Join us for a dynamic panel discussion featuring leading healthcare experts, Asbel Montes, Zach Gaumer, and Andrew Mulcahy as they examine the current and future state of EMS data and its transformative potential in healthcare decision-making. Moderated by Katie Arens, Chair, and Angie McLain-Johnson, Co-Chair of the AAA Data Task Force, this event will provide participants with insights into the committee’s past and future initiatives, including the Ground Ambulance Patient Billing Advisory Committee and Ground Ambulance Cost Data Collection. Panelists will partake in an insightful conversation exploring the essential role that data plays in shaping critical EMS reimbursement policies and development now and in the future.
Session sponsored by Health Management Associates
Speakers:
Vice President of Customer Access
Life EMS Ambulance
Katie Arens serves as the Vice President of Customer Access at Life EMS Ambulance in Grand Rapids, MI where she oversees the Billing Department, Mobile Health Solutions, and Control Center/Dispatch operations. Katie has over fifteen years’ experience in healthcare revenue cycle management. Her experience and expertise encompasses billing and coding, system compliance and performance, and RCM process innovation and execution. She received her Bachelors of Science in Healthcare Administration from...
VP of Revenue Integrity
Pafford Medical Services
Angela McLain-Johnson, MA, CHC, RHIA serves as the CRO/CCO at Pafford Medical Services. Angie’s more than 25 years of experience in healthcare financial services has focused on the strategic development and management of revenue cycle operations to include; comprehensive patient account management, revenue performance improvement and implementation of monitoring controls and strategies. In addition, Angela also has extensive experience in all elements of healthcare compliance and accreditation in both the hospital and EMS...
Managing Partner
Solutions Group Services
Asbel Montes is a national leader in revenue cycle management, healthcare reimbursement, and EMS payment policy. As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Solutions Group Services, he helps healthcare organizations uncover hidden revenue and remove operational friction through AI-powered audit, automation, and discovery technologies. With decades of experience in the EMS and healthcare finance sectors, Asbel is recognized for his expertise in navigating regulatory environments, improving financial sustainability, and...
Managing Principal
Health Management Associates
Zach Gaumer is an accomplished policy analyst and project manager with nearly 20 years of health policy experience. He possesses a deep understanding of Medicare, healthcare payment systems, federal and state policymaking, healthcare datasets, research methods and policy reform efforts. Zach is a skilled researcher with a passion for answering complicated payment policy questions. Prior to joining HMA, Zach was a principal policy analyst at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)....
Senior Health Economist
RAND
Andrew Mulcahy is a senior health economist at RAND whose research focuses on prescription drugs, payment for health care services, and health policy evaluation, drawing on large-scale Medicare and other data sources. His work spans topics like Medicare payment systems, insurance benefit design, and analyses of the U.S. blood system and ground ambulance industry, with a broader emphasis on value in health care and incentives for innovation.