Ascension's Senior Director Of Revenue Cycle And Senior Director Of Performance Excellence To Co-Present At Upcoming National Healthcare CFO Summit

marcus evans is proud to announce Andrew Gwin, Senior Director of Revenue Cycle, Regional Lead and David Maxwell, Senior Director of Performance Excellence at Ascension as co-presenting speakers at the National Healthcare CFO Summit taking place May 19-21, 2019 in Palm Beach, Florida. The marcus evans group has over 30 years experience in the production of premium business events. Our unique summit format is the ideal method for uniting decision makers and solution providers. The world’s foremost strategists, thought leaders and trend setters deliver visionary keynote presentations, real-life case studies and interactive sessions.

In his leadership role, Gwin is responsible for Regional Revenue Cycle in Tennessee, Wisconsin, Baltimore and the District of Columbia markets.

Gwin, was previously the Vice President of Revenue Cycle for Ascension Saint Thomas Health in Nashville, Tenn. where he served in increasingly demanding Revenue Cycle roles for 13 years. His revenue cycle experience totals more than 19 years.

Gwin is a national thought leader in co-developing standard revenue cycle methods and technology drivers for Ascension and R1 RCM. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Memphis and a Master of Business Administration degree from Middle Tennessee State University.

David Maxwell, RN, FACHE has been with Ascension, the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, for over 10 years and currently serves as the Senior Director of Performance Excellence. In his role with Performance Excellence, Maxwell is responsible for implementing, managing, and supporting Ascension national initiatives around operations, strategy, optimization, performance improvement, and analytics.

Prior to his current role, Maxwell served Ascension for 5 years as a Regional Vice President of Operations for St. Vincent Health Indiana. Before coming to Ascension Health in 2009, Maxwell served 4 years in Hospital Executive roles for Health Management Associates, Inc.

Maxwell began his career in 2001 as a RN in the Operative Suite at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, TX. Maxwell, who holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Masters in Healthcare Administration degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, has been a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives for 12 years.

At the upcoming National Healthcare CFO Summit, Gwin and his colleague David Maxwell, will be presenting a session entitled ‘Denials: Improving Your Playbook’. In the presentation, they will discuss how Clinical Denials continue to be a leading opportunity to improve net revenue for most acute hospital organizations, and how Ascension is taking a collaborative approach by developing a comprehensive Playbook that invites each hospital to take an interdisciplinary approach to improving denials.

The session will address:

• Discuss how to develop a national best practice playbook
• Review key components of a successful clinical denial mitigation program
• How to implement a national best practice amongst 150+ hospitals
• Tracking and monitoring results

For more information on the National Healthcare CFO Summit visit: http://events.marcusevans-events.com/nationalhealthcarecfo197