Gary W. Barone, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock

Suzan H. Berman (Hvizdash), CPC, CPC-EMS, CPC-EDS
Sr. Manager of Coding and Compliance Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Penn.

John Bishop, PA-C, CPC
President Bishop & Associates, Inc. Tampa, Florida

Judy Breuker, CPC, CCS-P, CHCC
CEO, Medical Education Services LLC, Mich.

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC-OTO, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions Tinton Falls, N.J.

Tara L. Conklin, CPC
Independent Coding Consultant Wesley Chapel, Fla.

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives Department Head-Applied Technology, Coastal Georgia College, Ga.

Terry A. Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCS-P, CCS
Healthcare Coding Consultant President/CEO, Terry Fletcher Consultants, Calif. Member, American Academy of Professional Coders

Arlene Morrow, CPC, CMM
President, AM Associates, Fla. Seminar Leader, McVey Associates

Kathleen Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P
Healthcare Consultant, Ill.

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner Reimbursement Policy Analyst President, Health Services Associates, Mich. Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Nancy Lynn Reading, RN, BS
CEO, Ceder Edge Medical Coding and Reimbursement, Utah.

Terry Santana, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC
President, Quest for Quality Coding Inc. Troy, Va.

Linda Baumann, Esq., JD
Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C.

Kate Brewer, PT, MBA, GCS
Greenfield Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Greenfield, Wis.

Lyndean Brick, JD
Murer Consultants, Joliet, Ill.

Fran Fowler, FAAHC
Fowler Healthcare Affiliates, Marietta, Ga.

Barry Inglett, PT, CHT, Cert. MDT
Mailly & Inglett Consulting, Wayne, N.J.

Ann Lambert Kremer, OTR/L, MHSA, CPC
Beacon Rehab Solutions, Portland, Maine

Ken Mailly, PT
Mailly & Inglett Consulting, Wayne, N.J.

Paul Martin, MPT, CBI, M&AMI
Martin Healthcare Advisors, LLC, Mt. Laurel, N.J.

Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC/SLP, BRS-S
Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, Ky.

Donna Thiel, JD
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, PC, Washington, D.C.

Garry Woessner, MA-CCC, MBA, CAS
Benedictine Health System, Minneapolis

Richard Brebner, BS, RDMS, RDCA, RVT
Vice President/Technical Director, Ultrasound Services Inc., Pa.

Stacie L. Buck, RHIA, CCS-P, LHRM, RCC, CIC
President/Senior Consultant, RadRx, Stuart, Fla.

Deborah I. Churchill, RTT
President, Churchill Consulting Inc. Killingworth, Conn.

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives
Department Head, Applied Technology, Coastal Georgia College

Terry Fletcher, CPC, CCS-P, CCS
Healthcare Coding Consultant,
McVey Associates Seminar Leader
American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board Member

Jeff Fulkerson, BA, CPC, CIRCC,
Senior Certified Coder, Department of Radiology, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta

Stacy Gregory, CPC, CCC, RCC
Sole Proprietor and Senior Consultant, Gregory Medical Consulting Services, Tacoma, Wash.

Blake A. Johnson, MD
Director of CNS Imaging
Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Minn.

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board

Cheryl A. Schad, BA Ed, CPC, ACS-RA, PCS
Owner/Consultant, Schad Medical Management, Mullica Hill, N.J.

Jim H. Stephenson
President, North Central Medical Management, Ohio

Paulette B. Stone, CPC, RCC
Independent Radiology Coder, Tooele, Utah

Susan L. Turney, MD, FACP
Wisconsin Medical Society

Darlene Zase, BS, CMPE
Past President, Radiology Assembly Medical Group Management Association

Jeffrey Berman, MD, FCCP
Executive Director, Florida Pulmonary Society

Brian W. Carlin, MD
Past President, American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
Rehabilitation, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pa.

Vicki Chapman, CPC, CCS-P
Healthcare Management Consultant, Keller, Texas

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC-OTO, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J.

Nancy DeMarco Lamare, CPC, CCS-P
Professional Medical Coding Curriculum Instructor
Medical/Surgical Coder
Member, Central Maine Clinical Association

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives
Department Head, Applied Technology, Coastal Georgia College

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board

Denae M. Merrill, CPC
Owner, Merrill Medical Management, Saginaw, Mich.

