Executive Services Firm Tatum Expands Healthcare Practice Leadership Team New Healthcare Talent Investment Reinforces Commitment to Healthcare Community September 14, 2010 09:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time   ATLANTA--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Tatum, the nation’s largest executive services firm, announced that it will be expanding its healthcare practice by adding Terry Peltes, Don Hanson and Greg Klotz to its leadership team. The addition of these experienced professionals reinforces Tatum’s commitment to the healthcare community, as well as to continued growth for the practice, which last year, grew to more than $28 million. According to Rick Kramer, senior vice president at Tatum, “For-profit and not-for-profit hospitals will spend more than $10 billion annually in total to transform their organizations over the next ten years. Industry data further indicates there are 2,000 hospitals operating with low or negative financial indicators, making them ideal candidates for Tatum Healthcare’s transformation services. Tatum is investing in its healthcare leadership team to continue our history of partnering with hospitals and health systems to create extraordinary results.”  Kramer noted that Terry Peltes has been promoted to Tatum’s national healthcare managing partner. He will continue to act as the managing partner for Tatum’s Denver office while helping to grow and strengthen the healthcare practice. Peltes joins Linda Klute, Tatum’s national healthcare practice leader, in supporting the growing demand for Tatum’s healthcare services. Peltes is a former executive chairman of ALN Medical Management and a former president and CEO of Aptiv Technology Partners and Certus Corporation. He specializes in business turnarounds and growth for private equity and venture backed companies, and is an adjunct professor of finance in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. Peltes joined Tatum in December 2009. Also new to the leadership team, Don Hanson joined Tatum as healthcare practice leader for the company’s Pacific region. Hanson brings more than 20 years of strategic, operational, sales/marketing and M&A executive experience. He will be responsible for working with hospitals, physician practices and other healthcare organizations to improve performance using Tatum’s services. Hanson was most recently a partner with several private equity firms specializing in M&A, business development and operations. He has also served as an executive leader for companies, such as TouchStar Software, Gores Technology Group, Adventa Technology Controls, Select Business Solutions, Proxicom, Jamis Software Corporation, Daou Healthcare, Revere Inc., Humanic Design and Aonix— all in diverse stages including start-up, growth, repair, stabilization and shutdown. Greg Klotz has also joined Tatum, providing leadership within Tatum’s revenue cycle management practice. With more than 25 years experience in the healthcare industry, Klotz is a seasoned independent revenue cycle management professional with experience in front to back end operations/leadership. He specializes in revenue cycle turnarounds, denial management, cash improvements and infrastructure. Prior to Tatum, Klotz ran his own revenue cycle practice for 10 years and before that was with Ernst and Young, Stockamp and Associates and Siemans. He began his career at the Detroit Medical Center. He is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and member of HFMA, AHIMA, and ACHE. “The experience and leadership skills Terry, Don and Greg bring to Tatum will be an asset in enabling us to assist our current and future clients during a time when the healthcare industry is facing such dramatic change,” commented Kramer. About Tatum Tatum is the nation's largest executive services firm, with 37 offices nationwide. Tatum’s VELOCI-T Solutions for the C-Suite help senior executives resolve strategic, financial and technology challenges. For more information, visit www.tatumllc.com. Tatum is a division of SFN Group, Inc. SFN operates a family of specialty businesses providing strategic workforce solutions in professional services and general staffing. Contacts Tatum Adelle Erdman, 404-880-1314 adelle.erdman@tatumllc.com or Amy Grossman, 215-493-1045 amy@grossmanpr.net Permalink: http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20100914006289/en