Marie Crouch

Marie is a dedicated healthcare advocate with experience across multiple areas of the healthcare ecosystem. She is a nurse with a focus on healthcare performance excellence and operations, specializing in patient experience and clinician workflows. Her commitment to holistic health and her belief in whole-person care inspired her to build on her consulting background and return to the bedside.

She brings strong leadership skills, deep empathy, and a patient centered mindset to every environment she works in. Marie is eager to continue to grow and contribute to improved access, compassionate care, and meaningful change for patients and families.

Senior Category Manager at Vizient, Inc (2025-06 – Present)

• Maintaining category expertise in healthcare digital technologies including Virtual Care, Remote Patient Monitoring, Ambient Documentation, Clinical Workflow, Surgical Orchestration
• Sustaining a competitive contracting portfolio and negotiation skills
• Leading periodic business reviews and strategic planning sessions
• Developing and managing relationships with stakeholders, including C Suite individuals at the hospital and vendor level
• Conducting market analysis and strategically planning to assist hospitals with cost performance

Managing Consultant at Guidehouse (2022-11 – 2025-06)

• Managed a team of 2-5 consultants and senior consultants at a time and oversaw products before presenting to executive level clients. Targeting revenue growth, tracking realization, and engaging internal team and clients alike to drive results
• Created a Capacity Command Center solution within the Healthcare Operations group at Guidehouse. One of five employees to research, draft, and implement a new solution offering with a projected $20M in new revenue for the firm within three years.
• Served as a nursing subject matter expert and project manager for a 22-hospital health system's Care Progression and LOS project
• Implemented standardized Multi-Disciplinary Rounds, Complex Care Reviews, CPIC, Avoidable Delay Tracking, and Initial Assessment completion at a 22-hospital health system
• Assisted in performing a comprehensive clinical variation analysis for a large health system utilizing length of stay, GMLOS, observation rates, and other metrics to be presented to hospital executive leadership

Registered Nurse at Hospital for Special Surgery (2020-08 – 2022-10)

• Leveraged strong time management and critical thinking skills to prioritize patient well-being
• Provided enthusiastic care for over 6 postoperative orthopedic patients per shift
• Used excellent communication skills to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with interdisciplinary stakeholders from lab technicians to orthopedic surgeons

Charge Nurse at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital (2018-07 – 2020-07)

• Managed 5-8 staff members daily as charge nurse on the medical-surgical unit in addition to administrative tasks
• Earned multiple SPIRIT awards for demonstrating a commitment to excellence in care
• Member of the Healthcare Advocacy and Legislative Council: promoted healthcare advocacy at the federal, state, and local levels; encouraged and educated nursing colleagues on ability to impact health policy and legislation

Master of Public Administration in Health Policy and Management – New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (2022-05)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Nursing – Villanova University, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing (2018-05)