Denny Freudeman
President & CEO
Denny Freudeman has a unique and comprehensive background in the healthcare industry. He received his degree in Business/Accounting from Capital University and became a Certified Public Accountant spending several years at Ernst & Young. He established Prime Medical Group in 1987, a real estate consulting company and sold it to OhioHealth Healthcare systems in 1995.
Denny became Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for OhioHealth and during his six-year tenure, held positions of Sr. Vice President of Marketing and Development, Strategic Planning, Communication, and was the CEO and President of one of OhioHealth’s hospital organizations, Doctors Hospital.
As Senior Vice President of Finance/Development/Strategic Planning, Denny led OhioHealth through their entire ambulatory development plan. As Chief Financial Officer, he structured all four of the major ambulatory facilities in Franklin County as well as the secondary “hub” locations with primary care and clinical services. Not only was he involved in the strategic decision of size and location, but also in the financial strategy and ultimate capitalization.
Denny formed Hplex Solutions, a specialized healthcare consulting firm in March 2002 and this organization works with various hospitals, health systems and physicians in the area of asset management, development, owner representative services, property management, master planning, strategic development planning, and physician partnering. Denny has worked extensively to create innovative and unique forms of ownership, off balance sheet financing, third party ownership and joint ventures. Denny’s understanding of the healthcare industry, its regulations and constraints has helped tremendously in developing successful business models for various hospitals. Denny serves on various community Boards including Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, where he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.