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Karen Shadowens - President

Phone: 937-382-9205
email: KaShadowens@cmhregional.com

Karen is the Vice President Finance & CFO for CMH Regional Health System / Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio. Karen joined CMH in March of 2004 as the Financial Services Manager / Controller. Prior to that time she worked at Mercy Health Partners as a Site Finance Director based at Mercy Hospital Clermont. She is a Certified Healthcare Financial Professional who recently applied for FHFMA. She is also a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BSB / Accounting & Finance and an MBA / Finance from Wright State University. Karen has over fifteen years of experience in health care with various providers including Acute Care, Skilled Nursing and Physician Practice / Clinic. She has been a member of HFMA since 1996.
 
 
Gayla Harvey - President-Elect

Phone: 513-585-6306
email: harveygd@healthall.com

Gayla is Corporate Vice President, Financial Services and Payor Relations for the Health Alliance. She is reponsible for accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, reimbursement, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and payor relations/managed care contracting for all Health Alliance hospitals, Alliance Primary Care physicians and affiliated joint ventures.

Gayla is a native of Ashland, KY and has worked in healthcare finance and operations since graduating from Eastern Kentucky University in 1982 with a degree in Accounting. Her work has covered both small and metropolitan-size markets, including Philadephia, PA. Over the course of her career she has worked for both providers and payers including UnitedHealthcare and Humana. She lives in Northern Kentucky with her two teenage sons. Gayla is Preseident-Elect for the 2007-2008 Chapter year.
 
Michele Napier - Secretary

Phone: 513-585-6325
email: harveygd@healthall.com

Michele Tynes Napier is the Vice President of Payor Relations for The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. She oversees and leads all of the managed care relationships and contracting for the hospitals and physician groups within the Health Alliance. A graduate of Florida International University (BBA) and University of Miami (MBA), Michele has worked in the health care industry for over 20 years including hospital and health plan operations. Before coming to Ohio, she was the Senior Vice President of Delivery Systems & Payor Relations for St Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York. In that capacity, she served as President of and led a successful turnaround of US Family Health Plan, a government HMO serving members from Connecticut to Pennsylvania. She has experience in multiple markets in the southeast and northeast regions of the U.S. and Puerto Rico where she oversaw regional networks for Humana and Independence Blue Cross. Her first experience in health care finance and management was physician practice management. Specifically, Michele worked for a practice management organization and was responsible for overseeing the operations, leading the contracting relationships with payors, vendors, and staff, business/real estate development, strategic planning and financial oversight.
Dave McAdams - Treasurer

Phone: 513-559-2700
email: dmcadams@deaconess-cinti.com

Dave is the VP of Finance for Deaconess Hospital. He is the chapter treasurer for the 2008-2009 chapter year.
 
 

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