Joe Harrigan began his financial career over 30 years ago as Internal Auditor and Controller for a prominent New England retailer. Later, Joe transitioned into the position of Senior Auditor and became a partner with RSI, Inc., a New England Accounts Payable Recovery firm. Joe has performed AP recovery audits for various industries including healthcare, retail, manufacturing and government over the last decade. Joe joined our CMS team in Spring 2004 as Senior Audit Manager and continues to utilize his experience and analytical skills to provide valuable advice on improving overpayments for our clients.

Rhonda Hoff began her career in the healthcare recovery business after acquiring a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting. Her primary focus has been on recoveries pertaining to pricing errors. A comprehensive review of either local or national agreements between the hospital and group purchasing organization is completed for each hospital. Rhonda has developed relationships with many distributors, manufacturers and group purchasing organizations thereby providing Materials Management with in-depth knowledge of the intricacies of pricing contracts.

Lisa Lampe began her career in the healthcare recovery business eight years ago. Her primary focus is in the recovery of duplicate payments, statement auditing, and unclaimed property. With years of experience working with the same vendors, she has formed invaluable working relations with many key credit managers throughout the industry. Her inquiries are always welcomed by her contacts as they look forward to speaking with her. Lisa's experience extends further than the healthcare business. She has also succesfully recoverd millions of dollars for many prominent grocery, retail and pharmaceutical companies as well as state and federal government entities.

Vern Mann has 30 years experience in finance having held positions as Controller, CFO and VP of Finance. He has spent the last seventeen  years working with hospitals providing accounts payable recovery audits. His expertise in identifying and analyzing hospital needs has resulted in recovery services to over 1000 hospital audits nationally which equates to 250,000 licensed beds over the last six years. Applying his analytical and management skills to hospital audits enhances the results for our hospital clients.

Bob Wood spent the first 18 years of his career in healthcare distribution sales, regional management, and V.P. of Marketing. He has spent the last 9 years working in healthcare accounts payable recovery. Bob uses his experience in working with hospitals in the distribution business to recover monies from the most reluctant vendors. In one year Bob recovered over one million of overpaid sales tax. Bob brings a real sense of expertise and advice to new and existing clients of Contract Management Strategies, Inc.

Jason White attained his BA in Business – Marketing from California State University, Fullerton. Jason joined the CMS team in 2004. By putting together vendor contact mailings and receiving statement responses, he is able to receive and identify claims for quick turnaround. With training in document management, he helps clients view, find and keep track of their important documents as well as helping to oversee the Scanning department. As a central link in the chain of workflow, Jason helps auditors track their clients’ progress with status updates from the corporate office while the auditors are on location.

Chris Crump joined the Contract Management Strategies, Inc. team in 2007 as an overpayment analyst. His strong financial background and accounting experience have made him a valuable asset to our clients, as well as a cornerstone of our company. Although primarily focused on recovering overpayments from vendors and assisting clients with cost-reduction, he has also become an integral part in the expansion of our tax recovery division. With over 75 audits and over $8 billion in purchases analyzed, Chris has built lasting relationships with clients and vendors all over the nation. His leadership and dedication exemplifies the ideas and ethics that Contract Management Strategies, Inc. was founded on.