Connect with Chartis at HFMA23
Hear from health industry innovators as we focus our attention on cost-effective health. We have five in-person presentations throughout the week, and we hope you’ll stop in and see us. Read on to learn more about our presence here in Nashville, our leaders, and our thought leadership.
Revenue Cycle Consultancy Chi-Matic Joins Chartis
The acquisition brings together Chi-Matic’s industry-leading, Epic-focused revenue cycle technology and services with Chartis’ deep revenue cycle operations and IT expertise. We are proud to join forces with an expanded presence at HFMA this year and look forward to connecting with you in Nashville.
Meet Our Presenters
Improving Access for Elevated Financial Performance, Patient Experience and Growth
Improving access is pivotal to today’s strategic imperatives. New entrants are approaching access and service differently, and ultimately, challenging health systems to think differently. Improving access requires a holistic focus on driving demand and increasing supply. Chartis Director Mike D’Olio will join Director of the Service Center of SouthCoast Health Russ Onofrio for this session.
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Power Talks: Optimizing Revenue Cycle
Chartis' Jacob Ives’ segment will focus on eliminating waste in billing edits through identifying no value-add work in Pre-AR and Follow-Up.
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Advanced Practitioner Providers: Operational and Financial Strategies to Promote New Models of Care
Chartis Principal Sue Fletcher and UVA Medical Center CFO Mike Marquardt will discuss an initiative to reaffirm the expectations and practice models for Advanced Practitioner Providers. UVA created a set of operating standards for APPs who practice in ambulatory and acute care settings, with the new standards setting the foundation for transformative change across UVA.
Spotlight Session: Managing and Improving RCM Reimbursement Contracts
As part of a Spotlight Session on Revenue Integrity, Chartis’ Phil Lund will present a case study in improving your reimbursement contract performance and streamlining your underpayment workflows within your RCM. Walk through the steps to improve contract performance, determine opportunities for underpayment research, and focus the team on the right work.
HFMA’s “Healthcare 2030” Series
Chartis Director Prashant Karamchandani will join industry experts as they analyze the findings of the Healthcare 2030 series and results from a related survey of financial executives. Topics up for discussion include the movement to a wellness approach and the rise of the payvider.
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Meet Our Leaders
Chirag Bhargava
Chirag Bhargava is a Senior Partner in Financial Transformation and co-leads the Revenue Cycle Transformation practice. He has more than 20 years of experience in revenue cycle management, technology implementations including Epic, leading healthcare transformations, and has worked with several revenue cycle leaders across the nation.
James Cervantes
James Cervantes is a Partner at Jarrard Inc., a Chartis company. With his background in strategy, operations, and performance improvement for healthcare providers including academic medical centers and physician groups, James is a richly experienced and trusted advisor within our National & Academic Health Systems Practice.
Mike D'Olio
Mike D'Olio is a Senior Partner in Clinical Transformation and co-leads the Consumer Access practice. Mike has over 30 years of healthcare consulting and hospital management experience with leading health systems and academic medical centers nationwide.
Sue Fletcher, RN
Sue Fletcher, RN, is a Partner in Clinical Transformation and leads the High Performing Medical Group practice. She has over ten years of healthcare management consulting experience advising community and academic health systems on various strategic planning and performance initiatives.
James Green
James Green is a Senior Partner in Financial Transformation. James brings over 25 years of experience helping organizations improve overall revenue cycle performance, enhance the patient financial experience, reduce cost to collect, and evolve revenue cycle strategy.
Prashant Karamchandani
Prashant Karamchandani is a Senior Partner in Financial Transformation and co-leads the Revenue Cycle Transformation practice. He brings more than 19 years of experience in revenue cycle, strategic planning, business intelligence, technology, and healthcare consulting.
Mark Krivopal, MD
Mark Krivopal, MD, is a Senior Partner in Financial Transformation and leads the Financial Performance Improvement practice. He brings 25 years of healthcare experience in academic medical centers, complex IDNs, independent community hospitals, and a healthcare information technology start-up.
Pravith Nambiar
Pravith Nambiar is a Senior Partner at HealthScape Advisors, a Chartis Company with more than 15 years of payer advisory experience. He has led large-scale, enterprise, and multi-year roadmap initiatives and provided expert approaches to complex healthcare problems with a deep focus on key business drivers and stakeholder needs.
Kevin Ormand
Kevin Ormand co-leads the Financial Transformation Line of Business. He brings over 25 years of experience in strategy development, operations management, revenue cycle technology implementation, technology integration with revenue cycle business processes, and enterprise revenue cycle performance improvement.
Kathy Poston
Kathy Poston is a Partner and Vice President of Engagement with the Chartis Center for Health Equity & Belonging. With a career spanning more than 25 years in healthcare, Kathy has extensive experience partnering with executive and senior leaders to advance their health equity and belonging initiatives for transformational change.
Barry Waiter
Barry Waiter is a Senior Partner in Financial Transformation. He has more than 30 years of healthcare consulting experience, leading the delivery of organizational transformation services for integrated health systems, academic medical centers, and community hospitals.
