Q & A with Mr. Ronald Wensel

Q & A with Mr. Ronald Wensel. Director of Financial Management, Adventist HealthThe Student Health Council is hosting Ron Wensel to answer questions and provide advice from his years of experience in health care contracting.Ron is Director of Financial Management for Adventist Health, a 20-hospital system with hospitals located in California, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii.His Financial Management responsibilities include managing financial turnaround/improvement programs at hospitals, directing the managed care financial decision support function and coordinating corporate activities related to cost accounting and expected reimbursement. Prior to Ron's Adventist Health Corporate position, Ron implemented a hospital executive decision support system at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. This included developing the systems, processes and knowledge to apply proven management accounting techniques to improve the financial and operating performance of the hospital.Ron has a Bachelor and Masters degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He started his career as a management consultant with Ernst & Young, then was a product manager of a healthcare software system and a manager in a large teaching hospital before joining Adventist Health. Throughout his career, his responsibilities and efforts have been focus on working with people to develop effective management processes in areas such as managed care operations, managed care contract negotiations, cost effective clinical practice, operations, labor productivity, cost accounting and budgets.Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 7pm, RGL 308If you would like to attend the event, please send an RSVP to mhashc@usc.edu

Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 308

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum