Who We Are
The Peak Story and Purpose
Founded in 2004, Peak Health Solutions is a leading national provider of mid-revenue cycle solutions to acute care and physician practice markets seeking medical coding, clinical documentation improvement and compliance. Our proven service offerings include remote medical coding, clinical documentation improvement, compliance and revenue integrity auditing, denials management, physician training and education, HIM optimization, education development and HIM professionals staffing.
Peak Health Solutions delivers a superior set of solutions to hospitals that are some of the largest and most prestigious in the country. In fact, Peak Health Solutions was recently named Category Leader for Outsourced Coding in the 2017 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services Annual Report.
Peak’s management team is comprised of highly skilled and experienced Coding Managers and health information management experts. Our goal is to provide exceptional HIM professionals with long-term, dependable and flexible careers helping healthcare providers classify and improve clinical documentation, ensure accurate patient outcomes and always receive timely reimbursement.
The Peak Leadership Team
Brad Hill
President
Brad Hill, a 24 year veteran of the healthcare industry, joined Peak Health Solutions, Franklin, TN as President. Brad is responsible for all Peak business unit functions including business strategy and partnerships, sales and marketing, operations, and financial performance. Prior to joining Peak, Brad served as the Chief Revenue Officer at RemitDATA, Inc., Plano, TX and successfully completed the sale of the company to eSolutions, Inc. At RemitDATA, Brad was responsible for all customer revenue operations and business development efforts.
Before RemitDATA Brad was Vice President, Payer Solutions at Passport/Experian Health, where he introduced existing products and new solutions to the commercial and government-sponsored payer markets. These services provided a new level of transparency and communication between payers and providers and represented the fastest growing segment of the Experian Health portfolio.
Prior to Experian, Hill was President of Parity, Inc., an early-stage workers compensation revenue solutions company helping insurers, self-insured employers and third-party administrators identify and recover overpaid claims. Hill also served as Vice President at HMS, where he provided executive oversight of program integrity and third-party liability services for 40+ state Medicaid and managed care plans representing 55 million lives. Hill was also Vice President at AIM Healthcare and was responsible for the creation and management of the Data Mining Services division; assisting health plans in the identification and recovery of over $1 billion in errant claim payments.
Brad lives in the Franklin community, is a CPA, holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Murray State University and serves on several company boards and committees.
Email: Brad.Hill@peakhs.com
Justin Schmidt
Senior Vice President & Founder
Justin Schmidt is a co-founder and President of Peak Health Solutions. Justin has over 15 years of experience in healthcare management and has played a vital role in managing and building the Provider Business Unit for Peak Health Solutions. He is the key leader around the strategic planning for Peak both domestically and internationally which include operations, financial management and sales/marketing. In addition, he is responsible for the growth and management within the Government business unit for Peak Health Solutions. Justin has a degree in Business Administration from Boston University.
Email: Justin.Schmidt@peakhs.com
Peder Christensen
Vice President of Sales
Peder Christensen joined Peak in 2016 where he had an immediate impact reorganizing and repositioning the sales platform to include additional services lines. With more than 15 years of sales and sales management experience, Peder has had a successful track record in generating sequential revenue and EBITDA growth quarter over quarter. He is responsible for all Peak sales personnel and nationwide sales operations. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Health and Social Sciences from the University of Central Florida.
Email: Peder.Christensen@peakhs.com
Laura Pait
Vice President HIM & Consulting Operations
Laura Pait, RHIA, CDIP, CCS joined Peak Health Solutions in the significant role of overseeing all of the organization’s HIM Operations. She has over 30 years’ experience in the hospital and healthcare industry. Laura brought with her a strong record in business development as a professional skilled in Healthcare Consulting, ICD-10, U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Hospital Revenue Cycle and Healthcare Information Technology (HIT). Laura holds a Bachelor of Science, Medical Records Administration from the Medical College of Georgia, and a long list of awards with North Carolina Health Information Management Association (NCHIMA). On a national stage, Laura is also an active member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and served as Speaker of the House of Delegates in 2015. She currently serves on the AHIMA Professional Ethics Committee.
