Santa Barbara, CA, January 1, 2015–Santa Barbara-based healthcare management provider MedBridge Development Company, LLC is pleased to announce the promotion of Ruth Loomer to Executive Vice President/Chief of Staff and Partner.
Says President David W. Odell of the announcement: “Ruth’s business and team-building acumen are invaluable to MedBridge and our clients. She is a business leader who actively impacts positive change in our community by supporting lower socio economic demographic areas and environmental endeavors. She exemplifies the core values that MedBridge upholds as a company and we look forward to all she will continue to contribute as a partner in the company and Executive VP.”
Since joining MedBridge in 2007, Ms. Loomer has provided executive oversight and staff leadership to both the MedBridge corporate team and MedBridge’s numerous surgical centers and physician practices throughout California. Ms. Loomer provides a unique blend of innovative, team-based problem solving, aiding the company in providing the highest quality of cost-effective healthcare management in the state. As a socially conscious business leader in our community, Ms. Loomer has innovated and promoted MedBridge’s commitment to social and environmental responsibility and designation as a Green Business in Santa Barbara. These commitments are evident through her regular volunteering of her time with at-risk, low income children and families in Santa Barbara’s Westside neighborhood and ongoing involvement and leadership in the Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council as a member of their Partnership Council. Prior to joining MedBridge, Ms. Loomer spent ten years working in mid-level management for a national non-profit organization. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a Master of Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.
About MedBridge
MedBridge is a socially responsible healthcare development and management company based in Santa Barbara, California. MedBridge exists to free surgeons, specialists, and other medical experts to spend their best energy on healing patients and advancing human performance. With over 13 years of serving physicians and ambulatory surgery centers around California, MedBridge has fine-tuned cost-effective solutions for healthcare management, billing, and cycle revenue processes in order to serve physicians and their patients with the highest quality of care.