Meet Our Team
Marlene Bober, RN, MHA, ACM-RN, CMAC
Principal Consultant
Marlene Bober, ACUOCARE’s principal consultant, is an experienced, seasoned nursing executive and transformational leader in case management and quality. She is currently the Senior Vice President of Client Services and Professional Practice at the American Case Management Association and a thought leader in the field, having published and presented on a national level. Her thirty-year career includes executive roles in hospital operations, service line leadership, and population health, most recently as Vice President of Integrated Case Management for a twenty-seven-hospital system in the Midwest.
Marlene has completed the Project Management in Health Care Certificate Program at the Harvard School of Public Health and holds the ACM and CMAC Certification, as well as a Master’s in Health Services Administration.
Kathleen Ferket, MSN, APRN-PC
Senior Consultant
Kathleen Ferket is a recognized expert in care transitions, strategic leadership development, and alignment across healthcare systems. She’s an experienced and transformational nursing executive, speaker, author and a leader in case management, clinical integration, value-based care, and population health. She consults with organizations across the care continuum to achieve value-based care outcomes.
Most recently, she served as Care Continuum Vice President for a nine-hospital system in the Midwest where she led acute care management and alignment for post-acute services for the health system. She has collaborated with leading names like Duke, Memorial Hermann, Tenet, Trinity, and Innova and helped develop and implement the ACMA’s Transition of Care standards. Her education includes a Women on Boards certificate from the Harvard School of Public Health and an MSN from Rush University.
“Consulting should leverage existing leadership with expertise, experience and practical recommendations for achieving results. A successful consulting engagement should sharpen and improve an organization’s methods and sustained ability for achieving results. And, while financial results are imperative to an organization’s mission they should still be serendipitous to effective care results – ultimately the best interest of the patient and family. ”