Cynthia Alcantara focuses on healthcare law at Reed Smith LLP. She represents a variety of healthcare clients in transactions including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and private offerings of securities. Cynthia also counsels clients on negotiation of services agreements and federal and state regulatory issues including: fraud and abuse, Stark and anti-referral statutes, corporate practice of medicine, certificates of need, and licensing and certification.
Michelle Beaver is editor of Immediate Care Business magazine and writes for
several Virgo Publishing medical titles. She is a graduate of the Walter
Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State
University. Michelle has won several state and national journalism
awards, including a national first-place for in-depth reporting from the
Scripps Howard Foundation. She has led two-month journalism programs for
gifted teens from around the world at two international foundations and
has written for magazines, two wire services, and small, medium and
large newspapers.
Bruce Bright is the director of business development for The Sanders Trust, located in Birmingham, Ala. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro. He also holds a masters degree in strategic studies and a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation. Bright has served two combat tours in the Middle East. Recently retired from service, Bright was a highly-decorated lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corp. Bright also is a leadership mentor.
Gordon J. (Gordy) Bruinsma is a principal of Physician Planning & Consulting LLC, a company that
specializes in consulting with healthcare professionals as an outsourced
business development team. Project types include surgery centers,
medical office buildings, urgent care centers, sleep centers, imaging
centers, labs and wellness centers. With more than 20 years experience
in banking and financial real estate, Bruinsma has successfully
structured numerous real estate transactions and investments, which have
garnered him a superb track record and reputation of credibility and
integrity in the financial community. He graduated from the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with a bachelor’s degree in business
administration, and is a registered CPA and licensed realtor in the
state of Michigan.
Stacy Calvaruso, CPAM, CEO, has more than 24 years experience in the healthcare field, in the non-profit and for-profit sectors. Her expertise includes practice evaluations, training, and implementing effective programs to meet the needs of healthcare providers. She is a trainer for the Compliance @ Work program of the Healthcare Financial Management Association Learning Solution Inc. and is author of the HFMA Physician Office Compliance @ Work program. Stacy was honored with the Patient Financial Services Excellence Award in 2003 by HFMA and served as vice president for fours years and secretary for two years for her home state chapter in Louisiana. She is an active member of AAUCM, HBMA, MGMA and the UCAOA
John Campbell, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Bridger Orthopedic & Sports Medicine, in Bozeman, Mont. He is also a physician for the U.S. Ski Team. Campbell has served as director of sports medicine at Montana State University, in Bozeman, Mont., president and chairman of the board for Rocky Mountain Surgical Center, and reviewer for The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Susan R. Chmieleski, APRN, CPHRM, FASHRM, JD, is vice president of risk management and client services at Darwin
Professional Underwriters, Inc. She provides consulting and client
services to Darwin’s healthcare policyholders and helps them assess and
manage their organizational risk. Susan has written numerous
comprehensive patient education tools and risk management articles. She
speaks at conferences and teaches healthcare law and ethics to
university medical students. Susan holds a Connecticut nursing license,
and is a board-certified advanced practice registered nurse. She is
licensed to practice law in Connecticut and is a member of the
Connecticut and Hartford County Bar Associations.
Jim Corum serves as vice president of operations for HealthMark Partners (HMP)
where he has operational accountability for several ambulatory surgery
centers. Jim is also responsible for growth and marketing strategies
with emphasis on physician recruitment. Prior to HMP, Jim led the
in-market development efforts for Surgis Inc., a Nashville-based ASC
company which merged with United Surgical Partners (USPI) in April 2006.
Throughout his tenure in outpatient surgery, Jim has successfully
completed numerous physician syndications including de novo and
turnaround projects. Jim holds a bachelor’s degree in business
administration from Transylvania University. He has also earned a
master’s degree in business administration from Vanderbilt University
where his studies included healthcare strategy and finance.
Rick DeHart, co-founder and CEO of PINNACLE III, is a leading healthcare executive with more than 19 years of experience in the outpatient healthcare industry. DeHart leads a nationally recognized team of experts in ancillary service development and management. He also provides PINNACLE III's clients with expertise in strategic planning, development and management of ASCs, diagnostic imaging and physical rehabilitation services. DeHart has been acknowledged in the “Who’s Who in the Ambulatory Surgery Industry” section of today’s surgicenter magazine.
Joseph Delligatti is a principal of Physician Planning & Consulting, which focuses on
consulting with healthcare professionals regarding surgery centers,
medical office buildings, imaging centers, labs and wellness centers.
