New Members
Listed below are the chapter's newest members who joined in the specified month:
October 2009Brandon Edwards - President, Revive Public Relations LLC
Gary R. Ruikin - Director Assurance, BDO Seidman LLP
Erin Ward - Hospital Support Analyst, Loma Linda Mercantile
Mark Kawauchi - Director, Deloitte Touche
September 2009
Lubomira Skoropad - CFO, UCLA Neurology
Patricia Mowlavi - Director Accounting and Financial Services, LA Care Health Plan
Anand Tated
Sharon Cisneros, CPA - Director of Finance, Eisenhower Medical Center
Prasanna K. Mohanty - Asst. Administrator, Finance, Kaiser Permanente
Anthony J. Taddey - Managing Director, Lancaster Pollard
Zackery A. Welch - Managing Consultant, Cymetrix
Jeff Powell - VP Provider Solutions, Perot Systems
M. Fareed Farukhi, CPA - Dental Office Sales LLC
Francis Ota
Karen Palmer - Controller, Palo Verde Hospital
Traci Shirachi
Catherine Skelton, RN - VP Patient Care Services/CNO, St. Josheph's Healthcare
Sujeethnath Lingutla
Anya Sage
August 2009
Katherine M. Falco - RN
Analilia Garcia - Financial Analyst, White Memorial Medical Center
John Nulty - SVP Busienss Development, Cymetrix
Richard Kritsch - SVP, Wells Fargo Foothill
Nicolet Araujo - VP Consulting Sales, SOURCECORP/Healthcare
Doug Bacon - Manager Corporate Development, Experian
Richard Rupert - SVP Business Development, The Coding Source
Charles T. Whillhite - President, Cardianl Health
Cathy Wolfe - Director, Toshiba
April M. Contreras - Director Patient Accounting, College Hospital
Chase Spenst - Manager, Decision Support, Adventist Health
Michael San Juan - Consultant, Quality Reimbursement Services
Mustafa Abdelsamad - Sr. Financial Services Supervisor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Sylvia Szewan Ng - Student
John Bledsoe - Sr. Financial Management Analyst, Cedarsp-Sinai Medical Center
Sandra Leiva - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Lois Johnson - Director of Fiscal Servies, Redgecrest Regional Hospital
Ralph G. Helton - Partner, Helton Law Group LLP
Limor Sharabi - Energy & Environment Solutions, Siemens
Jon Giese - Controller, Simi Valley Hospital
July 2009
John Humprey - Sr. Consultant, Kaiser Permanente
Nicholas S. West - Investment Officer, Churchill Mortgage Capital
Cathy Guibal - CFO, Scripps Medical Foundation
Chase McLaughlin - Business Development, Healthcare Payment Specialists Inc.
Mark Loos - Services Executive, Dell
Michael P. White - Managing Member, Pinnacle Healthcare Associates LLC
Chad Holmes - Aministratvie Fellow, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
William A. Luiz - Administrative Intern
Bryan A. Dunn - Business Development, Healthcare Payment Specialists Inc.
Sun Lee
Roger S. Wang - Controller, Monterey Park Hospital
Margaret Ilagan - Manager PFS, St. Jude Medical Center
Lee O. Barron - CEO/CFO, Southern Inyo Healthcare District
Kimberly Dillard-Bethel - Director of Business Services, Bright Health Physicians
Rafael M. Lanto - Decision Support Manager, Memorial Health Services
Henry Contreras - President, Surgical Center Billing Solutions
Garrett Myklak
Kevin Kraiss - Senior Vice President, Hammes Company
Sephen J. Nam - Financial Analyst, Carenex Health Services
June 2009
Robert E. Granados - Finance, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Carissa A. Terry-Bechtloff - Director Managed Care, Tenet Healthcare
Amelia Tingting Yu - Student
Charles V. Brown - Financial Analyst, Methodist Hospital of Southern Calif.
