Lori Rothel

Accomplished executive financial leader with over twenty-five years of measurable success guiding complex healthcare and multisite organizations through operational, financial, and strategic transformation. Extensive background as a CFO, COO, Controller, and Fractional Executive supporting hospitals, physician groups, private equity–backed startups, ASC operations, and diverse small to mid-size businesses. Demonstrated expertise in revenue cycle optimization, financial planning, operational leadership, consulting practice management, M&A support, managed care contracting, credentialing, and team development. Proven ability to lead remote teams, stabilize financial performance, implement systems, manage growth, and drive organizational efficiency while partnering closely with physicians, executives, and boards.

Have over two decades of progressive leadership experience across healthcare, consulting, and multisite operational environments, serving in roles including CFO, COO, Controller, Director, and Group CEO. Your background spans hospital systems, ambulatory surgery centers, private equity–backed organizations, physician practices, healthcare services companies, and a wide variety of small to mid-size businesses. You have deep expertise in financial management, revenue cycle optimization, operational oversight, managed care contracting, M&A support, strategic planning, and organizational restructuring. Through extensive fractional and interim executive roles, you have consistently stabilized financial operations, improved processes, guided startups through entity formation and financial infrastructure development, and led both onsite and remote teams. Your career demonstrates strong versatility, executive-level decision making, and the ability to drive measurable results across complex and diverse organizations.

Hold both a Master of Business Administration (MBA), earned in 2001, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, earned in 1997, from the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama.