Katie was one of ECG's advisers and the primary driver of the development of the Illinois Partnership for Health (IPH), an accountable care entity created to care for the shared Managed Medicaid population across nine separate healthcare systems and 54 counties in Illinois. Katie exhibited extensive diplomacy and great facilitation skills, as well as high levels of professionalism and accountability throughout the application development and submission process. Katie was key in getting the nine unique systems to work collaboratively on this unique endeavor. Her network development experience, in addition to her thorough attention to detail, made her a formidable resource for the challenging role of guiding us through this unprecedented work. Without Katie's involvement in the early stages, IPH may have never come to fruition.Katie is intensely focused on helping define and implement practical managed care strategies to position providers for long-term success. Her deep expertise in provider contracting and reimbursement enables her to identify immediate revenue enhancement opportunities through existing or new managed care arrangements as well as solutions to address payer operational challenges that often reduce expected reimbursement for providers.
—Dennis P. Hesch, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Carle Health System