WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions (AHS), one of the nation’s top providers of medical billing, practice management, and coding services for specialty physicians, hospitals, and surgery centers, announced today that the company has hired two industry veterans to join the AHS executive team. John A. (Jay) Roberts has been appointed Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Michael Youmans has joined as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Roberts will lead all financial and administrative functions for AHS, while Youmans will drive new business engagements for large specialty physician practices, hospital faculty practice plans, and surgery centers across the U.S.
“We’re delighted to have Jay and Mike join our management team,” says David Langsam, President and CEO of AHS. “They bring tremendous experience in healthcare IT and services, which is essential in today’s increasingly complex healthcare environment. In addition to today’s economic uncertainty, we see the government and insurers putting increased financial pressures on our clients and increasing the complexity around reimbursement. Mike and Jay bring great value by further enabling our clients to navigate these challenges and reduce the pressure caused by new billing and coding requirements. I am confident their experiences will greatly benefit our clients and our company as we continue to grow in the coming years.”
Prior to joining AHS, Roberts served as the Chief Financial Officer for InfoLogix, Inc., where he was instrumental in securing institutional capital and building the infrastructure to support a high-growth healthcare products and services enterprise. Prior to this, he held CFO roles for other publicly-traded companies including Clarient, Inc., a cancer-focused diagnostic services company, and Daou Systems, a broad-based healthcare IT consulting organization.
“AHS has experienced significant growth over the past few years,” says Roberts. “Recently ranked on the Inc. 5000 with a nearly 300 percent growth rate over three years, the company is poised for continued success. I look forward to working with David and the rest of the team to continue expanding the AHS footprint across the United States.”
A dynamic leader, Youmans has more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience working with a variety of physician groups, hospitals, and clinics. Previously, Youmans served as Vice President of Sales at Concerro. He has also served in a variety of senior executive sales and operational roles for McKesson Corporation, where he was responsible for information technology products and services.
Youmans adds, “As pressures on reimbursement intensify in the coming months and years, physicians will be looking for added counsel and support, and that is what AHS is poised to provide. Part of my responsibilities will be to drive new business engagements in practices and centers, each of which will benefit from increasing their cash collections and speed of cash flow, as well as reducing related expenses. I welcome the opportunity to work with the team at AHS to support current and future customers and help them prepare for the challenges of a new healthcare environment.”
Roberts began working at AHS on Aug. 1 and Youmans on Sept. 1.
About AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions (AHS)
AHS is a leading provider of physician billing and practice management services and software to hospital-based physician groups, large office-based physician practices, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC’s) throughout the United States. AHS’ state-of-the-art technology efficiently collects patient demographic and clinical information and speeds the reimbursement of third-party claims and patient payments, enabling physicians and providers to maximize revenue and decrease their billing and practice management costs, frequently in dramatic ways. The AHS commitment to clients is “More money, faster. Practice financial data, available anytime, anywhere. Regulatory compliance, built-in. And, Client First service.” AHS is an IBM Business Partner for physician billing solutions. www.ahsrcm.com.