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

George Sample, MD, FCCP
Representative to the AMA CPT Advisory Committee for the Society of Critical Care Medicine
Washington Hospital Center

Teresa M. Thompson, CPC
ENT Coding Specialist, TM Consulting, Wash.

Sharon Tucker, CPC
President, Seminars Plus, Calif.

Vicky Varley O’Neil, CPC, CCS-P
Owner, The Hazlett Group St. Louis, Mo.

Jean Acevedo, CPC, LHRM, CHC
Senior Consultant, Acevedo Consulting Inc.

Sylvia Albert, CPC
Customer Support Manager, Data Entry Manager, AcSel Corporation

Patrick Cafferty, PA-C, MPAS
Member, AMA Health Care
President/CEO, Neurosurgical Associates of Western Kentucky

Marvel J. Hammer, RN, CPC, CHCP
Consultant and Owner, MJH Consulting, Colo.

Judith G. Lazar, FACMPE
Administrator, CNS Medical Group PC. Craig Hospital, Colo.
Founding Member of the MGMA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Assembly

Craig Liebenson, DC
Post-Graduate Faculty
Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and Anglo-European College of Chiropractic
Chiropractor in private practice, Calif.

Maggie Mac, CPC, CEMC, CHC, CMM, ICCE
Director of Network Oversight, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Compliance Department
New York City

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board

Gregory J. Mulford, MD, FAAPMR, FAAEM
Former Advisor, AMA CPT Advisory Committee for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Columbia University , College of Physicians and Surgeons

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Tiffany I. Schmidt, JD
Policy Director/Legislative Counsel
American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Minn.

V. Judith Thomas, MGA
Director, Reimbursement and Regulatory Policy Department
The American Occupational Therapy Association

Sharon Tucker, CPC
President, Seminars Plus, Calif.
 
Allison M. Waxler
Policy Analyst, Practice Management American Academy of Physical Medicine &  Rehabilitation, Ill.

Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC
President and Senior Consultant, Acevedo Consulting Inc., Delray Beach, Fla.

J. Baker, PhD, CPA
Executive Director, Resource Group Ltd., Pickton, Texas

Paul R. Belton, RRA, MBA, MHA, JD, LLM
VP Corporate Compliance, Sharp Health Care San Diego

Suzan Berman, CPC, CEMC, CEDC
Sr. Manager of Coding Education and Documentation Compliance, Physician Services Division, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Quinten A. Buechner, MS, MDiv,
ACS-FP/GI/PEDS, CPC
President, ProActive Consultants LLC Cumberland, Wis.

Robert B. Burleigh, CHBME
President, Brandywine Healthcare Consulting, West Chester, Penn.

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CENTC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J.

Emily H. Hill, PA-C
President, Hill & Associates Wilmington, N.C.

Maxine Lewis, CMM, CPC, CCS-P
Medical Coding Reimbursement  Management Cincinnati

Crystal S. Reeves, CPC, CPC-H
Healthcare Consultant, The Coker Group Alpharetta, Ga.

Patricia Salmon
President, Patricia M. Salmon & Associates Ltd. Newton Square, Penn.

Theodore J. Sanford Jr., MD
Chief Compliance Officer for Professional Billing, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Michael Schaff, Esq.
Wilentz, Goldman and Spitzer Woodbridge, N.J.

Robert M. Tennant
Government Affairs Manager, Medical Group Management Association, Washington, D.C.

Tina S. Alster, MD
Director, Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery

Arthur K. Balin, MD, PhD, FACP
Senior Physician, The Sally Balin Medical Center for Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery

Pamela Biffle, CPC, CPC-I, CCS-P, CHCC, CHCO
Owner, PB Healthcare Consulting and Education, Inc.

Cathy Klein, LPN, CPC
President, Klein Consulting

Christine M. Liles, CPC
Insurance Supervisor, Knoxville Dermatology Group PC

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President American Academy of Professional Coders

Tracy Smith
NC Center for Dermatology

Teresa M. Thompson, CPC
TM Consulting

Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC
Senior Consultant, Acevedo Consulting Inc.

Tricia Bardon, BBA
President, Medical Perspectives, Mich.
Consultant Staff for the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Catherine A. Brink, CMM, CPC
President, Healthcare Resource Management Inc., N.J.

