Chris Fritz specializes in Litigation support and expert witness services, hospital-physician contracting, valuation, strategic and business planning, as well as performance improvement for hospitals and medical groups.

Before joining HealthWorks in 2009, he held senior management positions over a period of 18 years within a Southern California health care system, including 8 years as the Chief Financial Officer for a hospital with an integrated 400 physician medical group practice and a limited Knox Keene licensed health plan.

He holds a master’s degree in business administration from California State University San Marcos.

Michael S. Heil specializes in hospital-physician contracting, valuation, strategic and business planning, as well as planning and performance improvement for trauma centers, ICUs, and emergency services. In addition, he offers litigation support and expert witness services.

Michael held senior management positions in hospitals on the East and West coasts for over 19 years, before founding HealthWorks in 1992.

James Werner specializes in Business Valuation and valuation of hospital-physician service agreements.

He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) with more than 20 years of experience in business accounting. His professional designations include CPA, CVA, ABAR, MAFF, CHBC, CMEA.

James earned a Bachelor's of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland in 1992.

Elaine Hayes specializes in litigation support services and expert witness testimony.

Prior to joining HealthWorks, she held senior management positions with health plans and hospitals for more than 30 years. In these roles, she was actively involved in negotiating and analyzing the impact of managed care contracts. Elaine oversaw both finance and revenue cycle operations for large health systems in Kentucky.

She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and worked as a healthcare consultant and auditor with Ernst and Young for 6 years.

Elaine holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Accounting from Western Kentucky University.

Kendra Fox provides consulting expert services, with a focus on claims analytics, for HealthWorks. Kendra is an accomplished health care actuary and finance leader with more than 25 years of experience.

Before joining HealthWorks, Kendra was a director at Humana in Louisville. Her other positions have included serving as president of Risk Management Resources in Irvine, California, and as director at Optum in Santa Ana, California.

Kendra is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Stephanie Latham specializes in litigation support services. She has been the project director for over 30 disputes between hospitals and out-of-network health plans, involving cases with damages ranging from $1 million to over $150 million. Stephanie also specializes in patient flow solutions and other process improvements for health systems and medical groups.

Prior to joining HealthWorks, she worked for over 10 years at Stockamp, a Huron Consulting Group Practice. After leading large revenue cycle engagements, Stephanie helped pioneer the firm’s inpatient flow solution, focusing on increasing inpatient capacity by improving efficiencies.

Stephanie holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mathematics and Secondary Education from Vanderbilt University.