Vanessa Drake is the Senior Vice President of Underpayments Recovery at R1. She has deep expertise in underpayments, revenue integrity and financial performance optimization, both as a consultant and as an operator. As a senior healthcare revenue cycle leader, she leads strategies that help healthcare organizations identify, recover and prevent missed reimbursement across complex payer environments.
Vanessa brings more than 20 years of experience working with hospitals and health systems to address revenue leakage, strengthen payer accountability and improve revenue cycle outcomes. Her work focuses on combining analytics, operational rigor, and industry insights to uncover hidden financial opportunities and drive measurable results.
Known for her collaborative approach, she partners closely with provider organizations to align financial performance with patient-centered care. Vanessa is passionate about advancing smarter, more transparent revenue cycle processes that enable healthcare leaders to reinvest in care delivery while maintaining financial sustainability.
