| Speakers |
| Margie Amato VP – Revenue Cycle Solutions and Senior Consultant MedAxiom Margie Amato, MBA, RHIA, ACS-CA, has worked in health care administration for over 25 years. In her role as Director of MedAxiom’s Business Office Coding Network (BOCN) Margie helps member practices improve the profitability and effectiveness of the complete billing process. This is accomplished through extensive educational coding programs, networking and by utilizing a management system of key indicators to measure and benchmark each step of the billing process.
Her health care experience varies from coding and quality/utilization management to oncology service-line management. The most recent years have been devoted to cardiology practice management. Before coming to MedAxiom, Margie served as Practice Administrator for Utah Heart Clinic for 10 years and then served as the Director of Physician Services for a Salt Lake City hospital where she started and managed a cardiology practice, a neurosurgery practice, and a hospitalist program.
Margie holds a Bachelors Degree in Health Information Management from the College of Saint Mary and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska. Margie maintains credentials as a Registered Health Information Administrator and an Advanced Coding Specialist in Cardiology.
Margie currently serves on the Board of Medical Specialty Coding where she writes and updates test questions for the ACS-CA and SCP-CA Cardiology coding exams. She recently served on the Utah Health Information Management Association Board as the Director of Alternate Care. Margie also served in the Presidency of the Utah MGMA Board of Directors for 7 years. | |
| Kirsten Anderson M.D., M.P.H. Chief Medical Officer, Accountable Care Solutions Aetna Dr. Anderson is the Chief Medical Officer of Accountable
Care Solutions at Aetna. Accountable Care Solutions is part of Healthagen, Aetna's
portfolio of innovative and growing businesses. In her current role, Dr. Anderson designs high value clinical
strategies for implementation in Accountable Care relationships. These clinical
strategies focus on partnering with health systems to improve the quality of
healthcare and on promoting cost efficiencies in the overall provision of
health care across all settings. Prior to her current role, Dr. Anderson functioned as the
Chief of Staff to the Chief Medical Officer. In that role she helped promote
the overall strategic goals of the clinical community at Aetna. In addition,
she oversaw a team of analysts who examined medical trend across clinical
conditions and advocated for implementation of programs to deliver effective,
safe, patient-centered care. Dr. Anderson also provided strategic direction for
Aetna Oncology Solutions, which is the Aetna approach to rewarding high quality
and cost effective care in Oncology. In a prior position at Aetna, Dr. Anderson
was a medical director in the Northeast Region in patient management, where she
was responsible for utilization management and for the implementation of high
performance provider initiatives for the New England Region. She has worked as
a general internist in primary care in Wallingford, CT and has experience
working as a medical director for physician organizations as well as managed
care plans. Dr. Kirsten Anderson is a graduate of Harvard
College and obtained her medical degree from the Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. She completed an M.P.H. at the
Columbia University School of Public Health. She completed her residency in
internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and is board certified in Internal
Medicine. Her professional affiliations are with the American College of
Physicians and America’s Health Insurance Plans. | |
| Tim Attebery CEO Cardiovascular Associates 25 years of healthcare consulting and senior management experience focused on cardiovascular services. Served as the CEO of three large cardiovascular group practices from 1992 to present (The Heart Group in Evansville, Indiana, South Carolina Heart Center in Columbia, South Carolina, and Cardiovascular Associates, P.C. in Kingsport, TN) and developed a national reputation for aggressive strategic planning, service expansion, revenue enhancement, integrating non-physician practitioners, joint ventures and innovative arrangements with hospitals and other physicians. Served on the Executive Committee and as President of the Cardiology Leadership Alliance, a national network of premier cardiology groups and supported the founding of MedAxiom (the successor organization to the CLA). Started a national consulting company, CVI3 in 2004, in order to respond to the growing demand for advice, direction and expertise within the "emerging markets" of CVD services. Sold the Training Division of CVI3 to DigiMedica, Inc. in late 2007 and merged the remaining CVI3 operations into Cardiovascular Associates, P.C. as part of becoming the new CEO of CVA (www.mycva.com). CVA has 35 cardiovascular specialty physicians (29 cardiologists and 6 CV/CT surgeons), 20 non-physician practitioners, six full-time offices, 5 SPECT cameras, a PET camera joint venture, a 64-slice & a 16-slice CT, fixed and mobile echo/vascular units, a JV Sleep Lab, a Sleep-related DME company, Lipid Clinic, Heart Failure Clinic, Device Clinic, a Vein Care Center, a nationally-recognized physician and allied health professional training division operated under the name Cardiovascular University® (www.cardiovascularuniversity.com), a comprehensive heart attack prevention program operated under the name HeartSHAPE®, a vascular access program in collaboration with the local nephrologists and one of the top carotid stent programs in the U.S. Tim was the Primary Organizer, initial Registered Agent and one of the original ten Founding Members of the Society of Cardiovascular CT. Tim has authored/co-authored numerous articles which have been published in trade journals including Invasive Cardiology, Journal of the SCCT, Cardiovascular Business, Diagnostic Imaging and others. Speaking engagements for the following organizations and meetings: AHA, ACC, SCCT, ACR, ACC State Chapters, MGMA, ACCA, MedAxiom, North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging, European Society of Cardiology and others. | |
