Benjamin Breier

Benjamin Breier (born 1971) has served as president and CEO and a member of the board of directors of Kindred Healthcare since March 2015. He also serves on the board for the Federation of American Hospitals.[1][2]

Benjamin Breier
Born1971 (age 49–50)
EducationWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania BS & The University of Miami MBA & MHA
OccupationPresident, CEO and Board Member for Kindred Healthcare

Life and education

A son of two lawyers, Robert G. Breier and Eileen G. Breier, Breier grew up in Miami.[3] He received a B.S. in economics from The Wharton School of Business at The University of Pennsylvania in 1993, and an MBA and MHA from The University of Miami in 1991.[4][5]

Breier and his family live in Louisville, Kentucky.[3] His sister Lylle is a marketing executive at Walt Disney Company.[3]

Career

Breier's healthcare career began in Florida where he worked as an administrator to help a hospital recover after devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew.[3] In 1995, Breier was promoted to an assistant vice president at the hospital's system, Baptist Health Systems.[3]

In January 1997, Breier joined Premier Practice Management, a subsidiary of Premier, Inc., as chief operating officer, and he became chief executive officer in June 1998.[5] After Premier, Breier served as vice president of Operations at Concentra, Inc., and in 2003, he was appointed Concentra's senior vice president of operations.[5]

In September 2019, Breier was named Chair of the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council (LHCC), which was formed in 2017 to leverage the strengths and assets of its members to solve important problems that extend beyond the scope of any one single member company.[6]

Kindred Healthcare

Breier joined Kindred Healthcare in August 2005 as president of the company's Rehabilitation Division, where he served until he was appointed president of the Hospital Division in March 2008.[7] In August 2010, Breier was promoted to chief operating officer of Kindred, and he assumed the additional responsibilities of president of the company in May 2012.[7] In October 2014, Kindred announced that Breier would become chief executive officer, effective March 31, 2015.[7] The appointment took effect as Kindred was completing its acquisition of home health and hospice provider Gentiva Health Services, a transaction that created the largest diversified provider of post-acute healthcare services in the country.[8][9][10][11]

In 2018, Breier oversaw a transaction with Humana, TPG Capital, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) that separated Kindred into two, privately held companies, a home health care company and a specialty hospital company.[12] Effective July 2018, Breier became president and CEO of the specialty hospital company, Kindred Healthcare.[13]

Awards and honors

In 2010, Modern Healthcare named Breier to its Up and Comers list.[14]

From 2015 to 2017, Modern Healthcare magazine included Breier on its list of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.”[15]

References
  1. "Ben Breier, Kindred Healthcare Inc: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. "Federation of American Hospitals". FAH.ORG. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  3. "Profile: Benjamin A. Breier". McKnight's Long Term Care News. 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  4. "Benjamin Breier". www.bus.miami.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  5. "Benjamin A. Breier, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kindred Healthcare". whcbc.org. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  6. "Powerful CEO council to establish investment fund". Biz Journals. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  7. "Benjamin Breier tapped as Kindred's new CEO". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  8. "Gentiva shareholders approve Kindred takeover". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  9. "Benjamin Breier to succeed Paul Diaz as Kindred CEO – Lane Report | Kentucky Business & Economic News". Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  10. "Kindred Healthcare Completes Acquisition of Gentiva Health Services Creating Nation-Wide Integrated Care Delivery System". www.businesswire.com. 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  11. "Kindred Provides Update on Additional Transaction Closings for Its Skilled Nursing Facility Business Divestiture". www.businesswire.com. 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  12. "Kindred Healthcare to Be Acquired by TPG Capital, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Humana Inc. for $9.00 Per Share in Cash". www.businesswire.com. 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  13. "Humana, two private equity firms will buy Kindred Healthcare for $4.1 billion". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  14. "2010 Up & Comers: Ben Breier". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  15. "2015 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare". www.modernhealthcare.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
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