Ken Scheller
Ken Scheller is the Information Technology Manager for Administrative Applications at Palmetto Health. He has been in this position for the past 16 years. Ken oversees the following areas: Financial Applications, Patient Accounts, Document Imaging and Charge Description Master. Before coming to Palmetto Health, he provided IT services in the Food Distribution Industry for 10 years.

Ken received his undergraduate degree at Limestone College. He has been a member of HFMA for eight years. He and his wife, Pam, have two children—a 10-year-old daughter, Kendal, and a 7-year-old son, Clayton. He currently lives in Cayce, SC.

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Ronnie Hyatt
Ronnie Hyatt has been a long-standing member of HFMA since 1977. He began his healthcare career at Mary Black Memorial Hospital (later Mary Black Health System, LLC) in 1976, and spent 21 years at that system, in roles of Senior Accountant, Director of Materials Management, Controller, Vice President-Finance, and Chief Financial Officer. After being employed at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in the Financial Services Division for 3 years, Ronnie joined Bon Secours St. Francis Health System in 2001, and serves as its Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer.

Ronnie served as Chairman for the Planning Committee for the 2008 SCHFMA Winter Institute, for the first year of its move to Greenville, SC from Hilton Head. The Institute was a huge success, with more than 130 in attendance, and it is planned for two more years in Greenville, based on that success.

On June 1, 2008 Ronnie joined the SC HFMA Board of Directors for the 2008-2009 Chapter year. Additionally, he accepted the role of Chairman of the Membership Committee, and has begun work with his committee to retain and grow membership over this Chapter year!

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Diane Story - 2009
Diane Story is the Director of Revenue Cycle Improvement for Roper St Francis Healthcare in Charleston, SC. In this role, she is responsible for the Non-Government Team, Customer Service, and Self Pay Accounts Receivables within Patient Financial Services. Additionally, she is responsible for identifying, analyzing and implementing projects that directly impact cash collections, process improvement, cost reduction and/or revenue generation. Prior to joining Roper St Francis Healthcare, Diane was a consultant with Ernst & Young and IDX, as well as Director of Eastern Business Service Centers for Olsten Health Services.

Diane has Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees in Health Administration from the University of New Hampshire.

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Jude Crowell

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Ray High
As Vice President of Customer Improvement, Ray is responsible for maintaining and cultivating new executive relationships as the centralized customer point-of-contact for MedAssets to ensure contractual obligations are delivered. Ray works directly with integrated delivery networks, supporting their efforts in margin enhancement through the coordination and utilization of the MedAssets business units.

Prior to joining MedAssets (Shared Services Healthcare) in 1997, Ray spent seven years working in the acute setting, both as an Assistant Director of Materials Management and as a Director of Continuous Quality Improvement. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Health Administration, both from the University of South Carolina. Along with his wife and three children, Ray resides in Sumter, South Carolina.

Mitzi Winters - CHAM, FHFMA
Ms. Winters has over 20 years of healthcare related experience and has held positions as Vice President of Patient Business Services as well as Director of Admitting and Director of Information Systems for the Baptist Health System in Birmingham, Alabama. Ms. Winters currently serves as a MedAssist Division President and manages over 500 employees in the Mid-West, East and Southern United States. Her responsibilities include advising clients as to revenue cycle solutions for their stated needs, client satisfaction, new product development and consulting.

Ms. Winters is currently Information Technology Chair for the Alabama Chapter of HFMA as well as Recent Past-President of the chapter. She has received the Follmer Bronze, Reeves Silver and Muncie Gold merit awards as well as being awarded the Robert M. Coats Outstanding Member of the year for 2006-2007. She was a member of the National HFMA Patient Financial Services Advisory Council from 2001-2004. Ms. Winters will serve as Regional Executive Elect-Elect for Region V for the 2007-08 year. She is a Certified Healthcare Access manager as well as a Fellow in HFMA.

