Derek McLaren recently joined LBMC, PC's Nashville office, where he serves as lead post-acute healthcare consultant in the healthcare consulting group. McLaren, a licensed nursing home operator and healthcare leader, has more than 25 years of experience with a focus in post-acute care finance and operations, health information technology, post-acute medical groups and post-acute network strategy.

Prior to joining LBMC, McLaren served as founder and president of healthcare consulting company Danshire Healthcare. In that role, McLaren developed and provided implementation strategies for nurse practitioner programs in post-acute care settings and consulted with post-acute care companies in the areas of turnaround management, liability and asset protection, operational improvement and capital restructuring. McLaren also created an innovative medical model for post-acute care centers.