Prior to joining this firm, he served as the director of new business
development for Stryker Corporation. Delligatti’s career at Stryker has
included roles as director of healthcare services, national accounts
manager, and the U.S. director of sales for Stryker's Bertec subsidiary.
Prior to joining Stryker in 1997, Delligatti was director of sales and
marketing at Technibilt/Cari-All, Inc. He has also served in the same
role for Invacare Health Care Furnishing's long-term care division, and
as vice president and sales manager for Mahan Associates.
Jeffery S. Eckert,
AIA, is a registered architect and co-founder of
Eckert Wordell and Esphera3. He has more than 30 years of specialty
medical facility planning and design experience. Jeff has devoted
himself to understanding the many nuances of the medical profession. He
understands that the demands of medical care providers have increased,
requiring greater speed and turnaround of patients. In response, Jeff
has developed and enacted an innovative design philosophy emphasizing
the creation of efficient, higher-volume, non-institutional environments
through adherence to sound medical planning principles, facility design,
and incorporation of available technology. Jeff is a member of many
national associations.
Chip Fellows is senior director for VHA Non Acute Care Services. Fellows has 18 years experience in healthcare-related sales and sales management. He is responsible for managing VHA Non Acute business made up of nearly $3 billion in annual contract purchases among 30,000 members, which include ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, long term care facilities, home health agencies and physician practices.
Jeff Fox is vice president of the surgery segment of MarCap LLC, a middle market healthcare finance company. Fox has been providing financial solutions for both physician-owned and entrepreneurial ventures throughout the healthcare industry for 15 years, having facilitated the financing of over 500 such ventures. Fox specializes in healthcare financing, project development and medical equipment sales, and is a regular speaker at national conferences and tradeshows. Fox was named to the Who’s Who in the Ambulatory Surgery Industry in 2005. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Trinity College in Miami, Fla., a master degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., and certification from Stanford Business School and the Wharton School of Business in executive education programs.
Darin Jay Hill, MBA, is chief development officer at Titan Health Corporation. Hill has held both operations and development executive positions for more than 15 years and holds experience in both corporate environments and entrepreneurial startup launches. He has served as worldwide sales director for an international capital medical equipment firm, was board member/senior vice president of a regional chain of occupational health clinics and was a board member and vice president of a national workers’ compensation case management firm. Hill also has consulted with and launched medical practices in multiple states with a physician practice management services firm.
Craig Holm, FACHE, CHC,
is senior vice president of Health Strategies & Solutions, Inc. Holm is
an expert consultant on physician/hospital partnerships, and an author
on the topic having penned, “Allies or Adversaries: Revitalizing the
Medical Staff Organization” (2004) and “Next Generation Physician —
Health System Partnerships” (2000). Holm has more than 25 years of
experience in the healthcare field as a management consultant and
hospital executive. He specializes in ambulatory care planning,
physician-hospital affiliations and joint ventures, and medical staff
development.
William
C. (Bill) Jacobson, MD, FAAOS, received his undergraduate
degree in accounting prior to becoming an orthopedic surgeon. Jacobson
is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with a fellowship in sports
medicine, and practices full time at Central Iowa Orthopedics and Sports
Medicine in Des Moines, Iowa. Jacobson serves as president of the board
of West Lakes Surgery Center, a joint venture between Mercy Hospital and
physician owners.
Marion Jenkins, PhD, is the founder and CEO of QSE Technologies, which provides information technology design and consultancy to more than 40 ambulatory surgery centers, and medical office building projects in 21 states. He has more than two decades of executive management experience in a variety of high-growth technology and communications companies. He has served as a chief information officer, chief operating officer, vice president of sales and marketing, vice president of sales operations and chief technology officer.
Elliot Jeter, CFA, CPA/ABV,
is is principal at VMG Health LLC, a company that focuses on ASC
valuations and partnership transaction issues. Jeter’s company is deeply
entrenched in the ASC industry and has conducted several benchmarking
studies. Prior to joining VMG Health, Jeter worked as director of
development for MedSynergies Inc., a $50 million ophthalmic physician
practice management company. He also worked for the financial advisory
services group of Ernst & Young, with a wide range of healthcare clients
including hospital systems, physician practice management companies and
other healthcare entities. Jeter is a member of Healthcare Financial
Management Association (HFMA), FASA, AAASC, American Bar Association
Health Law Section (ABA), and American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA).
Philippa Kennealy MD, MPH, CPCC, PCC is president and founder of The Entrepreneurial MD. She is a business
advisor, coach and teacher to physicians grappling with the challenges
of launching, building or growing their own successful practices or
businesses. She is a board-certified family physician who left her own
private practice in 1996 to embark on an administrative career as
medical director and then CEO of UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center.
