Herman Williams

Dr. Herman Williams is president of HW Healthcare Solutions in Nashville, Tenn. He previously led the health care advisory practice in BDO’s Nashville office. Dr. Williams’s experience includes10 years of previous health care consulting and 18 years of hospital operations as a senior physician executive. His operational roles include oversight of rural, urban, small and complex facilities in academic, community, for-profit and nonprofit health care organizations. Dr. Williams brings a special expertise in medical staff consulting and strategy. He has worked with numerous physicians to improve their efficiency in meeting compliance and regulatory standards. He has also assisted medical staffs in bylaws-development, contemporary peer-review policy and procedures, all credentialing matters, clinical documentation, revenue cycle efficiency, and establishing physician/hospital partnerships that have reduced costs through collaboration. He participated in the originalBundle Payment Demonstration Project and has saved hospitals millions of dollars by establishing successful P4P programs. Dr. Williams is the author of a new motivational book, CLEAR! Living the Life You Never Dreamed Of. He also is a certified coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and has successfully coached numerous physicians and hospital leaders. Dr. Williams serves on the American Heart Association board and the Tri-State Minority Supplier DevelopmentCouncil. He has spoken on leadership at such institutions as Harvard University, Boston University, Meharry Medical College, Amherst College and San Diego State University. Dr. Williams recieved his B.A. in psychology in 1980 from Amherst College, his M.D. in orthopedic surgery in 1988 fromBoston University School of Medicine, his M.B.A. in finance from the University of WashingtonMichael G. Foster School of Business and his M.P.H. in health care administration and management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.