Matthew Kane, RHIA, CCS
Matthew Kane, RHIA, CCS, is a Contracting Analyst for HOPCO who turns healthcare data into action and strives to leave every system better than he…
Kathleen Bailey, CPA (Ret), MBA, CPC, CPCP, CPMA, CPC-I, CCS-P
Kathleen has over thirty years of experience in multiple areas of healthcare administration and education including: physician practice management, healthcare regulations and compliance; payer policies,…
Brad de Comarmond
Brad de Comarmond is the founder of Empower and a speaker focused on behavior change, health engagement, and performance. Born in South Africa and raised…
Andrew Tomlinson
In his current role at AHIMA, Andrew advocates on behalf of AHIMA members on issues related to the intersection of technology and healthcare both domestically…
Natasha Timberlake, MSHIM, CPC, COC, CPMA, CHONC, CPC-I, CEMA
Sr. Medical Oncology Compliance EducatorMcKesson Natasha Timberlake is a healthcare professional and educator with more than 16 years of experience in Revenue Cycle Management, with…
Kathy Ware
Kathy Ware was born and raised in this area and graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School. I decided to begin my college career 6 hours…
Claire Riha, RHIT, CCS
Director of EducationDatavant Claire Riha, RHIT, CCS, is the Director of Inpatient Coding Education at Datavant with 15 years of experience in inpatient coding. She…
Jennifer Smithson
Director of Human Capital OperationsHealthcare Resolution Services, Inc. Jennifer Smithson is the Director of Human Capital Operations at HealthCare Resolution Services, Inc., with over 10…
Rajendra “Raj” Sharma, RN, CPC, CPB
Rajendra “Raj” Sharma is a healthcare coding, compliance and health informatics consultant whose 20-plus-year career spans nursing and midwifery, revenue cycle management and health information…
Alejandra Madrigales, MS-MHA, OSD-C
Oncology Quality and Outcomes ManagerUT Southwestern Medical Center [email address] Alejandra Madrigales, MS-MHA, ODS-C, is the Oncology Quality & Outcomes Manager at UT Southwestern Medical…
Karima Lalani, PhD, MBA, FACHE, RHIA
Associate ProfessorUTHealth Houston | McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics [email address] Dr. Karima Lalani is Associate Professor at UTHealth Houston McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics.…
Bethany Montgomery, BS, BSN, RN, CCDS
Clinical Document Integrity SupervisorUT Southwestern Medical Center [email address] Bethany Montgomery serves as a Clinical Documentation Integrity Supervisor, leading a high-performing team of 18 full-time…
Kathryn Welch, MSN, RN, CCM, CCDS
Clinical Document Integrity Manager UT Southwestern Medical Center [email address] Kathryn Welch, MSN, RN, CCM, CCDS brings over 43 years of extensive experience as a…
Kollin Napier, PhD
DirectorMississippi Artificial Intelligence Network (MAIN) Dr. Kollin Napier directs AI strategy across every sector of Mississippi through the Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network (MAIN), the state’s…
Kelly Sutton, MHL, BSN, RN, CCDS, CCS
Director of LearningHivero Kelly Sutton brings over 30 years of healthcare experience, spanning direct patient care in Emergency Medicine, Home Health, and Hospice, to leadership…
David Lindsay, MD, PhD
David Lindsay, MD, PhD is a physician–scientist and entrepreneur at the intersection of AI, clinical research, and medicine. He partners with clinical and operational leaders…
Kathy A. Dean, CPMA, COC, CPC, CPC-P, CCS-P, CRC
Kathy Dean, CPMA, CPC, CPC-P, COC, CCS-P, CRC, Vice President of Outpatient Services and Chargemaster Analyst for EdiPhy Midwest, LLC, is a Certified Professional Coder…
Brandon Bishop
Brandon Bishop is a healthcare technology strategist with more than a decade of experience in healthcare and enterprise technology, Brandon specializes in helping provider organizations…
Monica M. Watson, MSHAL, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CDEO, CIC, CPMA, CRC, CVBA, CPC-M, CRCR
Monica M. Watson, MSHAL, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CDEO, CIC, CPMA, CRC, CVBA, CPC-M, CRCR, is a healthcare coding and health information management leader…
Sonya Braddy, MHSA, RHIA, CCS
Program Director/Professor Dallas College Sonya Braddy has served as Program Director of the Health Information Technology programs at Dallas College since August 2017. With more…
