Hugh Aaron MHA, JD, CPC, CPC-H Senior Vice President, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs/Regulatory Counsel HCPro, Inc. Hugh E. Aaron, is Senior Vice President for Compliance and Regulatory Affairs/Regulatory Counsel for HCPro, Inc. in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Prior to joining HCPro, Hugh practiced health law for approximately 13 years. He was also the founder and president of HRAI Coding Specialists, LLC, a national training firm. Hugh’s work focuses primarily on coding and billing accuracy with a particular emphasis on Medicare billing compliance. Hugh has also held a variety of management positions within the health care industry. Hugh was the original developer of the Certified Coder Boot Camp® – Original Version, the Medicare Boot Camp® – Hospital Version, and the Medicare Boot Camp® – Professional Services Version courses, now offered by HCPro. Hugh is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University (Medical College of Virginia Campus). Hugh holds a Juris Doctor degree (cum laude) from the University of Richmond Law School. He also holds a Master of Health Administration degree from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University.

Cheri Adams RHIA Coding Compliance Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Cheri Adams, RHIA is a Coding Compliance Manager for CHAN Healthcare Auditors (CHAN) and lives in Portland, Oregon. She is a coding, billing, and documentation auditor for Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) facilities in the Pacific Northwest. Cheri has been employed by CHAN since January 2002 and serves as CHAN’s Subject Matter Expert on Evaluation and Management Services (E/M) Coding. She has been conducting hospitalist coding and billing reviews for CHI hospitals for the past four years. Cheri is a Past-President of the Oregon Health Information Management Association. For ten years, Cheri served as a trainer in Medical Terminology and Medical Coding for Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon. Concurrently, as President of MYRIAS Resources, Cheri developed and marketed a nationally recognized E/M coding tool. She also delivered customized coding and reimbursement education to physicians throughout Oregon. In 1999 she designed and launched a website to serve as an online gateway to outpatient reimbursement resources. Her past positions include Assistant Director of Medical Records, College Instructor in Medical Records and Medical Terminology, and DRG Coordinator and Supervisor of Data Collection. Cheri has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington and earned her 5th year certificate in Health Information Administration in 1985 from Seattle University.

Jennifer Agee Pharmacy Billing & Inventory Controls Compliance Supervisor Legacy Health System Jennifer Agee is a Pharmacy Billing and Inventory Control Compliance Supervisor with Legacy Health System in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Agee, a CPA, is accountable for planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining Pharmacy Services billing and inventory programs, policies and procedures for Legacy’s five inpatient hospital pharmacies. As the project manager, Ms. Agee is currently putting into operation a comprehensive medication perpetual inventory system. Ms. Agee began her tenure at Legacy in April 2000 as a Senior Management Auditor. Prior to her experience in healthcare, Ms. Agee was the Director of Finance/Chief Financial Officer for medium-sized West coast law firms. Although Ms. Agee is no longer an internal auditor, her education and training continues to concentrate on internal audit concepts and she maintains her membership with the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Lori Ahlstrand Regional Inspector General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Lori Ahlstrand is the Regional Inspector General for Audit Services with HHS, OIG, Region IX (which includes the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington.) Ms. Ahlstrand has over 20 years of Federal auditing experience, including 18 years with HHS, OIG. As Regional Inspector General since 2001, she directs and coordinates the activities of about 90 staff in performing regional and nationwide audits of HHS programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Ms. Ahlstrand has a BA with a concentration in accounting from University of Washington. She has held Chapter President and Regional Vice President positions with the Association of Government Accountants and just completed a 2-year term as Chair of the Executive Board for the Pacific Northwest Intergovernmental Audit Forum.

Terri Allen CAAT Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Terri has worked with CHAN for nine years serving as Audit and CAAT Manager. Prior to CHAN, Terri spent eighteen years with the largest healthcare system in Arkansas. She received her BS in Accounting from the University of Arkansas.

William Allen MD, FACP, MHSA Senior Healthcare Executive The Advisory Board Company William T. Allen, M.D. is a Senior Healthcare Executive and Clinician with The Advisory Board Company, a firm serving more than 2,500 of America's leading hospitals and health systems. Dr. Allen serves as the Senior Director for Syndicated Research at the Company. In this capacity, he studies and presents findings on frontier clinical, technological, and economic practices; changes under way in health care; and how these impact the clinical, economic and administrative nature of medicine. Dr. Allen focuses on the areas of quality patient care and all issues relative to the medical staff. He also provides insights for Educational Services and the Innovations Center from his practical experience based on over thirty years of clinical practice, medical management and executive leadership. Prior to joining Syndicated Research, Dr. Allen served as a Director and Faculty Member of The Advisory Board’s Physician Leadership Academy. The Academies serve executives, clinicians, and other leaders in multiple levels and functions of health care, helping them to improve their performance through maximizing their leadership abilities as they guide others in the achievement of gold standard patient care and service. As a faculty member for the Academies, Dr. Allen is responsible for developing curriculum, teaching classes, and conducting workshops at leading hospitals in the United States. He is also responsible for ensuring the quality of academy presentations and for coaching and mentoring Academy faculty. Prior to joining The Advisory Board Company, Dr. Allen was the Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan. He was the medical director the Medical Intensive Care Unit at St. Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he was in private practice for over twenty years. Dr. Allen has served as President of the Department of Internal Medicine, Chair of the credentials committee and member of the Medical Executive Committee at SJMHS and has been a member of the Board of Directors. He has served on the clinical faculty of the University of Michigan Medical School and is an adjunct associate professor of Executive Education at the U of M Business School. He and his colleagues at UMBS were awarded a Robert Wood Johnson grant for the study of leadership competencies in healthcare management. Dr. Allen earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at Michigan State University. He was a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center and received an M.H.S.A from the U of M School of Public Health. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonolgy, critical care medicine and sleep medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Gregg Anshus Audit Project Manager Mayo Clinic Gregg joined the Mayo Clinic Internal Audit Services (IAS) in July of 2006 as Project Manager. He holds a Bachelors of Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and Accounting. From 1979 to joining Mayo Clinic, Gregg has served in various financial capacities of private and publicly traded manufacturing and distribution companies. His responsibilities have included increasing shareholder value, mergers and acquisitions both domestic and abroad, SEC reporting, tax administration, cost accounting, transfer pricing, new product launches, treasury management, risk management and identifying key operational and financial metrics to promote organizational change.

Darryl Arbor CPA Director, Corporate Audit Services Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Darryl Arbor is the Director for the Corporate Audit Services Department at Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare in Memphis, TN. Darryl, a business executive with more than 17 years of experience, came to Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare from Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church where he was the Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he worked for Promus Hotel Corporation as Vice President of Internal Audit and has worked in internal audit for over 16 years. He started his career with the public accounting firm, Peat Marwick and Mitchell. Darryl earned a BBA in Accounting at the University of Central Arkansas.

Daniel Bacastow Partner Jones Day Dan has been a bond counsel for over twenty years, representing clients for health care and higher educational institutions throughout the United States. He has vast experience with structuring, negotiating, drafting and implementing fixed fee, variable rate, multimodal auctions and additional bond issue structures. He has been a member of the board of trustees of Huntington International Currency Portfolios for over seven years, and has counseled clients in structuring appropriate investment strategies for tax-exempt bond proceeds. He received his BA from Pomona College, and his JD from Northwestern University.

Keith Barber Shareholder Attorney Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PSC Keith is a shareholder at Hall Render's Indianapolis office. Keith has a Masters Degree in Health Administration from Baylor University with eleven years experience in health administration as a Medical Services Corps Officer in the United States Army. He graduated cum laude from the University of Houston Law School and is licensed to practice law in Indiana and Texas. His practice area is concentrated in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues including countless provider reimbursement and audit appeals and virtually every major Medicare fraud and abuse initiative. He is a regular speaker on Medicare reimbursement, compliance and fraud and abuse issues throughout the Midwest and South. He has assisted numerous healthcare providers in their development of corporate compliance programs.

Don Billingsley Manager Protiviti Richard Williams is a Senior Manager, and Don Billingsley is a Manager, in the Dallas office of Protiviti Inc. Richard and Don are key leaders in Protiviti's Healthcare Internal Audit and Revenue Risk Consulting practices and have worked extensively with a number of providers in assessing and improving their revenue cycle operations and processes. They have also provided numerous training and awareness sessions focusing on the provider revenue cycle and its impact on hospital operations. Richard received his MBA in Accounting and Information Systems and his Bachelors degree in Accounting. Don received his Masters degree in Human Resources and Bachelors degree Communications. Richard and/or Don are active members of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA), Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).

