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Congratulations to Denise ‘Dee’ Montee and HonorHealth!

Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Dee Montee as the Vice President of the Revenue Cycle of HonorHealth.

After an extensive national search, HonorHealth selected Dee Montee as the VP, Revenue Cycle to play a key role in the education, development, and monitoring of Corporate Compliance policies and procedures and will organize and lead inter-departmental efforts to maximize operational efficiency, optimize reimbursement and achieve the highest levels of customer service. The Vice President of Revenue Cycle develops the vision and strategies to achieve best-in-class, compliant revenue cycle results. The VP interacts with clinical and business leaders across the organization to ensure optimal financial and patient experience results while serving as the revenue cycle executive for applicable financial system transitions and merger and acquisition activity.
Dee will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Montman.

Our sincere congratulations to Dee Montee and HonorHealth!

Dee Montee is an experienced executive healthcare leader with expertise in large-scale integrated healthcare delivery models and strong financial acumen.
Dee has over 25 years of senior leadership experience in revenue cycle for health systems, prior to joining HonorHealth, Dee was the Senior Director of Revenue Integrity at Intermountain over seven states for four years. Dee earned her bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration from Concordia University in Oregon, she is also CRCR-certified and CHC-certified.
HonorHealth consists of six hospitals in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. Five of those hospitals have achieved Magnet status, the gold standard for nursing care, an honor earned by only 6% of the nation’s hospitals. HonorHealth has a large medical group with more than 70 primary, specialty, and urgent care locations, as well as participating in a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO through Innovation Care Partners, a physician-led, clinically integrated network wholly owned by HonorHealth. HonorHealth is home to 13K team members, 400 employed physicians and providers, and nearly $2B in net revenue. HonorHealth is proud to be on the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers by State from 2017 to 2021.

HARTZ Search is a proud partner of HonorHealth. We look forward to Dee Montee’s and HonorHealth’s continued success!

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Congratulations to Dr. April Tinsley and Kaiser Permanente!

Hartz Search is excited to announce the placement of Dr. April Tinsley as the Vice President of Clinical Performance at Kaiser Permanente!

After an extensive national search, Kaiser Permanente selected April Tinsley as the Vice President of Clinical Performance. Dr. April Tinsley will have national accountability and provide strategic leadership to drive nursing performance initiatives and strategies through the Program Office Department of National Patient Care Services (NPCS) and work collaboratively with leaders across all KP markets. April will report directly to the SVP, National Patient Care Services & Chief Nurse Executive, and is responsible for leading and operationalizing the national strategy for nursing practice to include monitoring, measuring, and improving clinical and operational performance metrics. This role also leads the management of national consulting services that align to and advance excellence in Nursing Quality & Safety, Nursing Care Experience, Care Without Delay, Maternal Child Health, Pharmacy collaboration, Nursing Clinical Practice, Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, and Scope of Nursing Practice Standards.

Our sincere congratulations to Dr. April Tinsley and Kaiser Permanente!

April joins Kaiser after holding multiple roles at Ascension in St. Louis, MO. While at Ascension, she held multiple progressive leadership roles at a national system level with responsibility and oversite of 2,600 sites of care, including 142 hospitals and 40 senior living facilities. Her portfolio includes a proven track record in Nursing Leadership, Performance Improvement, Clinical Practice and Operations, Person Family Engagement, and Consumer Relationship Management.
April most recently held the title of National Vice President of Ascension Clinical Operations, Nursing Center of Excellence, where she was responsible for nursing transformation throughout the organization, particularly concerning nursing practice, retention, and leadership development. She was successful in creating the Nursing Center of Excellence and built a community of 60,000 nurses and nursing support professionals across the continuum for them to develop and embrace a growth mindset and create opportunities for nurses to flourish personally and professionally.
April holds a BSN from Barnes College of Nursing at the University of Missouri and an MBA from Lindenwood University. She has also pursued her Doctorate Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership from Baylor University, which she received in December 2023.
Kaiser Permanente, commonly known simply as Kaiser, is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California. Kaiser Permanente is made up of three distinct but interdependent groups of entities: the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and its regional operating subsidiaries; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; and the regional Permanente Medical Groups. Kaiser Permanente operates in eight states (Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia) and the District of Columbia, and is the largest managed care organization in the United States.
Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest nonprofit healthcare plans in the United States, with over 12 million members. It operates 39 hospitals and more than 700 medical offices, with over 300,000 personnel, including more than 87,000 physicians and nurses.

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