Jo Surpin

Jo has extensive healthcare finance, regulatory and reimbursement experience. She has been involved in the development of the AMS PBIS® methodology and has coordinated all AMS Gainsharing Programs. As Assistant Project Manager for the New Jersey Department of Health Case Mix (DRG) Project, she was instrumental in the development and implementation of New Jersey’s reimbursement system, which later served as the foundation for Medicare’s Prospective Payment System. After starting her own consulting business in 1982, Jo served as a special consultant to the New Jersey Department of Health on health care financing policy matters. She continued her consulting career in hospital strategic planning and reimbursement and brings that orientation to all AMS projects.

Ms. Surpin has lectured and written extensively on planning and reimbursement issues. She has published numerous articles on strategic planning initiatives, managed care strategies, gainsharing, physician incentive plans, community health centers and new service development for hospitals.