Jeanette Cross is a managing director in the BRG Healthcare practice. She has over twenty-five years of healthcare experience in reimbursement, auditing, and consulting at Big Four professional services firms and other national consulting firms.
Over her career, Ms. Cross has specialized in payment reform projects, healthcare analytics, financial and strategic planning, and regulatory compliance. She has worked with leading academic medical centers, health systems, community hospitals, state regulatory agencies, Medicare Advantage Health plans and other healthcare organizations.
Ms. Cross advises clients on regulatory, reimbursement, and policy matters. She has experience in development and implementation of alternative reimbursement models, rate-setting negotiations, strategic planning, financial projections, rate and regulatory compliance, and data analytics. Jeanette has worked with hospitals and health systems to develop short and long-term strategic plans, develop positions on policy matters, and assess the impact of policy changes on operations. She has conducted demand analyses, budget reviews, clinical variation analytics, and feasibility analyses.
Employment History
BRG, Managing Director, 2010-present
HFMA, Maryland Chapter President
Education
Lehigh University, BS, Accounting and Management
Credentials
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Professional Coder
Certified Specialist Accounting & Finance
Certified Specialist Payment and Reimbursement
Certified Revenue Cycle Representative
Case Work
Working with an academic medical center’s transformation team, BRG led a successful statewide effort to bundle readmissions into 30-day case rates that included both the initial admission and readmission.