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CENTC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President of CRN Healthcare Solutions in Tinton Falls, N.J., and senior coder and auditor for The Coding Network

Teresa S. Coles, Esq., MLIS, CPC
Founding Member, Physician Advocate Consultants and Trainers, N.J.
Member, AAPC

Ramona Cosme
President, Ramco Medical Billing Inc., N.J.

Jack Eckert, MBA, CFM, CMA
President, MediCo Unlimited LLC

Mary I. Falbo, MBA, CPC
President, Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc., Pa.

L. Michael Fleischman, CHC, CHCC
Principal, Gates, Moore & Company, Ga.

Terry A. Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCS-P, CCS
President/CEO, Terry Fletcher Consultants, Calif.
Member, AAPC

Stephanie L. Jones, NRCMA, NRCAHA, CPC
Vice President of Operations, Aztec Medical Systems, Miami

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President, AAPC National Advisory Board

Elliot Oppenheim, MD, JD, LLM Health Law
President/CEO, coMEDco Inc., Santa Fe, N.M.

Jetton Torix, CCS-P, CPC-H
Owner, Knowledge Source Seminars, Star, ID
Course Director, Cross Country Education, Brentwood, TN

Franz Ritucci, MD, DABAM, FAEP
Director, American Academy of Ambulatory Care, Fla.

Stanley M. Szelazek, CPC, CPC-H, CCP, CCAT, ACS-OR
Senior Principal, Account ABILITY Physician Practice Management Consulting Services Inc., Lake Worth, Fla.

Steve Verno, NREMTP, CMBSI
Director of Reimbursement, Emergency Medicine Specialists, Fla.
Compliance Director Medical Association of Billers

Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC
Senior Consultant, Acevedo Consulting Inc.

Brett T. Baker
Senior Associate of Regulatory Affairs, The American College of Physicians

Joel Brill, MD
American Gastroenterological Association
Representative, CPT Editorial Panel Advisory Committee

Catherine A. Brink, CMM, CPC
President, Healthcare Resource, Management Inc., N.J.

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives
Department Head, Applied Technology, Coastal Georgia College

Mary I. Falbo, MBA, CPC
President, Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc.

Marti Geron, CPC, CMA, CM
Coding and Reimbursement Manager, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Sheldrian Leflore, CPC
Director of Revenue Management, The Coding Group

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board

Mary Mulholland, MHA, RN, CPC
Senior Coding and Education Specialist, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Carol Pohlig, BSN, RN, CPC, ACS
Senior Coding and Education Specialist, University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine, Philadelphia

Bruce Rappoport, MD, CPC, CIMC, CCS
Medical director, Best Choice Plus, Total Claims Administration, Inc.
Broward Health

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Susan Allen, CPC, CCS-P
Compliance Coder, JSA Healthcare, Fla.

Richard D. Bucholz, MD, FACS
Professor/Associate Director, Division of Neurosurgery, Saint Louis University Hospital, Mo.

Laurie A. Castillo, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P
President and Owner, Professional Coding & Compliance, Consulting, Va.
AAPC National Advisory Board Member
Past-President, AAPC Northern Virginia Chapter

Annette Grady, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P
Healthcare Consultant
Officer, AAPC National Advisory Board

Kee D. Kim, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Member of the Practice Expense Advisory Committee
AMA/HCFA;
Past President American Academy of Physician Assistants;
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.

Rhonda Petruziello, CPC
Reimbursement Manager, Division of Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Eric Sandhusen, CPC, CHC
Director of Billing and Compliance Columbia University, Department of Surgery

Sharon Tucker, CPC
President, Seminars Plus, Calif.
Past President and Chairman of the Board, Southern California Chapter of American Association of Healthcare Administration Management
President of the Health Care Managers Association of Southern California

Mary I. Falbo, MBA, CPC
President, Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc.

Marti J. Geron, CPC, CMA, CM
Coding and Reimbursement Manager, The University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas,Pediatric Department
Past Member,AAPC National Advisory Board Instructor/Educator at University of Texas at Arlington

Victoria S. Jackson
Practice Management Consultant, JCM Inc.
Former Administrator/CEO, Southern Orange
County Pediatric Associates Inc., Calif.
Member, Medical Group Management Association Primary Care Assembly

Sheldrian Leflore, CPC
Revenue Management Educator The Coding Group

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of PhysicianAssistants

Rebecca Sanzone, CPC
Coding Consultant American College of Cardiology

Laura Siniscalchi, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC
Manager, Deloitte & Touche

Cynthia A. Swanson, RN, CPC, CEMC, CHC
Senior Manager, Healthcare Consulting

Seim Johnson, Neb.

