CareMeridian’s Dan Larson Joins ABL Organization

Santa Ana, CA — November 1, 2010 — Dan Larson, Principal and Chief Development Officer of CareMeridian, LLC, has joined the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization (ABL). As part of California’s leading vertical-industry Chief Executives’ Organization, ABL Members provide one another with executive leadership coaching through its confidential, professionally-facilitated, peer-CEO Advisory Board Round Tables, executive learning workshops, network of CEO peers, and expert resources.

CareMeridian is a leading provider of post-acute healthcare alternatives. A partner of The MENTOR Network, CareMeridian provides cost-effective, sophisticated post-acute care alternatives for catastrophically ill or injured patients of all ages. With 16 facilities located throughout Northern, Central and Southern California, as well as in Las Vegas, NV, and Phoenix, AZ, CareMeridian provides a unique service delivery model, merging the aesthetics of a residential environment within the framework of state-of-the-art technology and personalized service from an experienced and skilled healthcare team. Currently, CareMeridian has 400 employees and $60 million in revenue.

With more than 15 years of healthcare experience in both the public and private sectors, Dan is responsible for directing all development, sales and marketing efforts at CareMeridian. Previously, he was CEO of Premier Care Orthopedics, a physician practice management company. During his tenure there, he founded Signature Health Services, a multi-specialty MSO. He previously served as Executive VP of Business Development for South Coast Rehabilitation Services until its sale to Regency Health Services in 1995, where he was responsible for leading strategy, development and sales and marketing initiatives. Dan played a pivotal role in growing the company from a private, regional provider into a nationally recognized company with $100 million in annualized revenue.

Dan currently serves on the board of Signature Health Foundation and is a member of the Civic Entrepreneur Organization. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Biology from the University of Houston and played professional baseball in the Seattle Mariners' Organization.
 

About the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization
ABL supports the needs of its Member CEOs by providing a place for top-level executives to draw on the experience, knowledge and skill sets of their peers in a vertical industry, personal advisory board – “multi-coach approach” – setting.

The core component of the CEO Membership experience is the group Round Table meeting. Members meet once a month for a half-day with a group of peer CEOs, Presidents, COOs and Division General Managers from non-competing companies, all from the same industry (healthcare, technology or life sciences), in a trusted and confidential board room-like setting, which allows ABL Members to tackle topics and enhance their decision making and business performance. Topics include: developing and honing new business strategies and best practices, new lines of business, “A-players” on the management team, and an effective board of directors, as well as understanding trends in new markets, mergers and acquisitions, compensation, and other “hot” topics brought to the Round Tables by the Members themselves.

ABL Members also gather several times a year at workshops and conferences to exchange ideas and connect with other chief executives beyond their own CEO peer groups. In effect, ABL Members serve as one another’s business coaches within the Round Tables and are encouraged to connect and leverage their co-Member peers’ particular skills and expertise for additional leadership coaching, one-on-one, outside of their monthly group meeting. In addition, each Round Table’s facilitator also serves as an objective business advisor, offering executive and industry insights and advice.

 ABL's Chief Executive Leadership Development Round Table program is currently offered in California's Greater Los Angeles, Orange and San Francisco County areas. More information about the ABL Organization can be found at http://www.abl.org .