Bret Bissey FACHE, MBA, CMPE Chief Complilance and Privacy Officer Deborah Heart & Lung Center Mr. Bissey is Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, New Jersey. He was responsible for overseeing the institutions’ successful three-year Corporate Integrity Agreement and for the institutions’ compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security regulations. Under Bissey’s direction the compliance activities at Deborah Heart and Lung Center were recognized as “Best Practice” in 1999 by the Health Care Compliance Association. This award recognized Deborah’s progressive compliance initiatives as one of the most effective compliance programs in the country. Mr. Bissey is a Past-President of Region #2 of the Health Care Compliance Association. He also is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), American College of Medical Practice Executives (CMPE), Ethics Officer Association, International Association of Privacy Professionals and the Medical Group Management Association. Bissey has frequently presented nationally on compliance, ethics and corporate responsibility, conflicts of interest, HIPAA, and other issues impacting the healthcare industry. Bissey has over 20 years of management experience including being Vice President of Compliance and Marketing for Cabot Marsh Corporation, Vice President of Marketing for QuadraMed, Administrative Director of Medicine and Cardiology at Lehigh Valley Hospital and numerous independent consulting engagements. Bissey received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Shippensburg University and his master’s degree in business administration majoring in healthcare administration and marketing from Wilkes College. He has been an adjunct faculty member in the graduate healthcare program at the University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois and in the undergraduate business program at Allentown College of St. Francis DeSales, Center Valley, PA.

Steve Bowman Communications Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Steve Bowman has been the Communications Manager for CHAN Healthcare Auditors for almost three years, based in St. Louis. He has been a professional writer and editor for 24 years, the past 11 in healthcare consulting. He began his career as a newspaper reporter, wrote marketing documents for Black & Veatch Engineers-Architects, then wrote/edited for employee benefits consultant Towers Perrin before coming to CHAN.

Alex Branisteanu Manager, Information Security Assurance & Audit Scripps Health Alex is the Manager, Information Security Assurance & Audit Scripps Health in San Diego. She has more than 10 years of experience in information security management, IT audit, and system development lifecycle-project management. Her areas of practice include: security governance, policy development & implementation, enterprise and system-level risk assessment & management, control self-assessment, SOX compliance program development, security education, security assurance reviews and IT audits of end-to-end application and operating systems (UNIX, AS400, etc.), local area networks, electronic commerce, enterprise resource planning systems, security incident and response, disaster recovery/business continuity implementations, data extraction and analysis, control gap analysis, etc. Her involvement with IT related compliance engagements include SOX, HIPAA, CA SB 1386, and Patriot Act of 2000 legislation. Industry lines: healthcare insurance and provider, defense contracting, academic, financial services/banking. Her current leadership focus is on strengthening the information security program in a leading healthcare organization. Alex is the CISM Coordinator Director for the San Diego Chapter of ISACA and leads the HIPAA San Diego Roundtable, a working group comprised of information security professionals associated with leading healthcare providers in the San Diego community. She holds a BS in Mathematics and an MBA from the Max M. Fisher College of Business.

Craig Briggs Audit Director U.S. Government, Dept of Health & Human Services Craig Briggs is an audit director with HHS, OIG. As an audit director, he is responsible for all audit work under Part B (physician services) and Part C (managed care) of the Medicare program. Previous responsibilities as an audit director included all audit work under Part A (hospital services) and Part D (prescription drugs) of the Medicare Program. His primary duties include developing the Part B and Part C program audits portion of the annual OIG work plan, directing audits conducted by auditors assigned to eight regional offices across the country and approving audit reports to senior management. Mr. Briggs has over 22 years of Federal auditing experience with HHS, OIG. Mr. Briggs has briefed staff members from various Congressional committees in both the Senate and House of Representatives on topics involving hospitals, managed care organizations and the OIG Medicare work plan. Mr. Briggs obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland and his Master’s in Public Administration from Bowie State University.

Janice Brotherton Director, IT Audit CHAN Healthcare Auditors Janice Brotherton is a Director, Information Technology (IT) Audit for CHAN, where she is responsible for ensuring the quality of the IT Audit function for a group of CHAN clients. Janice is a Certified Information Systems Auditor and has over 20 years of experience in IT and IT Audit. Prior to joining CHAN, Janice was a Senior Manager, IT Audit, for Marriott International, where she managed and performed IT risk and security assessments and helped establish the company’s SOX compliance approach. Janice’s IT Audit career also includes roles from Manager to Director with Federal Express, USAir, and First Virginia Banks, Inc. In her tenure with First Virginia Banks, Inc., and Marriott International, Janice was responsible for developing and implementing cross-training programs in IT audit concepts for operational and financial auditors.

Gloryanne Bryant RHIA, RHIT, CCS Corporate Director Coding HIM Compliance CHW Ms. Bryant is an RHIA (Registered Health Information Administrator) and a RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician) as well as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) with over 28+ years of experience in the health information management (HIM) profession. Gloryanne currently is the Corporate Director of Coding HIM Compliance for Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), located in San Francisco, California. In this role Gloryanne has responsibility for the coding and documentation compliance of 40 acute care facilities and a variety of other non-hospital based healthcare entities (outpatient settings, SNF and Rehab) in three states. She has the charge of developing, implementing/setting and maintaining systemwide coding policies, and creating an internal coding compliance auditing and monitoring team and process. In August 2005, Gloryanne was appointed to the HHS CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) APC Advisory Panel to work on OPPS policy, coding and reimbursement issues. She was recently (11/06) appointed to the RAND Expert Panel on Severity DRGs. Gloryanne is a sought-after national speaker and author on healthcare compliance, reimbursement, clinical documentation, coding regulations (ICD-9-CM and CPT) and serves as a catalyst for change and improvement in healthcare.

Karyn Buxman RN, MSN, CSP, CPAE   The HumorLab Karyn Buxman is founder of The HumorLab, an organization dedicated to the art and science of humor. Its mission is creating value for corporate clients by translating the latest findings from psychology and neuroscience into practical strategies for influencing human behavior. Karyn conducts original research, authors popular books, and presents her findings in keynotes that exemplify both the art and science of humor.

Denyce Campo C.P.M. Director, Supply Chain Management Legacy Health System Denyce Campo, C.P.M. is Director of Supply Chain Management for Legacy Health System located in Portland, Oregon. She holds lifetime certification as a Certified Purchasing Manager through the Institute of Supply Management. She has extensive experience in purchasing, materials management, supply chain quality management and manufacturing operations. Prior to joining Legacy Health System, she held positions in high technology manufacturing firms in the Portland area. Denyce has in-depth experience in developing supply chain quality programs and re-engineering supply chain organizations for optimum performance. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Eastern Oregon State College. She is a member of AHRMM, American Society for Quality, and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) where she served on the Portland, Oregon Chapter Board of Directors and taught classes on various materials management topics. She has been featured in healthcare and high tech publications on the subject of negotiation, supplier and product quality management. She has been invited to speak on the topic of healthcare supply chain and product quality management for three Group Purchasing Organizations, The American Society of Quality Healthcare division, the International Quality and Productivity Center, and Children’s Hospital and Health System in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a Vietnam era veteran of the United States Air Force.

Karen Kemp Cannan Audit Manager MedStar Health System Karen Kemp Cannan is an Internal Audit Manager with MedStar Health System in the Baltimore Washington region. Since joining MedStar Health in 2004, Ms. Kemp Cannan has been responsible for performing and managing integrated financial and operational audits. Ms. Kemp Cannan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and has a BS in Business Management. Previous positions include Senior Auditor and IT Auditor for Johns Hopkins for 7 years; and various accounting/audit positions within banking and service industries for another 18 years. Past audits and reviews of Materials Management have included 9 hospitals and one warehouse distribution center.

Andrea Clark RHIA, CCS, CPC-H President/Founder Health Revenue Assurance Associates Andrea Clark, founder and president of Health Revenue Assurance Associates, Inc., is a nationally prominent health information management consultant who focuses specifically on Revenue IntegrityTM of outpatient coding and billing systems; charge capture; coding and billing; data transference and outpatient compliance training services. Drawing on her more than twenty-four (24) years of experience, Ms. Clark has provided customized hands-on strategic analysis of a hospital’s Revenue Cycle and compliance focused, in-depth; APC and DRG coding and documentation audits; Customized education/certification programs; and Chargemaster data integrity reviews. Ms. Clark is an active speaker and educator who has presented several hundred seminars for state hospital associations, HIMA and HFMA chapters throughout the country on topics related to outpatient coding and charge capture systems, new outpatient payment methodologies (APCs) and regulatory compliance topics. Ms. Clark’s company is committed to providing the most intuitive Revenue IntegrityTM solutions in the industry and their newly introduced; APC AuditProTM is the leading internal auditing technology for Outpatient claims. Ms. Clark holds a B.S. degree in Health Information Sciences from the University of Wisconsin. She is professionally certified by the American Health Information Management Association as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), and by the American Academy of Professional Coders as a Certified Procedural Coder-Hospital (CPC-H). Ms. Clark’s health information management experience includes managerial positions within leading healthcare systems and senior management consultant positions at Ernst & Young and Ingenix/St. Anthony Consulting Group.

