Ernie de los Santos is an optimist and author, Co-founder of the Non-Profit TopGun Audit School, founder of Appeal Academy, Host and creator of Finally Friday! LIVE, and Executive Director of the Council for Certification of Medical Auditors, Inc. Ernie created TopGun Audit School in early 2019 to promote his vision of a healthcare system where you can wake up every morning excited to go to work because you get to be part of helping people in need of healthcare, feel your job is secure, and go home fulfilled at the end of every day. He founded Appeal Academy and Finally Friday! LIVE in 2011; and continues to produce weekly free webinars on process improvement, regulatory compliance, and Revenue Integrity Grand Rounds (aka RIGOR) – now numbering over 260 free webinars. Prior to entering the healthcare industry in 2006, he spent over 20 years in research and development of new business models and production processes, working on projects for Fortune 100 corporations, including Coca-Cola, Kodak, SONY, Panasonic, MCI, US Sprint and the International Olympic Committee. He holds degrees in Archaeology, Computer Science, and Marketing. (That means that anytime he speaks, if you dig up an old hospital, he’s probably the only one present who can tell you what they did in each room by studying the trash left on the floor.)
Ernie currently lives in the Texas Hill Country in Boerne, Texas, about 30 miles north of San Antonio. He lives with the wife BettyLee and their ShiTzu puppy, Meena – 11 pounds of Love. They enjoy spending time with their blended family of 6 children and 14 grandchildren.
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Creator, Host of Finally Friday!
President, Co-Founder,TopGun Audit School
Executive Director, CCMA – CMAS Member Site
Member, Board of Directors, BOHI – Blue Ocean Healthcare Investments
