We are current healthcare providers that understand the hassle, inefficiency and frustrations with credentialing. After years of credentialing stress we want to create a streamlined process that makes it easy to keep everything available at our fingertips so that we can focus on the jobs we want, deliver the care we’ve been trained to do, and get back our wasted time on the repetitive process.
Our vision is to streamline the credentialing process so you are ready for any healthcare job at a moments notice.
HealthShield’s mission is to eliminate the frustration and inefficiency of credentialing so you no longer worry about the paperwork, but instead you can focus on patient care.
Provide you with a centralized and secure platform to upload, select and send your documents quickly.
Our passionate and dedicated team of medical professionals will help you every step of the way.
Co-Founder, President & Chief Operating Officer
Andi Stamper is a dual-certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (CRNA, FNP) and healthcare operator with over 19 years of clinical experience across academic medical centers, community hospitals, and outpatient/office-based anesthesia settings. She completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and MSN/CRNA at Duke University and later earned her Family Nurse Practitioner certification from the University of Cincinnati.
She is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of HealthShield, where she leads product design, clinical workflow architecture, and credentialing process optimization strategy. Her work is grounded in firsthand experience navigating multi-state credentialing systems and provider onboarding inefficiencies across hospital networks.
She is a published clinician and researcher with 20+ peer-reviewed publications in perioperative care, anesthesia safety, simulation, and healthcare process improvement. Her work has been published in journals including AANA Journal and Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, and she has contributed to academic textbooks in advanced practice simulation training.
She has also served in academic and advisory roles including:
In addition to clinical and academic work, she provides expert consulting in healthcare legal cases (expert witness, deposition preparation, and case review) and has authored multiple industry-facing articles on healthcare finance, credentialing, and practice management.
Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer
Kiki Mattress is a CRNA, healthcare entrepreneur, and organizational founder focused on workforce development and provider pipeline optimization in anesthesia. She earned her MSNA and CRNA from the University of New England and holds a BSN from the University of South Carolina Upstate. She currently practices as an independent contractor CRNA in Greenville, South Carolina.
She is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of HealthShield, where she leads growth strategy, market development, and provider/hospital engagement. Her operational insight is shaped by both clinical anesthesia practice and extensive leadership in healthcare education and mentorship platforms.
Kiki is the Founder and CEO of The CRNA Chase Academy, a large-scale mentorship platform supporting ICU nurses pursuing CRNA careers, which includes:
She is also the Founder and President of the Society of Future Nurse Anesthetists (SFNA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 2024, which evolved from a Facebook community of approximately 6,000 members into a formal national organization supporting CRNA applicants and students.
Her thought leadership includes:
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