Dan Clayton CPA Director, Knowledge Management CHAN Healthcare Auditors Dan Clayton is Director of Knowledge Management for CHAN Healthcare Auditors responsible for assisting CHAN in improving quality audit through enhancing knowledge resources. Mr. Clayton is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has a BS in Accounting from Brigham Young University. Mr. Clayton’s passion for improving client’s processes through a better risk and operational audit approach has been put to good internal use as he is participating in redesigning audit and risk assessment processes for his employer. Mr. Clayton has had two articles recently published in the AHIA New Perspectives related to Operational Auditing; “Unlocking the Mysteries of Operational Auditing,” and “Closing the Gap: ERM and Internal Control.”

Andrei Costantino Director, Organizational Integrity Trinity Health Andrei has 18 years comprehensive experience specializing in regulatory compliance issues, third party reimbursement, Medicare and Medicaid fraud defense work, and compliance and reimbursement education and training. His experience includes performing over 100 CIA, IRO, Qui-tam, due diligence, and self-disclosure audits dealing with outpatient, inpatient, clinical laboratory, physician, self-administered drugs, observation, home health, DME and cost reporting issues. Andrei has also participated in group discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General, state agencies, CMS, part B carriers and part A intermediaries throughout the country in sessions designed to assure accurate reimbursement and coding of services provided by health care providers.

Jan Coughlin CHC, CPC, MT(ASCP)SI Director Corporate Compliance Program & Privacy Officer Scripps Health Ms. Coughlin began her health care career with Scripps Health in 1977 as a Medical Technologist (licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist). After years as a Medical Technologist and Laboratory Manager at several Scripps facilities, she transitioned to a regulatory role that included developing the Laboratory’s compliance program as the Laboratory Compliance Officer for Scripps Clinic. She began her current role as the Director of the Corporate Compliance Program for Scripps Health in 1998 and was instrumental in designing, developing and implementing a comprehensive Compliance Program for Scripps Health. Ms. Coughlin is responsible for development, implementation, tracking, and documentation of the Corporate Compliance & Privacy Program (Compliance Program) and specific program objectives for all Scripps business units (encompassing over 10,000 employees and 2500 staff physicians). Ms. Coughlin is designated as Scripps Health Privacy Officer and as such is responsible for system-wide coordination of privacy regulations compliance related activities covering the privacy of, and access to, patient health information in compliance with federal and state laws and the organizations information privacy practices. Ms. Coughlin has a B.S from San Diego State University. She is a California licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist, a Certified Professional Coder and is Certified in Health Care Compliance (CHC) by the Health Care Compliance Association. Ms. Coughlin is a member of the Compliance Auditing and Monitoring Focus Group of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA) and is also an active member of the American Academy of Professional Coders, Clinical Laboratory Management Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

John Croy Director, Construction Service Jefferson Wells International John is a Director of Construction Services for Jefferson Wells International. Prior to joining Jefferson Wells International, John held senior level positions for major publicly traded construction and engineering companies including Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Director of Internal Audit. John holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Idaho. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Public Accountant.

Christy Decker CPA, CIA Manager of Internal Audit Services Sharp Healthcare Christy Decker is the Internal Audit Manager at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, CA. Since joining Sharp HealthCare in 2005, Ms. Decker has been responsible for performing and managing operational, financial and compliance audits. Ms. Decker is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and has a BS from San Diego State University in Accounting and Spanish. Past positions include three (3) years public accounting experience with KPMG and three (3) years of other auditing and accounting experience.

Gwynn Douglas CAAT Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Gwynn came to CHAN Healthcare Auditors in January 1998. The first three and a half years with CHAN, Gwynn served as the Audit Manager at St. John’s Regional Medical Center (a Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) facility) in Joplin, MO. Since July 2001, she has spent her time at CHAN working within the Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAAT) Group utilizing ACL. Prior to CHAN, Gwynn spent nine years as the Group Administrator for an Orthopedic Surgery Group practice. She also spent eleven years in the manufacturing industry at two different companies and two and a half years in Public Accounting. Gwynn is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has a Bachelor of Science Degree with majors in both Accounting and Economics & Finance from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO.

Marsha Dupuis Ph. D. Chief Learning Officer CHAN Healthcare Auditors Marsha Dupuis is the Chief Learning Officer for CHAN Healthcare Auditors. Since joining CHAN in June of 2005, Ms. Dupuis has been responsible for creating a world-class leadership development function to ensure that CHAN develops and retains its leadership capabilities. She helps develop a coaching and mentoring culture that supports the competencies that enable CHAN to fulfill its Mission and Vision. Ms. Dupuis earned her Ph.D. in Optimal Performance Psychology. She has a Masters in Organizational Development and an undergraduate degree in Business Administration. Ms. Dupuis (pronounced do-PWEE) has more than 30 years of professional experience as an executive coach, career transition and leadership consultant, high-tech business executive, and university adjunct faculty member.

Day Egusquiza President AR Systems Day Egusquiza brings over 28 years experience in health care reimbursement, business office operations, contracting and compliance implementation. Additionally, her experience includes eight years as a Director of a Physician Medical Management billing service and most recently completed an integrated business office between a hospital and a large physician clinic. She has been an entrepreneur in hospital and physician practice accounts receivable management and a leader in redesigning numerous organizations. Her work includes providing insight and guidance as a compliance, HIPAA and APC educator to department heads as well as Business operations staff. Ms Egusquiza is a nationally recognized speaker on continuous quality improvement (CQI), benchmarking, redesigning, reimbursement systems and implementing an operational focus of compliance - both in hospitals and practices. She has been on the AAHAM National Advisory Council, HFMA National Advisory Council, HFMA Faculty, is a past President of the Idaho HFMA Chapter and recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award. She has been highlighted in JCAHO’s Six Hospitals in Search of Excellence, Zimmerman’s Receivable Report, Health Care Biller, and HFMA’s HFM and Patient Accounts as well as other healthcare publications. She received the Idaho Hospital Association “Distinguished Service Award” for her legislative work and training on new indigent law. HFMA ANI’s attendees voted her in the top 25% of presenters giving her the Distinguished Speaker recognition at each ANI where she has spoken. Her greatest accomplishments are her four wonderful children and her seven fabulous grandchildren. What makes her unique? She has been in the trenches with us!

Daniel Ellis CPA Director of Internal Audit Services KPMG Daniel Ellis is AHIA’s only winner of each of its top three awards and has spoken to more conference attendees than any other presenter. As a director in KPMG’s internal audit practice he assists some of the US’ largest healthcare firms to avoid revenue leakage, reduce costs, promote compliance, and improve processes.

Kim Enriquez Manager, Coding & Regulatory Compliance Sisters of Charity Leavenworth Health System Kim Enriquez is the Manager of Coding and Regulatory Compliance for the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System. Kim’s past positions include Coding Auditor, Billing Manager for a three- physician cardiology practice, Reimbursement Consultant for a Kansas City accounting firm, and Coding Supervisor in an acute care hospital setting. Kim has provided many educational sessions dealing with interventional radiology and has assisted AHIMA in writing a coding reference for Interventional Radiology coding. She holds a BS in Health Information Management from University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, a BS in Biology & Chemistry from Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa, and an AA in Health Information Technology from Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, Missouri.

J Epperson MBA, CIA, CFE Director, Corporate Compliance/Internal Audit MultiCare Health System J Epperson is the Director of Corporate Compliance and Internal Audit at MultiCare Health System in Tacoma Washington. Prior to joining MultiCare, J worked in various internal audit and finance departments within petroleum, high tech, finance and transportation organizations. Since joining MultiCare in 2003, J has been responsible for building and managing an internal audit department within the corporate compliance function. Along with having presented at the Northwest Regional HCCA conference, J is currently Chair of both the MultiCare Anti-Fraud committee and the MultiCare Medical Explorer Post advisory committee. J is a Certified Internal Auditor as well as a Certified Fraud Examiner and in spite of that is still fun to be around.

La Donna Flynn CIA, CPA CCSA Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors La Donna Flynn is a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Public Accountant, and has a Certification in Control Self-Assessment. She is an Audit Manager with CHAN LLC, providing services for Carondelet Health Network in Tucson AZ. Before that, she was the Staff Internal Auditor at a utility cooperative. She is CHAN’s Subject Matter Expert in Taxes.

