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Kathryn Ruggieri

Principal and Lead, Healthcare Advisory Services

Get to Know Me

Kathryn is Principal at Withum with more than 25 years of Revenue Cycle experience working within hospital provider organizations and consulting teams.

She provides strategic consulting aimed at revenue optimization and process improvement for Healthcare systems, Hospitals, Physician Practices and Post-Acute Providers. Kathryn has extensive experience in Client Relations, Service Line Management, Revenue Cycle, Denials Management and Compliance and Audit Plan Development.

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Learn more about my professional experience and how I spend my time outside the firm.

Education:

  • Bachelors Degree, Health Service Administration from Quinnipiac University

Professional Affiliations:

  • 10-year certification as a Certified Patient Account Manager (CPAM)
  • Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
  • Member, American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM)
  • Member, American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)

Authored Insights

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Revenue Cycle Considerations Under COVID-19 Crisis

Share Revenue Cycle leaders are accustomed to frequent industry changes whether they are regulatory, operational or technology related, and are constantly tweaking workflows to adapt to these changes and increase efficiencies. The COVID-19 crisis has presented us with opportunities to re-tweak existing processes and evaluate regulatory changes that will impact our financial operations and results….

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Strengthening the FQHC Revenue Cycle

Areas of opportunity health centers can focus on to improve the overall financial outcomes of the center. Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are safety net providers who offer services typically given in an outpatient clinic. FQHCs are unique, operating under a different model and mission, providing high quality care to the nation’s economically disadvantaged and…

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Is Your Hospital Ready to Comply With the New CMS Price Transparency Requirements?

On August 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an inpatient final rule that included requirements for hospitals to make public via the internet, a list of their standard charges. The policies in the inpatient final rule advance CMS’ priority of achieving greater price transparency. Under the current law, hospitals were…