Ms. Puchtler leads the $11 billion, multi-state health system’s capital and operating budget process, providing strategic financial guidance to reach health system goals including growth, funds flow, simplifying care delivery and adapting delivery systems to the needs of patients and clinicians, aiming Penn Medicine’s renowned bench-to-bedside infrastructure for the future, and enabling transformative approaches to workforce planning and development. Ms. Puchtler previously served as CFO of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, a 1,200-bed acute care hospital within Penn Medicine. In this role, she oversaw all aspects of hospital financial performance, including the financial planning for and opening of the hospital’s new $1.6 billion patient pavilion. She was pivotal in meeting financial targets despite labor shortages and increasing health care costs. Ms. Puchtler has been a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association since 2011.