Amy Gargus Senior Manager HCA Amy Gargus is a Senior Manager with HCA’s Internal Audit Department in Nashville, Tennessee. Ms. Gargus has been performing Construction Audits and special projects for HCA’s Design & Construction department for over 10 years. She was previously a Senior Auditor with HealthTrust and a Legislative Auditor with the State of Tennessee. She is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Bachelors degree in Accounting from Auburn University.

Debbi Gilad J.D. Executive Director University of Pennsylania's School of Medicine Debbi is the Executive Director of the Office of Research Compliance and Integrity, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine since January 2006. Prior to joining the University of Pennsylvania, Debbi was the Research Compliance and Integrity Officer at the University of California - Davis. Before joining the academic and compliance world, Debbi practiced intellectual property law at Sanford T. Colb & Co in Israel and she specialized in international trademark law. Debbi also clerked for a district court judge in Beersheva, Israel and worked for the Chief Legal Advisor for the Ministry of Environment, State of Israel. Debbi is a member of the New York Bar and the Israeli Bar Association. Debbi graduated from Pace University of Law with certification in environmental law. She also holds a B.A. from Brandeis University.

Christopher Gingras Chief Compliance Officer Baystate Health Christopher Gingras is the Chief Compliance Officer for Baystate Health and is responsible for planning, designing, implementing, maintaining and evaluating a system wide compliance program that promotes a corporate culture that fosters ethical business behavior and assures the compliance of Baystate Health with all laws and regulations. Mr. Gingras earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire and his Master’s of Business Administration degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is a Diplomat of the American College of Healthcare Executive and volunteers as a Connecticut Fire Fighter.

Lisa Goren Senior Organizational Development Consultant Legacy Health System Lisa Goren is a Senior Organizational Development Consultant at Legacy Health System in Portland, Oregon—the largest not-for-profit health organization in the state. She helps organization leaders and teams improve processes, manage change, plan strategically, hone their leadership skills and communicate more effectively. Lisa has taught at the University of Portland and Portland State University and she is a member of the Organization Development Network. She has a BA in Advertising from Michigan State University and an MS in Communication Studies from Portland State University.

Lynne Greenberger CIA Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Lynne Greenberger is an Audit Manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors, providing Internal Audit Services for Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is also the HIPAA Subject matter Expert for CHAN. Ms. Greenberger is a Certified Internal Auditor with a BA from Albion College and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. She also holds a paralegal certificate. Ms Greenberger has been in Internal Audit management positions in the Healthcare Industry since 1998. Prior to 1998, she spent 15 years in the Banking Industry.

Rob Grooms Internal Audit Manager The Methodist Hospital System Rob Grooms, CPA, CIA, is a Manager of Internal Audit for the Methodist Hospital System (TMHS), located in the heart of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center, based in Houston, Texas. TMHS includes 4 hospitals, generates $1.4 billion in net revenue, and ranks among the country's top hospitals by U.S. News and World Report and Fortune magazines prestigious "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2007. Mr. Grooms has 10 years audit experience. Prior to joining Methodist in 2005, he served as Senior Manager at KPMG for 8 years in their health care audit practice. Mr. Grooms holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from the Stephen F. Austin State University.

Evelyn Gross CPC, CMSCS, CMM Compliance Auditor Deborah Heart & Lung Center Evelyn Gross, a Compliance Auditor with Deborah Heart & Lung Center in Browns Mills, New Jersey, has over 25 years of medical management and coding experience. As Compliance Auditor, Ms. Gross is responsible for medical record chart audits, compliance plans, CPT-4 and ICD-9 coding education for all physicians and non-physician providers. Ms Gross has a BS in Hospital Healthcare Administration. She is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Multi Specialty Coding Specialist (CMSCS), and Certified Medical Manager (CMM).

John Hall CPA President Hall Consulting, Inc. John Hall is the president of Hall Consulting, Inc. Hall Consulting specializes in skills training programs for internal auditors, management groups, and CPAs. John’s personal specialty is fraud awareness and fraud risk management. He also partners with R.L. Townsend & Associates of Dallas in audits of construction and related contract services. Mr. Hall has over 30 years of experience as a consultant, speaker and business owner and in public accounting, internal auditing, and corporate management positions. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Institute of Internal Auditors. John resides in Vail, Colorado.

Deborah Hall Director, Audit & Assurance Services Memorial Health University Medical Center Deborah Hall is Director, Audit Services for Memorial Health University Medical Center, a two state healthcare organization covering southern Georgia and southern South Carolina. She has over 16 years of experience in internal control, internal audit and consulting with all levels of client management in the areas of financial, operational and compliance risk and control design. She is responsible for directing the internal audit activities, and the development and implementation of risk assessment to include ERM enhancement. Prior to directing the audit function at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Deborah was employed in professional services with several organizations. The combination of her industry and professional services experience has enabled her to assist with the development of internal auditing functions from the “ground-up” and service a variety of clients and industries with unique enterprise risk management strategies, and Sarbanes Oxley compliance efforts. Ms. Hall holds a BSBA degree from the American International College in Springfield Massachusetts, with a major in Finance and minor in Psychology. Her professional experience includes both industry, and professional services within the Financial Services and Healthcare Industry’s. In addition, she is affiliated with several professional associations (IIA, AHIA) since the onset of her auditing career, and holds two not-for-profit Board positions. She has also earned the Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA) designation and the Certified Business Manager (CBM) designation.

Suzann Hall CAAT Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Suzann Hall is a Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques (CAAT) Manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors. Suzann joined CHAN in 2001 as the client based auditor for St. Thomas Health Services in Nashville, TN and joined CHAN’s CAAT team in 2007. Suzann is a CPA and has a Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree from the University of Kentucky and a BBA in Accounting from Eastern Kentucky University. Prior to joining CHAN, Suzann worked for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) as an Internal Auditor. Suzann is a member of Baptist Hospital’s Revenue Cycle Team and a CHAN Revenue Cycle Subject Matter Expert for Charge Capture and Revenue Reconciliation.

Will Helton IT Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Mr. Helton works for Catholic Healthcare Audit Network (CHAN) as an IT Audit Manager on the Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) account. CHW is large healthcare ministry with over 45 hospital and medical facilities mostly in California, Arizona, and Nevada. Mr. Helton has also worked for a diversified group of fortune 100 and 500 companies such as Tosco Corp, McKesson, Motorola, CSK Auto, Inc. and Phelps Dodge Corp. over the last 26 years in Finance, Accounting, IT, and Audit. Mr. Helton’s professional and technical experience ranges from auditing and consulting on a varied of technical computer and network security areas, project planning, application system controls, computer operations, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and IT Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP). Mr. Helton is Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). He is also pursuing a certification as a Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP). He has a Bachelor’s Degree (BS) in Accounting from Arizona State University’s College of Business.

Mike Holper Senior Vice President, Organizational Integrity & Audit Services Trinity Health Michael Holper serves as the Senior Vice President, Organizational Integrity & Audit Services (OIAS) for Trinity Health. Mike Holper provides leadership and direction to the design, implementation and ongoing operation of Trinity Health’s system-wide Organizational Integrity Program. He also provides leadership and direction to the development and operation of Trinity Health's internal audit function. Mr. Holper oversees a staff of approximately 30 professionals with financial, information systems, clinical, coding and operations audit experience. Holper joined Holy Cross Health System (HCHS) in 1994 after approximately 10 years with the health care practice of Ernst & Young LLP in Indianapolis. HCHS merged with Mercy Health System in May 2000 to form Trinity Health. Holper is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and is Certified in Health Care Compliance from the Health Care Compliance Association.

Kenneth Hopkins Director, Internal Audit & Privacy Officer Jefferson Regional Medical Center Kenneth Hopkins has twenty-five years experience in the internal audit profession, twenty-two of those in the healthcare industry with Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hopkins is a Certified Internal Auditor since 1982 and has certifications as a CPA, CISA and CHC. As the Director, Internal Audit, he provides leadership to audit projects in the revenue cycle, medical auditing, corporate compliance, IT auditing and using generalized audit software such as ACL. Ken provided leadership for the Medical Center’s Y2K efforts, corporate compliance program, and the HIPAA privacy and security programs. Mr. Hopkins has Privacy Officer duties as well as internal audit. He is a member of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, the Health Care Compliance Association and the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Matthew Jackson Senior Managers Protiviti Richard and Matt are Senior Managers from Protiviti’s Dallas office. Richard is responsible for Protiviti’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practice in Texas. Richard has eight years professional experience, and Matt has seven years professional experience, providing operational, financial, technology, and regulatory consulting services to the healthcare industry. Both are key leaders in Protiviti’s National Healthcare and Life Sciences practice. Prior to joining Protiviti, Richard and Matt were with a Big Five accounting firm in their Risk Consulting practice.

