About Us

Providers in Oklahoma interested in creating value in healthcare

Meet the Hospitals

Eleven institutions across Oklahoma are the owners of The LifeCare Companies.

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LifeCare Health Services, LLC

An organization established in 1994, and the recently established Lifecare Value Network, LLC, together "The LifeCare Companies" are wholly owned by the founding hospitals' members and were established to create synergy and an innovative approach to the delivery of healthcare. Our founding hospitals are:

  • Comanche County Memorial Hospital

  • Duncan Regional Hospital

  • Grady Memorial Hospital

  • Great Plains Regional Medical Center

  • Jackson County Memorial Hospital

  • McAlester Regional Health Center

  • Norman Regional Health System

  • Northeastern Health System

  • Stillwater Medical Center

Over 80% of Oklahomans live within
30 minutes of a LifeCare Hospital.

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The Vision of The LifeCare Companies is to:

  • Enhance the ability of member organizations to remain independent, community-based assets

  • Bring tangible benefits of "systemness" through the elimination of duplicate services and creation of scale to result in improved financial performance

  • Facilitate collaboration for improved patient care

  • Provide services of exceptional quality, value, and accessibility

Meet the Leadership Team

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Meegan Carter

Vice President of Operations

Meegan Carter is the Vice President of Operations at LifeCare Health Services, LLC in Oklahoma City, OK.
LifeCare is an alliance of independent, not-for-profit hospitals, committed to collaboration and cost reductions through shared services. LifeCare providers work together collectively across the state in various value-based programs to improve population health. In her role, Meegan works closely with LifeCare hospitals and providers to find opportunities to decrease healthcare costs and improve quality for their patients and communities.

Meegan has more than thirty years' experience in health care administration and management both for providers and payers. Prior to Lifecare, Meegan spent over 16 years at Norman Regional Health System (a LifeCare member) where she led initiatives related to population health and transition to value-based reimbursement, with responsibility for managed care, revenue cycle, clinics and ambulatory service line operations. Before Norman, Meegan spent 6 years working as LifeCare’s Managed Care Consultant negotiating payer contracts and strategy for VHA OK/AR.  Meegan started her healthcare career at BlueCross Blue Shield of OK/BlueLincs HMO.

Meegan graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.B.A. in Finance. She is a long-time member of Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), previously having held Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP) and Fellow of HFMA (FHFMA) designations, as well as serving as Membership Chair and Director for the OK Chapter. She is also a founding member of the OK Hospital Managed Care Association. Meegan served on the Cleveland County Salvation Army Advisory Council for 13 years, 8 of those as Chair.

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Jenny Manderino

Sr. Director Lifecare Accreditation

Lifecare Accreditation Services is led by Jenny Manderino, RN, MSN.  Jenny is responsible for delivering Accreditation and Regulatory Service consultingfor hospitals and healthcare systems of all sizes, ambulatory care organizations, behavioral health facilities and critical access hospitals.

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Tiffany Moody

Director Poplulation Health Management

Tiffany Moody, MBA, MSSW, LCSW, CCM is the Director of Population Health for Lifecare Health Services, LLC. She is responsible for the development and ongoing review of the system-wide Clinically Integrated Network, and provides leadership and direction to the Board in order to achieve improved access to care, better patient outcomes, and lower costs.

Prior to joining Lifecare in 2022, Tiffany spent 17 years working in hospital systems and managed care organizations; focusing on operations management, patient outcomes, and quality improvement. Tiffany is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Case Manager. She holds a B.S. from Texas Christian University, a M.S. from University of Texas Arlington, and a MBA from Dallas Baptist University. She has a passion for health care administration and believes that value-based care is the future of sustainable health care.

Karen Hendren

Karen Hendren, CPA, FHFMA, is President of Lifecare Health Services, LLC, a company wholly owned by eleven hospitals and health systems in Oklahoma. Lifecare is an alliance or virtual system of independent hospitals, committed to collaboration and cost reductions through shared services. Lifecare providers work together collectively across the state in various value based programs to improve population health. In her role, Karen works closely Lifecare hospitals and physicians to find opportunities to bend the cost curve and improve quality.

Prior to joining Lifecare in 2015, Karen spent 25 years in both system and community hospitals in Oklahoma serving as VP of Finance and Operations, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer. Karen is a Certified Public Accountant, holds a B.S. from the University of Oklahoma and a M.S. in Healthcare Administration from Oklahoma State University. She is a Past President of Oklahoma’s Healthcare Financial Management Association and served on HFMA’s National Advisory Council.

Jenny Manderino

Lifecare Accreditation Services is led by Jenny Manderino, RN, MSN. Jenny is responsible for delivering Accreditation and Regulatory Service consulting for hospitals and healthcare systems of all sizes, ambulatory care organizations, behavioral health facilities and critical access hospitals.

She is a content expertise on CMS conditions of participation, The Joint Commission (TJC) accreditation and DNV standards and interpretation. Jenny performs project management services for all Accreditation Services activities; to include, focused compliance assessments, mock surveys, on-site or virtual coaching during surveys, and delivering educational presentations on accreditation and CMS compliance topics. In her role she ensures that member organizations are receiving maximum value from their membership with Lifecare and the relationship Lifecare has with Vizient Accreditation Services.

Jenny has over 28 years of experience in healthcare. Prior to joining Vizient 13 years ago she was a Chief Nursing Officer. Prior to being a CNO Jenny held multiple healthcare leadership positions including Emergency Department, Home Health, Long Term Care, and Cardiac Rehabilitation. Her clinical experience was in Emergency Department Services, and Medical Surgical Nursing.

Jenny is a member of AORN, ASHE and AWHONN. She has been a speaker at AORN’s National Conference in 2017, 2018, 2019 and AWHONN in 2017 and 2018. She has also been a guest speaker on a Podcast called beyondclean.libsyn.com in 2018. The Podcast is professional platform for sterile processing professionals.

Jenny also sits on one of the Advisory Boards for The Joint Commission.

Jenny earned her Master of Science in Nursing Administration from Newman University in Wichita Kansas.

Robin Yoder

Robin joined LifeCare in 2019 as the Director of Population Health Management. In this role she leads a team of practice transformation specialists and data analysts to provide Lifecare members and partners actionable insight to their population. She provides leadership and guidance to facilitate implementation of initiatives to address the needs of patients and community. She also serves as the compliance official for LifeCare ACO. Robin has more than 13 years working with physician office practices to improve workflow, EMR integration, and quality improvement initiatives. Robin earned a MSN in nursing leadership from Loyola University New Orleans and has served the state of Oklahoma as a registered nurse for over 25 years.