About - Aergo Solutions

Karl Hellerich

Senior Vice President, Business Development

Driving revenue and industry relationships, Karl brings more than 20 years in developing strategic solutions and value-added solutions to healthcare providers specializing in revenue cycle management. As a healthcare veteran, he brings deep experience in creating long term relationships with providers and financial professionals who seek to innovate and impact their clinical and business operations with increased revenue and profit while adhering to the highest standards of compliance and integrity.

Prior to joining Aergo, Karl held various executive positions with other industry stakeholders including Adreima, Connance, HBCS, and Emdeon. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA and today is actively involved in thought leader organizations including HFMA and the Greater New York Hospital Association.

Keith Shanks

Vice President, Business Development

Keith joined Aergo as Vice President of Business Development in October 2020. In his role, Keith strategically focuses on growth and marketing activities in the southwest and west U.S. regions for Aergo’s comprehensive product services, technologies, and consultative solutions. Keith has 16+ years of business development experience and has led the go-to-market strategies with various startup-up and growth stage companies to improve service line and technology performance for revenue cycle management improvement, cost containment workflow and outsourcing consultation. He is also a Veteran, serving 15 years as a former Naval Surface Warfare Officer. Keith has been an active member of HFMA since 2006, holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Idaho Moscow ID, and attended Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey CA.

Joe Bufano

Senior Vice President of Business Development

Joe joined Aergo as SVP of Business Development in 2019. In his role, Joe oversees sales and marketing activities and is responsible for growing the Aergo brand on a national level.

Joe brings 28+ years of business development and leadership experience to Aergo. He has held several senior level positions in well-respected healthcare revenue cycle firms and has built relationships with leading healthcare providers nationally in the debt purchasing and accounts receivable outsourcing markets.

Joe has been an active member of several chapters of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management and Mensa International.

Michael Dolan

Chief Financial Officer

Mike joined the Aergo team in June 2018 and brought more than 25 years of Senior Financial Leadership experience to the company. As CFO, Mike leads the financial and administrative functions for the company.

Prior to joining Aergo, Mike served as CFO for several privately owned and public companies in a variety of industries including Healthcare, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Environmental Services, Direct Mail & Fulfillment Services and Secondary Education. Mike has also served as a Consulting CFO, assisting companies with establishing accounting infrastructure, coordinating sale and acquisition events and partnering with leadership on operational initiatives. Most recently Mike was CFO at Standard Merchandising Co., America’s oldest premier Sock and Hosiery Manufacturer. Mike earned his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Scranton.

Gregg Leff

President

Gregg has more than 20 years of healthcare experience with a background in both provider and payer organizations. He is a nationally recognized expert in managed care contracting, analysis and operations.

Gregg most recently served as Executive VP at Med-Metrix and held various roles of increasing responsibility for the Revenue Cycle Services Division of MedAssets (and its predecessor, MD-X Solutions) including Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Managed Care Services. Gregg obtained a deep understanding of payer operations, having formerly served as an executive for both a national and regional health plan.

Gregg earned his B.S. from Cornell University and his M.B.A. from New York University. Gregg also has served as a speaker for HFMA, AAHAM, and numerous state hospital associations.

Kevin Chmura

Chief Executive Officer

Kevin has served as CEO of Aergo Solutions since its merger with Citadel Outsource Group in 2017. As CEO, Kevin sets the strategic direction and vision for the firm.

Kevin served as President of Aergo beginning in 2013 following the merger between Aergo and Transcendent Revenue Cycle Services, a company he founded in 2010. Prior to his involvement with Aergo, Kevin has held several prominent executive-level positions in the Revenue Cycle Management industry throughout his 20+ year career. He served as SVP of Client Engagement at MedAssets. Previously, Kevin established the A/R Service division at MD-X Solutions, a firm which was eventually sold to MedAssets.

Kevin holds a B.S. in Economics from Rutgers University and has earned the designation of Certified Healthcare Financial Professional with a specialization in Patient Financial Services from the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Steve Strenkowski

Vice President of Software Operations

In his technology leadership role, Steve oversees all aspects of Aergo’s technology development and delivery. During his 14 years with Aergo, Steve has been directly responsible for new product implementations at dozens of facilities working with hospital and health systems. Steve and his team work with existing clients on a daily basis to ensure that each product implementation exceeds client expectations and delivers the desired results. Prior to joining Aergo, he has held critical roles at firms such as M&M/Mars, Beneficial Management Corporation, and Carteret Savings Bank. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Muhlenberg College and a Master of Business Administration from Rider University.

Julie Wolff

Senior Vice President of Client Services

As Aergo’s Senior Vice President of Client Services, Julie works with all clients to ensure their expectations are being consistently exceeded. Julie also oversees Aergo’s growing Sales and Marketing team and all new client engagement implementations.

Julie brings more than 25 years of business development and account executive experience with 20 years focused exclusively on healthcare. Julie works with clients ranging from top-tier national healthcare systems to critical access and small community-based hospitals. Julie specializes in developing and delivering solutions and processes that help providers create an optimal patient experience while maximizing reimbursement from the delivery of care.

Annabelle Seippel

Vice President, Denial Management Services

With over ten years in Revenue Cycle Management, Annabelle brings practice, experience and know how to healthcare organizations who need results. In her current role with Aergo Solutions, Annabelle oversees the day-to-day operations of our denial recovery team in charge of identifying and recovering lost revenue. Previously, Annabelle oversaw Managed Care Services for Aergo, working with hospitals and health systems to optimize their payer and provider agreements through evaluation and financial analysis. Service areas included contract loading and analysis, contract modeling, analytics, reporting and executive recommendations. Prior to joining Aergo, Annabelle held positions at Med-Metrix and MedAssets, now nThrive, managing teams focused in healthcare financial and revenue improvement. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Communication and Anthropology from William Patterson University of New Jersey.

Anthonie Zimmermann, CPA

Vice President of Financial Services

Anthonie oversees Aergo’s Finance and Managed Care products and services, including AR Valuation, Contract Modeling and Contract Management. He has over a decade of healthcare experience in consulting, accounting, and finance. As a result of Anthonie’s broad background, he has a unique understanding of the challenges facing revenue cycle and finance as well as the intricacies that exist between them. Prior to joining Aergo, Anthonie served as a Director in the corporate Revenue Cycle area at CHRISTUS Health, an international not-for-profit health system. He also oversees financial services including AR Valuation and managed care analytics. Anthonie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting at Stockton University and a Master of Business Administration degree at Monmouth University.

Glenda Tankersley

Executive Vice President

Glenda oversees key, large scale client engagements in Aergo’s A/R Outsourcing operation and directs our Revenue Cycle consulting operation with a focus on delivering client satisfaction and results.

Glenda is also the co-founder of Citadel Outsource Group, acquired by Aergo in 2016, and has held several revenue cycle leadership positions at prominent hospitals and health systems. Among her many accomplishments at Citadel, Glenda served as the Business Office Director for a Houston, TX area hospital since 2008. A Certified Patient Account Representative, she assisted in the creation of several chapters of the CPAR certification study manual for the Tennessee Chapter of HFMA.

ABOUT US

WHO WE ARE

MEET OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

KEVIN CHMURA

Chief Executive Officer

GREGG LEFF

President

MICHAEL DOLAN

Chief Financial Officer

JULIE WOLFF

Senior Vice President, Account Receivable Services

ANNABELLE SEIPPEL

Vice President, Denial Management Services

JULIE WOLFF

Senior Vice President, Account Receivable Services

ANNABELLE SEIPPEL

Vice President, Denial Management Services

KARL HELLERICH

Senior Vice President Business Development