Diana Jamison Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Diana Jamison is a Manager of Audit Services serving Seton Family of Hospitals located in Austin, Texas. She coordinated CHAN’s 2006 external quality assessment in accordance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. Prior to joining CHAN in May 2005, she conducted internal audits and special projects for Temple-Inland and Clear Channel Communications. She is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and is accredited by the Institute of Internal Auditors to perform quality assessments.

Bryan Johnson IT Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Bryan Johnson has worked in Information Technology for the Gaming industry for 15 years, with 8 years as a Director of IT. Prior to joining CHAN Healthcare Auditors a year ago, Bryan started his audit experience by performing SOX compliance audits. He has a Bachelors degree in Business Management from University of Phoenix.

Darren Jones Senior Manager Protiviti Darren is a Senior Manager in Protiviti’s Risk Consulting Practice and is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Darren has several years of audit and consulting experience within the Healthcare Industry including, healthcare providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers. He has led several engagements to reengineer regulated business practices and has managed financial, operational, technology, and compliance audits. Darren has extensive global audit experience, having executed audits in numerous foreign countries in South America and Europe including, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Darren has also assisted clients in various industries assess enterprise risk and develop risk management programs. He has consulted with his clients to optimize their business processes, including an adequate mitigation of enterprise risk. This has included the definition of Key Performance Indicators and Key Risk Indicators within processes related to financial accounting, regulatory compliance, and information technology service support. Darren has a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a major in Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining Protiviti, he worked an internal audit manager for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical manufacturer and was a consultant with Andersen’s Metro New York Technology Risk Consulting practice.

Kathy Kennedy CAAT Director CHAN Healthcare Auditors Kathy came to CHAN Healthcare Auditors in July 1997. A majority of her time at CHAN has been working within the Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAAT) group and utilizing ACL. Prior to CHAN, Kathy spent five years at the University of Nebraska Medical Center as an Internal Auditor and then Internal Audit Manager. She also spent eight years in the telecommunications industry and four years in the health/life insurance industry. Kathy is a Certified System Information Auditor (CISA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a Certified Managed Accountant (CMA). Kathy has a masters of Professional Accounting (MPA) degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a BA in Accounting from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa.

Harriet Kinney RHIT, CHC Organizational Integrity Manager Trinity Health  

Bob Kinsman CPA, CIA Director of Internal Audit William Beaumont Hospital Bob Kinsman is the Director of Internal Audit at Beaumont Hospitals in Michigan. He has 9 years of internal audit experience with Beaumont and has held several positions within the department. Bob leads a team of 5 operational/financial auditors, 2 charge capture auditors, and 1 audit assistant. He is a CPA, CIA, and has a BS in Accounting. Prior to joining Beaumont, Bob worked in public accounting for 9 years.

Donald Koenig Jr. VP & Asst. General Counsel, Corporate Responsibility & Privacy Catholic Healthcare Partners Donald E. Koenig, JR. is Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Corporate Responsibility and Privacy for Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP) in Cincinnati, Ohio. CHP is Ohio’s largest integrated health care system, with 29 hospitals (plus 2 under construction), 16 long-term care facilities, 50 additional health entities in 5 states and more than 34,000 employed associates. Don oversaw the creation of the Corporate Responsibility Program for CHP and has led that effort since 1998. Don is a lead partner in the consortium that developed internet-based compliance education courses used at over 500 health facilities nationwide. Don is a frequent author and speaker on measuring the effectiveness of compliance programs, Sarbanes-Oxley impacts on tax-exempt health care, conflicts of interest management, ERM, HIPAA and EMTALA. He was a member of the Board of Trustees Audit and Compliance Committee of Catholic Healthcare West in San Francisco from 2002-2007 and Chairs the Board of the Mercy H.O.M.E. Program in Cincinnati. A former Navy Judge Advocate before joining CHP, Don also served as a special assistant U.S. Attorney in Mississippi and Maryland. He graduated from George Washington University with a BA in International Affairs, and received his JD from the George Washington University Law School.

Joyce Lang CPA, CIA Director Legacy Health System Ms. Lang is the Director of Management Audit Services at Legacy Health System in Portland, Oregon. She has 20 years of auditing experience in healthcare, public transit and public accounting. At Legacy, she leads a comprehensive program of operational, compliance, financial and information technology auditing, and the annual certification of financial reporting controls put in place when the audit department completed Legacy’s SOX Section 404 project. Joyce is completing her second year as co-chair of the Healthcare Internal Auditors Annual Conference.

Kathy Langley CIA, CISA CAAT Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Kathy Langley is a Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAAT) Manager, with CHAN Healthcare Auditors. Kathy joined CHAN in 1998 as the client based auditor for Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, FL, and joined CHAN’s CAAT team in 2001. She is primarily responsible for performing audits and specific audit procedures utilizing ACL, and for providing technical support to CHAN associates regarding the use of ACL. Kathy is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and has a BS in Accounting. Kathy has over 18 years experience in the audit industry, and past positions include internal audit positions with the Florida Lottery and Florida Department of Transportation.

Lori Laubach Partner Moss Adams LLP Lori is a Health Care Partner in the Health Care Consulting Group of Moss Adams located in Tacoma, Washington. Lori has over 20 years of dedicated health care consulting and public accounting experience and 100% of her time is spent on health care. She has participated in consulting engagements for the private sector and not-for-profit organizations. These included overall responsibilities as project manager for regulatory compliance monitoring of various health entities, forensic reviews, operational and revenue bench marking projects, revenue cycle assessments, operational reviews and risk assessment of physician groups and integrated systems. Her speaking engagements have included basics of regulatory compliance, audit and monitoring of regulatory compliance, internal controls effectiveness, bench marking and compliance set up and design for internal compliance committees.

Eric Lemen CPA, CIA, CCSA Audit Senior Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Eric Lemen is an Audit Senior Manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors serving Catholic Healthcare Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio. Eric is responsible for the internal audit activities at the System Home Office and Regional financial and accounting activities. He has held positions as an Internal Controls Manager with Sara Lee Foods, Senior Internal Auditor for Standard Register Company, Internal Auditor for Limited Brands, Financial Analyst/Consultant for Dell Computer Corporation, Senior Consultant for Arthur Anderson, LLP, and Lead Auditor/Operational Accountant for Deere & Company. Eric holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Western Illinois University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and has earned the Certification in Control Self-Assessment. Eric is an active member of The Institute of Internal Auditors as a Volunteer Leader and Chapter Office. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

John Logan Audit Manager Miami Children's Hospital John Logan is an Audit Manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors and supports a client in south Florida as part of a two-person audit team. John has been with CHAN for five years and worked in healthcare for 14 years including two years as a certified pharmacy technician while in college, five years as an accountant and financial analyst for a hospital-owned primary care network, and seven years as an internal auditor. John has performed a controlled substances audit at his client within the past year and has a general controls pharmacy audit planned for this year as well as a pharmacy revenue charge capture audit. While John is not a CPA, he has passed the CPA exam in Michigan in 1997 and is currently working on becoming a Certified Internal Auditor.

Tedi Lojewski Coding Compliance Senior Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Tedi Lojewski has been with CHAN Healthcare Auditors for seven years and currently serves as Coding Compliance Senior Manager. She is primarily responsible for assisting Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) facilities and CHAN staff with projects relating to coding, billing, and compliance issues. Tedi has 30 years experience in health care and health information management. Past positions include Coding Manager for a three-hospital system, Director of Medical Records for a regional medical center, Coding Supervisor for a growing healthcare system, Office Manager for a rural health clinic, and various coding positions. She holds a BS in Medical Record Administration from Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS).

Kim Maronski CPA Director, Internal Audit Children's National Medical Center Ms. Maronski’s responsibility is to independently assess and report on internal controls over all entities of CNMC: Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Foundation, Special Purpose Funds, Endowments Funds, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s School Services, Children’s Pediatricians & Associates, and Safekids Worldwide. Previously, Kim was Assistant Vice President for Financial and Systems Auditing at The George Washington University for more than 6 years. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Saint Louis University, her Master in Business Administration from Suffolk University, and her Master of Science in Taxation from Bentley College. Ms. Maronski became a licensed certified public accountant while employed by Ernst & Young and later became a certified information systems auditor. In addition to Kim’s service in healthcare and higher education, she worked many years in various corporate accounting, auditing, and I.T. senior management positions in a variety of industries.

