Kathleen Schaum

Donna J. Cartwright is President of Donna J. Cartwright and Associates, LLC. Donna provides consulting in the areas of coding, billing, and chart documentation specializing in wound care matters. She has a Masters in Public Administration( MPA), and is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) , Certified Coding Specialist(CCS) , designated Fellow of Health Information Management Association (FAHIMA) and an AHIMA approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer. Donna currently is employed as Senior Director of Health Policy and Reimbursement for Integra LifeSciences Corporation where she has worked for 27 years.

Kathleen D. Schaum is the President and founder of Kathleen D. Schaum & Associates, Inc. where she has served as a wound/ulcer management reimbursement strategy consultant and educator for more than 25 years. She has more than 50 years of reimbursement experience and success across the health care, biotech, and medical industries, where she held leadership positions at health care companies e.g., Smith & Nephew, Inc. (Director of Medical Products Reimbursement), Healthpoint, Ltd. (Director of Reimbursement), Johnson & Johnson Medical (Director of Reimbursement), and Bimeco (Manager of Alternate Care Sales Division).

Kathleen has consulted with hundreds of hospital owned outpatient provider-based departments, physicians, and other qualified healthcare professionals to start new wound/ulcer management programs or to transform existing programs that were in disarray. She has also been an asset for wound/ulcer management manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers - especially those seeking assistance with executive and sales force reimbursement education, with reimbursement strategy development for new products, and with the reimbursement component of the merger and acquisition due diligence process.

Kathleen also provides reimbursement education at many regional/national wound/ulcer management symposiums. As a writer and authority in her field, Kathleen has shared her knowledge in medical journals: Payment Strategies in Advances in Skin & Wound Care and Business Briefs and Consultation Corner in Today’s Wound Clinic. Based on her published articles, EXPERTSCAPE recognized Kathleen as a world expert for reimbursement: health insurance– she is in the top 0.08% of more than 30,000 worldwide authors – she ranks number 25 in the world.

Amiee Coriano is a healthcare consultant, entrepreneur, and revenue cycle management specialist based in Georgia. She is the founder and president of AMC Medical Consulting LLC, a firm she established in 2017 to help healthcare organizations improve financial performance and operational efficiency.

Mrs. Coriano brings a strong background in health information management and medical billing, supported by an extensive portfolio of professional credentials. Her certifications include CSPO, CBCS, CMAA, CPPM, CMDP, and CHA, in addition to serving as an AHIMA Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Trainer and AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer. She also holds the Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) designation, underscoring her expertise in healthcare documentation, compliance, and regulatory standards.

With deep expertise in coding, compliance, credentialing, and end-to-end revenue cycle management, Mrs. Coriano partners with hospitals, physician practices, and specialty providers to streamline administrative workflows, reduce claim denials, and optimize reimbursement accuracy. She is particularly experienced in complex specialties such as wound care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and multidisciplinary therapy services, where billing and regulatory requirements demand advanced knowledge and precision.

Under her leadership, AMC Medical Consulting has grown into a nationally recognized, women-owned firm serving clients across the United States. Through her work, Mrs. Coriano continues to play a pivotal role in helping healthcare organizations navigate the evolving complexities of medical billing and reimbursement while improving both financial outcomes and operational performance.

Kathleen D. Schaum is the President and founder of Kathleen D. Schaum & Associates, Inc. where she has served as a wound/ulcer management reimbursement strategy consultant and educator for more than 25 years. She has more than 50 years of reimbursement experience and success across the health care, biotech, and medical industries, where she held leadership positions at health care companies e.g., Smith & Nephew, Inc. (Director of Medical Products Reimbursement), Healthpoint, Ltd. (Director of Reimbursement), Johnson & Johnson Medical (Director of Reimbursement), and Bimeco (Manager of Alternate Care Sales Division).

Kathleen has consulted with hundreds of hospital owned outpatient provider-based departments, physicians, and other qualified healthcare professionals to start new wound/ulcer management programs or to transform existing programs that were in disarray. She has also been an asset for wound/ulcer management manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers - especially those seeking assistance with executive and sales force reimbursement education, with reimbursement strategy development for new products, and with the reimbursement component of the merger and acquisition due diligence process.

Kathleen also provides reimbursement education at many regional/national wound/ulcer management symposiums. As a writer and authority in her field, Kathleen has shared her knowledge in medical journals: Payment Strategies in Advances in Skin & Wound Care and Business Briefs and Consultation Corner in Today’s Wound Clinic. Based on her published articles, EXPERTSCAPE recognized Kathleen as a world expert for reimbursement: health insurance– she is in the top 0.08% of more than 30,000 worldwide authors – she ranks number 25 in the world.