Executive Director For Compliance
Executive Director, Purchasing

Ms. Pellum has more than 30 years in healthcare management. As the Executive Director for Compliance she is responsible for Stratum's Compliance/HIPAA, Medical Records and Safety Work Groups. Key initiatives for the work groups are networking, best practices development, benchmarking and shared resources. As the Executive Director of Group Purchasing she assists Stratum members in helping reduce purchasing expenses through leveraged buying. She works directly with the materials, lab and radiology managers to achieve savings benefits through Stratum negotiated contracts and through its purchasing partner, Amerinet.

Prior to joining Stratum, Ms. Pellum held the positions of Support Services Director and Business Services Director for a 75-physician multispeciality group. Her undergraduate degree is from Eastern Illinois University and she has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Illinois. She has earned from the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) their healthcare compliance credentials CHC and CHP through ecFirst HIPAA Academy.