Denise White, CPC
Associate Consultant, Acevedo Consulting Inc., Fla.

Joel Brill, MD
American Gastroenterological Association
Representative, CPT Editorial Panel Advisory Committee

Catherine A. Brink, CMM, CPC
President, Healthcare Resource
Management Inc., N.J.

Roberta Classen, CPC, CPC-H, MCS-P
Financial Manager, Charleston Gastroenterology Specialists
AAPC National Advisory Board (1999-2002)

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice
Executives Department Head, Applied Technology, Coastal Georgia College

James T. Frakes, MD, MS, FACP, FACG
Past President, American Society for Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University ofIllinois College of Medicine

David Johnson, MD
Co-Founder and Past Co-Chairman of National Medicare
Carrier Gastrointestinal Committee Digestive & LiverDisease Specialists, Va.

Linda Martien, CPC, CPC-H
Coding, Documentation and Compliance Specialist, National Healing Corp., Mo.

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past PresidentAmerican Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Bergein F. Overholt, MD, FACP, MACG
Past President, American Society for Gastrointestinal
Associates President, Gastrointestinal Associates PC

Margie A. Pfaff, CPC
Corporate Compliance Analyst, Medical Associates. Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Pat Stout, CMT, CPC
President, One Source Billing, Tenn.
Gastroenterology Coding Consultant

Jean A. Thompson
Past President, Gastroenterology Administration Assembly
Executive Committee, Medical Group Management Association,
Administrator Consultants in Gastroenterology PC, Mo.

Susan L. Turney, MD, FACP
Medical Director Reimbursement, Marshfield Clinic, Wis.

Michael L. Weinstein, MD
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Past Representative to AMA CPT Advisory Panel
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group, Washington, D.C.

Gary W. Barone, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences, Little Rock

Suzan H. Berman (Hvizdash), CPC, CPC-EMS, CPC-EDS
Sr. Manager of Coding and Compliance Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, Penn.

John Bishop, PA-C, CPC
President Bishop & Associates, Inc. Tampa, Florida

Judy Breuker, CPC, CCS-P, CHCC
CEO, Medical Education Services LLC, Mich.

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC-OTO, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J.

Tara L. Conklin, CPC
Independent Coding Consultant, Wesley Chapel, Fla.

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of MedicalPractice Executives
Department Head-Applied Technology, Coastal, Georgia College, Ga.

Terry A. Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCS-P, CCS
Healthcare Coding Consultant
President/CEO, Terry Fletcher Consultants, Calif.
Member, American Academy of Professional Coders

Arlene Morrow, CPC, CMM
President, AM Associates, Fla.
Seminar Leader, McVey Associates

Kathleen Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P
Healthcare Consultant, Ill.

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Nancy Lynn Reading, RN, BS
CEO, Ceder Edge Medical Coding and Reimbursement, Utah.

Terry Santana, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPC
President, Quest for Quality Coding Inc. Troy, Va

Neil A. Busis, MD
Chief, Division of Neurology Shadyside Hospital, Pa.

Laurie A. Castillo, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P
President and Owner
Professional Coding & Compliance Consulting, Va.
AAPC National Advisory Board Member
Past President, AAPC Northern Virginia Chapter

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC-OTO,CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J.

Bruce H. Cohen, MD, FAAN
Chief, Section of Pediatric Neurology and Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio

Steven W. Dibert, MD
Stroke Director, Charlotte Medical Center – Main Charlotte, N.C.

Anne M. Dunne, RN, MBA, CCM, MSCN
Senior Vice President, Clinical Service Development, National Medical Management Services, Port, Washington, N.Y.

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice
Executives Department Head—Applied Technology Coastal, Georgia College, Ga.

Barry Haitoff, CHBME
President, Medical Management Corporation of America, N.Y.

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Patricia M. Salmon
President, Patricia M. Salmon & Associates Ltd., Pa.

