Peter has worked in Healthcare since
1975. Peter began his healthcare career as a Financial Analyst and Hospital
Controller for American Medicorp, Inc. (NYSE). During 1976 and 1977 he served
as a Principal Accountant at UCLA Medical Center, working in the Reimbursement
Department. In 1978 he co-founded his first Healthcare consulting firm (Med-Charge
Analysis, Inc.); Med-Charge specialized in auditing acute care hospital
bills to improve the accuracy of the charge capture process. In 1982 Peter
sold Med-Charge to a New York Stock Exchange listed company, (Omnicare,
Inc.) and from 1982 through 1985 he managed the charge capture healthcare
consulting division of Omnicare. In 1985 Peter formed his second company
PARA (Peter A. Ripper & Associates, Inc.). PARA specializes in the review
of charge masters to improve coding, pricing and charge capture. PARA also
maintains an extensive database of pricing history for every hospital that
participates in Medicare. Peter has solely owned and operated PARA for the
last 19 years. Peter A. Ripper
& Associates, Inc. (PARA)