| Eddie Barber CEO Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi Eddie has been in the health care management field over 30 years. Eddie assisted in building a large internal medical practice with over six locations. He ultimately integrated this clinic into the local hospital system in the early 90’s. Eddie worked for a publicly traded dialysis company for approximately 1 year. After his short stay with the dialysis company, Eddie was hired as the Executive Director of Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi. Over the last ten years Cardiology Associates has grown to 18 MDs, 5 Nurse Practitioners with four locations. | |
| Cathleen Biga President & CEO Cardiovascular Management of Illinois Cathleen Biga is President and CEO of Cardiovascular Management of Illinois. She has over 30 years experience in health care, including positions as hospital CEO, VPof patient Care services and has been active in practice management for the last 15 years. She has recently completed three integrations for her current groups – successfully transitioning 46 cardiologists. CMI now offers management, billing, and EHR support for the integrated groups. Cathleen serves as the Executive Director of Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute and is instrumental in the development and growth of the CV Service Line for the organization. She has been active nationally with consulting and lecturing on physician/hospital integration, development and formation of CV SL, quality initiatives, development of Clinical co management agreements, designing balanced quality score cards, and advocacy issues. She serves on the advisory board of Medaxiom, is Past-President of CSCA, past-president of Cardiology Advocacy alliance, an active member of numerous ACC committees and workgroups and is on the Illinois Board of Councilors of ACC. She serves on multiple Boards and remains active in her community. With her background in hospital administration she is able to bring a unique perspective to practice management in these complex times. | |
| Henry Borkowski, MD Founding Partner Cardiology Associates of Greater Waterbury Dr. Borkowski is the
founder and senior partner of Cardiology Associates of Greater Waterbury, a
Connecticut cardiology practice started in 1977 serving central Connecticut. He
is the Medical Director of the Heart Center of Greater Waterbury and is a member
of the Waterbury Hospital Board of Directors. He is on the Board of Directors
of Medical Professional Services, Inc (MPS) and is Chairman of the MPS – ACO
Complex Case Management Committee. Dr Borkowski served on the Board of
Directors of St Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury CT for 15 years, was Chairman of
the Board Quality Committee and served on the board’s Finance, Strategic
Planning and Governance Committees as well as the PHO Board of Directors. He
was a founder and Vice-President of CardioNet and served on the Executive
Committee of the Yale Cardiology Network from 1998 – 2000. In March 2011, CAGW
became a wholly owned subsidiary of Waterbury Hospital. Since 1995, Dr.
Borkowski has been involved in the evaluation and use of electronic medical
records to analyze and improve the quality and cost of cardiovascular care as
well as the productivity of physicians and nurses in his practice. Cardiology
Associates of Greater Waterbury was the first cardiology practice in the United
States to deploy PenChart. Dr. Borkowski is a graduate of Dartmouth College and
obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his
residency at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center – Hospital of the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine and his Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the Yale
University School of Medicine.
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| Ed Brooks Chief Financial Officer Prairie Cardiovascular Edward D Brooks, Jr., CPA is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer for Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Ltd., Springfield, Illinois. Prairie is a private practice group of 62 physicians consisting of cardiologists, a vascular internist and a cardiothoracic surgeon. The limited specialty group practices at 54 sites covering 18,000 square miles in central and southern Illinois. He has been with Prairie since 1997. Prior to joining Prairie, Edward worked as a partner in a public
accounting firm. He had worked for over
20 years in public accounting primarily with physicians and their medical
practices. Edward has been a guest
speaker for several national meetings covering Non-Physician Practitioners,
Practice Management and Medicare Billing and Compliance.