Susan Bichel - 2011
Susan J. Bichel, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, joined Greenville Hospital System in 1976. Prior to joining the Greenville Hospital System, Ms. Bichel was employed by Humana, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky. Ms. Bichel earned a master of business administration degree and a bachelor of science degree in business administration with majors in management and marketing from the University of South Carolina. She also has a certificate in health care administration from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. She is a member of the South Carolina Healthcare Financial Management Association and serves on the Board of Directors of the Palmetto Hospital Trust, PHT Services, Ltd. and the Palmetto Healthcare Liability Insurance Program. She also serves on the Carolina First Advisory Board.

Directors Job Description

Ray McCulloch - 2011
Ray McCulloch has been the Controller for Bon Secours St. Francis Health in Greenville, SC since 2004. Ray has responsibility for the General Accounting Area including Financial Statement preparation and analysis, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Reimbursement and Chargemaster functions. Additional areas of responsibility include the Central Billing Office and the Home Health and Hospice Billing Office. Ray has been active in the Healthcare Industry for the past 32 years working with several hospitals in either the Controller or Chief Financial Officer position.

Ray is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a major in Accounting. Additionally, Ray is licensed as a CPA in the State of Tennessee. Ray achieved certification as a Fellow in HFMA in 2007 and has received the Follmer Bronze Award.

Bob Minus - 2011
Bob Minus, CHFP, is the Senior Account Manager for CAB Collections in Charleston. Bob started with CAB in 1999 with considerable healthcare finance experience, including State of SC Medicaid Auditor, CFO of Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Business Manager of a large physician practice, and Receivables Manager for Hill-Rom. His duties at CAB include new sales and servicing existing clients.
He is also active in his church and various community volunteer positions that have included committee chairman, coach, president, United Way and Habitat for Humanity volunteer.
He graduated from Clemson University with a degree in Financial Management.
Bob and his wife, Lou, have 2 daughters. Allison is a recent Clemson grad, and Austin is a current Clemson student.

Jimmy Joye - 2012

Jimmy Joye is Vice President of DataTrac Receivables Recovery and it subsidiary Receivable Management Services serving as sales director. DataTrac is located in Anderson. SC. He has worked in healthcare finance his entire career serving as PFS Director of two hospitals, sales director of electronic billing services for Companion Technologies, and CFO of Clarendon Hospital until 2005.

Jimmy has been a member of HFMA South Caroline Chapter since 1975 and has received the Merit Awards: Fuller Bronze, Reeves Silver and Muncie Gold. He has serviced of the board and also as Secretary of the chapter from 2002 thru 2005.

He and his wife Libby live in Kingstree, SC, they have two sons Greg of New York, NY and Jason of Surfside Beach, SC.

Greg Taylor - 2012

Jeff White - 2012
Jeff White is the Senior Vice President and CFO for Beaufort Memorial Hospital. He has been in this position for 17 years. Jeff received his degree in Accounting from Wofford College and his MBA from Central Michigan University. He is a retired US Army Reserve LTC.

Barney Osborne - 2014

Eddie Singleton - 2014

Woody Turner - 2014

Tommy Cockrell - Ex-Officio Member
Tommy Cockrell is employed by the South Carolina Hospital Association as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining SCHA in December 1992, Tommy was employed with Kershaw County Memorial Hospital for 21 years, most recently as Chief Financial Officer.

Tommy received a BS in Accounting from the University of South Carolina and a MA in Business from Webster University. Tommy also holds the designations of Fellow (FHFMA) with certifications in Finance, Patient Accounting, and Managed Care by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). Tommy also serves as an adjunct faculty member for Webster University and the University Of South Carolina.

An active member of HFMA, Tommy served the South Carolina Chapter as President in 1988-89. Previous positions with the South Carolina Chapter include President-Elect, two terms as Treasurer and Chairman of numerous committees. In addition to South Carolina Chapter activities, Tommy served Region V of HFMA as Chapter Liaison Representative and at the national level as a member of the National Nominating Committee. Tommy and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of Kelley, a Certified Public Accountant and Cory, a graduate at the College of Charleston. Tommy and his family are active members of Antioch Baptist Church. In his spare time, Tommy enjoys all sports, classic cars, and enjoying his 3 grandchildren.