Subsequently, she served as executive vice president in two Internet
start-up companies before launching her first coaching and speaking
business, Oya Consulting. Philippa is passionate about professional
development for physicians that permits them to reinvigorate their
careers and overcome burnout.
Marian Lowe serves as senior vice president for federal health policy at Strategic
Health Care in the Washington, D.C. office, where she advises clients on
Medicare policy and strategy and emphasizes a coordinated, comprehensive
approach toward the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Congress, the General Accounting Office, Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission (MedPAC), nonprofit organizations, and others.
Thomas Mallon, CEO and Founder Before founding Regent in 2001, served as a
founding member and remains a general partner with Gryffindor Capital
Partners, a Chicago-based venture-capital fund. In 1994, he co-founded
Same Day Surgery, which acquired five distressed and underutilized ASCs
and a physician management company. After recruiting more than 70
physician partners and growing the business from $2 million in annual
revenues to more than $20 million, Tom successfully sold his interest in
1998. Before his healthcare ventures, Tom enjoyed 12 years of successful
commercial office leasing for national firms. Tom has a BA from Denison
University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
John A. Marasco, AIA, NCARB, registered architect, is principal and owner of Marasco & Associates Inc., a healthcare architecture and consulting firm. Marasco is currently licensed to practice architecture in 48 states and is a registered member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). He is a nationally known lecturer on the design and development of healthcare facilities. Marasco coordinates the business practice of Marasco & Associates, Inc. including the development of feasibility analyses — which also include surgical and facility analyses for medical facilities. He makes it a point to be personally involved in every project done within the firm.
Robert McCarville, MPA,
is a principal with Medical Consulting Group. He specializes in planning, developing and managing ambulatory surgical centers. McCarville provides a full range of management services, including billing and collections. He has extensive experience in coordinating multi- and single-specialty centers, along with surgeon/hospital joint ventures across the country.
Eric McDonald
co-founded DocuTAP and serves as the company's CEO. He actively leads the development of DocuTAP's sales and marketing strategies and worked directly with physicians for more than two years in their own clinical environment to design and develop DocuTAP software. Prior to co-founding DocuTAP, McDonald served as an IT consultant in a Phoenix-based consulting firm where he worked with large corporate clients.
Todd Mello,
ASA, AVA, MBA, is a principal and co-founder of HealthCare
Appraisers Inc. and manages the firm’s Colorado office. Mello has 18
years of healthcare finance and valuation experience, and prior to
founding HealthCare Appraisers, Mello served as the vice president of
business development for a national neuro-musculoskeletal physician
management company where he managed the due diligence and acquisition
function as well as the syndication/feasibility of subsequent outpatient
surgical center development. Mello also has been responsible for
providing physician acquisition consulting and diligence services, as
well as corporate financial analysis services within the publicly traded
managed care arena. Mello is a recognized Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA)
through the American Society of Appraisers; is an Accredited Valuation
Analyst (AVA), and holds an MBA in finance and accounting.
Thomas A. Michaud graduated from Boston College with a B.S. in accounting, then earned his
CPA certificate while serving as a staff accountant with the
international accounting firm, Ernst & Young. Prior to founding
Foundation Surgery Affiliates in 1996, Mr. Michaud held the positions of
chief operating officer and chief financial officer of a regional
surgery center management company. Mr. Michaud's responsibilities
include marketing the Foundation program to potential surgeon/owner
groups, developing new geographic and product markets for the company,
along with medium- and long-term corporate planning and strategy.
Rob Morris is vice president of marketing with CareCredit, a patient financing
company. Morris joined CareCredit in 1993 and has more than 30 years of
experience in healthcare, including executive level marketing and sales
positions. He has managed the marketing for the dental, veterinary and
chiropractic markets, and was responsible for introducing patient
financing into the ASC, ophthalmology, hearing, orthotic and prosthetic,
weight loss, hair restoration and medical spa markets. Morris has held
marketing and sales positions with Bristol-Meyers, Coopervision
Surgical, and CR Bard.
Charlie Neal is chief operating officer with HealthMark Partners (HMP). He previously served as the CEO of Alliance Surgery, Inc., which recently merged with HMP in April. Neal also worked for Symbion Healthcare where he served as president of the multi-specialty group. He has served as COO and was founder of Ambulatory Resource Centers, Inc., was senior VP in the surgery center division of HealthSouth Corp., and senior VP for Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. Neal is a certified public accountant and earned his bachelor degree at David Lipscomb University, and a MBA from the University of Tennessee. He also earned a credential of advanced studies from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.