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| Denise Brown VP – Business Intelligence Solutions & Senior Consultant MedAxiom Consulting Denise Brown is the Vice-President of MedAxiom Consulting. As a health care executive with over 25 years of experience in hospital system and private practice healthcare operations, operational efficiency, physician recruitment, business development, marketing, and facilities planning; she recently achieved her Green Belt in Lean Sigma from the Johns Hopkins, Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care.
Prior to her current position she was Chief Operating Officer at West Michigan Heart in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There she led the clinical, technical and business operations initiatives; business development efforts and operationalized both co-management and integration efforts for the practice. Ms. Brown also served as Director of Business Development for Wisconsin Heart and Vascular Clinics, owners of the Wisconsin Heart Hospital. She has extensive experience in developing clinical program models to drive referring physician, patient/consumer and payer engagement.
Denise also held prior positions as the AV.P. of Purchasing for Health Services Corporation of America (HSCA) one of the founding members of AmeriNet GPO as well as Materials Management Directorships at two healthcare systems in Wisconsin. | |
| Joseph T Butz Senior Divisional VP, Cardiac & Transplant Services Sentara Healthcare
Joseph T. Butz, MBA,
JD is the Senior
Divisional Vice President for Sentara Healthcare, which is a $5.5B, 10 Hospital
Health System located in the State of Virginia.
His responsibilities in this role encompass oversight of the Sentara
Heart Hospital ranked among the Top 50 Cardiac facilities in the Nation by U.S.
News & World Report, and the functioning of a 7 Hospital Cardiac Service
Line, including strategic operations, budgeting, technology, physician practice
operations and strategic planning.
Sentara Heart represents a statewide Cardiac Service Line performing
over 1,500 cardiac surgeries and 8,000 procedures. Mr. Butz joined Sentara in 2008 and has
overseen the expansion of Sentara Heart to include such innovative services as
the Total Artificial Heart, Trans Aortic Valvular Replacement (TAVR) and CT
Stress Perfusion. Mr. Butz holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern University,
Kellogg School of Management and a J.D. from DePaul University, College of Law.
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| Vance Chunn CEO/Administrator Cardiology Associates of Mobile, Inc. Mr. Chunn has extensive experience in the health care field. He received an undergraduate degree from Auburn University in Health Services Administration and a graduate degree in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has served as Vice President for Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, a 700 bed hospital in Mobile, Alabama and, as CEO, administrator and consultant for multiple group practices along the Gulf Coast. He is currently the CEO/Administrator of Cardiology Associates, a 30 physician, single specialty, cardiology group located in Mobile. Mr. Chunn serves on a number of healthcare related Boards and other Boards and is active within his local community. | |
| Stephen J. Diagostino CPA Principal Somerset CPAs, P.C. Steve is a principal in Somerset’s Health Care Team. Steve’s areas of responsibility and expertise include fair market valuations for physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, specialty hospitals, consulting agreements, imaging centers, service lines and other ancillary businesses; development of financial studies for physician joint ventures and ancillary services; development of physician income distribution methodologies for private practices and physician networks; physician buy/sell and employment agreements; practice management and financial recruiting and facilitation for placement of recruited parties; physician practice ownership structure and related governance; practice focuses of cardiology, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology and anesthesia; and health care regulatory issues related to Fraud and Abuse, Stark and Anti-kickback. He works directly with physicians and hospital leaders and responds to issues and concerns of managing our physician practices on an ongoing basis. Before joining the firm in 1995, Steve started his career in the health care group of a regional CPA firm. Steve received a B.S. in accounting from Purdue University in 1991. Steve is a member of the Indiana CPA Society, the American Institute of CPAs, the Indiana Medical Group Management Association and the Medical Group Management Association. He was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s “Who’s Who Behind the Scenes in Health Care” list in 2003. He is a finance committee member for the Ronald McDonald House, board member for the Foundation Fighting Blindness and an active member of St. Monica’s Church and School. Steve recently co-authored an article published in the May/June 2011 issue of Thompson Reuters - Valuation Strategies titled Valuing Physician Medical Practices. | |
