Senior Leadership Team
PGM Billing is a medical billing and revenue cycle management company founded in 1981 by Albert Saviano and based in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Its senior leadership team oversees physician and laboratory billing operations, information technology, the NorthStar billing platform, and business development.
PGM Billing Senior Leadership
Albert Saviano – President / CEO
Albert Saviano is our Chief Executive Officer, President, and Controller. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from Iona College. Mr. Saviano founded PGM Billing in 1981. Prior to starting PGM, Mr. Saviano served as the CFO and Controller for hospitals in both New Jersey and New York. In addition, he was formerly the Director of the NJ Medical School Faculty Practice Program and a Director at the NJ Hospital Association. Mr. Saviano has over 40 years of financial experience in the medical field.
Martha Culver – Chief Operating Officer
Martha Culver received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University and attended graduate school at New York University. Prior to PGM, Ms. Culver served as the Associate Vice President at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Medical Center in New York City. Ms. Culver has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry and was featured in The New York Times as one of the USA’s top businesswomen.
Roey Hine – Senior Vice President of Practice Management
Roey Hine brings over 25 years of physician billing experience to PGM. This experience includes development and implementation of policies, procedures, and system frameworks to maximize provider reimbursement while maintaining compliance with government regulations. She has extensive knowledge of insurance claims, credentialing, and fee analysis. Roey has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and is a member of the Practice Managers Section of the Medical Society of New Jersey.
David Seebode – Vice President of Information Technology
David Seebode brings over 25 years of information technology experience to PGM. This experience includes development and implementation of networks (LAN and WAN) for the purpose of data transfer between hospitals, insurance companies, and PGM employees. Dave received his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Arts in English from St. Lawrence University. Dave has in-depth knowledge of the HIPAA requirements for electronic data exchange between the federal government, major insurance companies, and electronic medical record systems. He has worked extensively with physician offices, hospitals, insurance payers, and other parties to program data specifications necessary for physician practice management.
Chris Saviano – Vice President of Business Development
Chris Saviano is a director at PGM and has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance and business development. Prior to joining PGM, Chris was a member of the corporate finance departments of Lehman Brothers and Société Générale investment banks in London, where he focused on debt and equity capital markets transactions in the healthcare sector across Europe and the Americas. Chris earned his Master of Business Administration (with honors) from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, with concentrations in strategic management and finance. Chris is responsible for business development and sales.
Carola Cornejo – Assistant Vice President of Client Services and Operations
Carola Cornejo brings over 14 years of physician billing experience to PGM. She has become one of our top experts in filing appeals and increasing client payments. Her experience also includes patient and insurance collections, all aspects of follow-up, fee analysis, and credentialing. Carola is a graduate of Dover Business College with a degree in Computerized Accounting.
Irene Shen – Senior Project Manager
Irene Shen brings more than 30 years of IT experience and over a decade in medical billing to PGM. Previously, she served as Information Systems Manager at Kyocera Mita, Inc. and Senior Systems Analyst at Pinzar Technology, Inc. She also spent more than 10 years in a medical office, building hands-on billing expertise across Medisoft, NextGen, and athenahealth. Irene leads development of NorthStar, PGM’s proprietary billing system, oversees its integration with external EMR and LIMS platforms, and provides support to RCM and SaaS clients who use it. She began her studies as a premed student at New York University before earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.