SCI Solutions Adds Revenue Cycle and Patient Access Expertise With the Appointments of Maryanne Pace and Tammy Wood

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Apr 5, 2016) - SCI Solutions, the health industry's leading patient access and care coordination software firm, today announced Maryanne Pace from Alpharetta, Ga. and Tammy Wood from Harrison, Tenn. will join the company's leadership teams.

Maryanne Pace will serve SCI clients as senior vice president of client delivery, responsible for leading the company's implementation team and projects. She will also directly oversee all SCI implementation project managers and consultants. Tammy Wood joins SCI as a solution consultant, utilizing her patient access experience to create value opportunities for SCI clients and prospects.

Pace, an established health care revenue cycle consultant, joins SCI from Radius Global Solutions, Inc. where she served as vice president, consulting services. Over the past two decades, she has developed an impressive career in the health care and revenue cycle industries -- exceling in a range of positions, from sales and marketing to director and executive-level roles. In addition, her entrepreneurial wherewithal enabled her to build and sell two successful revenue cycle consulting businesses. Pace's deep understanding of SCI's clients, coupled with her expertise in revenue cycle processes, will enable her to help clients with streamlined patient access processes and broad network adoption, while driving more value from their SCI investment.

Wood joins SCI with more than 20 years of experience in the patient access management and revenue cycle space, with demonstrated expertise in process re-design, workflow enhancement, training, project management and system implementation for a range of health system types. She first interacted with SCI Solutions during her time at Erlanger Health System, where she was responsible for the implementation of SCI's Schedule Manager® and Provider Network Manager® solutions, as well as bringing the solutions to multiple provider offices to reduce network leakage and maximize referrals. As a solution consultant, Wood brings her advanced industry and field knowledge to help identify and accelerate growth opportunities, while working with prospective clients to understand how SCI can help them in the areas of patient access and care coordination. 

In addition to their years of health care experience, Pace and Wood both have deep roots in the subject of patient access, which positions them to uniquely represent and serve the company and its clients. Pace was previously a vice president of the health care consulting and patient access services divisions at NCO Group, Inc. She also completed multiple patient access projects, including designing in-take centers for health systems and hospitals, as well as planning, building and managing a patient access call center. Additionally, Wood has been a certified healthcare access manager (CHAM) since 1993, and received the Marian Blankenship Award for significant contributions in access management in 2011. Previously she served as the education chair for the National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM) education committee.

"Maryanne and Tammy are exceptional new hires who will help power our revenue cycle and patient access management strategies," said Joel French, CEO of SCI Solutions. "As former clients of ours, they not only understand the service and value SCI delivers to the market, but also the unique and respective needs of our clients; this will help to propel meaningful industry leadership and improve interactions our clients have with their patients."

About SCI Solutions
SCI Solutions improves the health of the healthcare system by enabling provider networks to gain economic value through better community-based care coordination. By operating a cloud-based service for more than 10,000 physician practices and 700 hospitals, health systems and imaging centers, in 275 geographic markets across the United States, SCI connects health systems beyond their traditional boundaries to their community partners in ways big IT systems can't. Provider networks utilize SCI's service to coordinate patient care transitions, obtain insurance pre-authorization, schedule patients, automate referrals and manage orders. An integrated and easy-to-use business analytics toolset identifies opportunities and monitors performance. As a result, healthcare organizations experience increased outpatient revenue, better coordinated care and greater physician satisfaction. For more information, visit scisolutions.com.