| Audrey Douglas-Cooke Associate Nurse Executive Sentara Heart Hospital Ms. Douglas-Cooke has worked in the health care profession for the past 30 years amassing a wealth of experience ranging from Oncology to Surgery to her current role as Associate Nurse Executive for Sentara Heart Hospital. Although her career keeps her quite busy and engaged, Ms. Douglas-Cooke is a sought after speaker for the past 10 years. Because of her expansive knowledge base, it is not uncommon to hear Ms. Douglas-Cooke speak on topics such as Cardiac Disease in Women, Organizational Leadership or Health Care and its Impact on the Business Community. On various occasions, Ms. Douglas-Cooke serves as a motivational speaker, addressing her audience on a multi-disciplinary array of topics that have included “The Power of One”. “Getting Started, Getting Motivated and Changing You” etc. She is currently a member of several service organizations. She is currently President, National Coalition of 100 Black Women-Tidewater Chapter and Vice President Iota Phi Lamba Sorority, Norfolk Chapter. As a member of the Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society, she has played a strategic role in coordinating the merger of the Mid-Atlantic Division. Having also served as a member of the National Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society, Ms. Douglas-Cooke has promoted and initiated many programs that positively affected cancer patients nationwide. Ms. Douglas-Cooke was selected by the Governor of Virginia to serve on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation. There, she collaborated with the Virginia Senators and the House Delegates to carefully plan and oversee the execution of the dollars attained from the Phillip Morris Settlement for tobacco prevention. It is difficult to cite the numerous accolades and awards Ms. Douglas-Cooke has received during her ongoing stellar career. She has received the Volunteer of the Year Award from the American Cancer Society. She was also bestowed the June Rosenthal Memorial Mission Award which is granted to someone whose volunteerism radiates the core essence of honor, servitude and dignity. Ms. Douglas-Cooke also received the highest honor from the American Cancer Society, namely the St. George National Award. A strong advocate for research, Ms. Douglas-Cooke has written or co-authored several internal articles on various health topics, the most recent of which was published in 2009 on Interactive Education with Heart Failure patients. | |
| Dr Ed Fry Interventional Cardiologist St. Vincents Medical Group Edward T. A. Fry, MD, FACC, FSCAI is Chairman of the
Cardiology Division of St. Vincent Medical Group (formerly The Care Group), in
Indianapolis, IN. He was born in Dublin,
Ireland. He attended Grinnell College,
IA, majoring in Chemistry, and medical school in St. Louis, MO at Washington
University School of Medicine. Dr. Fry
completed his Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, as well as Cardiology
Fellowship at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis (Washington University). He served as Assistant Professor of Medicine
and Medical Director of the Cardiac Transplant Service at Washington
University/Barnes Hospital from 1989 to 1991.
He completed his Interventional Cardiology Fellowship in 1992 at St.
Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, where he continues to practice general and
interventional cardiology today. His
publications and research interests have focused on mechanisms of fibrinolysis,
platelet function, and antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndromes and
PCI. He also serves as National Chairman
of the Acsension Health Interventional Cardiology Group, as a Board Member of
St. Vincent Medical Group, and as Chairman of the Board of Navion Health Care
Soluitions, LLC, a data management and quality services company. | |
| Josh Ginsberg Executive Director The Heart House Josh is the Executive Director of The Heart House, an Independent 27-physician full service Cardiology Practice located in Southern New Jersey. Josh has been in the Health Care field for the last 16 years, spending 10 of them at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Josh earned a MBA/MS degree in Health Administration from Temple University. In an attempt to put in more info to come close to matching all the other speakers, Josh wanted me to filibuster for a bit about his upbringing. He was born and raised in Philadelphia and is a die-hard Philly-sports fan. He enjoys running Triathlons and playing golf…. | |
| Allen Goree MHA, CMPE Chief Executive Officer Missouri Cardiovascular Specialists, LLP Allen is the Chief Executive
Officer at Missouri Heart Center, a seventeen physician private cardiovascular practice
located in Columbia, Missouri. Allen has been in the health care management
field for over twenty-five years, 20 of which have been in
Cardiology/Cardiovascular Surgery
medical group practice management in the CEO role. Allen spent six years in Senior
Hospital Management positions with both the Veterans’ Administration and
Humana, Inc. Allen holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical Science
from Texas A&M University as well as a Masters Degree in Healthcare
Administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Allen is an active
member of the American College of Cardiology and serves on the Partners in
Quality (PIQ) Sub-committee. | |
| John Harvey M.D. CEO Oklahoma Heart Hospital John Harvey MD is one of the founding members of the
Oklahoma Heart Hospital, one of the largest specialty cardiac hospitals in the
United States. He received his MD from
the University of Oklahoma with training in Oklahoma and Beth Israel Hospital
in Boston. He is also a founding member
of Oklahoma Cardiovascular Associates, a 65 member cardiac specialty group
which has now merged with the hospital.