Lorin E. Patterson, JD, practices business, corporate, commercial and securities law with an
emphasis on healthcare joint venture formation, planning and
development. Patterson regularly assists healthcare clients in the
formation and capitalization of physician-owned entities such as
ambulatory surgical facilities, specialty hospitals, and related joint
ventures throughout the country. He has represented many physicians on a
wide variety of matters, including Stark, fraud and abuse compliance,
and group-practice formation and operations. Patterson frequently speaks
at national conferences, focusing on physician-owned ancillary services,
and is also the author of numerous articles and publications.
Ron Pelletier
is vice president of market strategy for Source Medical Solutions. Ron
has several years experience in the operational and design aspects of
technology systems for the outpatient surgery market, and has a unique
understanding of how to use technology to its fullest in the ASC
environment. He has helped facility operators throughout the United
States select and implement systems, and designed procedures that lead
to better returns on system investments. In addition to his current role
at SourceMedical, Ron has held senior management positions at Temple
SurgiCenter Systems, Health IS, and Prescient Healthcare, and has
consulted several leading ASC management organizations.
Richard Pence leads the development and management of
the National Surgical Care (NSC) surgery centers. Before co-founding NSC,
he served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of
MAGELLA Healthcare, a national group of perinatal healthcare providers.
Pence also served as chief operating officer for National Surgery
Centers and as controller and vice president for Medical Care
International. A certified public accountant, he is a graduate of the
University of Alabama School of Commerce and earned a MBA from Southern
Methodist University.
Kelly M. Pyrek is an award-winning journalist who has served as an editorial manager, editor and writer for newspapers, magazines, wire services and public information bureaus for more than 25 years. She is currently an associate editor of today's surgicenter magazine, which she launched for Virgo Publishing LLC in 2002, and is editor in chief of Infection ControlToday magazine. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
Dr. Ken Rabinoff-Goldman is vice president of the HealthCareID division of Buxton. He spent more
than 22 years in the practice of chiropractic and headed a multi-doctor,
multi-disciplinary center. He is a certified insurance consultant,
certified chiropractic rehabilitative physician and licensed
nutritionist. Dr. Rabinoff-Goldman brings much knowledge and experience
concerning practice building, superior site selection and targeted
marketing from his healthcare and retail experiences. Buxton builds
predictive patient acquisition models so that the providers can locate
their facilities close to where their best potential patients live and
also market to them in a highly targeted way.
Mary Kate Scott is the principal of Scott & Company, a strategy consulting firm working at the intersection of healthcare, consumers and technology. Scott works with leaders of hospitals/healthcare systems, medical device, pharmaceutical and technology companies and their investors to create and execute growth strategies. She creates retail strategies including new service lines, strategic decisions, and technology prioritization. Scott is an advisor to several healthcare firms and is a director for Zounds Hearing, and an adjunct professor at University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. Prior to her work with Scott & Company, she was affiliated with McKinsey & Company and Procter & Gamble.
Tim Simplot, MD, MS,
is CEO and founder of DoctorsNow Walk-in Care, a rapidly growing chain
of full-service walk-in care centers in the Midwest. Dr. Simplot also
has a thriving medical practice with ENT Clinic of Iowa, P.C., which has
grown to be one of the largest private ENT practices in Iowa in just
seven years. He is an investor/owner and serves on the board of Des
Moines' newest surgery center, Westlakes, which will soon be expanded to
an eight-room facility. Dr. Simplot received his medical degree at the
University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, and he completed his residency in
otolaryngology at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, Minn. He
is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.
Kenny Spitler is senior vice president of development at HealthMark Partners where he is responsible for all aspects of ASC development including acquisitions, de novo projects and physician syndications. Spitler has more than 22 years experience in healthcare business development. He is passionate about developing ASC businesses and is committed to creating winning partnerships with physicians and/or hospitals.
David Stern, MD, CPC, serves on the board of directors of the Urgent Care Association of
America (UCAOA) and has received the Lifetime Membership Award from
UCAOA. He is a partner in Physicians Immediate Care, operating 12 urgent
care centers in Illinois and Oklahoma. He is board certified in internal
medicine and is a certified professional coder. He has practiced urgent
care medicine for more than 15 years, and was chosen through surveys of
thousands of physician colleagues to be listed in Castle Connolly’s
“America’s Top Doctors.” He is CEO of Practice Velocity, the leader in
providing charting, coding and practice management solutions for urgent
care centers.
