TractManager Expert:
Lisa Woodward
Lisa Woodward combines vast experience in healthcare contract management with a passion for process improvement through innovation and technology, enabling her to partner with clients in the design and implementation of compliant contracting processes that work seamlessly with the TractManager technology. She has played an integral part in developing processes and systems to provide legal services related to contract lifecycle management, electronic contract management, and related education of contract services to the healthcare organizations she has supported.
Ms. Woodward received a BS degree in Liberal Studies from Middle Tennessee State University and a Health Care Law Paralegal Specialist Certificate from Duke University.
Lisa Woodward
Professional Services Manager
Provider Contracts Are Unique, but Your Contracting Process Shouldn’t Be.
Provider onboarding starts with the provider contract. Executing a provider contract—which must comply with federal and state regulations—is more complicated than signing contracts with vendors to...
Provider Onboarding May Appear Frankenstein-ish, But It Doesn’t Need to Act Like a Monster
An inefficient provider onboarding system is often a collection of disparate parts that don’t talk to each other—not unlike the body parts Victor Frankenstein assembled to build his legendary...
SDMS’s Virtual Conference Was a Valuable Experience
Presenters shared their expertise for educators, students, sonographers, and sonologists in the areas of Abdominal, OB/GYN, Vascular, and Cardiac specialties. Particular attention was called to...
Top 10 Negotiating Strategies
Skilled negotiators are like musical virtuosos. They have an extensive repertoire of tactics from which to draw, and they know when and how to make them a part of their performance. But negotiating healthcare contracts for capital, purchased services, and IT services can test the artistry of even the most masterful negotiator.