James Vavricek
Policy Director, American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Marianne Wink, RHIT, CPC, ACS-EM
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Neurology - Coding Manager

Marvel J. Hammer, RN, CPC, CHCP
Consultant and Owner, MJH Consulting, Colo.

Michael L. Berman, MD, FACOG, FACS
Past President, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of California, Irvine

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives
Department Head, Applied Technology,Coastal Georgia College, Ga.

Alice G. Ettinger, RN, MSN, CPNP
Past President, Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
Program Coordinator, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Saint Peter’s University Hospital, N.J.

Margaret M. Hickey, MS, MSN, RN, OCN, CORLN
Former President, Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses

Dianna B. Hofbeck, RN, CCM
President (retired), North Shore, Medical Inc.

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Member of the Practice Expense
Advisory Committee AMA/CMS
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.

Gary P. Riedmann, FACHE
Past Chairman, American Academy of Medical Administrators
President & CEO, St. Anthony Regional Hospital, Iowa

Samuel M. Silver, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Assistant
Dean for Research, Director of Cancer Center Network, University of Michigan

Armando G. Amador, MD
NRSA Fellow in Clinical Molecular Genetics
Senior Scientific Communications Associate, Eli Lilly & Company

Catherine A. Brink, CMM, CPC
President, Healthcare Resource Management Inc., N.J.

Melissa K. Duchak
President, Lakeside Coding Consultants

Raequell Duran, CPC
President, Practice Solutions, Calif.

Jacqueline S. Lustgarten, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

Maggie Mac, CPC, CEMC, CHC, CMM, ICCE
Director of Network Oversight, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Compliance Department
New York City.

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Jean Acevedo, CPC, LHRM
Senior Consultant, Acevedo Consulting Inc.

Catherine A. Brink, CMM, CPC
President, Healthcare Resource Management Inc., N.J.

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC-OTO, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J.

Teresa S. Coles, Esq., MLIS, CPC
Founding Member,
Physician Advocate Consultants and Trainers, N.J.
Member, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board

Ramona Cosme
President, Ramco Medical Billing Inc., N.J.

L. Michael Fleischman, CHC, CHCC
Principal, Gates, Moore & Company, Ga.

Terry A. Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCS-P, CCS
Healthcare Coding Consultant
President/CEO, Terry Fletcher Consultants, Calif.
Member, American Academy of Professional Coders

Stephanie L. Jones, NRCMA, NRCAHA, CPC
Vice President of Operations, Aztec Medical Systems, Miami

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board

Jeffrey P. Restuccio, CPC, CPC-H, MBA
Principal Owner, Ritecode.com

Dari Bonner, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P
President & Owner, XACT Coding & Reimbursement Inc., Fla.

Catherine A. Brink, CMM, CPC
President, HealthCare Resource Management Inc., N.J.

Quita Edwards, ARRT (R), CCS-P, CPC, COSC, CPC-I
Owner, CASE Contracting Services, Ga.

Mary I. Falbo, MBA, CPC
President, Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc., Pa.

Karen J. Faler, RN, C-ONC
Past President, National Association of Orthopedic Nurses
Orthopedic Clinician, Christie Clinic

Leslie A. Follebout, CPC-ORTHO
Coding Department Supervisor, Peninsula Orthopedic Associates PA, Salisbury, Md.

Annette Grady, CPC, CPC-H
Healthcare Consultant, Eide Bailey LLP, Bismarck, N.D.

James J. Guerra, MD, FACS
Medical Director, Naples Community Hospital Sports Medicine Program
Collier Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center, Fla.

Barry Haitoff, CHBME
President, Medical Management Corporation of America, N.Y.
R. Murphy Hanley, DPM, CHCQM
Vice President, PodiCare Management Services Ltd., Fla.

Elisabeth Janeway, CCP, CPC, CCS-P
President, Carolina Healthcare
Consultants, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Douglas J. Jorgensen, DO, CPC
Chairman, Osteopathic Medical Economics Committee, American Academy of Osteopathy
President, Jorgensen Consulting LLC

Paul Kent Kosmatka, BS, MD
Expert Panelist, Codingline
Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon

William J. Mallon, MD
Medical Director, Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, Durham, N.C.

