Speakers

Cynthia Johnson

(former) Senior Director, Referral & Claims Administration

Kaiser Permanente

Becky Peters

Executive Director, Patient Access Services

Banner Health

Ebrahim Barkoudah

System Chief & Regional Chief Medical & Quality Officer

Baystate Health

Frank Shipp

Executive Director

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Frank E. Shipp currently serves as Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Alliance, the clinically integrated network of Johns Hopkins Medicine. The network includes over 3,000 providers, consisting of both employed and independent practices.

Frank transitioned to value-based care after 25 years of hospital-based operations experience in both community and academic health systems. During the past nine years, Frank has held executive positions in a Payor-Provider Organization in NYC and has built a highly successful CIN over a five-year period in Northern New Jersey. Frank speaks regular at national healthcare conferences regarding value-based care strategies and tactics.

Frank completed his MBA at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is a certified Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a trained Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma from Villanova University.

Jill Sell-Kruse

Director, Compliance Risk & Oversight Ethics & Compliance

ScionHealth

Paul LePage

Executive Director, Revenue Cycle Operations

Banner Health

Richelle Marting

Director, Managed Care Contracting

North Kansas City Hospital, Meritas Health Corporation

Willie Brown

VP, Revenue Cycle

Sentara Healthcare

Howard Kung

Senior Director, Revenue Cycle

Mayo Clinic

Brennan John

Director, Revenue Cycle

Intermountain Health

Michelle Myers

Director, Patient Financial Services

Boulder Care

Edward Marx

Chief Executive Officer

Marx Advisory

The youngest child of Holocaust survivors, Ed moved to the United States at age 10. At 16, he served as a medical clinic janitor where he discovered his healthcare calling. Ed took successive positions as combat medic, anesthesia tech, strategic planner and technology manager. He quickly learned how the convergence of clinical, business and digital saved lives. His passion ignited, he jumped feet first into technology and operations in the C-Suite of Cleveland Clinic, NYC Health & Hospitals, Texas Health Resources and University Hospitals.

Intermixed, Ed served the supplier side as well. He was CEO for consulting firm Divurgent, global CDO for Tech Mahindra Health & Life Sciences and CIO of the Advisory Board. Concurrently, he served 15 years as an Army combat engineer officer and combat medic. Today, Ed is focused on his own advisory practice.

Ed does a fair amount of speaking, writing and podcasting. He authored healthcare bestsellers including “Voices of Innovation” and “Healthcare Digital Transformation”. He is currently writing a book for Mayo Clinic on “Patient Experience” and “Voices of Innovation - Payers”. His podcast “DGTL Voices” is “Top 3%” globally. His Blog, CEO Unplugged, surpassed 1M views. Ed recently started a YouTube channel to expand his audience.

Most importantly, Ed is husband to Simran who holds a Doctor of Nursing (DNP). They love to dance and climb mountains. They have 5 grown children and 4 grandchildren. To stay fit, he is captain of TeamUSA Triathlon.

For more career information you can find me:

Twitter https://twitter.com/marxtango

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardmarx/

Website https://www.marxadvisory.com/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@EdwardMarx