SHERRETA LANE

Sherreta Lane is a Senior Manager with SCA and the Sr. VP – Finance Policy & Economic Analysis for the District Hospital Leadership Forum (DHLF). In her capacity with DHLF she is responsible for the development of federal and state financial/reimbursement policy on behalf of California’s District hospitals. She works closely with each of the Forum members to better understand their challenges and identify reimbursement and other funding opportunities. Sherreta also oversees the Forum’s advocacy functions and works directly with the regulatory agencies that design and implement the health care policies that affect District hospitals, as well as the other healthcare stakeholders that participate with the Districts in this process.

Sherreta has more than 35 years of experience representing hospitals in California. Prior to joining SCA she was the Vice President, Finance Policy and Economic Analysis for the California Children’s Hospital Association (CCHA) where she represented the eight private not-for-profit children’s hospitals serving the health care needs of California’s seriously ill and injured children.

Prior to joining CCHA, Ms. Lane was the Vice President of Reimbursement for the California Hospital Association (CHA). In this capacity, she was a member of the association’s representation and advocacy team and represented hospitals before the Legislature and Administration on issues such as charity care implementation, financial data transparency, government and commercial payer reimbursement issues, operational challenges facing hospitals and safety-net funding mechanisms.

ERIN CLARK

Erin Clark is a policy analyst with SCA focusing on activities related to the District Hospital Leadership Forum (DHLF). In reporting to the DHLF Sr. VP – Finance Policy & Economic Erin’s primary duties are related to state and federal advocacy efforts at both the legislative and regulatory levels. In this role she works with both external audiences as well as the DHLF membership on efforts related to district/municipal public hospital (DMPH) supplemental Medi-Cal funding programs.

Prior to joining the firm, Erin worked at Capitol Partners, a legislative and advocacy firm for 6 years. There she was responsible for the coordination of client advocacy days, preparation of position statements and providing analysis on introduced and amended bills. In addition to legislative advocacy, she managed and executed press events for clients with elected officials and government agencies. She has also built a niche in organization management, overseeing day-to-day operations and assisting with the development and execution of large conferences.

Prior to working with Capitol Partners, Erin was the Vice President of Operations and Project Manager for select clients and special initiatives in the real estate and tax deferments industry for over 10 years.

Ms. Clark has a BS in Marketing with an emphasis in communications from California State University, Sacramento.

KEVIN SEELEY

Kevin Seeley is a Government Reporting Specialist for SCA. Kevin is responsible for the preparation and submission of both the quarterly and annual OSHPD hospital accounting and reporting disclosure reports. He works on the state audits of these reports addressing data questions and issues related to hospital accounting and reporting practices. He has established a rapport with both OSHPD staff and hospital clients to ensure that the reports are prepared with accuracy in order to reduce the level of audit issues during the State review process.

Along with the preparation of disclosure reports, Kevin also prepares State Controller’s Reports for Special Districts as well as assists on special projects of a financial nature that utilize OSHPD data. These projects include analysis and interpretation of hospital reporting trends and ensuring consistency between quarterly and annual OSHPD data.

Mr. Seeley has a BS in Finance from California State University, Sacramento.