Dave Stilley, MD,
MBA, has practiced emergency and urgent care medicine in central Iowa since 1988. He has also served as medical director for the highest patient volume emergency department in Iowa for a number of years, and is medical director for area ambulance services and the Suburban Emergency Response Team (Tactical Police). Board-certified in both family medicine and emergency medicine, Stilley completed his MBA from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2004. Stilley has been involved both locally and nationally in hospital medical information technology, which he has applied to his new company, DoctorsNow Walk-in Care. Currently, Stilley is chief medical officer of the privately owned company that provides urgent care and occupational medicine services.
Larry D. Taylor, president and Chief Executive Officer
has more than 25 years of
experience in healthcare delivery, management, and physician relations.
Prior to founding Practice Partners in Healthcare in 2005, he served as
president and COO of the largest provider of ASC services in the United
States. His commitments to clinical outcomes and patient care and to
those who deliver them remain a focus through out his career. He has
been responsible for multiple healthcare sites across the United States
in rehabilitation, diagnostics, and surgery. He speaks at conferences on
a regular basis and serves as adjunct professor in health services
administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a
graduate of West Virginia University and a nationally certified athletic
trainer.
Todd Tidmore , MBA, is the managing director and founding partner of MedCapital Group, a commercial mortgage brokerage firm specializing in the financing of real estate projects for the healthcare industry. MedCapital was founded in 2000 and has placed loans on medical office buildings, ambulatory surgery centers and acute care hospitals throughout the United States. Prior to his current position, Tidmore held a management position with a healthcare real estate development firm. For over twenty years, he managed a sole-practitioner CPA firm in San Antonio. Tidmore has a MBA from the University of Texas in San Antonio and a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University.
Craig Veach, senior vice president of operations at Amkai, has been intimately involved with the ASC industry for more than 14 years. Veach has shared his vast knowledge of healthcare IT systems and costing analyses at MGMA, FASA, and various state association meetings. He is a recognized authority in areas of ASC finance, regulations, HIPAA compliance and software technology, and has published numerous healthcare-focused publications. Veach was honored in the 2006 issue of “Who’s Who in the ASC Industry” section of today’s surgicenter magazine.
Nancy Jo Vinson, RN, BA, CASC is the chief operating officer for Surgery Center Consultants of America (SCA), located in Ft. Myers, Fla. She works closely with project coordinators, financial and management personnel as well as surgery center personnel during planning and development. She mentors administrators, governing bodies and medical staff as they develop, operate and manage an ASC. Prior to joining SCA, she served as director of clinical operations for an ASC management and development company. She also has served as administrator and vice president of a multispecialty ASC, instructor of nursing at University of Pennsylvania-Presbyterian Medical Center, and executive director of the Emergency Medical Services System Federal Region IV. Vinson served ten years on the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA) board of directors and is currently on the Disaster Task Force. A frequent industry speaker, she is an Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care surveyor (AAAHC) and is an affiliate with the American College of Healthcare Executives. Vinson has achieved her certification as a Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC), has a diploma in professional nursing and a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration.
David Wood, president of The Wood Insurance Group (WIG), is a leading underwriting and risk management specialist for the healthcare industry. He has underwritten and created numerous unique medical professional liability products over the last 28 years. He is a frequent speaker at healthcare conferences and has received awards for his contributions to patient safety and best healthcare practices.
Thomas R. Yerden, MPH is the president and CEO of TRY Health
Care Solutions, LLC. TRY Health Care Solutions provides ambulatory
surgery consulting services to large healthcare systems, group
practices, independent physicians and existing surgery centers
throughout the United States. Tom is a recognized leader in the industry
with over 27 years of service spanning the development of over 70
surgery centers and the founding of Aspen Healthcare, Inc. Tom is a
member of the FASA board of directors and was a 2003 Ernst & Young,
Entrepreneur-of-the-Year finalist. Tom speaks at many national
conferences and spends his free time assisting his wife Carol raise
their herd of Alpacas in Salmon, Idaho.
Bob Zasa, MSHHA, FACMPE, is one of the founders of Woodrum/ASD. He is the proprietor, manager and developer of the company and is experienced in all phases of business development in multi-service ambulatory care facilities, group practices, ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. In the early 1990s, Zasa founded and served as president and CEO of Premier Ambulatory Systems, Inc., a firm that acquired, developed, owned and operated ambulatory surgery centers across the U.S. In 1995, he was recognized by Inc. magazine as CEO of one of the top 500 fastest growing private companies in the U.S. Previously, Zasa was managing general partner of a national ambulatory care consulting firm. Zasa earned his graduate degree in hospital and health administration from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and attended graduate programs in marketing at UCLA and Loyola University.
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