The February First-Look: RCM Leaders on the Move

RCM Leadership on the Go: Executive Appointments for February 2026

Dates recorded: February 1–9, 2026

The first two weeks of February have brought a flurry of "New Year, New Role" announcements in the healthcare Revenue Cycle. In health systems' haste toward autonomous workflows and zero-day denial prevention, management teams are on the hunt for leaders combining operational grit with technical and analytical fluency.

Here is the official summary of healthcare Revenue Cycle and financial leadership transitions captured between February 1 and February 9, 2026, covering enterprise C-suite appointments, vice president expansions, and regional and operational leadership moves.

C-Suite, Vice President, AVP & Strategic Visionaries Appointments

Shelby Arveson, Senior Vice President, Finance at Banner Health

Tiffany Cross, MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Covenant Health

Tom Morris, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Loganville

Bryon Neaman, MBA, CPA, Chief Audit Officer at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Christy Pehanich, Assistant Vice President, Process Improvement, for Revenue Cycle at RWJ Barnabus Health

 John Maschger, FHFMA, CHFP, Vice President of Revenue Cycle at Southern New Hampshire Health.

Samantha Pasek, MBA, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management at Vitae Health Systems.

Brett Waress, MHA, FACMPE, Vice President, Strategy and Service Lines at AdventHealth North Carolina.

Arjun Bhatia — Vice President of Revenue Cycle Transformation at Novant Health.

Misty Brackett — Vice President of Consolidated Business Office at Novant Health.

Director & Regional Leadership Moves

Karen Brown, CRCR, Director of Revenue Cycle at Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center.

Kelly Tomlinson, Regional Manager, Revenue Cycle at Hartford HealthCare.

Korisa Stambaugh, MBA, Project Consultant at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Kaltoum DeFazio, MBA, RN, Accreditation Manager at Emory Healthcare.

The 2026 Signal: Transformation Becomes a Leadership Mandate. A throughline from February's moves is the rise of Transformation-centric roles, most notably the Vice President of Revenue Cycle Transformation. Health systems aren't just hiring to keep the doors open; they're pairing human expertise with agentic AI to anticipate and fix issues before they happen.

Entering 2026, Revenue Cycle leadership isn't about scale alone but about agility, governance, and the development of adaptive, real-time learning systems.