Email: Laura.Pait@peakhs.com
Teresa Carter
Divisional Vice President of Talent Acquisition
Teresa Carter brings 20 years of healthcare talent acquisition experience to her role as the Divisional Vice President of Talent Acquisition for Peak Health Solutions. Teresa has a stellar track record of finding top-notch candidates with impressive skillsets and accomplishments. Her high degree of organizational vision and creativity in her approach helps maximize business development and overall recruiting effectiveness.
Email: Teresa.Carter@peakhs.com
Crystal Morley
Senior Director of Marketing
Crystal Morley is a strategic healthcare marketing executive with over a decade of experience leading corporate marketing communications for multimillion-dollar companies across diverse healthcare segments. She specializes in the conceptualization and orchestration of communication strategies that effectively reinforce and build brand images. She holds an MBA with a focus in management and a BS in Communications and Political Science from Middle Tennessee State University.
Email: Crystal.Morley@peakhs.com
Bryanna Bone
Director of Operations and Business Development
Bryanna Bone is a dedicated management professional with over 10 years of experience in healthcare services. Since joining Peak in 2007 she has made significant individual contributions to the company’s continued success in delivery of contract coding and auditing services to its federal healthcare clients. Bryanna studied Business Management at San Diego State University.
Email: Bryanna.Bone@peakhs.com
Heather Davidson
Director of Coding Services
Heather Davidson, CCS, CPC, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10 Trainer, is a dedicated HIM professional with experience in a variety of HIM roles. She has held various coding, reimbursement, CDI and education roles within multiple healthcare and nontraditional settings including acute care hospital inpatient and outpatient, physician practice and health information systems (HIS) vendor during her 15-year career as an accomplished HIM professional. Her expertise has been demonstrated through practical experience, leadership and coding education. Heather is currently enrolled as a graduate student at King University pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree and has a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from King University. Email: Heather.Davidson@peakhs.com
Melissa McLeod-Seyfert
Senior Director of Consulting
Melissa McLeod-Seyfert has over 15 years of management, coding, auditing and education experience in all disciplines of medical coding and auditing. Her extensive experience in the field has led her to understand the need for strong collaborative relationships between coders, CDI and physicians. Melissa holds credentials as an IP/OP Coder, Coding Instructor and is certified in CDI through both ACDIS and AHIMA. Melissa also holds the approved ICD-10 CM/PCS trainer through AHIMA and has served as an AHIMA PCAP reviewer, a Clinical Terminology Classification Practice Council Member and was the 2010 President – American Academy Professional Coders (AAPC) – Salisbury Chapter. Email: Melissa.McLeod-Seyfert@peakhs.com
Susan Griffin
Director of Coding Services – VA & Indian Health
Susan Griffin, CCS, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10 Trainer, is a dedicated HIM professional with over 25 years of experience in a variety of HIM roles. Prior to joining Peak in 2004 Susan was a Contract Coder for Aviacode and Restuccio HealthCare Group, and a Coder/Trainer/Auditor for Southeast Missouri Hospital. She has years of hospital and health system experience from an HIM, IT, clinical application and EHR/Encoder perspective. Susan is also a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, has attended the AHIMA ICD-10 CM/PCS Academy, and is a well-respected HIM professional on the national front. Susan attended SE Missouri State University.
Email: Susan.Griffin@peakhs.com
Jeanne Castellano
Accounting Manager
Jeanne Castellano is a licensed CPA with over 20 years of experience in full cycle accounting, payroll processing and benefits administration. She is a well-rounded accounting professional with solid technical as well as intuitive skills. Jeanne enjoys a small business environment where she can be involved in a variety of tasks and experience the entire business cycle. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Minnesota School of Business.
Email: Jeanne.Castellano@peakhs.com
