Chairman
BETTER HEALTHCARE FOR
PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS
PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS
EA Health was founded in San Diego in 1992 to address the challenges faced by hospital emergency departments in maintaining participation in specialty call panels. After two decades of providing our innovative call compensation solutions nationwide, EA expanded to offer revenue cycle management services to emergency medicine providers, multi-specialty medical groups, private practice physicians, and telemedicine providers. Our offerings now include a comprehensive array of provider compensation and reimbursement solutions complemented by our advanced health information technology.
At EA Health, we believe everyone should have access to high-quality healthcare. Expanding that access starts with fair and timely compensation of high-quality providers. When providers are paid fairly, they’re empowered to care for more patients. At EA Health, we’re improving healthcare by empowering providers.
A world where every healthcare provider is fairly compensated for the lifesaving care they provide.
To optimize the reimbursement of healthcare providers through integrated solutions, expert insight, and advanced technology.
EA Health’s leadership team is united by passion and purpose. Each member shares our vision of a world where healthcare providers are fairly compensated for the lifesaving care they provide.
Chairman
Bill Sanger
Chairman
William A. Sanger is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive. He is the cofounder and managing partner of BIDON Companies, a diversified Healthcare Enterprise, Co-Owner and Chairman of EA Health Solutions, managing partner of Sanger Holdings, a portfolio company with assets in several industries including Healthcare, Entertainment, Automotive, Technology, For-Profit Education and Luxury Real Estate. He is also the proprietor of the Sanger Family of Wines and the Sanger Olive Oil Company. Most recently he was the Chairman of Envision Healthcare, a Fortune 500 company which sold in 2018 to a PE firm for over $10b (a 50x increase in value over a 17 year period that he served as CEO). He has served as Chairman and CEO of many successful companies and has taken four of those companies public. Presently he serves on the Board of Directors of Carestream Health, Healogics, SCA Pharmaceuticals, and agilon Health. He is an advisory to several Private Equity firms. He also is a member of the Paul Newman Advisory Board for the “SeriousFun Network.” Mr. Sanger has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Founder
Arthur L. Gruen, MD
Founder
As Founder of EA Health, Dr. Arthur L. Gruen is committed to providing coordinated ED staffing and call coverage solutions to hospitals, providers, and their patients. Dr. Gruen now serves as a Board Member of EA-Synergy. Dr. Gruen also currently serves as the Executive Medical Director of Emergency Services at Sharp Memorial Hospital and Sharp Coronado Hospital in San Diego. A graduate of Harvard University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Gruen completed his clinical training in emergency medicine at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center.
CFO
Matt Bertsch
CFO
Matt Bertsch leads EA Health’s Finance and Accounting team as its CFO. Before joining EA Health Matt has served in executive financial positions across industries and has grown companies from thought through exit. Matt is a CPA and CGMA with over 20 years’ experience.
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Douglas Webster
Chief Medical Officer
Douglas P. Webster, DO, FACOEP, FACEP
Dr. Webster is a Board Certified Emergency Physician with more than 25 years of clinical and administrative experience. He has served as Chair and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Midwestern University, and as Chair and Member of the Medical Disciplinary Board of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. In addition to lecturing and publishing on various clinical issues, he has given presentations in Bioethics, Professionalism and Justice, Medical Error Reduction, EMTALA and Biostatistics, and served as a medical expert in numerous professional liability cases and licensure actions.
Prior to joining EA Health, Dr. Webster was an Executive Vice President and Regional CEO for a major healthcare management company, having direct operating responsibility for more than $600mm in revenue in emergency medicine, anesthesia, hospital medicine, radiology and acute surgery service lines. He also served as President and Chief Medical Officer for a number of clinical employment entities, a member of the Board of Managers for a major healthcare joint venture and Medical Director for numerous hospital emergency departments, from a Level I Trauma Center to rural Critical Access facilities.
Chief Development Officer
Frank Boggio
Chief Development Officer
As Chief Development Officer, Mr. Boggio oversees all sales and marketing activities for EA. His extensive experience in healthcare operations allows him to truly understand and address his potential clients’ desires and requirements with innovative and effective proposals. Frank embraces long-term client relationships with excellent executions as the path to ultimately serving patients.
Prior to coming to EA, Frank was Vice President of Business Development for a major healthcare management company with service lines in emergency medicine, hospital medicine, anesthesia, acute surgery and radiology. He also served on the Board of Managers of a joint venture with a major hospital system.
VP of Recruiting
Jackie Foster
VP of Recruiting
Jackie Foster is responsible for recruiting and onboarding the best physicians to elevate service-line performance of each facility.
Jackie has over 20 years of recruiting experience and served as an executive with a Vista as well Envision Healthcare . She focuses on identifying superior talent and ensuring a strong cultural fit with facilities. Physicians appreciate her hands-on, detailed approach as well as her innovative approach to improving quality, compliance and productivity.
In Jackie’s personal time, she enjoys spending time with her family Primarily engaging in outdoor activities such as snowboarding, cycling and lake recreational sports.
Senior Director, Revenue Cycle
Richard Guzman
Senior Director, Revenue Cycle
Rick oversees all of the functional and analytical areas of revenue cycle management at EA and brings over 15 years’ experience of directing large-scale revenue cycle processes and business teams to improve financial performance throughout the revenue cycle continuum. Rick has a unique array of healthcare knowledge and business office experience, including denials management, provider contracting, client implementation, network management and reporting and analysis. Rick holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of Washington.
Senior Vice President
Kevin Derrick
Senior Vice President
As Senior Vice President of EA Health, Kevin is committed to providing innovative infrastructure and operations that ensure our programs are successful for our hospitals, physicians, and partners. He has served in multiple roles since joining EA Health in 2006, is the architect of our proprietary call compensation platform, and serves as Chief Security Officer. He leads our Informatics Team while partnering with all departments to optimize the delivery of our service lines. Before EA Health, Kevin co-founded and served as President and CTO of LeonardoMD, a provider of cloud-based medical practice management systems, and held leadership roles at Ziff-Davis and others. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Information Systems from National University.
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