Experts & Advisors
Ryan Christine
Managing Director

Ryan Christine is a Managing Director at Ankura based in Chicago with more than 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry. His tenure spans across all revenue cycle departments, affording him a comprehensive perspective of the entire operational spectrum. He maintains revenue cycle and compliance certifications from nationally recognized organizations.
Experience
As a certified revenue cycle representative, he understands how to assess providers’ critical needs and implement improvements resulting in increased revenue. As a certified compliance professional, he understands regulatory requirements and the internal controls necessary for an organization’s compliance program to be effective and to reduce compliance risks, particularly those related to participation with government payers.
Ryan’s ability to analyze an organization’s core business needs, identify areas for enhancement, and devise practical solutions positions him as an asset to any client. He has a history of introducing innovative, cost-efficient concepts that drive performance improvements, increased revenues, and elevated customer service. Notably, as director of revenue recovery for multiple leading national revenue cycle entities, Ryan led teams that successfully collected over $100 million in underpayments and denials. He is well-versed in orchestrating comprehensive provider performance improvement programs that harmonize expense reduction strategies with revenue enhancement.
Ryan has led various transformative healthcare transactions by providing healthcare market analyses, financial modeling, and strategic planning to foster successful mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships resulting in client growth and strategic success.
Ryan’s revenue cycle and compliance experience spans a variety of specialty areas including but not limited to large acute care facilities, independent and large physician practices, behavioral health, urgent care, ambulatory surgery centers, and revenue cycle vendors.
- Education
- BSBA, University of West Florida
- Certifications
- Healthcare Compliance HCCA
- Certified Revenue Cycle Representative
- HFMA
- Affiliations
- HCCA
- HFMA