Executive Leadership

Jeff Blankinship

Jeffery C. Blankinship, a resident of Dallas, TX, has been in the healthcare industry for 30 years, following his graduation from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Blankinship began his career in Southern California, establishing a network of industrial medical facilities which evolved into one of the first networks of pain management centers throughout the west coast. Upon returning to Dallas, he became involved with the home health care industry, physician practice management, pain management, and the ambulatory surgical business. In 1997, Surgical Notes was created to address the pain points related to digital medical records for the ambulatory surgery center and surgical hospital markets. Surgical Notes is one of the preeminent nationwide providers of transcription, coding, medical records, billing & collections, and electronic health record software solutions and services for the ASC industry.

Mr. Blankinship is also a principal and founder of Surgical Funds, offering a portfolio of lending solutions for healthcare providers and consumers and is also a principal in Surgical Captive, an 831b Captive Insurance Company that offers captive insurance solutions. Mr. Blankinship also founded the Surgery Center Network (SCN) in 2012. SCN was developed to educate self-insured employers, health plan and third-party administrators, and consumers about the role and value that ASCs and surgical hospitals play in the health care delivery system and to bring these groups together to improve the quality of care and reduce the high cost of healthcare throughout the country. Mr. Blankinship has been actively involved in many state ASC associations, both as a member and as a board member, and currently sits on the national ASCA Political Action Committee in Washington D.C. Mr. Blankinship is married and has three boys ages 24, 18 and 16.

Randy Bishop

Randy Bishop is a co-founder and partner of Surgical Captive. Mr. Bishop, another ASC industry leader, is the chief operating officer of Surgical Notes. He has been the executive leader of Surgical Notes for the past eight years and has been instrumental in developing the Surgical Notes’ brand, expanding market share, and leading his team of dedicated professionals.

Surgical Notes is a healthcare IT solutions company dedicated to developing cutting-edge, innovative products and services for the ASC industry. By assimilating Surgical Notes’ transcription, coding, document management, central billing office, billing, and electronic health record products and services, ASCs have access to an enterprise revenue cycle solution geared toward maximizing profitability, physician disbursements, and business office efficiency.

In addition to his extensive healthcare experience, Mr. Bishop is also a partner at VisionCap Investments. VisionCap, a financial services provider, specializes in mezzanine debt and preferred equity investments catering to middle market businesses.

Larry Anders

Larry Anders is a co-founder and partner of Surgical Captive. Mr. Anders is also Chairman and majority owner of Summit Alliance Companies, an independent financial services firm based in Dallas, Texas.

Summit Alliance Companies, a 50-year-old Life Insurance and Annuity brokerage general agency, is a well-known industry leader. As one of the fifth-largest independently owned agencies in the country, Summit Alliance has outstanding relationships with the major life insurance and annuity carriers in the industry. The group also includes Summit Advisor Solutions (SAS), an investment management and research firm, and Benefit Harbor, a technology firm specializing in benefits administration solutions. This structure gives Summit Alliance the financial stability, relationships, and resources of an industry leader with the freedom and spirit of an innovator.

Mr. Anders holds various financial services industry licenses and registrations, including the CLU and is a member of the American Society of CLU, ChFC, AALU, NAIFA, Dallas Association of Life Underwriters and the Dallas Estate Planning Council. He is also a life and qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) and a 16-year consecutive qualifier of the MDRT’s illustrious Top of The Table (TOT).

In addition, Mr. Anders currently serves on the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents and has been both Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Texas Tech University System from 2007-2015.