GAFFEY Healthcare Appoints New CIO

Scott Mumford has been appointed Chief Information Officer of GAFFEY Healthcare a leading provider of revenue cycle automation technology and services for healthcare systems and physician practices.
GAFFEY Healthcare, a leading provider of revenue cycle technology and outsourced services, announces the appointment of Scott Mumford as chief information officer (CIO), reporting to Derek Morkel, chief executive officer (CEO). Mumford joins the company most recently from IBM Corporation, where he served as associate partner of CIO Advisory Services.
Mumford joins GAFFEY as an accomplished and innovative IT professional with more than two decades of experience in various senior IT roles with a specific focus on healthcare. He has worked in both service and technology companies, including Lionbridge Technologies and MEDHOST, with resulting strong revenue growth.
“Scott’s background made him a unique fit for GAFFEY,” commented Derek Morkel. “We are not a pure play technology provider and needed someone who could understand how that fits in the market and could make a strategy shift accordingly. Further, he has proven leadership skills in bringing together diverse teams to drive a cohesive product roadmap and that’s important to us now as our growth is occurring at a faster pace than ever.”
GAFFEY Healthcare provides revenue cycle automation technology and services that enable health care organizations to accelerate cash flow, improve productivity and increase profitability with short-term and demonstrable ROI. From automated claims statusing, patient eligibility and payment verification to billing and claims management to third-party collections, their software relies upon cloud-based, state-of-the art workflow supported by a business intelligence platform. GAFFEY’s systems are in use at more than 200 healthcare systems and physician practices across the U.S.