2017 – 2018 Board of Directors
Becci Conroy Bargfrede, RHIA, OHCC, CCS-P
President
Director HIM, Corporate Compliance Officer/ HIPAA Privacy Officer
Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital
Hamilton, Montana
P: (406) 375-4623
Email: bconroy@mdmh.org
Traci Waugh, RHIA, CHPS, CHC
President-Elect
Kalispell Regional Healthcare
Director of Outreach Services and Compliance
P: (406) 751-6646
Email: twaugh@krmc.org
Vicki Willcut, RHIA
Past President
Kalispell Regional Healthcare – Patient Accounts Director
310 Sunnyview Lane
Kalispell, MT 59901
P: (406) 756-4758
Email: vwillcut@krmc.org
Sue Casperson
Secretary
Sidney Health Center
Sidney, MT 59270
Office: 406-488-2197
Cell: 715-853-1370
Email: Susan.casperson@sidneyhealth.org
Julie Gemar Williams, RHIA, CPCS
Board Member
Missoula, MT 59803
P: (406) 644-0816
Email: j-gemar@funnbiz.com
Joanne Romasko, RHIA, CHDA
Board Member
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana
P: (406) 439-8719
Email: joanne.romasko@bcbsmt.com
Mary Hybner, RHIA
Chair, Bylaws
Liberty Medical Center
HIM Manager
P.O. Box 705
Chester, MT 59522
P: (406) 759-6961
Email: mary.hybner@lchnh.org
Mary Harmon, BAS, RHIT, CCS
Chair, Coding Roundtable
SCL Health
MT Regional Manager, Coding and Compliance
Health Information Management
1233 North 30th Street
Billings, MT
P: (406) 237-3266
Email: mary.harmon@sclhs.net
Laurie Agostinelli, RHIA
Chair, Legal/Advocacy
Montana State Fund
855 Front Street
PO Box 4759
Helena, MT 59604
P: (406) 495-5208 or (800)332-6102, ext 5208
Email: lagostinelli@mt.gov
Lisa Rae Roper, MS, MHA, CCS-P, CPS, CPC-I, FAHIMA
Chair, Education
Roper Healthcare Consulting (CEO)
The Lifelong Learning Center
Allied Health & Safety Coordinator
310 S. Curtis
Missoula, Montana 59801
Phone: (406) 549-8765
Email: lrroper@mcps.k12.mt.us
Mary Bisch, RHIA
Chair, Nominating Committee
Director of Health Information, Privacy Officer
Community Hospital of Anaconda
Anaconda, MT
P: (406) 563-8564
Email: MBisch@chofa.net
Tesa Topley, RHIA
Chair, Social Media
HIM Director/ Chargemaster Coordinator
AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
North Valley Hospital
1600 Hospital Way, Whitefish, MT 59937
P: (406) 863-8629
Email: ttopley@nvhosp.org