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders

David McKenzie
Director of Reimbursement, American College of Emergency Physicians

Ron Nelson, PA-C
President, Health Services Associates,
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Denise Paige, CPC
Billing Dept. Manager, Torrance Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Group, Torrance, Cal.
Secretary, AAPC Long Beach Chapter

Stanley Szelazek, BBA, CPC, CCP
Certified Orthopedic Proficient
Compliance Officer, Lighthouse Orthopedic Associates

Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC
President, Acevedo Consulting, Fla.

Paul J. Carniol, MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

Richard A. Chole, MD, PhD
Professor and Head, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Mo.

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC-OTO, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J.
Senior Coder and Auditor, The Coding Network

Margaret M. Hickey, MS, MSN, RN, OCN, CORLN
Consultant, New Orleans

Jay B. Horowitz, MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery/Otolaryngology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, N.J.

Charles F. Koopmann, MD, MHSA
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Otolaryngology
Physician Billing Director, Faculty Group Practice, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

 James N. Palmer, MD
Assistant Professor in the Division of Rhinology
Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

James S. Reilly, MD
Past President, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Chairman, Department of Surgery and Chief of Otolaryngology, DuPont Hospital for Children, Delaware
Professor of Pediatrics and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia

Michael Setzen, MD, FACS, FAAP
Clinical Associate Professor in Otolaryngology, NYU School of Medicine
Section Chief of Rhinology at North Shore University, Hospital; Manhasset, N.Y.

Teresa M. Thompson, CPC, CCC
ENT Coding Specialist
TM Consulting, Wash.

Theodore A. Watson, MD, AAOA, AOA, AON, FACS
President; Piedmont ENT, Pa.

Steven C. White, PhD, CCC-A
Director of Health Care Economics and Advocacy
American Speech Hearing Association, Rockville, Md

Laurie A. Castillo, MA, CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P
President & Owner, Professional Coding & Compliance Consulting, VA

Ernest J. Conforti, M.S., SCT(ASCP)MT
Director, Patient Financial Services
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, NY

William A. Dettwyler, MT, AMT
President, Codus Medicus Inc., Ore.
Senior Coding Analyst, Health Systems Concepts, FL

Stacey Hall, RHIT, CPC, CCS-P, RRC
Director of Corporate Coding, Medical Management Professionals, GA

Barbara J. Johnson, CPC, MPC
Loma Linda University
Anesthesiology Medical Group Inc.
President, Real Code Inc.

S. Karen Machen, MD
Staff Pathologist, St. John West Shore Hospital, OH

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders,National Advisory Board

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Dennis L. Padget, MBA, CPA, FHFMA
President, DLPadget Enterprises Inc., The Villages, Fla.

Cory A. Roberts, MD
Director of Anatomic Pathology, St. Paul University Hospital, TX

Debbie Siena, HT (ASCP), QIHC
President, Tissue Technology Pathology Laboratory

Elizabeth Sheppard, HT (ASCP)
Manager, Technical Marketing

Peggy Slagle, CPC
Manager of Billing/Compliance, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pathology/Microbiology

Lena T. Spencer, BLS, MA, HT (ASCP), HTL, QIHC
Past President, National society for Histotechnology
Norton Healthcare

R.M. Stainton Jr., MD
President, Doctor’s Anatomic Pathology Service, AR

Robin Stombler
President, Auburn Health Strategies LLC

Sharon Tucker, CPC
President, Seminars Plus, Calif.
Past President and Chairman of the Board, Southern California Chapter of AAHAM,
President of the Health Care Managers Association of Southern California

Stanley J. Werner, MT (ASCP)
Administrative Director
Peterson Laboratory Services, PA

Edward J. Wilkinson, MD, FACOG, FCAP
Past President, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
President, Florida Society of Pathologists Professor and Vice Chairman,
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine

Kenneth E. Wolfgang, MT (ASCP), CPC, CPC-H
CEO, Chargemaster Maintenance Services, Portland, OR

Stephen Yurco III, MD, MBA
Partner/Pathologist, Clinical Pathology Associates, TX

Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC
Senior Consultant Acevedo Consulting, Inc.  Delray Beach, Fla.

Arnold S. Beresh, DPM, CPC
Certified, ABPS
Fellow, ACFAS
Peninsula Foot & Ankle Hampton, Va.

