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10 hospital revenue cycle management experts
These ten revenue cycle leaders have run revenue cycle functions at hospitals and health systems as directors, vice presidents and chief revenue cycle officers. A reader can learn how they organize patient access, coding, billing and collections, and how they approach denial prevention, revenue integrity and business office integration.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alison Virga
LinkedInExperience: Director of Revenue Cycle Management · Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director of Revenue Cycle Management at Johns Hopkins Hospital since September 2024, after serving as Director of Revenue Cycle, St. Joseph Medical Center at University of Maryland Medical System (2020–2024). The profile describes 20+ years in healthcare operations and revenue cycle across hospitals, ASCs and ambulatory networks, with expertise in revenue integrity, denial prevention and process redesign.
Arnette Marbella
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Revenue Cycle · Hartford HealthCare
Vice President, Revenue Cycle at Hartford HealthCare since January 2025, after serving as Executive Director, Revenue Cycle at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (2017–2025), a role the profile describes as encompassing its revenue cycle management. Earlier she was Director Health Information Management and CDM Revenue Cycle at Tufts Medical Center (2002–2017).
Deborah Kirkorsky
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Physician Revenue Cycle and Patient Access · NorthShore University HealthSystem
Former Senior Vice President, Physician Revenue Cycle and Patient Access at NorthShore University HealthSystem (2019–2023), after serving there as Vice President, Business Services from 2006 to 2019. Her NorthShore roles began in 1998 as Administrative Director, followed by Assistant Vice President, Medical Group (2001–2006); the profile describes a senior revenue cycle and patient access executive.
Emily Seitz Pawlak
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Revenue Cycle · TriHealth
Former Vice President, Revenue Cycle at TriHealth (2017–2025), described in the profile as VP of revenue cycle for the system, including hospital and physician billing, with a team of 700+ FTEs responsible for $2B+ in collections annually. Before that she held Mercy Health roles including Divisional Director, Patient Access Services (2008–2013) and Vice President, Revenue Cycle - Southern Markets (2013–2016).
Janet McGuire
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Revenue Cycle · Samaritan Health Services
Former Vice President Revenue Cycle at Samaritan Health Services (2020–2026), which the profile describes as a not-for-profit network of hospitals, clinics and health services in Oregon. Earlier she was System Director of Revenue Cycle at Ascension St. Vincent's (2014–2016), System Vice President Revenue Cycle at PeaceHealth (2017–2019) and Vice President Revenue Cycle Management at Mednax, National Medical Group (2019–2020).
Joann Ferguson, MBA, RN, CRCR
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Clinical Revenue Cycle · Henry Ford Health
Vice President of Clinical Revenue Cycle at Henry Ford Health since 2019; the profile headline lists CDI, utilization management, HIM, coding and Epic consolidation. Before that she was Vice President, Revenue Compliance and Clinical Documentation at Ascension Michigan (2017–2019) and Regional Director, Revenue Cycle Compliance at St. John Providence (2014–2019), and the profile says she started her career at the bedside.
Kim Severance
LinkedInExperience: AVP & Chief Revenue Cycle Officer · Catawba Valley Health System
AVP & Chief Revenue Cycle Officer at Catawba Valley Health System since May 2026, after serving there as Executive Director of Revenue Cycle (2014–2020) and Director Revenue Cycle (2020–2026); the profile describes Catawba Valley Medical Center as a full-service medical center. Earlier she was Director, Revenue Cycle at Glens Falls Hospital (2012–2014).
Patty Devlin
LinkedInExperience: Director, Revenue Cycle · UPMC
Director, Revenue Cycle at UPMC since 2005, where the profile says she is responsible for integrating hospital business offices for newly acquired facilities and oversees self-pay, credit balances, transplant pre-arrival services and international patients. Before that she was Director Patient Financial Services at Magee-Womens Hospital (1999–2005) and Accounts Receivable Supervisor at UPMC (1995–1999).
Shari Johnson, LSSBB,PM
LinkedInExperience: Chief Revenue Cycle Officer · Alameda Health System
Chief Revenue Cycle Officer at Alameda Health System since August 2025, after serving as its Vice President Revenue Cycle from 2022 to 2025. Earlier she was Divisional Director Revenue Cycle at CommonSpirit Health (2020–2022) and Vice President Revenue Cycle at Rideout Health (2015–2018); the profile lists hospital and professional revenue cycle experience across CDI, case management, revenue integrity, managed care, PFS and patient access.
Willie Brown, MBA, MT(ASCP), CHFP, CRCA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Revenue Cycle · Sentara Health
Vice President Revenue Cycle at Sentara Health since September 2022, after serving as VP, Revenue Cycle at Regional Medical Center (2020–2022) and Director Patient Financial Services at Prisma Health (2016–2020). The profile cites skills in Medicare/Medicaid and commercial reimbursement and a corporate compliance background, including PFS Compliance Manager at Palmetto Health (2010–2016).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since a single-hospital revenue cycle director and a system-wide revenue cycle executive work different levers. For clinical documentation, coding or compliance questions, favor people whose notes describe those areas, and for front-end questions, favor those who led patient access.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which denial categories cost you the most revenue, and what front-end or documentation changes reduced them?
- 02How did you organize hospital and professional billing teams, and what would you centralize or keep local?
- 03What did you change in the revenue cycle during an EHR conversion or a hospital acquisition, and what did you learn?
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