Judy Martin Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Judy Martin is an Audit Manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors. Judy joined CHAN in 200 as the client based auditor for CARITAS Health Services in Louisville, KY and Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, KY. Judy is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing and a Masters of Accountancy degree from the University of Mississippi. Prior to joining CHAN, Judy served as the CFO for Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home of MS, an acute care hospital and nursing home. Other past positions include Medicaid Eligibility Worker and Physician Office Manager. She is currently a member of the Louisville Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Barry Mathis IT Senior Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Barry Mathis is Senior Manager, IT Audit Services for CHAN Healthcare Auditors in Cleveland, Tennessee. Barry is the Data Center Subject Matter Expert for CHAN and has performed numerous Data Center audits on some of the industry’s largest and most complex facilities. Prior to joining CHAN in January 2004, Barry was the Chief Information Officer for Bradley Memorial Hospital in Cleveland, Tennessee. He is a senior level healthcare executive with seventeen years of information technology experience. While at Bradley, he completed the first bedside medication verification and tracking system installed in the SE Tennessee region. He has also served as an Information Technology Department head and a Network Analyst. Barry received presidential recognition during his tour of duty with the United States Marine Corps Computer Telecommunications Activity where he served as programmer and technical liaison for the Marine Corps Research Center. He received the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association Honor Award while stationed at Marine Base Quantico, Virginia. A graduate of Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA, he received his B.S. in Organizational Management. He is a certified COBOL programmer and Data Base Management Specialist.

Debbie Mendel CIA, CPA Audit Director CHAN Healthcare Auditors Debbie Mendel is an Audit Director with CHAN Healthcare Auditors serving Ascension Health and Miami Children’s Hospital. Upon joining CHAN in December of 1994, Ms. Mendel was an audit manager serving Ascension Health and Catholic Health Initiative facilities. Since becoming an Audit Director in January of 2003, Ms. Mendel is responsible for providing direction and vision to Audit teams to enable them to develop and maintain effective client relationships and to execute their duties efficiently. Ms. Mendel has a Masters in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting. She is a CPA, CIA and conditional CHFP. Ms. Mendel has 16 years of accounting and auditing experience in the healthcare and insurance industries.

Robert Michalski VP, Compliance West Penn Allegheny Health System Robert R. Michalski joined the Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation (AHERF) in 1996 as a Director of Patient Financial Services. He was promoted to Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for the West Penn Allegheny Health System in 2000. Prior to joining AHERF, Mr. Michalski was a healthcare consultant for four years with Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, where he was a Senior Consultant. Mr. Michalski is responsible for developing, implementing and enforcing guidelines that promote compliance with the law, ethics and established policies within the health system. The goal of the position is to create an environment that provides education regarding the expected standards of conduct, encourages reporting of potential matters of noncompliance, and detects issues of noncompliance that may not have been reported. The West Penn Allegheny Health System Compliance program led by Mr. Michalski received the 2003 Healthcare Best Compliance Practices award in the category of Integrating Audit and Internal Controls with Ethics and Compliance from the Health Ethics Trust, a division of the Council of Ethical Organizations. Mr. Michalski received a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology and a Master of Health Administration degree from The Ohio State University where he earned Faculty Awards for Distinguished Academic Performance and for Outstanding Performance on the Comprehensive Examination. Mr. Michalski is a member of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA) and a number of other audit and compliance organizations and serves on various related committees.

Brian Mikel Materials Management Director St. Thomas Health Services Brian Mikel, CIA, CISA is the Materials Management Director for St. Thomas Health Services (STHS) in Nashville, Tennessee (a member of Ascension Health). Brian worked for Catholic Healthcare Audit Network (CHAN) prior to joining STHS’ four-hospital system located in Tennessee. Brian also worked as a Senior Manager with HCA’s IT Audit group and traveled extensively across the country performing IT audits within the organization’s 200 hospitals. Brian has worked on two ERP system implementations, the first while at HCA – as an IT auditor, and the second at STHS – as the materials management implementation lead. He holds a BS in Management from Indiana University, Ft. Wayne, IN and an MBA from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

Gregory Moore Shareholder Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PLLC Mr. Moore is a shareholder of Hall Render and a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment and Health Law Practice Groups. He has focused his career solely on representing healthcare providers in the areas of labor and employment law. He routinely handles a wide-range of defense-oriented employment and labor law matters before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, and provides counsel to numerous healthcare providers. Prior to his relocation from the firm’s Indianapolis office, Mr. Moore was named to Indiana’s lists of Super Lawyers for Employment Law and Who’s Who Behind the Scenes in Health Care. He is member of the Bar in Michigan and Indiana, and an accomplished author and frequent speaker. Mr. Moore obtained his B.A. and J.D. from Indiana University.

Glen Mueller Vice President, Chief Audit & Compliance Executive Scripps Health Glen has over 25 years of internal audit, compliance, information systems, and information security management experience with leading research universities/academic medical centers, a large five hospital/integrated healthcare delivery system, and Fortune 100 companies. His current position is VP-Chief Audit & Compliance Executive for Scripps Health in San Diego where he is responsible for Internal Audit, Corporate Compliance Program, Information Security Program, and system-wide policies process administration for this $1.8 billion integrated health care system. Previously Glen held the positions of VP Audit Services at UCSF-Stanford Health Care System, Chief Information Officer for Stanford University; Director of Internal Audit at Stanford University and Medical Center; and Director of Internal Audit at Cornell University and Medical Center. Glen currently serves on the Audit Committee of Catholic Health Initiatives and is a member of the Board of Trustees and Audit Committee of Alliant International University. He co-chaired the Healthcare Compliance Association / Association of Health care Internal Auditor’s Auditing & Monitoring Focus Group for 18 months and served a term as a member of the AHIA Board of Directors. Glen is a frequent speaker and workshop leader at Institute of Internal Audit and AHIA conferences and published two articles this past year in HCCA’s Compliance Today magazine. Glen holds B.S. and MBA degrees from Cornell University.

Scot Murphy CAAT Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Scot Murphy is a Manager, CAAT with CHAN Healthcare Auditors. Scot joined CHAN in 2001 as the client based auditor for Mercy Health Partners, Scranton, PA., and joined CHAN’s CAAT team in 2004. Scot is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and has a Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree from Wilkes University, and a BS in Accounting from College Misericordia. He worked for Wyoming Valley Health Care System for ten years in the following positions: Supervisor of Treasury Operations, Planning Analyst, Manager of Outpatient Services and Director of Patient Access. Just prior to joining CHAN, Scot served as the CFO for New Hope of PA, a behavioral health care provider throughout Pennsylvania. Scot served as adjunct professor in the MHA program for Wilkes University from 1998-2004 and more recently published an article regarding Patient Access in the Summer edition of “New Perspectives”, the journal of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors.

Kelly Nueske RN, CPA, CMA, CIA Director, Risk & Regulatory, Excellian Project Allina Hospitals & Clinics Kelly Nueske, RN, CPA, CMA, CIA is Director of Regulatory and Risk for Allina Hospitals & Clinics Electronic Medical Record & Revenue Cycle System implementation project. Prior to her current role, she was Director of Audit Services and responsible for operational, financial, and government billing compliance reviews under Allina’s Corporate Integrity Agreement. She also worked as a nurse in one of Allina’s hospitals specializing in cardiology, neurology and quality/utilization management. She holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin – River Falls and a Masters of Business Administration – Finance from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sara O'Brien CPA Vice President Audit CHAN Healthcare Auditors Sara O’Brien, Vice President for CHAN Healthcare Auditors, applies her 18 years of auditing and financial reporting experience to supervising audit services to 4 clients. She is responsible for CHAN’s largest clients Ascension Health and Catholic Health Initiatives as well as Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare, and Centura Health. She is based in St. Louis. Ms. O’Brien spent the first nine years of her career as an Auditor and then Audit Senior Manager for Ernst & Young, LLP. For four years she was the Director of Financial Reporting at a large health system in St. Louis, responsible for financial statement close activities, financial support areas, budgeting, and tax reporting. Ms. O’Brien earned a B.S. in accounting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and has been a CPA since 1988. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Mary O'Neill Manager, Organizational Integrity Trinity Health Ms. O’Neil has 16 years experience in Healthcare, starting in the insurance setting and serving in a variety of hospital settings from registration through patient accounting. She served five years as a CDM manager and five more as a compliance manager for Trinity Health, specializing in Medicare reimbursement rules, EMTALA, and Clinical Trials.