Cathy Klein, LPN, CPC
Director of Regional Network Services
Cardinal Health Initiatives LLC Muncie, Ind.

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President, AAPC National Advisory Board, Sylacauga, Ala.

Richard Odom, DPM, CPC, AOPS
Practicing Podiatrist, Gulf Coast VA Hospital System Mobile, Ala.

Daniel Waldman, DPM, FACFAS
Blue Ridge Foot Centers, Asheville, NC
President, Blue Ridge Podiatry Association, PA

Hoda M. Henein, CHBME, CP
President and CEO of Active Processing, Inc.
Active Management College Point, NY

Lee S. Broadston
President/CEO, BCS Inc., Minn.

Patrick Cafferty, PA-C, MPAS
Member, AMA Health Care
President/CEO, Neurosurgical Associates of Western Kentucky

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC-OTO, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J.

David Fugate, MS
Executive Director, Anesthesia Associates of Ann Arbor PC

Leisa T. Gonnella, MHA
Director of Administration, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia

Scott B. Groudine, MD
Chair, Government, Legal and Economic Affairs
Committee of the New York Anesthesia Society
Professor of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical Center, N.Y.

Barbara J. Johnson, CPC, MPC
Loma Linda University
Anesthesiology Medical Group Inc.
President, Real Code Inc., Calif.

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Cindy Parman, CPC, CPC-H, RCC
Principal and Co-Founder, Coding Strategies Inc., Ga.
AAPC National Advisory Board member
Faculty Instructor, AMA Solutions

Franz Ritucci, MD, DABAM, FAEP
President, American Board of Ambulatory Medicine, Fla.
Director, American Academy of Ambulatory Care, Fla.

Lynn R. Rogers
Office Manager, Professional Economics Ltd., Ind.
Member, Healthcare Billing and Management Association

Teresa Ruiz-Law
Independent Consultant, Physician Groups Ltd., Ill.

Linda R. Williams, CRNA, JD
Past President, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Attorney-at-Law and Medical-Legal Consultant

Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPC, CPC-I
Owner, Perfect Office Solutions, Leesburg, Fla.

Andrea Clark, RHIA, CCS, CPC-H
President, Healthcare Revenue Assurance Associates Inc.
AAPC National Advisory Board Member, 2002

Barbara Cole, BSN, RN, CPC
President, ProTech Reimbursement Services Pa.

Greer Contreras, CPC
Senior Director of Coding, Marina Medical Billing Services Inc., Calif.

Caral Edelberg, CPC, CPMA, CHC, CCS-P
President, Edelberg Compliance Associates, Baton Rouge, LA

Michael A. Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP
Vice President, Medical Reimbursement Systems, Woburn, Mass.

Robert A. LaFleur, MD, FACEP
Board Member, Medical Management Specialists, Mich.

Jeffrey F. Linzer Sr., MD, FAAP, FACEP
Associate Medical Director for Compliance and Business Affairs
EPG — Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Atlanta

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board

David McKenzie, CAE
Director of Physician Reimbursement,
American College of Emergency Physicians Texas

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Franz Ritucci, MD, DABAM, FAEP
Director, American Academy of Ambulatory Care, Fla.

Rebecca Sanzone, CPC
Billing Manager, Midatlantic  Cardiovascular Associates, Pa.

Todd Thomas, CPC, CCS-P
President, ERcoder, Inc., Edmond, Okla.

Susan L. Turney, MD, FACP
Medical Director Reimbursement Marshfield Clinic, Wis.

Steve Verno, NREMTP, CMBSI
Director of Reimbursement, Emergency Medicine Specialists, Fla.
Compliance Director Medical Association of Billers

David I. Berland, MD
Chair, Codes and Reimbursement Committee
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
Adviser, AMA CPT Advisory Committee for the AACAP

Penny Browder-Fredle, CMPE
Executive Director, Network Management Resources Fresno, Calif.

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC-OTO, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CHCC
President, CRN Healthcare Solutions, Tinton Falls, N.J.

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives
Department Head-Applied Technology Coastal Georgia College, Ga.

Mary I. Falbo, MBA, CPC
President, Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc.

Terry A. Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCS-P, CCS
Healthcare Coding Consultant, President/CEO, Terry Fletcher Consultants, Calif.

John Fullmer, MD, AAFP
President and CEO, Preferred Independent Provider Access Corporation, Morgantown, W.Va.

