Sheila Schweitzer

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Ms. Sheila Schweitzer serves as Senior Advisor at Regal Healthcare Capital Partners. Ms. Schweitzer serves as Chief Operating Officer and Board Member at Mitesco. Ms. Schweitzer served as Chairman of the Board at Aventura. She co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at PatientMatters. She served as a Board Member at Orb Health. She is also a Co-Founder and served as Senior Advisor at Blue Ox Healthcare Partners. She served as an Advisory Board Member at HLM Ventures. She serves as a Board Member at Babyscripts. She has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry bringing a tremendous depth of experience and success as a C-level executive, investor, and advisor. She is also the Founder and serves on the Board of Blue Ox investment PatientMatters Holding LLC, a technology and patient engagement firm helping healthcare providers manage patient financial obligations. Previously, she was Chairman and CEO of CareMedic, an HCIT revenue cycle management company; COO of MedUnite, a consortium of insurance/managed care companies that created a health data exchange; CEO of Presidio, a biometric security platform for HCIT systems; and SVP Operations of Envoy, the nation's largest healthcare clearinghouse. She is a recognized expert in the healthcare industry and has testified before the US Congress and the Ministers of Health of the European Union on the topic of electronic transactions and claim processing. As an investor and executive, She has been involved in over 40 deals totaling $3 billion. She served on the boards of Aventura, the leading provider of awareness computing, Recondo Health, and National Electronic Attachment, and led its sale to KKR. She was a founding member of WEDI, Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, served on the ANSI X12 committee, and participated in the development of HIPAA legislation. She was Chairperson of AFEHCT, the Association for Healthcare Electronic Transactions, and The Medical Banking Project and led the mergers of both with HIMSS. She has also held advisory roles with Aetna, Blue Cross, Blue Shield Association, and NDC Health. She holds a BS in Chemistry from Western Kentucky University.