Our Founder
Lyndean Brick
Lyndean Lenhoff Brick was the founder of Advis, Inc. Lyndean was a nationally recognized Medicare expert and master of healthcare regulation and compliance. She knew the system, often informing regulators as to the meaning of the law if it was to succeed in today’s modern hospitals. She served as Chair of the Illinois Hospital Licensing Board for over twenty years, only to resign in January of 2024. Crains Chicago Business featured her as one of Chicago’s Notable Women in Healthcare.
In the early 1990s, Brick helped found Murer Consultants, a health care consulting firm then based in Joliet. Brick led strategic and long-term planning and emergency disaster preparation and recovery for health care providers. She also used her legal background to help hospitals and other health care providers with Medicare and Medicaid regulation and reimbursement, compliance, drug pricing and compliance with private standards.
In 2017, Brick took over full ownership of the firm, and some months later she changed the firm’s name to Advis, which is a portmanteau of the words “advice” and “vision,”.
Lyndean was a master strategist who excelled at finding innovative solutions to many complex challenges facing health care, but also because she genuinely cared about them and their mission,” said former state Sen. Arthur “AJ” Wilhelmi, a onetime colleague of Brick’s who now is the president and CEO of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association.
“Lyndean was an excellent adviser, thought leader and executive of a high-performance organization,” said John Orsini, chief financial officer of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. “What stands out was her thoughtfulness, kindness and intelligence but also through the lens of a high-performance organization, which takes balance. She was incredibly well-respected in the industry.”
Lyndean was always polite, professional, and prolific. She was a pleasure to work both with and for; she was universally admired and respected for her consideration and professionalism.
We will continue to build upon the strong foundation laid by Lyndean and are committed to upholding her values that have made this organization successful.