AHC Mission

Our professional, experienced staff assist healthcare providers in obtaining right payment for their services by increasing and accelerating payments from third party payers. We help our clients achieve their financial goals, while minimizing the financial liability of their patients and improving physician and patient satisfaction.

Executive Team

AHC is led by a veteran management team with a track record of significant accomplishment.

Patrick Lutz / President

Joseph Partain / Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Jeff Podraza / Senior Vice President, Operations

Jan Draher / President, CB Accounts

Todd Van Meter / Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Mark Friedrich / Senior Vice President, Management Information Systems

Patrick Lutz
President

Mr. Lutz joined AHC in 2002. As President, he oversees Operations, Client Management, New Business Development and Marketing for the company. Mr. Lutz provides expert counsel to a wide variety of clients on various issues related to federal and state reimbursement law, revenue cycle performance metrics and assessments including payer trends, collector productivity and staffing allocations. Mr. Lutz has more than 18 years experience in the healthcare industry and began his career in product development for Siemens Shared Medical Systems, a hospital information systems company. For most of his career at Siemens, Mr. Lutz was responsible for Business Development in the Midwest and Northeast Regions. Mr. Lutz graduated from Millersville University, in Millersville, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science.