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Our Board of Directors, Editors, Advisors and Contributing Authors are passionate about making a difference in the changing healthcare industrial complex. They are leading revolutionaries and change-management pioneers in their respective medical and business fields of organizational behavior, policy, administrative law, finance, management and health economics. They have been successful in finding solutions where everyone else has found only entrenched obstacles, and in delivering quantifiable, measurable results. Moreover, our Board and Governance Committee are trusted fiduciaries to whom our individual and institutional colleagues, and their consultants, turn for solutions.
They share our vision for a new direction in the emerging and mature healthcare organization and hospital management environment; we are grateful for their input.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Dr. Jay S. Grife; JD, MA
Founder and CEO
Medical Malpractice Consultants, Inc
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Richard D. Helppie
Founder and CEO (SUPC-NASD)
Superior Consultant Company
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Raymond M. Hirvonen
Chairman of the Board
The Ray M. and Peg K. Hirvonen Foundation
Marquette, Michigan and Helsinki, Finland
Rachel Pentin-Maki; RN, MHA, Certified Medical Planner™
Board of Directors
Finlandia University (Soumi College)
Hancock, Michigan, USA
Helsinki, Finland
Cecelia T. Perez; RN, MA
67th Combat Support Hospital [CSH]
Tikrit, Iraq
Sean G. Todd; JD, LLM, CPA, CFP™
Director Financial Planning and Compliance
Inst. Medical Business Advisors, Inc.
Norcross, Georgia, USA
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
 Timothy E. Alexander; MLS
Senior Vice President
Library and Research Services
Health Capital Consultants, LLC
St. Louis, MO, USA
Tim Alexander is Vice President of Library and Research services, with Health Capital Consultants. He overseas all research for client and internal projects on a wide range of healthcare industry subjects including; the valuation of healthcare entities, mergers & acquisitions, competition in healthcare, medical specialty trends, healthcare regulatory issues, governmental and insurance reimbursement, managed care, physician supply and demand, financial benchmarking for healthcare businesses, physician integration, and related topics. Mr. Alexander has broad experience in traditional and online research methods as well as the organization of university and corporate libraries. He has written and spoken publicly on these topics. Mr. Alexander holds a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Missouri and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Iowa. Mr. Alexander is a member of the American Library Association and other professional associations related to medical and special libraries.
Dr. Gary L. Bode; CPA, MSA, Certified Medical Planner™ [Candidate]
Chief Accounting and Valuation Officer
Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc
Norcross, Georgia, USA
Gary L. Bode was the Chief Financial Officer for a private mental healthcare facility, and previously the Chief Executive Officer of Comprehensive Practice Accounting, Inc, in Wilmington, NC; a firm specializing in providing tax solution to medical professionals. Originally, Dr. Bode was board certified managing partner of a multi-office medical group practice for a decade before earning his Master’s of Science degree in Accounting from the University of North Carolina. He is a nationally known forensic medical accountant, financial author, educator and speaker. Areas of expertise include producing customized managerial accounting reports, practice appraisals and valuations, restructurings and innovative financial accounting, as well as proactive tax positioning and tax return preparation for healthcare facilities. Currently, Dr. Bode is Chief Accounting and Valuation Officer (CAVO) for the Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc. He is also a Certified Medical Planner™ candidate.
Dr. Steven D. Chinn; MS, MBA, CPHQ, FACHE
Assistant Administrator for Quality and Safety
Kaiser Permanente
Millbrae, CA, USA
Dr. Steven D. Chinn was former principal consultant in accreditation preparation from Apex Healthcare Consulting Group, Inc, and Chief of Quality Management at VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, CA. Currently, he is a Joint Commission physician surveyor evaluating hospitals, ambulatory centers, healthcare systems, and managed care organizations. He was also compliance surveyor in the California State Department’s HMO medical review program and has served as a medical consultant for Blue Shield of California / Medicare, San Francisco; a medical consultant for the National Heritage Insurance Company / Medicare, of Chico, California; and as the Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Performance Improvement and Risk Management at Fremont Hospital in Fremont, CA. Dr. Chinn is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management by the American Hospital Association, a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality™, National Association for Healthcare Quality, and a Certified Fellow and Healthcare Executive, American College of Healthcare Executives.
