Anna Mathias, BS, PMP

Anna Mathias is a PMP certified Project Manager with a focus in organizing, supporting, and substantively contributing to work products related to Electronic Health Record (EHR) software quality, regulatory, and patient safety assessments. She is a strong leader and team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including direct management experience and training of 15 cross-functional staff on a five-year, first-of-kind quality oversight project for the ONC/HHS.

Experienced in all phases of the project lifecycle, from requests and bids for proposals, to account and stakeholder management and project execution, Anna excels at engaging stakeholders and managing client expectations, and her past experience includes development of organizational structures and relationship building with large EHR vendors.

Anna is experienced in managing long-running and complex litigation cases and Health IT regulatory oversight programs, contributing to and completing RFPs for the REMS industry, and managing and supporting a team of experts’ analysis and guidance involving the safety and quality of software, regulations such as CEHRT and Meaningful Use, ISO Standards, and industry best practices for quality and risk management in Health IT software.

Summary of Qualifications

Manage multiple ongoing projects including Government Audits, Regulatory Consulting, Litigation Cases, Research Projects, and Med Malpractice Cases
Responsible for managing the expert consultant work product of the 15-person Software Quality Oversight team for a large Electronic Health Record Vendor as contracted under a first of kind 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement administered jointly by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Office of the Inspector General of the United States (OIG)
Plan, coordinate, write, edit, and submit final work product to clients
Perform and provide support during the audit of a HIT software company’s development lifecycle practices, including the design, development, testing, and deployment of software, with a focus on understanding and mitigating defects that could implicate patient safety or EHR certification
Interface with Clients and internal Leadership regarding organizational aspects of projects, including managing documents, information requests, and associated data, as well as tracking progress toward attainment of project milestones
Train employees and contract consultants on internal and external computer systems, policies, procedures, and tools
Assist the Division Vice President with business development activities, procurement of resources, contract review,
completion of RFPs, and development of internal policies and procedures
Manages and supports a team of experts’ analysis and guidance involving the safety and quality of software, regulations such as CEHRT and Meaningful Use, ISO Standards, and industry best practices for quality and risk management in Health IT software.

Management, Audits, & Compliance Consulting

Bluesight, Inc. | Nov 2022–Feb 2023
Project manager for a team performing management advisory services related to assessment of effectiveness of organizational strategy as executed through technology processes and functions, people, structure, and culture.
REMS–Data, Quality, Process and Systems Review
CLIENT CONFIDENTIAL | Oct 2022–Present
Project manager for a team performing independent, internal data, quality, process and systems review for a major FDA-regulated REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) program and for a popular generic medication with serious side effects.
Adheris Health, a MedAdvisor Company | Oct 2022–Present
Project manager for a team performing advisory services related to implementing a robust product management function along with a standard software development lifecycle process (SDLC).
eClinicalWorks, LLC and the Office of the Inspector General of
HHS Software Quality Oversight Organization | Mar 2019–May 2022
Project Manager for a team of 15 serving as the Software Quality Oversight Organization (SQOO) under the Corporate Integrity Agreement between eClinicalWorks, LLC. and the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services dated May 30, 2017. The SQOO Team serves as an independent audit and oversight organization covering a technical review of EHR software and development processes as it relates to patient safety.
Greenway Health | Mar 2019–May 2020
Project Manager for a team performing consultation regarding compliance and regulatory matters for Certified Health IT software.
Integra Connect | Mar 2019–Present
Project Manager for a team of Consultants performing gap analysis and recommendations for improving compliance with CEHRT regulations for Certified Health IT software.

Litigation Experience

Robotic Vision Technologies, Inc. v. ABB, Inc. | Oct 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: Delaware District Court
Case Number: 1:22-cv-01257
Counsel: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
Nature of Matter: Patent Infringement, Copyright, and Trade Secret
Brady and Macy Ingram v. Cerner Corporation | Feb 2023–Present
Jurisdiction: Circuit Court Of Jefferson County, Alabama
Case Number: 2020-902915.00-DEB
Counsel: Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, LLP
Nature of Matter: Medical malpractice
Angela Prieto v. Rush University Medical Center | July 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: Circuit Court, Cook County Illinois
Case Number: 18 L 003531
Counsel: Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP
Nature of Matter: Medical malpractice
Masonicare Corporation v. Cerner Corporation | July 2022–Dec 2022
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
Counsel: Blank Rome LLP
Nature of Matter: Breach of contract
Tanya Svoboda v.
Amazon.com, Inc., and Amazon.com Services LLC | June 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court District of Illinois
Counsel: Keogh Law, LTD.
Nature of Matter: Privacy Class Action
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC. v. TVision Insights, Inc. | June 2022–Present
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court District of Delaware
Counsel: Keogh Law, LTD.
Nature of Matter: Patent Infringement