Who we are

Sharon Sagarra, MBA, FACMPE is the owner of Sagarra Medical Consulting, LLC as well as an Independent Consultant for MGMA Consulting. Her career began as a Payment Poster and then Controller of a Private Radiology practice for over 19 years. She has served as a Manager or Practice Administrator in multiple private practice specialties (OB/GYN, General, Breast  & Colorectal Surgery, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Orthopedics, Dermatology) as well as the COO of an ASC billing company & assisted in the development of an Urgent Care center. After becoming a consultant full-time in 2023, she has served as the Interim Medical Clinic Manager of a rural hospital primary care clinic and assisted a Vascular Surgeon transitioning to Private Practice, amongst other consulting projects. She has been involved in all areas of practice management including operations, credentialing, front office workflows, staff hiring, firing, and training, revenue cycle management, supply management, policy and procedure management, risk and compliance management and practice start-up as well as assisted in negotiating Professional Services (PSA) and Affiliation agreements, transitioning, and managing those practices to work within large healthcare and academic systems.

Sharon is an ACMPE Fellow with MGMA and is an active member of MGMA at the local, state, and national levels having served as the President of the Board of Directors for the Greater St. Louis MGMA chapter and the state of Missouri MGMA. She has been a volunteer for national MGMA as a State Liaison, mentor, and served on numerous committees. She is also a member of Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). She completed BJC Healthcare's Leadership Certification program in 2014.