Robert James Cimasi; MHA, ASA, CBA, AVA, FCBI, CM&A, Certified Medical Planner™
President
Health Capital Consultants, LLC
St. Louis, MO, USA
www.HealthCapital.com
Robert James Cimasi is President of Health Capital Consultants (HCC) with over twenty (20) years of experience in serving clients in over forty-five (45) states, with a professional focus on the financial and economic aspects of healthcare service sector entities including: valuation consulting; litigation support; business intermediary and capital formation; certificate of need and regulatory consulting; and, healthcare transactions including sales, mergers, and acquisitions. Mr. Cimasi is a nationally known author and speaker on healthcare industry topics, who has served as conference faculty or presenter for many national and state healthcare companies and organizations, as well as industry associations and professional societies. He has been certified and has served as an expert witness on cases in several states, and has provided testimony before federal and state legislative committees. He is the author of A Guide To Consulting Services for Emerging Healthcare Organizations (John Wiley & Sons, 1999), The Valuation of Healthcare Entities in a Changing Regulatory and Reimbursement Environment (IBA Course 1011 text - 1999), and the author of An Exciting Insight Into the Health Care Industry and Medical Practice Valuation (AICPA Business Valuation course text 1997, rev. 2004.) He has written chapters on medical practice valuation in several books and has written numerous published articles, has presented several papers and case studies before national conferences, and is often quoted by healthcare industry trade publications and the general media. He is also a Certified Medical Planner™ whose latest work: The U.S. Healthcare Certificate of Need Sourcebook, was published by Beard Books. He received his Master's Degree in Health Administration from the University of Maryland, in College Park, MD.
Dr. Charles F. Fenton, III; FACFAS, Esquire, PC
Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc
Corporate General Counsel
Norcross, Georgia, USA
Dr. Charles F. Fenton, a board certified surgeon and private practitioner from Temple University, also received his law degree as class valedictorian from Georgia State University. His clients include physicians involved in audits or recoupment actions, as well as disputes with insurance companies and related vendors. Dr. Fenton has authored numerous publications for physicians and the Bar and is a nationally known speaker on healthcare industry topics, serving as conference faculty or presenter for an array of healthcare companies, medical societies, and professional associations. In addition to his health-law practice, he is Chief Legal Officer (CLO) for the Institute of Medical and Business Advisors, Inc.
J. Wayne Firebaugh, Jr.; CPA, CFP™ Certified Medical Planner™
Chief Executive Officer
Wayne Firebaugh, Inc.
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
J. Wayne Firebaugh of Wayne Firebaugh Inc., Roanoke VA, is a fee-based Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner and Certified Medical Planner™ providing objective practice management solutions to healthcare professionals, as well as investment and estate planning advice to physicians, hospitals and institutional retirement plans. In 1994, he received the Zolfo Cooper Bronze medal for the nation’s third highest score on the Certified Insolvency and Reorganization Accountant (Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor) examination. Previously, Mr. Firebaugh was a Manager in the Financial Advisory Services consulting practice of Coopers and Lybrand, and Pricewaterhouse-Coopers. During his tenure, he developed business plans, negotiated complex financial agreements, and provided expert witness and litigation support testimony. He also served on the board of the Central Virginia chapter of the Financial Planning Association and was a founding member of the Blue Ridge subchapter. He has been a reference source for such financial media publications as Mutual Fund Magazine, CBS Marketwatch, and the Associated Press. His frequent lectures include presentations on Corporate Retirement Plans at the Virginia Accounting and Auditing Conference sponsored jointly by Virginia Tech and the Virginia Society of CPA’s. Mr. Firebaugh earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
Richard Frye, PhD
President
Forte Information Resources, LLC
1140 Delaware Street
Denver, Colorado, USA
As president of Forte Information Resources, Dr. Frye has extensive executive management experience providing publishing solutions for numerous pharmaceutical, government, and health care information clients. He is responsible for having produced for the health care industry a wide variety of complex and highly regarded statistical publications, in print and via the Web. Before Forte, Dr. Frye was vice president of statistical publications for a marketing communications and publishing company. Prior to that, he was a public relations representative for a high-profile metropolitan organization, responsible for media and public relations activities and communications. A former college professor, he has also published a number of critical works in a wide variety of peer-reviewed journals, and served as editor and/or contributor for several books published by both university and commercial presses. Richard Frye has a Ph.D. from New York University.
