Andrea Tietjen, CPA, MBA
Assistant Vice President of Transplant Administrative Services
Ms. Tietjen has been a member of the transplant team at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center since 1999 and is responsible for the integration, supervision and oversight of all data, quality and financial operations. Direct responsibilities include maintaining and managing all financial data, performance improvement and quality assurance activities; preparing financial and operational reports, filings and budgets for administrative decision making and cost/benefit analyses; facilitating the development, negotiation and implementation of transplant contracts; managing research funding, budgeting and statistical analyses; supervising and coordinating data management, divisional databases and software applications, patient registration, billing, invoicing and insurance/financial coordination for profit maximization and compliance.
In addition to a Bachelor of Arts from Douglass College, a Bachelor of Science from Upsala College, and a Master of Business Administration from Regis University, she earned a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from Purdue University and has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Jersey since 1996.
Ms. Tietjen has been very active in the national transplant community for many years and has participated in many projects and committees. She currently serves on the UNOS Kidney Paired Donation Financial Sub-committee, the AFDT Living Donor Education Planning Committee, the UNOS Fiscal Impact Committee, and is on the AST Living Donor COP Finance Workgroup. She is also presently a UNOS TAC Committee Member, Co-Chair of the AST Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice and serves as both Treasurer and Committee Member on the RWJBH Woman’s Leadership Alliance.
Ms. Tietjen has also authored numerous articles and publications on transplant operations, finances and billing, serves as content expert for several speaker bureaus and is a frequent presenter at national conferences and meetings. Among the many awards and honors received by Ms. Tietjen are National Kidney Registry Terasaki Medical Innovation Award; Top Abstract at two separate UNOS Management Forums; two-time honor of “Best White Paper” at HKS, Omaha, NE; and “Top Hospital Abstract” at NATCO, Washington, DC. Lastly, she has been an adjunct professor at Caldwell University since 2002 and teaches Accounting, Finance and Health Care Administration in the School of Business.