He continues to have a practice in Interventional Cardiology but in the
last 3 years has also served as the CEO of the Oklahoma Heart Hospital. | |
| Ann Honeycutt Executive Director Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists, Richmond, VA Ann has been the Executive Director for Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists, a 38 man cardiology group in Richmond, VA. for 12 years. VCS is the largest independent cardiology group in Central Virginia. She has served in numerous roles in healthcare for over 30 years including the CEO for Stuart Circle Hospital and Executive Director for St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, Va. Ann is the Administrative liaison for the Va. Chapter of the ACC and has served on the Cardiology Advocacy Board (CAA) since inception in 2005 and was President in 2007. During her years in Richmond, Ann has played an active role in the community working with the AHA, Children’s Hospital and RMGMA. She has served on the Children’s Hospital Board for over 16 years and was Chairman of the Board for 4 years. Ann was also involved with Central Virginia Health Network, the first network for non profit hospitals in Richmond prior to the hospital consolidations, and served as their chairman. She is currently working with other independent groups in Richmond to develop a clinically integrated network. VCS has been involved in Clinical Co Management partnerships with their local hospital. | |
| Suzette Jaskie President & CEO MedAxiom Consulting Suzette Jaskie is President of MedAxiom Consulting and the Executive Vice-President of MedAxiom. Ms. Jaskie was the CEO of West Michigan Heart and Wisconsin Heart and Vascular in Milwaukee, WI prior to her current position. She also previously served as the Executive Director of the Frederick Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, for Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids, MI, that governs and manages the cardiovascular service line for the regional health system. Ms. Jaskie has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Hartford and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin.
Ms. Jaskie is a former President of Medical Group Management Association's cardiovascular assembly (CSCA) and is currently a serving on the American College of Cardiology's Practice Management Council. Ms. Jaskie is a faculty member of the American College of Cardiology Advanced Leadership Institute and a former board member of the Cardiovascular Advocacy Alliance. She has rich experience in strategic planning and program development and has been a speaker at numerous conferences on varied topics such as Physician Compensation, Strategic Planning, Product Line and Program Development, Performance Management, Operations Efficiency, as well as Governance and Leadership. | |
| Janet Kennedy Executive Director Cardiology Associates of Greater Waterbury Jan Kennedy began her healthcare career with Waterbury
Hospital in 1974 taking on various financial and operational leadership roles
aligned with the hospital’s integrated delivery system. Ms. Kennedy was
integral in developing outpatient radiology, laboratory and home health care
services prior to becoming the President and CEO of the hospital’s physician
practice. In 2007, Ms. Kennedy became the Executive Director of Cardiology
Associates, the prominent provider of cardiovascular services in the Waterbury
area and proceeded to develop key strategies aligned with hospital merger and acquisition.
Effective March 1st, 2011, Cardiology Associates
became a wholly owned subsidiary of Waterbury Hospital and Ms. Kennedy
continues to be a key member of the practice leadership team. | |
| C. Burke King President & General Manager Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield - Virginia
Burke King is President &
General Manager of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia. He is
responsible for the management of all employer and individual market health
insurance business in Virginia including sales, account service, marketing, regulatory
compliance and underwriting. Burke leads
Anthem’s social responsibility activities, continuing the company’s commitment
to the communities it serves across the Commonwealth. Burke joined Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of Virginia in 1992. Prior
to his current position, he had responsibility for WellPoint, Inc.’s Individual
business product management, product development and segment innovation. WellPoint is the parent company of Anthem
Blue Cross and Blue Shield. He has
previously served as vice president, Virginia Individual, Senior and Small
Group Markets; vice president, Physician Network Management and president of Anthem’s
Virginia health maintenance organizations. Burke serves as the Chairman
of the Virginia Association of Health Plans.