Lydia Danton, MSHIIM, RHIA, CHDA
Lydia Danton, MSHIIM, RHIA, CHDA, is Assistant Dean of Health Science at Tarrant County College, Trinity River East Campus, where she supports allied health programs…
Erika Perry, M.J., RHIA, CHC, CPC, CPB
Erika Perry, M.J., RHIA, CHC, CPC, CPB, is an accomplished healthcare compliance and health information management professional specializing in medical billing integrity, coding compliance, and…
Christine Tomas, MPM, RHIA
Christine Tomas, MPM, RHIA, is a second-generation Health Information professional with more than 25 years of experience in the field. Her career has spanned the…
Stacey Gee
ManagerForvis Mazars stacey.gee@us.forvismazars.com Stacey is a member of the Healthcare Performance Improvement service line at Forvis Mazars and focuses on hospital revenue cycle services. She…
Abigail Golmon-Carbo, RHIA, CRCR
ManagerKodiak Solutions abigail.golmon-carbo@kodiaksolutions.io Abigail is a Manager at Kodiak Solutions with the Clinical Revenue Management team. With nearly 10 years of middle revenue cycle industry…
Caroline Golmon-Hernandez, RHIA, CRCR, CSBI
Managing Consultant Healthcare Performance Improvementforvismazars caroline.golmonhernandez@us.forvismazars.com Caroline is a member of the Healthcare Performance Improvement practice unit. She has more than seven years of experience…
Tom Walsh, CISSP
Founder and Principal Consultanttw-Security tom.walsh@tw-Security.com Tom Walsh is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a nationally recognized speaker and a co-author of four…
Robin Friday, RN, MHA, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, CCDS-O, AHIMA Approved CDI Trainer
Robin Friday is the Director of the Clinical Content Center of Excellence for Microsoft Nuance. She’s been a registered nurse for 38 years and has…
Kayla Black
Identity Manager Harris Data Integrity Solutions [email address] As an Identity Manager at Harris Data Integrity Solutions, Kayla is a patient identity subject matter expert with…
Teresa Bolden, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CHBS
[Title][Employer] [email address] Teresa Bolden is a Certified Professional Coder, Auditor and Biller for professional health care services. She has more than 43 years of…
Elizabeth Hylton
[Title][Employer] [email address] Elizabeth Hylton, CPC-M, CEMC has over 20 years’ experience in the coding and auditing arena. Her career began at a small community…
Tiffany Reeves, DHA, MHL, RHIA, CDIP
Accuity Healthcare [email address] Dr. Tiffany Reeves is a healthcare revenue cycle and health information management leader with more than 20 years of experience spanning…
Erin Weber, B.S., ODS-C
Executive Director of Oncology Services [email address] Erin, BS, ODS-C, is an Executive Director of Oncology Services at Registry Partners, where she leads strategic initiatives…
Mohamad Mukhles Tlass
Mohamad Mukhles Tlass is currently serving as Vice President of Instruction and Student Services at Coleman College for Health Sciences, Houston City College. Before the…
Dr. Lindsay Banks
Dr. Lindsay Banks Serves as the Department Chair of Allied Health at San Jacinto College North Campus, where she oversees five health science programs and…
Danielle Cantrell, MHA, MBA, RHIA, CCS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
Danielle Cantrell is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator in the Health Informatics and Health Information Management Department at Texas State University, where she…
Rizwan Virani
Rizwan Virani is the Senior Director for Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Programs at San Jacinto College, where he also serves as Director of the college’s…
Ryan Burnaugh
Vice President of Government RelationsSC Hospital Association Ryan Burnaugh is the Vice President of Government Relations for the SC Hospital Association and oversees both the…
Petra Smith, RHIA, CRCR
Revenue Integrity Program Manager, Revenue CycleConsultants Petra has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She started as an inpatient coder at a…
Betty Jo Bomentre, MD, PhD
Manager, Clinical Information Systems, Rehab Hospital of thePacific Betty Jo Bomentre is a highly experienced physician and clinical informatics leader, currently serving as the Manager…
Maureen Matthews, B.S.
