Meet our 2026-2027 leaders!
OFFICERS

Andrew Purcell
President
Business Office Manager
Kansas Heart Hospital

Weston Tallman
President-Elect
Chief Financial Officer
Rice Community Health

Tanner Wealand
Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer
McPherson Hospital

Thad Turner
Secretary
Chief Financial Officer
Kingman Healthcare Center

Casey Cockrum
Immediate Past President
Managing Director
Forvis Mazars, LLP
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Nelson
Director
Director
Forvis Mazars

Darah Isaacson
Director
Director of Revenue Cycle, HIPAA Privacy Officer
McPherson Hospital

Rebecca Bird
Director
Director of Finance
Ambermed

Laraine Gengler , FHFMA
Director
Chief Financial Officer
Lindsborg Community Hospital

Luigi Gavino
Director
Chief Financial Officer
Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems

Don Tapella
Director
President / CEO
Medical Recovery Services
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

Casey Cockrum
Membership Chair
Managing Director
Forvis Mazars, LLP

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



