Timothy S. O’Toole

Timothy S. O’Toole, referred by the Florida Chapter and nominated by the Board Development and Nominating Committee is Chief Executive Officer of VITAS Innovative Hospice Care®, the nation’s leading hospice provider, a subsidiary of Chemed Corporation (NYSE: CHE). Tim also serves as an Executive Vice President of Chemed.

Since assuming day-to-day leadership at VITAS, Tim has led the company through an unprecedented period of growth—both in terms of patients under care as well as areas served. Under his direction, VITAS has acquired two respected hospice providers; obtained certificates of need in Washington, DC, and Florida; expanded operations to six new states; launched its first consumer-directed advertising campaigns; developed specialized programs for veterans; implemented an innovative employment recruitment and retention campaign; developed strategic partnerships with national health insurance companies, and a wide variety of healthcare leaders, in an effort to increase opportunities to deliver End-of-Life care to more patients and families.

Named to his current position at VITAS when Chemed acquired the company in February 2004, Tim had served since 1991 as Chemed’s representative on the VITAS Board of Directors. During Tim’s tenure on the VITAS Board, the company expanded significantly through growth of existing hospice programs as well as through strategic acquisitions.

Tim’s healthcare experience also includes eight years as chairman and chief executive officer of Patient Care, Inc., Chemed’s former home health services subsidiary. Under Tim’s leadership, Patient Care grew—through steady expansion and acquisitions—from a respected regional home health company to a $140 million provider with operations in the Northwest, South and Midwest. Tim also served for eight years as a director of Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR), the nation’s leading provider of professional pharmacy and related consulting services for long term care institutions.

Tim was named vice president and treasurer of Chemed in 1989.  In 1992 he was named an executive vice president of Chemed while retaining his title of treasurer. In 1995 Tim gained additional responsibility as chairman and chief executive officer of Patient Care, Inc., which Chemed acquired in 1994 and divested in 2002.

Tim holds a BS degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a JD degree, cum laude, from the Salmon P. Chase Law School of Northern Kentucky University.