Regional Vice President, Sales West, SmarterDx Maureen Matthews began their career as a graduate of UC Davis, working for a non-profit health plan developing medical…
Tami McMasters Gomez, MHL, BS-HIM, CCDS, CDIP, CCS-P,AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer
Executive Director for Mid Revenue Cycle, University ofCalifornia Davis Medical Center Executive Director for Mid Revenue Cycle, leveraging over 28 years of experience to enhance…
Beth Zeuhlke
Chief Customer Officer, Moxe Health Beth works closely with our customers to ensure we deliver solutions that support their strategic objectives and drive better healthcare…
Jenny Noymany
Sr Customer Success Manager, Moxe Health Jenny joined Moxe in 2023 and serves as a Customer Success Manager. She is a strategic leader with over…
John Nagamine, BHIS, BBA, RHIA
Director, HIM CMI Services, Corro Healthcare Over 45 years of Health Information Management (HIM) experience in leadership, strategy, and management at various acute care hospitals…
Ricardo Custodio, MD, MPH
Professor of Health Science, at University of Hawai’i at WestOahu “Dr. Ric”, is a family/furbaby-man, farmer, musician, duffer, doctor, and teacher. The motto of his…
Will Yeh
Communication Specialist, Manifest LLC Will Yeh earned his BA in Communication Studies before pursuing a Master’s degree in Theology and currently serves as a Realtor…
Victoria Weinert, RHIT, CDIP, CCS
Director of EducationAscent Education vweinert@hotmail.com Victoria has spent the past 28 years immersed in the world of Health Information Management. From her early days as…
Valentina Petkov, MD, MPH
[Title][Employer] [email address] Valentina Petkov joined SRP as a Health Scientist/Program Officer in March of 2014. She leads a team tasked with evaluation of data…
Sansrita Nepal, MD, MBA, FACP
[Title][Employer] [email address] Dr. Sansrita Nepal is a practicing internal medicine hospitalist. In her role as the Medical Director of CDI and coding, she works…
Cortney Hancock, CySA+, Pentest+, CIPP/US, CISM
Director, Healthcare, Pharma, Life SciencesArcova Cortney.hancock@arcova.com Cortney is a Director at MorganFranklin Cyber, where she helps organizations across healthcare, life sciences, and technology sectors build…
Matt Defrain, CISSP, CBCP, MBCI
Managing Director, Healthcare, Pharma, Life SciencesArcova Matt.Defrain@arcova.com Matt brings 20+ years of experience in risk advisory consulting including operational and enterprise risk management, cybersecurity, operational…
Ryan Hackett, MHA
[Title][Employer] [email address] Ryan Hackett, MHA, is Director of Sales and Product Development with over sixteen years in healthcare operations and IT. A former Implementation…
Chase Connors, RHIA, MBA
[Title][Employer] [email address] Chase Connors, RHIA, MBA, is an Account Executive and Healthcare Consultant with expertise in health information management, EMR optimization, and revenue cycle…
Andre Chappel
[Title][Employer] [email address] Over 15 years of experience guiding multidisciplinary teams performing data-driven analyses and strategic planning to inform policymaking on a wide range of…
Tina Simmons
Researcher Self-Employed [email address] Worked in various aspects of the academic medical field most of working life-exec. admin. asst., medical publishing company, development prospect researcher…
Nancy Shaffer
[Title][Employer] [email address] As a public health scientist and strategic advisor with over 15 years experience, I bring deep expertise in advancing health equity through…
Lori Ganote, MSN, RN, CCDS
[Title][Employer] [email address] Lori is a (CDI) subject matter expert with 10 years of experience in mid-revenue cycle leadership. A master’s-prepared nurse, she specializes in…
Maggie Broadwell, BSN, RN, TCRN, CEN, CPEN
Manager of PIPTSF mbroadwell@ptsf.org Maggie Broadwell, BSN, RN, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, joined the PTSF in June 2024 as the Performance Improvement Specialist. Previously, Maggie was most…
Annalisa Negrea, BSN, RN, CEN
Manager of AccreditationPTSF anegrea@ptsf.org Annalisa Negrea, BSN, RN, CEN, joined the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) in May 2025 as a Manager of Accreditation. Like other…
Sharon Easterling, MHA, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CRC, FAHIMA
CEOUpskillz, LLC [email address] Sharon Easterling, MHA, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CRC, FAHIMA is CEO of Upskillz, LLC and a nationally recognized leader in health information,…
William Cevallos, CPC
Associate ConsultantPinnacle Enterprise Risk Consulting Services wcevallos@askphc.com As an Associate Consultant for the Professional Audit and Consulting team, Will leverages his experience and education in…
