policy changes that affect government entitlement programs. Responsible for fraud, abuse, and waste and regulatory compliance. Also, responsible for all programs related to persons aged 65 and older in government health care programs. Current sponsor for a Medicare Advantage-Special Needs Program – Prescription Drug program serving dually eligible seniors.

Area Manager, RehabCare Group
Responsibilities include managing rehabilitation programs in skilled nursing facilities in MN, ND, and WI. Tasks include hiring, training, financial management, and consulting services to contracted facilities for the company. Secondary tasks include assisting with payment sources of Medicare, managed care, private insurances, and Medicaid for contracted facilities.

Adjunct Faculty – Cardinal Stritch University – Masters in Management
Curriculum Development and Instructor, The Dogwood Institute
Curriculum Development – Online courses for Dynamic Online

Consultant to Runestone Area Education District – 5 school district consortium
Provided consulting services for special education needs and early childhood intervention programs through homebound services. Provided input into Independent Educational Plans.

Area Director, RehabWorks, A Division of Integrated Health Services
Responsibilities included managing the rehabilitation programs for 17 to 22 facilities throughout MN for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services for a vendored service. Tasks included hiring, training, and ongoing support of facility-based staff; corporate compliance programs and mandates; inservice training; customer/client interaction to assure maintenance of contract and investigation for growth potential within the facility; marketing efforts toward new contracts in identified cluster areas; financial responsibility for day-to-day operations, forecasting, and strategic planning. Resource and peer for other area directors.

Corporate Consultant, Beverly Enterprises, Ft. Smith, AR
Responsibilities included consulting to 37 skilled nursing facilities in MN for ancillary services and rehabilitation programs. Ongoing monitoring of vendored and contracted services and supervision of employed in-house programs. Coordination of multiple geriatric efforts and corporate compliance oversight. Responsible for regional representation for financial forecasts, trends, budgeting, and payer source analyses. Marketing and sales for census development and focus on rehabilitation services for all facilities. Investigation and implementation of payment resources for sub-acute units, SNF, outpatient services through Medicare, managed care, Medicaid, and PMAP.

Executive Director, HealthReach, A Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, Albert Lea, MN

Director, Rehabilitation Services, Northfield Hospital and Dilley Skilled Nursing Facility, Northfield, MN

Sr. Physical Therapist, Minnesota Department of Education, MN Academy for the Deaf and MN Academy for the Blind, Unity Hospital, MN

PUBLISHING

Published articles, book chapters, and home study programs.

Current authored work:“Assessing and Counseling the Older Adult Driver,” March 2007; Volume 3 Home Study Series, Section on Geriatrics, American Physical Therapy Association. National publication

Authored chapters in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 2008; Dr. Timothy Kauffman, Editor.

“Ethics and the rehabilitation professional,” February 2007, TIS, Inc.

Text in progress: Supervisory Management, Second Edition. Larry Nosse, Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Current book, article, software, and videotape reviewer with published work in PT Journal, Issues in Aging, Gerinotes, Magazine of Physical Therapy, and PT Advance.

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