Healthy hiring

David Schlaifer is big on knowing what you don't know. To him, a person's weaknesses can't always be fixed, but his or her strengths can always be maximized.

That's a guiding principle for Schlaifer at the health care management firm he founded in 2003, Tampa-based Doctors Administrative Solutions. The business, which assists doctors with the business side of running a practice, has grown to $5 million in revenues in 2014. The last three years the company has grown revenues 40% year-over-year, a trend Schlaifer expects to continue this year.

Five years ago the company had just five employees, and it gradually grew to 10. Last year it jumped from 15 to 30 and Schlaifer says another jump will happen shortly, for it currently has six to eight openings. The company is also moving into a 9,000-square-foot space in the Times Building in downtown Tampa, an office more than double its current space. “With revenue cycle management services, we have no idea what it means in terms of growth, so it could easily double in a year,” says Schlaifer, previously an executive at Hollard Insurance in South Africa.