Gregory O. Ginn; PhD, MBA, CPA, M.Ed., Certified Medical Planner™ (Hon)
Assistant Professor UNLV
Department of Health Care Administration and Policy
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Gregory Ginn has been an Assistant Professor of Health Care Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, since 2000. He received his doctorate, MBA, M.Ed. and undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and is an inactive Certified Public Accountant registrant in the States of Nebraska and Texas. Before his current his position at UNLV, he spent time teaching at Clarkson College, College of Saint Mary, University of Findlay, University of Central Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University, State University of New York at Buffalo, University of Houston at Victoria, University of Texas at Austin and the Southwest Texas State University. Prior to his academic roles, he was an accountant for Touche Ross & Co., and an Internal Revenue Service Tax Auditor. Dr. Ginn has also been a reviewer for organizations like the, Health Care Management Review, and the Health Care Administration Division of the Academy of Management. He is Treasurer for the Nevada Executive Health Care Forum and was a member of the Southern Nevada Wellness Council. His graduate teaching experience in healthcare administration is abundant, having taught course in: Management of Health Services Organizations, Quantitative Methods, The U.S. Health Care System, Health Care Systems and Policy, Health Care Finance, Group Practice Management, Long-term Care, and Health Care Law. And, he has been published in journals, such as: Journal of Healthcare Management, Hospital Topics, Nursing Homes, Journal of Nursing Administration, International Electronic Journal of Health Education, and Hospital and Health Services Administration. His current and former professional memberships include: American College of Healthcare Executives, Nevada Executive Healthcare Forum, Academy of Management, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER™ (Hon) and Heartland Health Care Executives.
Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA, Certified Medical Planner™
President and Chief Operating Officer
Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc
Norcross, Georgia, USA
Managing Editor, Hope R. Hetico has a well-documented history of identifying innovations in education and accelerating their adoption by the financial and medical community. She is frequently quoted in both the healthcare and business media and brings a decade of entrepreneurship, and creative leadership skills to Healthcare Organizations: Financial Management Strategies and its national network of sales agents. Formerly, she was a healthcare administrator, financial advisor and insurance professional who earned a Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of St. Frances in Chicago. She was also a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality and National Corporate TQI Manger for both Abbey Healthcare in Costa Mesa, California and the Apria Healthcare Group (NYSE-AHG). Her specialty is HIPAA, OSHA, CLIA and Medicare compliance and related forensics. Ms. Hetico is a CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER™ charter-holder [www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com] responsible for leading [www.HealthDictionarySeries.com] to the top of the exploding B2B educational marketplace, while continuing to nurture a rapidly expanding list of healthcare subscribers and institutional purchases. She champions the visually impaired and is an Associate Professor of Healthcare Administration for the Graduate School of Business and Management, University of Phoenix, Atlanta, Ga.
Daniel R. Longo, Obl.S.B., Sc.D.