Randy Patton Audit Senior Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors  

Karen Percent CPA, CIA Senior Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Karen Percent is a Senior Audit Manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors and is based with Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor and has been with CHAN for 11 years in New York, Massachusetts, and Arizona. Her experience includes operational and financial audits of all healthcare areas. She has worked for KPMG and Ernst & Young, and as a Hospital Accounting Manager for a 265-bed facility.

Jeff Pigott MBA Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Jeff Pigott is an Audit Manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors, providing Internal Audit Services for St. Mary’s Health Partners in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has been with CHAN since April 2005. Mr. Pigott has a BS in Accounting from the University of Detroit and an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy. Prior to joining CHAN, Mr. Pigott worked in the corporate sector in various accounting positions, most recently as a Corporate Controller for 7 years.

Mark Pugh Vice President Strategic Reimbursement, Inc. Mark Pugh is a Vice President of Strategic Reimbursement, Inc. in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Mark joined Strategic Reimbursement in 1981 and is involved in the overall third party reimbursement programs for several hundred clients. He currently oversees Strategic Reimbursement’s Medicare Cost Report compliance services. Prior to joining Strategic Reimbursement, Mark spent four years with Health Care Service Corporation, the Medicare Fiscal Intermediary in Illinois. He holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is an advanced member of HFMA.

Margaret Purcell Executive Director Ernst & Young Margaret directs the Private Business Activity practice for Ernst & Young, assisting clients across the nation in developing a computational process for quantifying their private business use by bond issue. In this capacity she lectures to numerous internal meetings, and many professional organizations. She has a career spanning thirty years in addressing post-issuance compliance requirements, including verification services, arbitrage rebate services and other post-issuance compliance services required by her nationwide clients, including representation of clients with the Internal Revenue Service.

Debbie Radke CPA Director, Johns Hopkins Medicine Operational Audits Johns Hopkins University Debbie Radke is a CPA with over 30 years of financial experience working with the healthcare industry in various roles---public accounting (17 years), financial operations (9 years), internal auditing (6 years). She leads a team of 8 professionals responsible for all internal audit functions of Johns Hopkins Medicine (3 hospitals, professional fee and community physician services, home care, managed care, international services, including a significant focus on research accounting). Debbie has been serving since 2006 on the AHIA Board of Directors and as a member of the Editorial Committee for AHIA’s New Perspectives Journal. She also serves as a member of the Audit Committee of Providence Hospital, Washington, DC since 2005.

Ronald Ridel CISA, MBA Managing Partner RanddGroup LLC Ron Ridel is Managing Partner of RANDD Group, a consulting firm offering advice, assistance and facilitation in internal control, business process improvement, leadership and international culture adaptation. For the past six years, as a consultant to the IIA International, he has lead over 40 Quality Assessments of organizations around the world. He has also taught the Quality Assessment of the Audit Activity to over 30 groups. He was a co-author of the IIA’s Quality Assessment Manual, 4th and 5th Editions. Prior to this, he was the Chief Audit Executive for MATAV, the Hungarian Telephone Company with a staff of 45 auditors. He has held the CAE and internal audit positions as well as CIO and assistant controller at several organizations. Ron has certifications as a Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Quality Analyst. He has been published in the Internal Auditor magazine and EDP Auditors Association newsletter. He has been a speaker at IIA and other international audit conferences, most recently the IIA Technology conference in April, 2007.

David Robbins Partner Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S. David B. Robbins is a shareholder of Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S. in Seattle, Washington, where he specializes in the representation of health care providers, academic institutions, device and drug manufacturers, and in fraud and abuse, false claims, reimbursement, antitrust, complex commercial litigation complex litigation. He also works with clients on internal investigations, audits and self-disclosures related to regulatory compliance.

Steve Roth President Audit Assessment Group Steve Roth is the President of Audit Assessment Group, Inc. located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in external assessments of internal audit activities. He is a certified expert in the auditing profession with over seventeen years of relevant internal and external auditing experience. For eight years, he served as the IA Manager of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, a multi-billion dollar cruise company. He was instrumental in establishing and managing a nationally recognized, cutting-edge IA department. Prior to Royal Caribbean, he worked at Deloitte & Touche, serving some of South Florida’s largest companies. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and is accredited by the Institute of Internal Auditors to perform quality assessments.

Gordon Sato Regional Inspector General US Dept. of Health and Human Services, OIG Gordon L. Sato is the Regional Inspector General for Audit Services with HHS, OIG, Region VI (which includes the states of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.) Mr. Sato has over 32 years of Federal auditing experience, including 30 years with HHS, OIG. As Regional Inspector General since 2000, he directs and coordinates the activities of about 80 staff in performing regional and nationwide audits of HHS programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Mr. Sato has a BBA and a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Sato is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Texas and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Beth Schindler Internal Audit Manager The Methodist Hospital System Beth Schindler, CIA, CPA, CISA is a Manager of Internal Audit for the Methodist Hospital System (TMHS), located in the heart of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center, based in Houston, Texas. TMHS includes 4 hospitals, generates $1.4 billion in net revenue, and ranks among the country's top hospitals by U.S. News and World Report and ranked No. 9 in the Fortune magazines prestigious "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2007. Ms. Schindler is responsible for assisting the Vice President of Internal Audit in completing the annual audit plan, leading multiple engagements, and supervising and performing the work necessary to complete assignments. Ms. Schindler has 17 years audit experience, including 8 years progressive healthcare internal audit experience. Prior to joining TMHS in 2005, she held audit management positions with Bon Secours Venice Hospital and Beall's Department Stores in Florida. Her career also includes Senior Auditor positions at Ernst & Young, and Lockheed Martin. Ms. Schindler holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida. She is a member of The Institute of Internal Auditors and is a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Public Accountant.

Kendall Schnurpel Manager Ernst & Young Kendall has six years of experience working with tax-exempt entities, and works exclusively on projects to assist issuers and conduit borrowers of tax-exempt bonds. His experience includes representing issuers of taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service, including audit assistance related to tax-exempt bond issues. He received is BS in accounting from Indiana State University and his JD from the Indiana University School of Law

Sandra Sessoms RN, CPHQ, CHC Director, System Compliance West Penn Allegheny Health System Sandra L. Sessoms is the Director for System Compliance at the West Penn Allegheny Health System since October 2001 and is responsible for overseeing physician and hospital compliance auditing and training for the System. She also is a consultant with McKenna & Associates and performs mock surveys for hospitals preparing for JCAHO accreditation. Prior to joining the System Compliance department, Ms. Sessoms was the Director of Care, Quality & Regulatory Management, a member of the Senior Management team, the Peer Review Organization Liaison for Medicare, the Hospital Safety Officer, and she coordinated JCAHO and Department of Health Surveys at a community hospital. Ms. Sessoms also held various positions in healthcare consulting and in critical care nursing, nursing management, and case management/quality management in tertiary and community hospitals. Ms. Sessoms completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at LaRoche College and a Masters Degree in Public Management, Health Care Systems at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds national certifications in both healthcare quality (CPHQ) and healthcare compliance (CHC). She is affiliated with the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA), the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and the local Hospital Council of Western PA Compliance Committee.

Don Sheffield CAAT Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Don Sheffield is a Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques (CAAT) Manager, joining CHAN Healthcare Auditors in 1999 and is located in Fort Davis, Texas. Don is currently the coordinator for all hindsight reviews performed by CHAN’s CAAT group. Prior to joining CHAN, Don worked for the State of Texas as a Systems Analyst. Don holds a BBA from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas and a MBA from the University of Texas at the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas. Don is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified System Information Auditor (CISA).

Mary Smalle Audit Project Manager Mayo Clinic Mary joined Mayo Clinic Internal Audit Services (IAS) in 2002 as Project Manager. She has a Masters in Health Care Administration, 11 years of Healthcare experience, is a CPA and a member of the IIA. Prior to working in IAS, she worked six years in the Controller’s office providing management oversight for external reporting, treasury, tax and capital projects for the Arizona locations. Prior to Mayo Clinic, Mary worked for 10 years in publicly traded manufacturers holding senior analyst and Corporate Controller positions and in public accounting where she specialized in commercial real estate development.

Tina Smith Audit Senior Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Tina is an Audit Sr. Manager, joining CHAN Healthcare Auditors in December 2001, and is located at St. Vincent Hospital in Birmingham Alabama. Tina is primarily responsible for performing financial, operational and compliance audits. Tina is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Tennessee Technological University. Tina has over 12 years experience in the audit industry, and past positions include Fiscal and Audit Director for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Tina is also the Subject Matter Expert for Emergency Department operations for CHAN Healthcare Auditors.

