Mr. Scott has over twenty years of accounting and healthcare experience. Mr. Scott holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration from Tennessee Technological University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He brings to the client both financial and development experience having developed over 25 ambulatory projects.

Mr. Scott was a Co-founder and Senior Vice President of a physician practice and ancillary management company, with responsibility for operations, acquisitions and development in the Florida and Georgia markets. Prior to that, he served as controller of a company that developed and managed ambulatory surgery centers, clinical treatment centers and mobile imaging centers. During his career, Mr. Scott was responsible for the financial operations of an outpatient service company specializing in outpatient diagnostic centers.

Mr. Riegle has over seventeen years of healthcare experience with focus in the area of surgery center operations. He holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Riegle brings years of experience working directly with physicians, patients and payors at both the center and corporate levels.

Mr. Riegle was a Director of Operations for HealthSouth Corporation with responsibilities for surgery center operations in the State of Tennessee. While with HealthSouth, he also served as Administrator of two surgery centers. Prior to HealthSouth, Mr. Riegle served as Director of Business Operations for a start-up surgery center company and as a regional manager for a large surgery center chain. Mr. Riegle has spent most of his career working in the field, directly with facility staff and physicians.

Ms. Diedrich was a founding shareholder of Ascent Partners and is Senior Vice-President of Development. Ms. Diedrich brings eighteen years of executive experience in operations and development of outpatient healthcare facilities to the benefit of all our clients. She provides “hands-on” leadership and problem resolution based upon in-depth industry knowledge to new project evaluations, facility developments, equipment planning, procurement and oversight; with interim and ongoing management contracts.

Ms. Diedrich’s broad healthcare background includes Regional Vice Presidencies with Surgical Health Corporation and the Ambulatory Surgery Division of HealthSouth Corporation, Vice President of Operations for Navix Radiology, IPA Manager for Physicians Health Corporation, and several administrator and project management positions for Columbia Hospital Corporation. She has a Masters degree in Public Administration and has held several Board positions with the Florida Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers and is a member of the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

 Mr. Xayasane has over nine years of accounting and internal auditing experience in healthcare and public accounting. He provides our management clients with human resource, financial, business office oversight, procedural costing, financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and evaluations of policies and procedures and internal controls. He also supervises the accounts payable department for our management and development clients. 

Mr. Xayasane is a former Senior Accountant for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) where he performed internal financial and compliance audits and reviews for the company’s various hospitals, surgery centers, physician services, and supply chain centers.  Prior to transitioning into the healthcare industry, he spent three years as a Senior Accountant for a regional accounting firm in Knoxville, TN and two years as a Senior Accountant for a local accounting firm in Nashville, TN.  He holds a BS degree in Accounting and a BS degree in Finance from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 

Ms. Wilson is an accomplished Registered Nurse with over thirty years of experience in healthcare environments including Intensive Care, Cardiac Cath Lab, and OR experience in Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

In addition to her extensive healthcare background, Ms. Wilson has experience in Medical Software Implementation and Training for Source Medical Solutions, providing software solutions for Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Surgical Hospitals and Physician Practices. Ms. Wilson holds an RN degree from Our Lady of the Lake School of Nursing in Baton Rouge, LA. She has substantial continuing education and seminars in Nursing, Nursing Management and Medical Software.