Rick Langosch, Senior Vice President

Rick Langosch, a senior vice president, works with hospital clients to realize sustainable improvements at the organizational, departmental, and services level. Coker Group's Hospital Strategies consulting practice provides timely and responsive solutions to its hospital clients in Service Line Analysis, Staffing/Productivity Benchmarking and Analysis, Interim Management, and RAC Audit Readiness. A seasoned healthcare executive, with over 25 years of experience managing operations and finance in hospitals and physician practices, Mr. Langosch has held a wide range of financial, operational, and information technology responsibilities, including multi-hospital ownership and hospital senior management positions. He uses that experience to assist Coker clients in developing a specific implementation strategy that will produce improved performance and drive profitability for their organizations. 

Langosch is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, and he is a Fellow with the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He is active with the Georgia Chapter of HFMA.

Craig Hunter, Senior Vice President

Craig Hunter, senior vice president for the firm's business development, works with health systems, hospital-based networks, multi- and single-specialty groups, and independent practices, facilitating phases of integration and practice development, including mergers, strategic planning, management reviews, and negotiations. Mr. Hunter's focus encompasses network development, manpower plans, operational assessments, compensation plans, and medical staff surveys. Hunter provides integrated network services to hospitals and independent practices. Hunter regularly conducts physician need and feasibility analyses for hospitals and private practices, involving staff planning and market analysis. Assignments entail physician contract preparation, analysis, and negotiations. Hunter speaks frequently to health system and physician executives, administrators, and other healthcare personnel, and is a published author on such Practice Management topics as compensation, integration, and physician recruitment and employment.

Christine Ingram, Vice President

Christine Ingram, vice president, has amassed expertise in all areas of practice management, using her skills and experience to assist Coker's clients with operational and financial issues. Since joining Coker Group in 2006, Ms. Ingram's assignments encompass serving as Interim Executive Director of a hospital-owned employed physician network, located in the Midwest. In the Northeast, she serves as project director to achieve a performance turnaround for a hospital's employed physician network. Projects in the West and Southwest include numerous operational assessments and assistance with mergers. Her work crosses all specialties including multispecialty, cardiology, pain management, and urology. Ms. Ingram holds a Masters in Healthcare Management from Troy State University, and a B.S. in Health Care Management from Clayton College and State University. She is a member of MGMA, ACHE, and Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives.

Frank Scarmardo, Executive Director Practice Management

Frank Scarmardo has a 30-year history in Healthcare, as both certified physician assistant as well as in healthcare administration. Mr. Scarmardo uses that experience to assist Coker clients as a clinical ambulatory care specialist, assisting hospitals in the development of an integrated physician network. Mr. Scarmardo has held a wide range Executive level positions ranging from CEO of Advanced Occupational Healthcare to Executive Director for USONCLOGY. Scarmardo is a graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He has also received a degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas Texas in General Medicine and practiced in Family Medicine as a Physician Assistant for over a decade.