He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Chamber of
Commerce, the Metro-Richmond American Heart Association, Venture Richmond and
the Richmond Sports Backers. Burke is a
member of the Governor’s Council on Virginia’s Future. He holds degrees from
Hampden-Sydney College (BA, Economics and French) and The College of William
and Mary (MBA) Burke and his wife, Gay, have
two children, Caroline and Taylor. | |
| Dr. Warren Levy MD, FACC President & Chief Medical Officer Virginia Heart Dr. Levy is an interventional cardiologist who serves as President and Chief Medical Officer of Virginia Heart, located in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Virginia Heart remains an independent private practice with 37 cardiologists and18 Nurse Practitioners providing care at nine clinical offices and six hospitals, covering a large geographic footprint. Dr. Levy has served on committees of the American College of Cardiology, as Chairman of Clinical Risk Management (Peer Review) for a major hospital, is Medical Director of Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Services and has served on the Admissions Committee of The George Washington University School of Medicine. He is currently on faculty at The Georgetown University School of Medicine and has published multiple studies as first author in major peer reviewed medical journals. | |
| Steve McPheeters Partner Maynard, Cooper & Gale Steve McPheeters is a partner at Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., a full-service law firm with over 200 lawyers headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a member of the firm's corporate transactional and health care practice groups, specializing in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other business combinations and contractual relationships. With over 15 years of experience representing clients of all sizes, from large publicly-traded and privatelyheld companies to smaller closely-held and family businesses to individuals, Steve is uniquely qualified to counsel clients, primarily in health care and health care related industries, regarding a broad range of general business matters, including representation and advice with respect to physician/hospital relationships, contract and regulatory matters, employment issues, real estate and financings, corporate reorganizations, entity formation and business planning and other business and personal matters. Steve is an active member of the American Bar Association's Health Law Section and the American Health Lawyers Association's Physician Organizations and Business Law and Governance Practice Groups. | |
| Mark Nafziger Chief Administrative Officer OSF Healthcare System | |
| Joel Porter Attorney Maynard, Cooper & Gale Joel Porter received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Auburn University in 1999 and both a Juris Doctor and Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Alabama in 2004. Mr. Porter assists health care providers, including both hospitals and physician groups, on a wide variety of matters, such as contracting, transactional issues, compensation issues, fraud and abuse, reimbursement, compliance and other matters. Mr. Porter has also developed a specialized expertise representing and advising physician groups and hospitals/health systems across the United States in integration transactions and related ventures that are designed to improve the quality and delivery of health care services to patients in their local communities. Such representation typically includes the negotiation of long-term physician employment or services agreements, practice group purchase or leasing agreements, service line management agreements and governance documents for the integrated practices. | |
| Joel Sauer VP - Consulting MedAxiom Consulting For over 14 years, Joel Sauer was Chief Executive Officer of a large Midwestern multi-specialty physician group. Through his leadership, the group expanded from a single specialty practice of 15, to over 225 physicians with over 600 employees in nearly every medical specialty.
In 2009, Joel orchestrated the acquisition of his own group by a large health system and then acquiring other practices to create an accountable care network. Beyond engineering the transaction details, Joel provided the leadership behind the operational and cultural integration of the merged entities. Beginning in 2001, Joel led his group's conversion from a paper chart to a full electronic health record. Given the complexity of the process, both from an operational and cultural standpoint, Joel considers this one of his greatest accomplishments. Joel headed up two significant site development projects for the group including the construction of an attached, two operating room, ambulatory surgery center and a significant expansion and renovation of the group's previous building. Other relevant experiences Joel brings to the table include: strategic planning, joint venture formation, hospital/health system relations, financial analysis, payor contract negotiations, implementing operational efficiencies, and ancillary services creation.
Prior to his tour as CEO, Joel worked for a large hospital, managed an outpatient ancillary services business, and worked for a healthcare software developer in implementation and support. | |
| Mr. Edward Sim President, Physician Integration Baptist Heart Specialists, Jacksonville Heart Center Edward Sim was named Senior
Vice President and President, Physician Integration in July, 2011. In this capacity, he has administrative
oversight of 300 employed physicians and also is responsible for creating the overall
model for clinical integration for the health system. Previously, he served as Hospital President
of Baptist Medical Center Beaches where he was responsible for the overall
leadership of the 146-bed community hospital.
Mr. Sim has been a senior leader of Baptist Health since 2005 when he
joined Baptist Medical Center Downtown as Vice President, Operations. Prior to joining Baptist
Health, Mr. Sim served as Chief Business Development Officer and Associate
Administrator at North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell, Georgia. He began his career in hospital
administration in Tenet Healthcare’s Leadership Development Program and was also
a Consultant with The Advisory Board Company in Washington, DC. Mr. Sim received his Master
of Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Master
of Science from Albany Medical College.
