HMG Senior Consultants
Fernando Alicea,
Senior Management Consultant
A dynamic, customer-focused and results-oriented healthcare consultant. He is a seasoned and accomplished MBA-educated professional with vast ERP software proficiency with over 14 years of Financial and Supply Chain systems implementation experience. He is a goal driven team player who places utmost importance on quality services and high customer satisfaction.
Megan Andrew, MCPM
Senior Management Consultant
A highly skilled management professional with extensive experience in healthcare consulting, project management, performance and operational improvement, process redesign, and information technology. She previously served as Director of Physician Services for a community-based hospital and is an effective communicator with strong team-building skills, able to coordinate cross-functional teams to accomplish objectives and meet critical deadlines.
Johanna Burton
Senior Project Manager
A versatile professional skilled in project management and application training, with almost 20 years’ experience in healthcare information technology. She excels in managing multiple projects concurrently with strong detail, problem solving and follow-through capabilities while demonstrating her ability to manage, motivate and build cohesive teams that achieve results. Has recently developed and managed the Project Management Office (PMO) for a community-based hospital.
Nancy Chapman
Practice Director
Ms. Chapman is a healthcare executive with 25+ years’ experience in providing strategic, operations, information technology and management consulting services to healthcare organizations and physician providers. Ms. Chapman currently serves as Practice Leader, ICD-10 Transition and Revenue Cycle Management Services for The Huntzinger Management Group, Inc. (HMG). Primary areas of expertise include leading and facilitating client efforts in strategic, operations and performance improvement initiatives throughout the Revenue Cycle and in the application of technologies to address business challenges. Areas of expertise also include ARRA readiness, ICD-10 planning and readiness, and other initiatives required to meet regulatory, legislative and market drivers.
Darrell Conley
Senior Systems Consultant
A technically sophisticated, management professional offering over 25 years of healthcare experience and success in driving technical innovation and operational excellence. He is a dedicated professional equally comfortable and effective in the technical bullpen or executive suite. Major strengths include strategic and tactical problem solving, critical analysis, and innovative solutions.
Kathi Goovert, MBA
Senior Management Consultant
A healthcare management professional with over 20 years of experience. Her background includes the management of large healthcare IT environments responsible for technology outsourcing delivery at a national healthcare provider organization. She has provided leadership as Chief Information Officer and has facilitated the development and delivery of new business proposals, including business and financial models, and contract negotiations. Has recently managed several large, complex clinical implementations focused on Meaningful Use attainment.
Troy Harris
Senior Management Consultant
Has over 20 years of extensive leadership and project management expertise in the areas of hospital system applications, team leadership, and quality control. He is highly regarded for his dedicated work ethic, delivering a complete product, managing multiple projects and successfully achieving milestones, ensuring projects are completed within cost projections and scope specifications. He has led healthcare clients in the successful transformation of information technology solutions into business value with focus on patient safety, achieving positive financial results and meeting government regulations.
Eileen Herzog
Senior Management Consultant
An accomplished IT professional, offering over 20 years of experience and success in driving technical innovation and operational excellence. She is a dedicated professional whose major strengths include critical analysis, troubleshooting, project management and innovative solutions. Has recently served as Director of Clinical Applications at a community-based hospital.
Stacey Lowe
Practice Director
A business executive with over 20 years experience in the healthcare industry. She has worked for multiple major software vendors and consulting organizations within the healthcare arena. She has extensive experience in healthcare transformation, operations, new business proposals, contract negotiations, project management, strategic planning, process redesign, governance, team building, client support, startup of teams, handling multiple projects, and meeting goals. She recently worked with a large healthcare corporation to help them attain Meaningful Use.
William C. Reed, FCHIME, FHIMSS
Vice President
Has more than 30 years of professional healthcare experience with providers, payers, and pharmaceutical companies in both for-profit and not-for-profit settings. He has operated in healthcare settings ranging from start-up entities to billion dollar, multi-site organizations. His background includes both business and information management strategic and operations experience. Mr. Reed has a strong track record of developing effective teams, identifying and implementing positive solutions for complex situations, directing efficient operations, and has had active involvement with numerous merger and acquisition (“M&A”) initiatives. An author and frequent presenter on many healthcare issues, Mr. Reed is active in many professional associations including having been a director and officer in the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the Healthcare Information Systems Executives Association (HISEA), and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).
Bob Relph
Senior Management Consultant
An experienced and highly capable senior level executive, with more than 20+ years within the healthcare industry. He possesses a proven record of accomplishment as both a trusted client advisor and as an outstanding leader successful in creating and managing client relationships. Throughout his career, he has specialized in assisting healthcare related organizations in using IT as an enabler of operating efficiency and strategic growth through the increased optimization and controlled application of technology.
Nancy Ripari
Senior Management Consultant
Has over 25 years’ experience in Information Technology and over 20 years specifically in healthcare. Her background includes planning, implementation and management of Information Technology solutions in healthcare encompassing organizational planning and restructuring; vendor contract negotiations; efficiencies through process and technology. As a senior executive in multiple outsourcing and consulting organizations, she has critical experience in negotiation and achievement of service metrics, operational excellence and service delivery to support clinical and financial systems in healthcare. Has recently served as Chief Information Officer at several healthcare organizations.
Kathleen Sheehan
Senior Management Consultant
Has over 23 years’ experience in healthcare as a clinical analyst and project manager. An accomplished and uniquely qualified project manager with the ability to manage several projects simultaneously while managing competing demands and changing priorities. Has recently served as Clinical Project Director for a renowned children’s hospital.
Patti Strohla, RN
Senior Management Consultant
25 years of clinical experience blended with six years of experience in Information Technology along with her exceptional communication skills allow for a cross blend that result in stronger IT/client relationships. Her solid system knowledge and dedication to learning, along with her emphasis on helping end users and her “get-it-done” attitude, results in minimal issues during implementations and very positive results for the client.
Rob Tashiro
Practice Director
An astute business executive with proven success in the healthcare industry. He possesses extensive experience with growth and management of healthcare information management consulting firms and software development firms. His management expertise includes skills in user requirements/delivery, application implementation, process/culture redesign, technology, client delivery, sales, process reengineering, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, accounting, support services and human resources. Has recently managed several large complex projects and provided strategic advisory services to several healthcare provider organizations.
Juvy White, RN, MBA
Senior Management Consultant
A senior management professional who possesses a strong ability to work independently, takes initiative, delegate responsibilities and perform multiple tasks and projects at once. She has the ability to see the big picture and utilizes her impressive organizational and planning skills with attention to detail. She has successfully integrated the use of her specialized clinical knowledge, judgment, and critical thinking skills in making decisions with regard to product and project management by allocating the use of resources, relevant standards, and appropriate information provided by the workgroups/teams and objectives of the project.
