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About the Company

Accretive Health utilizes over a decade of operational expertise to bring measured impact to healthcare providers. We partner with hospitals and health systems to implement proprietary methodologies and relieve administrative burdens, allowing them to focus on their core mission: delivering high-quality care. Accretive Health’s operational framework centers on demonstrated capabilities and proficiencies across the end-to-end revenue cycle. Our solutions translate proven tactics and processes into measurable impact, leading to superior financial and organizational outcomes. Accretive Health utilizes over a decade of operational expertise to bring measured impact to healthcare providers. We partner with hospitals and health systems to implement proprietary methodologies and relieve administrative burdens, allowing them to focus on their core mission: delivering high-quality care. Accretive Health’s operational framework centers on demonstrated capabilities and proficiencies across the end-to-end revenue cycle. Our solutions translate proven tactics and processes into measurable impact, leading to superior financial and organizational outcomes.

About the Person

Patrick Funck is the SVP and Chief Information Officer at Accretive Health. In this role, Mr. Funck accelerates the investment that Accretive Health is making in innovative technology solutions that deliver on patient engagement strategies and enable future growth for the organization. Mr. Funck has 25 years of experience deploying new technology to global insurance carriers and large third party administrators, with accountabilities that have encompassed significant payment and financial processing systems, including large managed care platforms.  Most recently, he served as EVP and CIO at Sedgwick, a large third party administrator he joined in 2007, where he was responsible for all technology, including North American claims processing and productivity management services. Prior to Sedgwick, Mr. Funck was CIO for third party claims administrator Broadspire Services.  His career also includes service as VP, information technology at Zurich Financial Services and VP, information technology at CNA Financial Corporation. Mr. Funck earned an undergraduate degree from Northern Illinois University and an M.B.A. in finance and international business from Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart School of Business.