Sarah Ottesen - Manager, GME Solutions
Michelle M. Spaun - Consultant, Computer Sciences Corporation
Diana Lee - Marketing Specialing, I-flow Corporation
Mark Babin - Healthcare Manager Western Region, Relational Technology Solutions
Adrian Brindis - Senior Account Manager, Capital Advance Leasing Inc.
Margaret Kammer - Controller, San Gorgornio Memorial Hospital
Kyung R. Kim - Corporate Controller, CHA Health Systems Inc
Ralph A. Wadsworth III - Managing Partner, Hunter Donaldson LLC
Deborah Burke - Staff Accountant, Desert Valley Hospital
Nancy Leparto - Audit Manager, Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP
May 2009
Linda Du - Sr. Accountant, San Diman Community Hospital
Alisa Demirchyan - Revenue Cycle Analyst, Glendare Memorial Hospital
April 2009
Todd A. Leight - Vice President, MedArtis
Shirley Komoto - Senior Manager, Moss Adams LLP
Joan A. Madden - Group Administrator, Childrens Oncology Group
Scott D. Reitan - Partner, Amplify Consulting
John Wallace - CEO, BMS Reimbursement Management
Sadia Sanders - Quality Review Trainer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Kevin Don - Director, Hoag Memorial Hospital Physbyterian
March 2009
Emeka Prince Nwaneri - Case Manager, North American Medical Management
Tom Jefferis - Accountant, Abraxis Bioscience LLC
Elisa Gamez - Denial Managment Collector, White Memorial Medical Center
Roy L. Thompson - Executive Vice President, PMR Progressive
Christopher Schroeder
Jennifer Nonog - Staff Accountant, St. Francis Medical Center
Cindy Criner - Sales Director, Relay Health
Blanca U. Rojas - Director of Admissions, Hollywood Presbyterian Med Grp
Jaymi L. Cotter - Director Business Development, Computer Credit Inc.
February 2009
Kim Worobec - Hooper, Lundy & Bookman Inc.
Connie Wilson - Sr. Financial Manager, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital
Brice Keyser - Senior Manager, Moss Adams
Paulina Borrero - Health Care Administrator
Ana V. Goff MBA - Director Patient Finance, Chapman Medical Center
Robert Sherman - President, VWA Inc.
Christine G. Napora - Director of Bariatric Billing and Coding Services, BSM Consulting
Jose A. Campos - Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Craig N. Miller - President, CMA
Alazar C. Yinbal - CEO, Avisha Health and Wellness Services
Ron Lee - Manager, Medtronic Minimed
Erin C. Fontenot
Jeffery D. Linn - VP Operations, MedSupport Inc.
Rebecca M. Nick - Director of Sales & Marketing, Account Management Services
Mark Martgen - Principal, Athena Group Consulting, LLC
Crystal Cantu - Account Executive, On Assignment Healthcare Staffing
Catherine Mesnik - Director of Revenue Management, St. Joseph's
January 2009
Rita M. Andersen - Consultant, Andersen Consulting Group
Elisabeth Lippuner - Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Zhenxi Zhang - Student, UCLA
Philip Payne - Associate, Quality Reimbursement Services
Brian R. Fraser - VP Finance, EPIC Management L.P.
Kavita Ratanchandani - Manager, Managed Care & Oper. Improvement, Methodist Hospital
Michele A. Ramirez - Director Strategic Financial Operations, Apria Healthcare
Judy Chatigny - Vice President Patient Access, City of Hope
December 2008
Lindsay Golobay - PFS Supervisor, Hoag Memorial Hospital
Sue Smith - Healthcare Consultant, National Healthcare Review, Inc.
Micharl Chung - Garfield Medical Center
David Hamilton - Director, M-Net Financial
MaryBeth Rasmusson - Director PFS, Bear Valley Community Hospital
Genie L. Liska - Budget Director, UCLA Healthcare
Mary P. Reed - Controller, Casa Colina Inc.
