Donna Barnard, RHIA, CHFP, MBA

Director, HIM; University of Rochester Medical Center
Presentation: Sharing is Caring:  Winning With Interoperability

Donna Barnard, MBA, RHIA, CHFP is the Director of Health Information Management for the University of Rochester Medical Center and its five affiliate hospitals, in Rochester, NY.  Donna is also Director of Utilization Management at Strong Memorial Hospital.  Her responsibilities include general HIM responsibilities, including coding and EMR integrity, and UM responsibilities, including CDI and medical denials management. 

In the past four years, Donna has lead the Revenue Cycle team at Jones, including establishing a fully serving patient financial counseling program.  Donna has been a HIM professional for over 30 years.  She is active in her local, state, and national professional associations, having held offices at the local and state levels.  She is a long time member of the Advisory Boards for the State University of NY, Alfred HIT program and the Monroe Community College HIT program, supporting both programs as a clinical preceptor to students throughout the past twenty-five years.  Donna enjoys the opportunity to lead the entire revenue cycle process and the ability to secure payment for the care provided in her facilities.  She is a focused professional working with staff and students to assure a qualified workforce providing expert knowledge in all areas of information management and revenue cycle.