Cynda Ann Johnson, MD, MBA
Past President, American Board of Family Practice
Professor and Head, Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board

Kent J. Moore
Manager, Health Care Financing and Delivery Systems, American Academy of Family Physicians, Mo.

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Alan O’Neil, MBA
Director of Operations, DFM
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Grand Forks, N.D.

Christine A. Schon, MPA, FACMPE
President, Primary Care Assembly Medical Group Management Association
Senior Director, Physician Practice Operations Bassett Healthcare, N.Y.

Carol Sissom, BS, CPC
Senior Healthcare Consultant HealthCare Economics Inc., Ind.

Debra J. Wiggs, CMPE
Past President, Primary Care Assembly, Medical Group Management Association
CEO, Community Physicians Administrative Support Services (ComPASS), Wash.

Michael L. Berman, MD, FACOG, FACS
Liaison to ACOG’s Committee on Coding and Nomenclature
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of California, Irvine

Brenda J. Dombkowski, CPC
President, AAPC Connecticut Chapter
Obstetrics-Gynecology and Infertility Group PC

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives
Department Head, Applied Technology Coastal Georgia College

Philip N. Eskew Jr., MD
Past Chairman and Current Member, Committee on Coding and Nomenclature, ACOG,
Representative to the AMA CPT Advisory Committee for ACOG,
Medical Director, Women and Infant Services, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Ind.

Mary I. Falbo, MBA, CPC
President, Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc.

Evelyn M. Gross, CPC, CMM
Compliance Auditor, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, N.J.

Maggie Mac, CPC, CEMC, CHC, CMM, ICCE
Director of Network Oversight, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Compliance Department
New York City

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board

Darden H. North, MD, FACOG
Past Chairman, Committee on Insurance 
ACOG, Jackson Healthcare for Women PA, Miss.

Nancy Lynn Reading, RN, BS, CPC
Provider and Staff Educator, University Medical Billing, University of Utah

Joan Slager, CNM, MSN, CPC
Bronson Women’s Service
Kalamazoo, Mich.

Harry L. Stuber, MD, FACOG, CPC-OGS
Certified by the Accreditation Council of Gynecologic Endoscopies in Advanced Operative Laparoscopes and Advanced Operative Hysteroscopy

Melanie Witt, RN, COBGC, MA
Former Program Manager, Department of Coding and Nomenclature ACOG
Independent Ob-Gyn Coding and Documentation Educator

Jan Milliman, MA, HCS-D, COS-C, Editor in Chief

Mary Compton, PhD, Editorial Director

Melanie Parker, MBA, Assistant Publisher — (919) 281-0474 x363

Rebecca Johnson, Executive Editor — (888) 234-5896

Paul Arnold, MD, FACS
Bay Urology, Safety Harbor, Fla.

David M. Barrett, MD
CEO and Chairman, Board of Governors,  Lahey Clinic, Mass.

Marc Cendron, MD, FAAP
Past President, Society of Fetal Urology
Director, Pediatric Urology and Regional Services, Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth
Professor, Urology Surgery and Pediatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, N.H.
Secretary-Treasurer for Society of Pediatric Urology

Ian S. Easton, PhD, FACMPE
Past President, American College of Medical Practice Executives
Department Head, Applied Technology Coastal Georgia College

Michael A. Ferragamo Jr., MD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology
State University of New York Medical College

Morgan T. Hause, CCS, CCS-P
Compliance and Privacy Officer,  Urology of Indiana LLC

Marta Krissovich, MS, RN, NP, CNS, CCCN
Society of Urologic Nurses & Associates, Calif.

Maggie Mac, CPC, CEMC, CHC, CMM, ICCE
Director of Network Oversight, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Compliance Department
New York City

Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC
CEO, McDiarmid Consultants LLC
Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders, National Advisory Board

David J. McLeod, MD
Residency Program Director and Director of Urologic Oncology , Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Ron Nelson, PA-C
Clinical Practitioner
Reimbursement Policy Analyst
President, Health Services Associates, Mich.
Past President, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Lynn R. Rogers
Office Manager
Professional Economics Ltd., Ind.
Member, Healthcare Billing and Management  Association

Laura Siniscalchi, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC
Manager, Deloitte & Touche