Sara Ruiz - Audit and Training Manager, Pomona Valley Hospital Med Ctr
Patricia J. Canas - Manager Contract Billing, Pomona Valley Hospital Med Ctr
Spencer Olsen - Treasurer, North American Health Care
Eric J. Barber - Student
Lee Suyenaga
November 2008
Anita C. Johnson - Director, Hayes Management Consulting
Janice Gunter - Enterprise Solutions Executive, GHX
Brandy Rosero - Manager, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Linda A. Mounce - Sr. Vice President, Alliance Bank
Casandra Blocker - Audit Manager, St John's Pleasant Valley Hospital
October 2008
Queen E. King - Accounting Manager, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
David M. Carter - VP Finance & Admin, City of Hope National Medical Center
Susan Taylor - General Counsel, College Health Enterprises
Ben G. Harber - Sr. Director Revenue Operations, DaVita Inc.
Tamara R. Austin - Senior Consultant, The Camden Group
Susan T. Smith - CEO, Paramount Healthcare Resources
Howard Kung - Principal Analyst, UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
David Pape
Ed Palomo - Relationship Manager, Wells Fargo
September 2008
Michael Dubin - Attorney, Hooper Lundy & Bookman Inc
Laura A. Drake - CFO, Health Information Partners
Deborah J. Crimmins - VP Strategic Business Operations, Apria Healthcare
Michael Ruggieri - President, New Leaf Staffing, Inc.
Helen Remenyuk - Manager, UCLA Patient Business Services
Paola Rojas Puentes - Sr. Financial Mgt. Analyst,, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Ramon Olivera - Senior Accountant, City of Hope Medical Group
Sandra L. Draper - Director HIM/Coding
Donna Montague
James S. Gin - Senior Accountant, Chino Valley Medical Center
Meixiang Zheng
Brian Swan, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Cygnus Health Care
Benjamin M. Laube - Financial Analyst, Kaiser Permanente
Connie Horstkotte - Financial Advisor, FSC Securities Corporation
Kelvin Matute - Director Critical Care Service, Good Samaritan Hospital
Jaimie J. Ucuzoglu - Consultant, Navigant Consulting
Diana L Davis - Assistant Director PFS, Community Memorial Health System
Melba S. Espiritu - Controller, Chapman Medical Center
Layla Walle - Client Relations, Progressive Management Systems
Kimberly Harris - Director of Revenue Cycle, Marina Del Rey Hospital
August 2008
Scott Gregory - Area Asst. Vice President, Gallagher Benefit Services
Barbara Grant - Director, Sales & Marketing
Nancy P. Figueroa - Regional Manager, Healthcare Resource Group
Donovan Ayers - VP Regulatory Compliance, Clear Vision Information Systems Inc.
Dennis Kikuno - Chargemaster Manager, Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Lailani Payumo - Financial Analyst, Catholic Healthcare West
Karen Dizon-Villegas - Financial Analyst, Catholic Healthcare West
Diane P. Angone - Admitting Manager, Eisenhower Medical Center
Cindy Hirsch - Consultant, CDR Financial
Jason S. Merkel - Sr. Account Executive, Affinity Bank
Maria Alizondo - Director Consulting Services, Caban Resources LLC
Carol M. Jeske - Regional Finance Manager, Telecare Corporation
Marianna Kmbikyan - Admitting Manager, Glendale Memorial Hospital CHW
Erica A. Roach - Supervisor, CHLA
Jeffrey D. Lawrence - Executive Director of Sales & Professional Service, GHX
Lou C. Sico - Finance Manager, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Leigh M. Bohnet - CFO, Readylink Healthcare
Reid Aaron - COO, Doheny Eye Centers
July 2008
Tom Szostak - Manager of Healthcare Economics, Toshiba America Medical Systems
Alan Stearns - Partner, Lockton Companies
Linda Kaplan - Chief Visualizer, Kaplan Communications Group
Aaron Neuharth - Controller, Irvine Medical Center
