Tracey Roland is a Principal at Third Party Reimbursement (“TPR”) Solutions, LLC. Prior to joining TPR, Tracey served as President of INTEGRITY Regulatory and Reimbursement Services, LLC for 10 years. She is based out of our TPR New York City office.
Tracey has over 23 years of health care experience with an extensive background in revenue enhancement and federal and state regulatory issues for Hospitals and Health Systems. Prior to starting her own company, Tracey served as the National Leader for the Healthcare Reimbursement and Regulatory Services Practice at Grant Thornton LLP. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Tracey worked 8 years for Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y). She served as the regulatory practice leader in their Hartford, CT and Iselin, NJ offices.
Tracey was credited for developing E&Y’s national Medicare wage index services and she also served as a lead instructor for the E&Y’s beginner through advanced reimbursement and compliance courses. Tracey is a frequent presenter at both northeast and national healthcare conferences. She reviews and prepares Medicare and Medicaid cost reports, performs hospital consolidation and acquisition analyses, evaluates managed care reimbursement and files appeals & re-opening requests.
Tracey represents hospitals in negotiations with third party intermediaries during entrance and exit conferences and throughout the appeal process. In addition, she serves as a liaison between her health care clients and Congress.
Tracey’s Professional Affiliations and Achievements:
Board of Directors – Metro-NY Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
Chairman of Finance / Audit / Reimbursement Committee – Metro-NY HFMA
Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) - Recipient of the Helen M. Yerger Award.
Chairman of the Institute Committee, HFMA - New Jersey Chapter (2007).
Recipient of National HFMA Award for “Making A Difference” in our profession and community.
Ernst & Young - Distinguished Client Service
Ernst & Young - Innovation Award for developing E&Y’s Wage Index Services
Ernst & Young - Distinguished Contribution to the E&Y Team
Author of Wage Index, Compliance and Pricing Transparency articles that were published in HFM, Modern Health and Rx Newsletter.
Tracey’s Other Affiliations:
Board of Education – Garwood, NJ – beginning 2016
Education Foundation of Garwood (EFG) – 2011 to present
EFG President – 2012-2013