Christopher Baratta

Executive summary

Christopher Baratta is a Principal of Grant Thornton's Business Advisory Services practice and the West Region Health Care Advisory Services practice leader. With over 23 years of advisory experience, Christopher has led multiple organizational transformation engagements that have led to significant operational and financial improvements. He has served a trusted advisor to the C-Suite and as a SME for healthcare related topics. Christopher has lead regional business development and has served a practice leader of healthcare offerings. He is a senior health care executive with strong business development skills and focused in the areas of Revenue Cycle Operations, Patient Experience, Technology Transformation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Finance Transformation, Change Management, and Organizational Improvements. Before coming to Grant Thornton, Baratta was with Deloitte Consulting, providing consulting management and advisory services for their life sciences and health care practice. He was responsible for their West region marketing and business development, along with executive relationship management across project accounts and national clients.

Professional qualifications and memberships

• Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
• Healthcare Management and Information Systems Society (HIMSS) 
• Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) 
• Phi Beta Kappa Society
   

Community involvement

• ASPCA
   

Education

• BS, Biology, Northwestern University
• BA, Psychology, Northwestern University