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Financial, Legal and Business Profiles

HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL KRAMER, GREEN, ZUCKERMAN,
GREENE & BUCHSBAUM P.A.
Lisa McCusker
Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer Mitchell F. Green
Partner
Lisa McCusker serves as the chief compliance and pri-
vacy officer at Holy Cross Hospital, a member of Trinity Mitchell F. Green is a partner in the law firm of Kramer,
Health, one of the nation’s largest Catholic healthcare Green, Zuckerman, Greene & Buchsbaum P.A. He has
systems. In her role, she is responsible for oversight of been focusing his practice on health law, corporate law,
the hospital's integrity and compliance program, includ- and estate planning and asset protection planning for
ing internal audits, external audits, enterprise risk, medical professionals for more than 25 years. His work in
physician affairs, conflicts of interest, and board-related the area of health law includes analysis of and negotiating
matters. She previously served as the regional vice pres- managed care contracts; formation and structuring of
ident of integrity and compliance at Trinity Health - New physician networks; formation and structuring of group
England and as vice president of corporate practices; health care joint ventures; organization, sale
compliance/privacy officer and revenue cycle manage- and acquisition of medical practices; Medicare reimburse-
ment for the Sisters of Providence Health System, also a member of Trinity Health. ment, fraud and abuse; and Stark self-referral issues. Green is a member of the American
She has more than 30 years of health care industry experience in compliance program Health Lawyers Association and the business law and health law sections of the Florida
operations, privacy, and long-term care compliance including revenue cycle manage- Bar. A certified public accountant, Green earned his Juris Doctor degree and Masters of
ment, health information management, institutional review board matters, internal Law in Taxation degree from the University of Miami.
audits, medical staff affairs, interpreter services, physician practice, academic centers
and regulatory licensure and certification.

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MARTIN HEALTH SYSTEM
• Profiles in Leadership & Administration
Sarah Edens • Healthcare Professionals Associations
Director of Financial Business Services • Education Update • Outsourcing Update
• Revenue Cycle Software Trends
Sarah Edens was drawn to finance and accounting while
still in high school. She went on to receive a a bachelor’s
degree in accounting from Flagler College and a master’s For advertising information
in accounting from the University of North Florida. She is call Charles Felix at 561-368-6950
a registered CPA with the State of Florida. or email charles@southfloridahospitalnews.com
Over the past 15 years, Edens has had a diverse career
with experience in financial planning, margin mainte-
nance, lean process redesign, pricing analytics and statistic
modeling. She joined Martin Health System in 2013 as
manager of payor contracting and successfully negotiated
numerous value- based contracts and delegated credentialing agreements. Last year, she
was promoted to director of financial business services at Martin Health and is responsi-
ble for payor contracting, cost accounting and budgeting.
“I love working in health care,” Edens said. “It’s dynamic and always changing, and at
the end of the day you have the satisfaction of knowing you’re helping people make their
lives better.”

Ramona Thomas
Assistant VP/Associate Legal Counsel

Ramona Thomas joined Martin Health System in
January 2016 as assistant vice president/associate legal
counsel. She provides legal advice and guidance for the
following: corporate compliance; medical staff quality and
peer review; provider, vendor and real estate contracting;
clinical risk management; and patient safety . She also
oversees the organization-wide Enterprise Risk
Management program. Prior to joining Martin Health,
Thomas was legal counsel for Humana.
Thomas graduated from the University of Central
Florida and received her law degree from Florida State University College of Law. While
she focused on environmental law during her studies, Thomas was introduced to hospi-
tal law while working at Broad and Cassel in Tallahassee and Miami from 2009 – 2014.
“I discovered that environmental law and hospital law were similar in having strict reg-
ulatory processes that govern them,” she said. “I enjoy the challenge of working on the
legal and compliance aspects within the health care industry .”

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