Debbie Niki Sarantopoulos-Palese

Demeter (Debbie) Sarantopoulos-Palese, MS, RHIA

BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Debbie Sarantopoulos-Palese has been a senior healthcare executive specializing informatics and HIM leadership for 30 years. She has exceled at leading diverse and complex organizations in the areas of business/revenue operations of acute and post-acute settings.

Most recently over the last 8 years Debbie has been a Vice President of HIIM and Chief Privacy Officer at Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care in Rosemont, a national hospice provider spanning more than thirty locations across the U.S. She created and oversaw a new HIIM department for the enterprise and upgraded the EMR system while also acting as a leader of the change/project management functions. Another key accomplishment was overseeing the privacy initiatives and ongoing training and education of more than 3,000 employees as the Chief Privacy Officer.