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Donald Gillespie Ph.D. Director HomeCare Solutions

Don is an experienced health care professional with 30 years experience in health care administration. Most of these years were focused on home care services. As a hospital division administrator for two large systems for over 20 years he has been the leader in planning and implementing over 25 home care and rehabilitation businesses. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Western Michigan University and a Master of Social Work from California State University, Sacramento. Prior to moving to health care administration he was a professor of sociology and social work. He has presented papers at numerous state, regional and national conferences on home care topics. 

Angi Levandoski, Manager, Systems Support

Angi has over 20 years experience in management in hospitals and home health care with the last 13 years at a Hospital owned Home Care Agency in Indiana. Angi has experience in implementing the McKesson Horizon Home Care System, and has managed the Patient Accounts, Scheduling, and Customer Service departments at a Home Care Agency. Angi is process oriented, and always looking at ways to become more efficient in using our system. Angi attended Glen Oaks Community College. 

Sara Simonds, RN, Manager of Consulting Services

Sara has over 15 years experience in management in hospitals and home health care and 8 years at Lakeland. She has experience in new agency start-ups for home care and hospice, including front line management, staff hiring, and daily operations. Sara has expertise in Medicare regulations and Joint Commission standards, ICD-9 coding, clinical documentation review, OASIS integrity review, compliance audits, and conducts training and education programs. She is the Homecare and Hospice Consultant for ongoing agency operations and survey preparation. Sara, an RN, has COS-C certification and has a Bachelors of Science degree in Health Studies from Western Michigan University.

Stan Strzyzykowski, RN, Consultant for Lakeland HomeCare Solutions

Stan has over 30 years experience in healthcare, including inpatient, long-term transitional care, hospice and home care. Responsibilities have included quality improvement, management, education, patient care, and report writing and data analysis. His last 9 years have been in home care and hospice. He has an extensive background using and educating in using Horizon Home Care as well as report-writing and OASIS. Stan is an RN, with a BS degree in Nursing from Andrews University and has completed graduate coursework at Western Michigan University.

Debbie Piggott, CAPT, Patient Accounts Supervisor

Debbie has 9 years experience in Medicare Certified Home Care, Hospice and Home Infusion billing. She is responsible for billing 14 affiliate agencies and maintains overall days in accounts receivable of 49. 2 out of 14 agencies are below 40 days in accounts receivable. She is extremely conscientious and takes pride in her efficient process. She attended Western Michigan University.

Robert Lafler, MCSA, Systems Analyst

Bob has been in home care for 8 years but has many years of experience with computer hardware and software. He provides ongoing computer support for home care and hospice networks. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator and does database administration as well as  report customization. He works closely with the IT and Patient Accounts departments.


 









 


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