Announcing the 2025 Slice of Healthcare CDI Leaders to Watch
Slice of Healthcare is proud to announce the 2025 CDI Leaders to Watch, recognizing standout clinical documentation integrity leadership across the healthcare industry.
This award highlights CDI leaders, physician advisors, HIM leaders, coding leaders, documentation specialists, revenue integrity leaders, and healthcare operators helping improve documentation quality, coding accuracy, compliance, reimbursement integrity, and clinical communication.
About the Award
The CDI Leaders to Watch 2025 Award recognizes standout CDI leadership across the industry.
These leaders represent health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, provider organizations, and healthcare companies advancing clinical documentation integrity and strengthening the connection between clinical care, coding, compliance, and financial performance.
Have questions? Reach out to Steph at [email protected].
2025 CDI Leaders to Watch Honorees
Honoree | Company | Title |
|---|---|---|
Kristine Green | ||
Dr. Edgar Agvanyan | Adventist Health | System Medical Director, CM and CDI |
Dr. Manuel Pantoja | Keck Medicine of USC | Senior Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity |
Nancy Franciotti | Renown Health | Director |
Dr. Binod Dhungana | PeaceHealth | Medical Director of Utilization Management, CDI and Physician Advisor |
Salena Morgan | HonorHealth | Network Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity |
Rhoda Galang | Scripps Health | SW Corporate CDI Manager |
Stephen Tabaquin | Sutter Health - Bay Area | CDI Manager |
Freddie J. Guzman | Sharp HealthCare | Director, HIM and Medical Coding |
John Ajisefinni | Cedars-Sinai | Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity |
Luke Bell | Universal Health Services, Inc. | Program Manager, Clinical Documentation Improvement |
Betsey Tibbitts | The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Manager |
Julie Getzinger | The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Senior Inpatient Medical Records Coding Specialist |
Analyn Dolopo-Simon | UC San Diego Health | Clinical Documentation Improvement Director |
Michelle McCormack | Stanford Health Care | Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity |
Joel Lipin | UCLA Health | Director, Medical Coding and Clinical Documentation |
Michele Morton | Hoag | Executive Director |
Donna Smith-Martell | CorroHealth | CCDS Interim Manager |
Nichelle LaBarge | TBD | TBD |
Elisa Sninchak | Novant Health | Senior Director, Clinical Documentation Excellence |
Debbie Squatriglia | Duke Health | Director of Clinical Documentation |
Amy Kratochvil | UChicago Medicine | Director of CDI and Coding |
Jeanne Johnson | Premier Health Partners | System Director of Clinical Documentation, Policy Development, Educator, Nurse Leader |
Shawn Macphee | McLaren Health Care | Corporate Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement |
Okemena Ewoterai | Montefiore Health System | Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity |
Mariclare Hoffmann | UCHealth | CDI Director |
Dr. Terry Lester | CHRISTUS Health | System Medical Director of Physician Advisory Services and CDI |
Elizabeth Kosakowski | Mohawk Valley Health System | Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity and Coding |
Tina Bodkin | White Plains Hospital | Senior Manager, Clinical Documentation Improvement |
Rebecca Burlin | ||
Stacy Walker | St. Bernards Healthcare | CDI Manager and Physician Educator |
Madelyn Rawls | Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System | System Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement |
Leif Laframboise | Yale New Haven Health | Associate Director, Coding and CDI |
Jessica Risner | Banner Health | Senior Director of CDI and Clinical Denials |
Hilda Culberson | Henry Ford Health | Director, Inpatient DRG Coding, Inpatient CDI and Procedural Coding |
Amy Campbell | Lifepoint Health | Director of Outpatient CDI |
Fadia Mastrovitch | Hackensack Meridian Health | CDI Network Manager, Central and South Regions |
Apneet Chadha | Ascension | Director, Ambulatory CDI Program, Risk Adjustment, Population Health |
Shameka Hooks | WakeMed | Executive Director, Coding, CDI, Revenue Integrity and HIM |
Elizabeth Lancianese | Summa Health | CDI Manager |
Heather Lindsey | Erlanger Health System | Enterprise HIM and CDI Director |
Rachelle Buol | UW Health | Senior Director, Coding, CDI and HIM |
Chantay Sullivan | The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Director of CDI, Inpatient Coding, and Compliance |
Maryellen Osborne | Mass General Brigham | Enterprise Director, RCO Coding and CDI |
Suma Chacko | Baylor Scott & White Health | System Director, CDI |
Rebekah May | The University of Kansas Health System | CDI Director |
Tiara Minor | University of Miami Health System | Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity |
Anny Pang Yuen | NYU Langone Health | Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity |
Katie Parsley | Providence Health & Services | Inpatient CDI Manager |
Why These Leaders Stand Out
Clinical documentation integrity is one of the most important and often underrecognized functions in healthcare. Strong CDI programs help ensure the patient record accurately reflects the care delivered, supports appropriate coding, strengthens compliance, improves communication, and protects the financial health of provider organizations.
The 2025 CDI Leaders to Watch honorees are helping advance several critical areas across healthcare, including:
Clinical documentation integrity
Coding accuracy
Physician advisory services
Utilization management
Revenue integrity
HIM leadership
Compliance
Inpatient and outpatient CDI
Clinical communication
Documentation quality
Denials prevention
Enterprise CDI strategy
These honorees represent the operational and clinical leadership required to make CDI programs effective, scalable, and trusted across healthcare organizations.
Congratulations to the 2025 Honorees
Congratulations to all of the 2025 Slice of Healthcare CDI Leaders to Watch honorees.
Have questions? Reach out to Steph at [email protected].