Josiah Irvin
AttorneySmith Anderson [email address] Josiah Irvin is an attorney with Smith Anderson’s Regulatory practice, with a focus on advising clients on health care regulatory, enforcement…
Kelly Loya, CPhT, CPC-I, CHC, CRMA, CHIAP
Associate PartnerPinnacle [email address] Kelly is an Associate Partner and joined Pinnacle Enterprise Risk Consulting Services in 2016, bringing 25 years of administrative, operational and…
Gina McNellis
Senior Director Global Registry Services Omega Healthcare Company [email address] [BIO]
Angela Campbell, MSHI, RHIA, FAHIMA
[email address] Angela R. Campbell, MSHI, RHIA, FAHIMA, is an Associate Professor of Health Information Technology at San Juan College with a career spanning three…
Leighann Sevilla, RHIA
[Title][Employer] [email address] Leighann Sevilla currently serves as the Advocacy Chair for the Louisiana Health Information Management Association (LHIMA). She previously held leadership roles as…
Erika Washington, MPH, Epidemiology
[Title][Employer] [email address] Erica Washington is the data analytics manager for the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Office of Public Health (OPH). She joined the…
Christi Fitzgerald, CHCEF, CRCR
With more than two decades of experience in Colorado Federally Qualified Health Centers, Christi’s expertise is focused on positively contributing to the patient experience through…
Marie Laguerre, CPC, CRC, CRCR | RHIA-Eligible
Revenue Cycle Integrity ConsultantIndependent Healthcare Revenue Cycle Professional mlaguerre47@gmail.com Marie L is a healthcare revenue cycle and compliance professional specializing in medical coding, claims investigation,…
Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, Ph.D., MPH
Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, Ph.D., MPH— leader of the Population Studies and Disparities Research (PSDR) Program, scientific director of the Epidemiology Research Core (ERC) at Karmanos, and…
Dr. George Yoo
Dr. George Yoo is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at the Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI) and a Professor in the departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck…
Katie H Anderson
[Title][Employer] [email address] Katie Anderson is a partner with the law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. Katie represents healthcare providers in medical malpractice litigation…
Nancy Lozon, BS, ODS-C
Nancy Lozon, BS, ODS-C is the Associate Director at the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System, Wayne State University. She has been in the registry for…
Darlene Stangel, BA, RHIT, ODS-C
Darlene Stangel BA, RHIT, ODS-C is passionate about learning and sharing what she’s learned with others. It started as a tutor in college and has…
Sasha Powless, BSHSA, ODS-C
Sasha is a dedicated cancer registry professional currently serving as the QA Coordinator and the ETC for MCSP. With experience in the cancer registry field…
Lauren Spadafora, PhD
Dr. Lauren Spadafora has served as epidemiologist for the Cancer Control and Prevention Section at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for five…
Fadi Youkhana
[Title][Employer] [email address] With over a decade of experience in public health, healthcare, and data analytics, I specialize in transforming complex data into actionable insights…
Katie Breen, MPH
[Title][Employer] [email address] Katie Breen, MPH, is Vice President of Strategic Innovation at the Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC), where she leads clinical, data,…
Linda Schwab Messmer, RHIT, CCS
[Title][Employer] [email address] Retired since 2018, Linda was a Colorado HIM coding professional for over 35 years. She was an active CHIMA and NCHIMA volunteer…
Tammy Wilson Sawchuk
[Title][Employer] [email address] I have worked in Health Information Management since 2008, beginning my career at Parker Adventist Hospital, where I gained broad operational experience…
Krista Smith, RHIT, CHDA
[Title][Employer] [email address] I hold an associate degree in Health Information Management and a bachelor’s degreein healthcare administration and informatics. My career began in hospital…
Kristin Shouse, RHIT
As the Data Integrity Manager for CommonSpirit Health-Mountain Region, Kristin Shouse, specializes in Patient Identity and maintaining the integrity of the organization’s EMPI. Kristin holds…
Dr. Angela Hayes
Dr. Angie Hayes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Informatics at the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics. She examines how…