Mary Grace Wilkus Chief Software Architect
HealthCare Insights, LLC
Mary Grace Wilkus, HCI’s Chief Software Architect, has primary responsibility for the design, development and implementation of INSIGHTS, the company’s proprietary decision support and management accountability software solution.
Prior to joining HCI in 2000, Wilkus served two years as Director of VHA Performance Consulting, Inc., a for-profit national consulting practice serving 1,800 hospital members. Wilkus spearheaded consulting initiatives such as, operational and clinical process redesign for physician groups and hospitals, comparative data analysis, productivity management, resource utilization analysis, cost account support, incentive compensation and implementation and general project management services.
Since 1985, Wilkus held positions of increasing responsibility as a senior financial officer for healthcare organizations. She spent four years as Director of Finance and Acting Chief Financial Officer for Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, a for-profit 450-physician medical specialty group practice. Wilkus was responsible for decision support, cost accounting, forecasting/budgeting, accounts payable and payroll. In addition, she coordinated all banking activities, managed investment and treasury activities, and participated in all capital financing plans including long-term financing plans and bond sales.
Wilkus has presented to national and international conferences on a wide variety of topics relating to decision support for healthcare organizations. She is a CPA and graduate of University of Illinois at Chicago.
