Category Archives: Members

Welcome New Members!

By | August 2, 2018

The following members recently joined. We welcome you to the Chapter and encourage you to take advantage of the many professional development, networking and information resources available to you at HFMA. Other HFMA members are a terrific resource for your everyday professional challenges. We encourage all members, current and new, to get involved with HFMA committees and social… Read More »

Lifetime Member: Robert Ellertsen, FHFMA

By | July 31, 2018

The MA-RI HFMA Chapter honored five long-term volunteers with Lifetime Membership at the annual awards dinner in May. These five volunteers, Robert Ellertsen, FHFMA, Kathleen Maher, Gerry O’Neill, FHFMA, Thomas Pearson, FHFHMA, and Thomas Zubricki, have devoted countless hours to helping our chapter succeed. This is the second in a series of blog posts spotlighting our newest Lifetime… Read More »

Lifetime Member: Gerry O’Neill, FHFMA

By | July 25, 2018

The MA-RI HFMA Chapter honored five long-term volunteers with Lifetime Membership at the annual awards dinner in May. These five volunteers, Robert Ellertsen, FHFMA, Kathleen Maher, Gerry O’Neill, FHFMA, Thomas Pearson, FHFHMA, and Thomas Zubricki,  have devoted countless hours to helping our chapter succeed. This is the first in a series of blog posts spotlighting our newest Lifetime… Read More »

Congratulations on Your Certification, Lauren Sansbury!

By | July 18, 2018

The chapter would like to congratulate Lauren Sansbury on completing the CHFP certification process. Lauren works for Optum Analytics as part of the Payer Solutions team. We recently connected with Lauren to hear more about her CHFP experience. HFMA: Tell us a little bit about your background – did you come to health care finance from the health… Read More »

Get to Know the Board: Gary Janko

By | July 8, 2018

In part three of an ongoing series highlighting the board members for our Massachusetts-Rhode Island chapter, we are featuring Gary Janko.  Gary is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Senscio Systems, Inc.  At Senscio, his responsibilities include management of service delivery, compliance, program operations, strategic initiatives, and financial oversight.  His career, spanning over 35 years,… Read More »

Celebrating Our Success!

By | June 27, 2018

Congratulations to our chapter! The MA-RI HFMA chapter won four Yerger awards which were presented at the Annual Conference in Las Vegas in week.  The Yerger award is named in honor of Helen M. Yerger and recognizes outstanding chapter performance. Our four awards are for: Innovation: Digital Strategy: Innovating the Chapter Education Platform for the 21st Century awarded… Read More »

Get to Know the Board: Karen Granoff

By | June 26, 2018

In part two of an ongoing series highlighting the board members for our Massachusetts-Rhode Island chapter, we are featuring Karen Granoff. If you missed last week’s highlight of Joanna Kroon, you can read that post here. Karen Granoff is the Senior Director, Managed Care Policy, at the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association. In this role, Karen is responsible… Read More »

The Latest Issue of the HFMA Advisor is Available

By | June 26, 2018

The latest issue of the HFMA Advisor is now available online.  This issue features a summary of the 2018 Revenue Cycle Conference at Gillette Stadium and the Women’s Leadership Conference.  The issue also includes articles on “Taking Advantage of Your Risk” and “Offense Versus Defense.” We hope you enjoy this issue! Remember that past issues of the HFMA Advisor are… Read More »

Get to Know the Board: Joanna Kroon

By | June 20, 2018

As part of an ongoing series, we will be highlighting the board members for our Massachusetts-Rhode Island chapter. Our first member to feature is Joanna Kroon who is just starting her first year on the MA-RI HFMA board. Joanna Kroon is a Managing Director in the Audit and Assurance practice at Deloitte & Touche, LLP.  She has 20… Read More »