St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has appointed Katie Taylor as director of patient accounting, effective Dec. 1. She replaces Michael Scherr, who is retiring after 15 years of service to St. Joseph’s. Taylor brings 10 years of financial experience to the position. She has worked as a financial analyst at St. Joseph’s, as well as Community General Hospital in Syracuse. Taylor also has served as manager of Eclypsis and most recently was an application leader for the hospital billing portion of the SJLinked/Epic implementation. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from SUNY Potsdam and an MBA from SUNY Oswego. Taylor is certified in Epic Resolute hospital billing and serves as an officer on the board for the Central New York chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