He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from Boston
University. Active his community, Mr. Sim
is currently involved with WeCare, The Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida, WJCT,
the University of North Florida and MissionWay Community Church. Previous affiliations include Big Brothers
Big Sisters, American Cancer Society, The Blood Alliance, Jacksonville Beach
Chamber of Commerce and Fleet Landing Retirement Community, Mr. Sim and his wife, Susan, are
the proud parents of Olivia and Cameron.
They reside in Mandarin. | |
| Fred Simmons, JR. CMPE, CPA CEO Clearwater Cardiovascular and Interventional Consultants Frederic R. Simmons, Jr.,
CPME, CPA, has wide ranging experience in the medical practice industry as a
CEO, Executive Director, consultant and outside accountant. Fred has served as the CEO of Clearwater
Cardiovascular and Interventional Consultants in Clearwater, Florida since 1995. Previously, he served as Executive Director
of University Medical Service Association, Inc., the faculty practice plan of
the University of South Florida, College of Medicine in Tampa, FL. Before joining UMSA, Fred practiced public
accounting in the Accounting and Audit Division of a national CPA firm. Throughout his career, Fred has provided consulting and expert witness services in the medical practice industry. He is a frequent contributor to MedAxiom and MGMA. Fred has written numerous articles on practice management topics and is a contributing author of the Medical Practice Management Body of Knowledge Review Series: Financial Management book for MGMA. Fred has served as the Chairman of the MGMA Survey Advisory Committee and currently serves on the MedAxiom Survey Committee. He is a Past President of the Academic Practice Assembly of the Medical Group Management Association. Fred received his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Florida State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida. | |
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| Larry Sobal VP for Cancer and Cardiovascular Services Appleton Cardiology - ThedaCare System Larry Sobal is the System Vice President for Cancer and Cardiovascular Services for ThedaCare, a multihospital health system based in Appleton, Wisconsin. He has been involved in the healthcare industry for 30 years as CEO or as senior executive in a variety of health systems and consulting firms.
Aside from focusing on the growth and development of the cancer and cardiovascular programs across ThedaCare, he is actively promoting employer-based wellness programs as the CEO spokesperson for the Well Cities-Fox Cities initiative and by encouraging local employers to become more aggressive in improving the health status of their insured populations by utilizing biometric incentive-based benefit plans.
His academic background includes a Masters of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis and a Masters in Health Administration & Planning from the Washington University Medical School. | |
| Patrick White President MedAxiom Pat has been in the health-care management field for over thirty years, seventeen of which were in medical-group practice management. He received a master of public health degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and spent thirteen years with the Henry Ford Health System, including five years as the Administrator for the Department of Internal Medicine. He has also served as the Executive Director of Michigan Heart, a 36-member cardiology practice in Ann Arbor, for twelve years. Pat was also very active in the Cardiology Leadership Alliance (CLA) and served as its President in 2001. | |
| David Wohns MD Medical Director Interventional Cardiology, Spectrum Health West Michigan Heart David Wohns, MD is the Director of Interventional and Invasive Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Cath Labs at the Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Meijer Heart Center, Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids Michigan. A native of Chicago, Dr Wohns received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and went on to receive his medical degree at Yale Medical School . He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital, the University of Rochester, and cardiology fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr Wohns is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. Formerly serving as Managing Shareholder of West MIchigan Heart, he currently serves on the board of directors of West Michigan Heart and the Spectrum Health Medical Group. He is currently Interventional Councilor for the Michigan Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. His special interests include interventional cardiology and clinical research, with recent national presentations and publications related to his work on care pathways related to Same Day Discharge PCI and Transradial PCI. | |
| 0 | Kris Zeller CMPE, MSHSA Adminisrator Cardiovascular Medicine, PC (Davenport) Kris is the practice administrator of Cardiovascular Medicine, PC, an independent group of 24 cardiologists and 15 MLP’s located in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. Throughout her 25+ years with CVM, Kris has experienced many transitions, integrations and other opportunities to keep her role ever challenging. Though independent, her practice has strong relationships with local hospital systems including CVSL Co-Management agreements with competing hospital systems. Kris has a bachelors in Business and Human Resource Management and received her master’s in Health Care Administration in 2006. |
