Maureen M. Lehsten

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Maureen Lehsten has nearly 40 years of experience in public accounting and finance. She specializes in leading strategic and performance initiatives to hospice, palliative care and serious illness providers. She is committed to working with her clients to inform, empower, and enable them to expand their continuum of care and navigate industry change. 

Maureen has an impressive background in healthcare services and operations. She spent 17 years as the Chief Financial Officer of a not-for-profit health care organization in Western New York. There, she was responsible for overseeing finance and operations in the health system, comprised of hospice, home health, foundation, palliative care, physician, education, and research entities. She successfully executed key strategic initiatives to improve growth and profitability, maximize revenue, and expand the continuum of service.  

Maureen has led innovative and transformative initiatives in business intelligence and data analytics, benchmarking, reimbursement, and value-based care models, resulting in operational excellence. In addition, she spent eight years in private practice and 10 years with a Big Four accounting firm, where her leadership focused on financial services, technology and not-for-profit organizations. 

As a nationally recognized thought leader in health care, Maureen plays a pivotal role in developing strong relationships and collaborations with health systems, payers, and physician practices. She focuses on delivering high-value consulting related to strategy, performance improvement and business transformation to post-acute organizations demonstrating quality patient outcomes and cost savings. 

Maureen is a certified public accountant (CPA) in New York. 

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Maureen is an active member in her community, serving as a Board Member for Every Person Influences Children, Inc. since 2016. She is also a past Board Member of Fox Run of Orchard Park, Inc., past Board Member and Treasurer of Gilda’s Club of Western New York, Inc. and a previous Finance Committee Member of Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc. 

Over the course of her decades-long career, she was also an active member of various industry organizations, including the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, the National Association for Homecare & Hospice, the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Center for Advanced Palliative Care, the New York State Hospice and Palliative Care Association and the Health Financial Management Association (HFMA).