Advanced Strategy for Medical Practice Leaders: Financial Management Edition

Kem Tolliver a public speaker, co-host of the RevDive podcast and co-author of Revenue Cycle Management: Don't Get Lost in the Financial Maze. Medical practices managed by Kem have received MGMA Better Performer distinctions in the areas of A/R and collections. 

As president of Medical Revenue Cycle Specialists, LLC, she and her team lead healthcare organizations in practice startup and transformation, revenue cycle improvements, clinical documentation improvement, educational programming, payer contracting, HIT software development, EHR/PM software customization, risk management and telehealth integration. 

With a desire to impact public health, she offers strategies to CINs, ACOs and MCOs on interoperability, clinical workflow redesign and transitional care management. She has bachelor of science degrees in healthcare administration and organization management, with summa cum laude and magna cum laude distinctions, from Washington Adventist University.

Maintaining board certifications from AAPC, MGMA and PMI allows Kem to be an industry thought leader who is called upon to provide strategic guidance on regulatory and operational improvement outcomes. She has served on the Board of Directors at Laurel Regional Hospital, as well as on the Board of Directors of Maryland MGMA as the chair of the Government Affairs Committee and the State of Maryland’s ACMPE Certification Rep. Kem is the President of the PG County Chapter of AAPC.          

Shawntea “Taya” Gordon, CMPE, CMOM, has a BS in healthcare management from Bellevue University, where she graduated summa cum laude. She is a subject matter expert (SME) in healthcare compliance, organizational governance, process optimization and revenue cycle management. She has held senior level executive management positions in private practices, collaborative institutes and national care coordination organizations. Moheiser consults on all areas of healthcare operations including performance improvement, quality improvement, risk reduction and the shift to value-based payment methodologies. She is on MGMA’s Government Affairs Council and recently co-authored Revenue Cycle Management: Don’t Get Lost in the Financial Maze with Kem Tolliver. Moheiser's thoughts on the innovative use of people and IT was included in the HIMSS Voices of Innovation Publication in 2019, coordinated by the Cleveland Clinic. She is also a 2019 Midland’s Business Journal “40 Under 40” Executives & Entrepreneurs Award recipient. Moheiser is the current president-elect for Nebraska HIMSS and currently sits on two workgroups with MGMA that provide feedback to CMS on proposed legislation. In addition, she is a speaker for state and national MGMA meetings, as well as several rural health associations. She has a passion for physician advocacy, engaging in several terms on government affairs and legislative committees lobbying for healthcare improvement.