This recognition exemplifies Turner’s loyalty to long-standing relationships and principles while encapsulating her commitment to ongoing success. In a rapidly changing world, Turner’s contributions —both at AArete and elsewhere — empower her colleagues, clients, and peers to be prepared for what lies ahead.

As the leader of AArete’s Healthcare Payment Intelligence® practice, which assists health payer clients with claims payment accuracy, Turner leverages her expertise in healthcare and business to provide innovative solutions to daunting problems. Her leadership on this front ensures erroneous payments are identified, understood, recouped, and rectified to avoid issues arising in the future, while also improving compliance, enhancing provider relations, and increasing the quality of patient care.

In a sweeping acceptance speech, Turner recounted her upbringing on a farm near a small Iowa town, her academic tenure at the University of Iowa, her time at Arthur Andersen & Co., and her nearly 13 years with AArete. Turner reflected upon the importance of a strong work ethic, the value of a CAN DO attitude in one’s overall success, and how the values imbued during her childhood continue to echo throughout her career, as evidenced in AArete’s Guiding Principles of Excellence, Inclusion, Stewardship, Community, Family, and Sustainability.