Ms. Welter, Principal, works in ECG Management Consultants, Inc.’s Healthcare practice. Her experience in reimbursement and strategy gives her the skills necessary to address the issues facing today’s healthcare leaders.

Summary of Expertise:
Ms. Welter has extensive experience in the area of managed care, including strategy development, reimbursement, contract negotiations, and operations. She has assisted several hospitals and medical groups in the financial planning and turnaround of their managed care contracts.

She has also managed multiple engagements to provide strategic and financial planning advice to hospital and medical group senior management. As part of this work, Ms. Welter has developed and analyzed complex market studies involving patient origin analyses, market share assessments, physician supply and demand studies, and medical staff resource planning.

Affiliations
Ms. Welter serves as a board officer and the managed care committee chairperson for the Healthcare Financial Manage-ment Association’s (HFMA’s) Washington Metropolitan Chapter.

Education
She holds a master of healthcare administration degree from Villanova University and a bachelor of arts degree in preprofes-sional studies from the University of Notre Dame.

Speeches and Articles
Ms. Welter has been the featured speaker on managed care and provider reimbursement for a variety of national profes-sional associations, including HFMA and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). She has also been published in several healthcare journals.