Judith S. Wooten, MHA, CHE, joined the Arkansas Hospice team as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2002. Her healthcare career began as a patient representative in a large, tertiary care, teaching hospital in 1980, where she “fell in love with healthcare.”

Judy earned a Masters of Health Administration from Washington University School of Medicine in 1985. Since then, Judy has been a hospital administrator, a managed care executive and a management and healthcare consultant.

She has extensive experience in quality and utilization management, process improvement, clinical/financial analysis, reimbursement and regulatory issues, strategic planning and operations management. She is a diplomat of the American College of Healthcare and a Certified Hospice Administrator.