Heather Oesting, RN, MBA, has worked as patient care manager at a regional teaching hospital, expert witness, C.E.O. of a small national health care auditing firm, and managing partner of a propagation/wholesale/retail nursery.
As Administrative Nursing Supervisor at University Medical Center in Seattle WA, Ms. Oesting was responsible for shift administration of two hundred registered nurses. She has published several brief articles in professional nursing journals.
As an expert witness qualified in Washington State and United States Federal courts, Ms. Oesting evaluated and projected future medical and rehabilitative expenses of catastrophically injured persons, consulted regarding health care costs, and provided medical literature database search and retrieval. She continues to serve as a member of trust advisory committees supervising provision of ongoing services to injured persons.
She started and ran, and sold Health Care Audits, a cost containment service providing Registered Nurse chart-to-bill auditors throughout the United States.
As founder of The Daily Plant-it, she performed research and implemented propagation processes, USDA Zone 7 landscape plants, and was responsible for marketing and sales.
Ms. Oesting is an accomplished musician and plays tuba in community bands. Her love of the arts motivated her to take up painting.