About Us
Administration
Grant Regional Health Center is affiliated with Brim Healthcare. Working in partnership with hospital boards, health care providers and employees, Brim seeks to build health care systems that are locally focused and nationally recognized as the standard by which community hospitals are judged. With this association, Grant Regional Health Center gains access to an array of financial, strategic, professional and support services, in addition to Brim's 30 years of experience with community health care facilities. Grant Regional Health Center’s administrative team and board of directors work closely with Brim to ensure the delivery of top-quality health care.
Nicole Clapp, President/CEO
Nicole Clapp joined Grant Regional Health Center in June 1996 as quality improvement, utilization review and risk management
coordinator. In 1998, Clapp was promoted to vice president of professional
services, where she has overseen the clinical operations of Grant Regional
Health Center. In addition, she serves as the hospital’s corporate
compliance officer, and she coordinates the external survey programs. The hospital
received zero deficiencies during the most recent national health care survey.
As a member of the senior administrative team, Clapp was an instrumental
player in Grant Regional Health Center being recognized as a Solucient’s
100 Top Performance Improvement Leader Hospital in 2004. Clapp has
led Grant Regional Health Center’s collaborative effort to create service
excellence by working with the Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla. Clapp
also worked for Brim Healthcare as a senior professional service consultant,
traveling to affiliated hospitals around the United States, to focus on productivity
management, clinical resource use, survey preparation, and delivering
presentations. She also has served as interim CEO.
In July 2005, Clapp was selected by the hospital’s board of directors to become the next president and chief executive of Grant Regional Health Center, following the retirement of Larry Rentfro effective April 1. Clapp is board-certified in health care management and a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She was named Wisconsin’s Young Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2004. She graduated in 1993 with honors and distinction from the University of Iowa, where she earned her bachelor's degree in nursing. Clapp received a master's degree in Nursing from the University of Iowa in 1996.
Clapp is a Gamma Chapter member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and a member of the Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives and the American Nurses Association. She represents Grant Regional Health Center as a member of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and as a representative on Forward of Lancaster. Clapp enjoys volunteering for the Lancaster Lions Club, Lancaster Jaycees and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Jennifer Rutkowski, Vice President of Professional Services
Jennifer Rutkowski joined Grant Regional Health Center in February 2006 as
vice president of professional services. Rutkowski is responsible for overseeing
nursing, infection control, rehab, radiology, rural health clinics and social
services. She is also involved in strategic planning, physician recruitment,
and enhancement of services. Rutkowski received an associate's degree in nursing
in 1991 from SWTC in Fennimore; a bachelor's degree in nursing in 2001 from Clarke
College in Dubuque Iowa; and a master's in nursing and master's in business
administration/health care management in 2005 from the University of Phoenix.
Rutkowski has worked in various nursing positions including administrative supervisor/nursing
and director of nursing prior to joining Grant Regional Health Center’s
team.
Scott Mitchell, CFO
Scott Mitchell joined Grant Regional Health Center as chief rinancial officer in February 2009. He is responsible for all financial matters related to the hospital, including financial reporting and planning, revenue cycle, budget, reimbursement, cost accounting, financing, insurance, and managed care, as well as strategic and operational financial administration. He will oversee the business office, registration, medical records and materials management.
Mitchell has more than 23 years of accounting and finance experience, including 10 years of health care finance experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Aurora University, in Aurora, Ill., and a master's in business administration from the Loyola University of Chicago.
Mitchell is looking forward to continuing to help ensure the long-term financial stability of Grant Regional Health Center so it can provide the highest quality care for our patients and the communities we serve.
Board of Directors
Front from left: Eric Slane, MD; David Kurihara, Sue Fritz, Terri Abing, Karen Knox, Vice-Chair; Paul Thuli.
Back from left: Nicole Clapp, CEO; David Whitty; Tom Kenney, Secretary; Steve Schneider; Jim Koopman, Chairman; Eric Stader, MD.
