Finding HealthCare Solutions…together 

Day Egusquiza brings over 25 years experience in health care reimbursement, hospital business office operations, contracting and compliance implementation. Additionally, her experience includes eight years as a Director of a Physician Medical Management billing service and most recently completed an integrated business office between a hospital and a large physician clinic. She has been an entrepreneur in hospital and physician practice accounts receivable management and a leader in redesigning numerous organizations. Her work includes providing guidance as a compliance & APC educator while providing operational insight on the revenue cycle impacts of HIPAA. Additionally, she has been instrumental in researching and preparing national education on the impact of the Prescription Drug Benefit to hospitals and nursing homes.

Ms Egusquiza is a nationally recognized speaker on continuous quality improvement (CQI), benchmarking, redesigning, reimbursement systems and implementing an operational focus of compliance- both in hospitals and practices. She has been on the AAHAM National Advisory Council, HFMA National Advisory Council, HFMA faculty, CCH Reimbursement Advisory board and is a past President of the Idaho HFMA Chapter & recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award. She has been highlighted in JCAHO’s Six Hospitals in Search of Excellence, Zimmerman’s Receivable Report, HFMA’s HFM and Patient Account, AHIA Prospective, and numerous healthcare newsletters along with a contributing author to 2006 Health Law and Compliance Update. She received the Idaho Hospital Association “Distinguished Service Award” for her legislative work and training on new indigent law. Attendees at HFMA’s ANI rated her in the top 25%, earning her the ‘Distinguished Speaker’ recognition for each year she has presented.

Her greatest accomplishes are her four wonderful children and her seven fabulous grandchildren.

What makes her unique? She has been in the trenches with us!

Points of Interest:

• AICPA: Planning Committee member for healthcare, Chair 2004-currentSpeaker at last 4 annual meetings, board member last 3 years
• AHIA: National conference key note speaker, 2 years; presenter last 4 years
• HFMA: National faculty member for last 3 years; presenter at ANI (x 4 years); national revenue cycle conference (x 3 years); two-day cluster presenter (x 3 years); presenter at CFO Forums with continual evaluations in the top 25% -earning the Distinguished Speaker Award yearly.
• Instructor: College of Southern Idaho, continuing education program on “Understanding the Medicare Benefit.”
• Board of Directors: Special Olympics of Idaho,2003-current, Secretary 2004 to current
• Contributing Editor; AAHAM Technical Certification Study Guide, revised March 2004; CPAT & CCAT exams