Meet our 2025-2026 leaders!
OFFICERS
Casey Cockrum
President
Managing Director
Forvis Mazars, LLP
Laraine Gengler , FHFMA
President-Elect
Chief Financial Officer
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Tanner Wealand
Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer
McPherson Hospital
Andrew Purcell
Secretary
Vice President of Business Development
ARSI
Liz Murphy
Immediate Past President
Director of Revenue Cycle
Community Healthcare System Onaga
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Nelson
Director
Director
Forvis Mazars
Dennis Shirley
Director
VP, Revenue Cycle
UnityPoint Health
Thad Turner
Director
Chief Financial Officer
Kingman Healthcare Center
Darah Isaacson
Director
Director of Revenue Cycle, HIPAA Privacy Officer
McPherson Hospital
Rebecca Bird
Director
Director of Finance
Ambermed
Weston Tallman
Director
Chief Financial Officer
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Shannon Flach
KHA Liaison
Vice President, Finance and Reimbursement
Kansas Hospital Association
Cameron Werth
Audit Chair
Manager
WNNJ, LLC
Mary Bennett
Founders
Director, Patient Accounts
Clara Barton Hospital
Patrick Whisennand
History Chair
Senior Account Executive
Breez Health
Laraine Gengler
Membership Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Thad Turner
Membership Co-Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Kingman Healthcare Center
Weston Tallman
Professional Excellence Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
Nikki Esquibel
Program Chair – Facilities
Vice President of Client Services
Account Recovery Specialists, Inc.
Dennis Shirley
Program Co-Chair
VP, Revenue Cycle
UnityPoint Health
Kelsey Shoopman, CPA
Communications Chair
Senior Managing Consultant
Forvis Mazars
Pam Blochlinger
Social Chair
Director, Revenue Cycle
North Central Kansas Medical Center
David Purcell
Corporate Sponsorship
Business Development Associate
Account Recovery Specialists, Inc.
Liz Murphy
Program Chair – Programming
Director of Revenue Cycle
Community Healthcare System Onaga
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