10 Cedars-Sinai revenue cycle leaders
Lisa Maqueira, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Revenue Cycle Officer at Cedars-Sinai, opens this list of Cedars-Sinai revenue cycle leaders, which also covers payer revenue management, professional billing and revenue cycle compliance. A reader can learn how revenue cycle leaders work at Cedars-Sinai from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Amber Reeff
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Payer Revenue Management · Cedars-Sinai
Amber Reeff has been Vice President, Payer Revenue Management at Cedars-Sinai since November 2023, and the profile headline describes Amber Reeff as a healthcare revenue cycle executive. Amber Reeff was Division Vice President, Revenue Cycle at CommonSpirit Health from 2022 to 2023 and Administrative Director of Patient Access and Patient Financial Services at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health from 1996 to 2022.
Bret Kelsey
LinkedInExperience: Former VP & Chief Revenue Officer · Cedars-Sinai
Bret Kelsey is a former VP & Chief Revenue Officer at Cedars-Sinai, a role held from 2020 to 2022. Bret Kelsey was also VP Revenue Management at Centura Health from 2018 to 2020, Chief Revenue Officer at Stanford Medicine Children's Health from 2010 to 2018 and Executive Director Revenue Cycle Operations at Hoag Health System from 2006 to 2010.
Jennifer Esterbrooks
LinkedInExperience: Director Revenue Cycle · Cedars-Sinai
Jennifer Esterbrooks has been Director Revenue Cycle at Cedars-Sinai since September 2023, a finance and accounting role the listing tags at director level. Jennifer Esterbrooks was Director; Health Information Services at The Wilshire Group from 2013 to 2020 and Director Health Information Management at Essentia Health from 2006 to 2010.
Kathy Nielsen
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Professional Billing and Revenue Cycle Services · Cedars-Sinai
Kathy Nielsen has been Executive Director Professional Billing and Revenue Cycle Services at Cedars-Sinai since February 2004, based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. The profile headline gives the role as Executive Director, Professional Revenue Cycle Services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Kim F. Nielsen
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Revenue Cycle Compliance · Cedars-Sinai
Kim F. Nielsen has been Executive Director, Revenue Cycle Compliance at Cedars-Sinai since July 2019, based in Beverly Hills, California. Kim F. Nielsen was System Director, Revenue Cycle at PeaceHealth from 2017 to 2018 and Director, PHMG Revenue Cycle there from 2016 to 2017.
Lisa Maqueira
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Revenue Cycle Officer · Cedars-Sinai
Lisa Maqueira has been Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Revenue Cycle Officer at Cedars-Sinai since July 2026 and was Vice President and Chief Revenue Cycle Officer there from 2022 to 2026. Lisa Maqueira was also Vice President, Revenue Cycle and Managed Care Operations at Cedars-Sinai from 2016 to 2022 and Executive Director, Professional Billing and Revenue Cycle Services there from 2011 to 2016.
Lisa Ness
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Payer Revenue Management · Cedars-Sinai
Lisa Ness has been Executive Director, Payer Revenue Management at Cedars-Sinai since July 2024, and the profile lists denials management, collections and process improvement among Lisa Ness's areas of expertise. Lisa Ness was Market Director, Patient Financial Services at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health from 2022 to 2024 and Director Revenue Cycle there from 2019 to 2022.
Maria N.
LinkedInExperience: Patient Access Director · Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital
Maria N. has been Patient Access Director at Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital since July 2017, based in Torrance, California. The profile headline lists patient access as the focus of Maria N.'s work, and the Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital role is the only one the listing shows.
Nicole Robinson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President · Cedars-Sinai
Nicole Robinson has been Vice President at Cedars-Sinai since December 2025, and the profile headline reads Vice President Revenue Cycle. Nicole Robinson was Vice President of Revenue Cycle at OSF HealthCare from 2019 to 2025, System Director of Revenue Integrity there from 2018 to 2019 and Regional Revenue Cycle Director at UnityPoint Health from 2013 to 2018.
Patricia Kittell
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Patient Financial Services, Retired · Cedars-Sinai
Patricia Kittell is a former Vice President - Patient Financial Services at Cedars-Sinai, a role held from 2001 to 2020 that the listing marks as retired. The profile headline reads Vice President at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Retired, and the listing places Patricia Kittell in Los Angeles, California.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your revenue cycle role at Cedars-Sinai?
- 02How do you decide which revenue cycle problems to work on first in your own area?
- 03Which changes in your part of the revenue cycle have taken the most of your time over the past year?
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