Full Name
Kristen Smith
Job Title
President of Clinical Innovation & Business Intelligence
Company
Post Acute Medical, LLC
Speaker Bio
Kristen oversees Post Acute Medical’s clinical, quality, IS, case management, and HIM/Coding teams, to ensure high quality, evidenced-based clinical services, documentation integrity, and information systems to support and improve clinical and operational success across PAM’s hospitals. In addition, Kristen is part of the acquisition and development team in securing joint venture partners and development opportunities in rehabilitation, home health, and most recently behavioral health. Kristen has over 25 years of experience in the post-acute healthcare industry and has managed hospital joint ventures, national and international de novo rehab hospital development, business strategy, clinical operations, and quality. Most recently, Kristen was a Senior Consultant for Fleming-AOD, assisting post-acute care clients to improve clinical services, navigate challenging regulatory changes, and maximize efficiency and efficacy through data analytics, operational processes, coding, and clinical care practices. Kristen also served as Vice President of Quality and Rehab Clinical Operations at Vibra Healthcare, with oversight of their post-acute hospital clinical operations, quality, and safety. She collaborated in the development and implementation of the pioneering LTACH outcomes system LTRAX and managed compliance, CMS quality reporting (LTACH and IRF), outcomes data, quality assessment and performance improvement across their post-acute hospitals nationwide.
Kristen Smith