Gordon Smith President & CEO Canaudit Inc. Gordon Smith, President and CEO of Canaudit Inc., has over a quarter century of progressive audit experience. He continues to explore new audit and security technology as he develops new auditing procedures and techniques. Specializing in high-tech auditing, Mr. Smith is a recognized expert on auditing complex networks, operating systems, databases, and forensic auditing. He is the original developer of the Canaudit Penetration Testing methodology and continues to be a leading member of the penetration audit team. As a practicing auditor with a strong business sense, Mr. Smith is adept at tying critical audit findings to the key objectives of the organization. He has been the keynote speaker at many national and international conferences. His highly energetic and enthusiastic presentations make audit topics interesting, exciting, and informative. His motivating style and dynamic delivery techniques capture the interest of the audience, open their minds, and inspire them to accept new methodologies and techniques. His innovative audit techniques and ability to translate complicated technology into simple English make Mr. Smith one of the most popular speakers on the audit and computer security lecture circuit. Mr. Smith is a distinguished career auditor with both internal and external audit experience. He founded Canaudit in 1985 to provide professional development and consulting services to the international audit community. Through Canaudit, Mr. Smith has provided training and audit consulting services to many of the larger organizations such as hospitals, banks, utilities, insurance companies, retail, government and manufacturing concerns and has provided extensive services in the medical services industry. Mr. Smith pioneered the integrated audit concept and assisted many of the above organizations in making the transition to the integrated audit concept. His unique ability to explain complex information technology concepts has enabled many internal auditors to succeed in becoming “true” integrated auditors. His structured approach enables integrated auditors to provide increased audit coverage while dramatically reducing the time required to perform integrated application audits. Mr. Smith was the recipient of the 2002 Wasserman Award for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Information Systems Auditing and Control. He is a Certified Management Accountant (Canada) who graduated in 1981. He is also a Certified Government Financial Manager and a member of The Institute of Internal Auditors and The Association of Government Accountants. Mr. Smith is listed in the WHO’S WHO OF LEADING AMERICAN EXECUTIVES and has published 2 books titled Network Auditing: A Control Assessment Approach and Control & Security of E-Commerce, both published by John Wiley and Sons.

Dennis Smyser Senior Internal Auditor Mayo Clinic Mr. Smyser has been a Senior Internal Auditor at Mayo Clinic since February Prior to joining Mayo Mr. Smyser was the Internal Audit Coordinator for Alegent Health, an integrated health system, in Omaha, Nebraska for 7 years and has been an Internal Auditor for over 20 years. Mr. Smyser is a Certified Public Accountant and received his Masters of Science in Management of Information Systems from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and his undergraduate Bachelors degree from Buena Vista University.

Tom Stec CAAT Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Tom Stec is currently a Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAAT) Manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors located in Overland Park, Kansas. He has been with CHAN since February 2003 and prior to assuming his current CAAT role he served as an Audit Manager at a local health ministry. Prior to joining CHAN, Tom worked as an audit manager for another hospital system in Kansas City. Tom's experience includes over 16 years in healthcare, and has encompassed internal auditing, financial analysis, financial statement preparation, budget preparation, and cost reporting. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University and is a Certified Internal Auditor.

Karen Story Internal Auditor MultiCare Health System Karen Story is an Internal Auditor at MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Washington. Since joining MultiCare’s Corporate Compliance/Internal Audit department in 2004, Karen has been responsible for performing financial and operational audits and in 2006 began leading the Sarbanes-Oxley control documentation efforts at MultiCare.

Tom Tharp IT Audit Director CHAN Healthcare Auditors Tom Tharp is Senior Director of Information Technology (IT) Audit for CHAN Healthcare Auditors. Tom is a Certified Information Systems Auditor with more than twenty years experience in IT and IT Audit. Prior to joining CHAN, Tom served a variety of roles (from IT Auditor to IT Audit Director) at Jefferson Wells International, KPMG, and the Texas State Auditor’s Office. Tom has performed and supervised many wireless audits in healthcare and other industries. Tom has spoken on IT Audit and control issues at several national conferences, including: MISTI’s HealthSec 2005 conference, ISACA’s 2006 CACS conference, and IIA’s 2007 Information Technology Conference. Tom also wrote an article on Auditing Wireless Networks that was published in AHIA’s New Perspectives magazine.

Terri Tierney Coding Compliance Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Terri Cason Tierney is Manager of Coding Compliance for CHAN Healthcare Auditors in Pensacola, Florida. Her responsibilities include auditing for clinical and coding compliance and providing assistance to the Ascension Health facilities in addressing clinical compliance issues. Prior to joining CHAN in October 2000, Terri was a nurse auditor in the Internal Audit department of an alliance of hospitals in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has also held the position of supervisor of audit services for a major commercial insurance audit vendor. In addition, she has thirteen years of clinical healthcare experience in nursing. A graduate of St. Francis School of Practical Nursing, she received training in ICD-9 and CPT coding from Cincinnati State Community College and is a certified coder through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).

Sheryl Vacca National Lead for Health Care Internal Audit Deloitte & Touche LLP Sheryl Vacca is the West Coast Practice Leader in the Health Care and Life Science Regulatory Practice. Sheryl has been in health care for 28 years and has a significant amount of experience in health care and life sciences internal audit, compliance, regulatory and dispute areas. She has been involved with the development of compliance and operational controls, Sarbanes Oxley Readiness for non profit organizations, enterprise risk management implementation from a “risk intelligence” viewpoint, Quality Assurance/Improvement, Privacy, and has expertise in providing advice on regulatory compliance issues for health and life science clients focusing on internal control process, billing and coding system issues, financial and compliance due diligence, operational design, and assistance with fraud and abuse investigations. Prior to joining Deloitte, Sheryl was formerly the Corporate Compliance Officer/VP Internal Audit for a large system in Northern California with 38,000 employees and full continuum of patient care services. Ms. Vacca is a Past President of the Health Care Compliance Association and a current Board Member of the Health Care Compliance Association Board. Sheryl is a nationally recognized speaker and has published in the areas of internal audit and regulatory compliance in the health care and life science arena. Ms. Vacca holds a master’s degree in administration. She is also a member of the Editorial Board for Corporate Compliance Officer, published by Opus Communications, Part B Insider, published by St Anthony and the Journal of Health Care Compliance, published by Aspen Publishers.

Catherine Wakefield Administrator, Corporate Compliance and Internal Audit MultiCare Health System Ms. Wakefield is currently working for MultiCare Health System as Administrator of Corporate Compliance and Internal Audit. She has over 24 years of health care finance experience and 7 years clinical experience (dialysis specialty). She was a manager with Arthur Andersen & Co., specializing in health care audits, financial feasibility studies and operations consulting. Her hospital finance background includes positions in Revenue Management, Controller, Chief Financial Officer, Compliance and Internal Audit. As CFO, she had administrative responsibility for Financial Accounting, Patient Financial Services, Information Services, Health Information Management, Materials Management, Contracting, and Registration functions. Ms. Wakefield is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, Washington Society of Certified Public Accounts, Health Care Compliance Association, Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, Institute for Internal Auditors, and HealthCare Financial Management Association. She has been program chair for the Pacific Northwest Regional conference for HCCA for three years and has had numerous speaking engagements.

Debi Weatherford CIA Audit Director CHAN Healthcare Auditors Debi Weatherford is the Audit Director for CHAN Healthcare Auditors serving Saint Joseph’s Health System and St. Mary’s Health Care System in Georgia. She has more than 20 years of experience with leading healthcare organizations. Debi is a CIA and frequent speaker on healthcare topics. She is a member of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA) Membership & Awards Committee, a member of the Healthcare Internal Auditors Conference Education Sub-Committee, a member of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and serves on the Health Care Auditing Strategies Editorial Advisory Board. Debi is also a member of the AHIA/HCCA focus group tasked with addressing compliance auditing and monitoring directives through white papers, articles and educational initiatives.

Richard Williams Senior Manager Protiviti Richard and Matt are Senior Managers from Protiviti’s Dallas office. Richard is responsible for Protiviti’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practice in Texas. Richard has eight years professional experience, and Matt has seven years professional experience, providing operational, financial, technology, and regulatory consulting services to the healthcare industry. Both are key leaders in Protiviti’s National Healthcare and Life Sciences practice. Prior to joining Protiviti, Richard and Matt were with a Big Five accounting firm in their Risk Consulting practice.

Jim Wilson CIA Senior Audit Manager CHAN Healthcare Auditors Jim Wilson is a Senior Audit Manager for CHAN Healthcare Auditors serving Providence Hospital in Washington DC and St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Wilson was a Senior Audit Manager at Johns Hopkins Hospital prior to joining CHAN in February 2003. Mr. Wilson has over 25 years of Healthcare and insurance experience. He is a CIA and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.