Professor, Director of Research, and
Co-Director Virginia Ambulatory Care Outcomes Research Network (ACORN)
Department of Family Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
MCV Campus
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Dr. David Edward Marcinko; FACFAS, MBA, CPHQ, Certified Medical Planner™
Chairman, Founder and CEO
Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc
Norcross, Georgia, USA
Founding Editor-in-Chief since inception in July 2006, Dr. Marcinko is a healthcare economist and financial planning evangelist from Loyola University in Baltimore, Temple University in Philadelphia, and the Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago. His formal internship education and residency training was completed at the Atlanta Hospital and Medical Center (AHMC) in Georgia, with fellowship confirmation in Las Vegas Nevada. He received his financial planning diploma from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, and is a fiduciary and former certified financial planner certificant. As a clinician, surgeon and past president of a privately held regional physician practice management corporation in the Midwest, he helped consolidate 95 solo medical practices with $50 million in gross revenues, as the company’s IPO roll-up attempt was aborted due to adverse market conditions in 1999. A nationally recognized leader in the health and financial information services industry; he is a pioneer in utilizing technology to improve quality education while simultaneously reducing delivery costs. He was also managing partner of a successful Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) that was sold to a publicly traded company in 1998; a Board Certified Surgical Diplomate and Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons; and interim Chief Visionary Officer for a B2B telecommunication firm that failed in its bid for venture capital, but flourished in the private sector.
Dr. Marcinko was a certified financial planner who held general securities (Series # 7), uniform securities state law (Series # 63) and registered investment advisory representative (Series # 65) licenses from the National Association of Securities Dealers (FINRA/NASD). He is a Certified Physician in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ); a certified American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physician (ABQAURP); a member of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) and the International Health Economics Association (iHEA); a member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS); a member of the Microsoft Professional Accountant's Network (MPAN); registered member of the US Microsoft Partner's Program (MPP); member of the Microsoft Health User's Group (MS-HUG), and BioInformatics.org; Sun Executive Boardroom program member sponsored by CEO Scott McNealy; and member of SUNSHINE [Solutions for Healthcare Information, Networking and Education], an international community for healthcare IT innovation created by HIMSS and Sun Microsystems, Inc (NASD-SUNW). He also was a life, disability, health, property-casualty, annuity and insurance professional for the State of Georgia. After a brief stint as a visiting instructor in finance and healthcare administration at several business and graduate schools in the Southeast, he was appointed Academic Provost of iMBA Inc., to lead the firm’s adult online learning (heutagogy) initiatives as an educator, interactive website engineer, Office™ and Windows Vista™ operating system beta-tester for the Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington (NASD-MSFT).
As Editor-in-Chief and CEO of www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com Dr. Marcinko is a content expert for the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) who lectures on health economics, financial administration, risk-management, health policy and related medical management topics throughout this country and Europe, in an entertaining and witty fashion. He is available to colleagues, clients or media at the Atlanta corporate office.
Dr. Richard J. Mata; MS-MI, MS-CIS, Certified Medical Planner™ (Hon)
RicktelMed Information Systems
Assistant Professor HSR
Texas State University
San Antonio, TX, USA
Dr. Richard Mata is the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) for RickTelMed Information Systems, and an associate professor at Texas State University. He attended the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and received his medical degree from the University of Texas. He serves on the JHU alumni Admissions Committee and specializes in internal medicine and medical informatics, with an emphasis on full-cycle software engineering, medical and clinical project management, health decision support systems, electronic medical records (EMRs), HIPAA and computerized physician order entry systems (CPOES). He earned a Master's Degree in Medical Informatics (MI) and Computer Information Systems (CIS) from the University of Phoenix; is a member of the software programmer's guild, and is IEEE affiliated with the Project Management Institute.
Dr. Brent A. Metfessel; MS, Certified Medical Planner™ (Hon)
Senior Scientist Evidenced Based Health Care
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Bloomington, MN, USA
Dr. Brent A. Metfessel was Senior Scientist, Evidence-Based Health Care at the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI), a non-profit organization, during this engagement. In his prior corporate positions as clinical research coordinator at Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield and senior medical informaticist for Crossroads Technology Solutions, he created and enhanced evidence-based medical policy as well as client reporting and analytic technologies using episode of care methodologies. He also designed custom-built primary care and specialist provider profiling systems and is a visionary in the application of the industry-leading clinical episode of care methodology to health care databases. Dr. Metfessel also has a decade of experience in general computer science, statistical analysis, artificial intelligence, and computational biology. Dr. Metfessel received his Masters of Science Degree in health informatics from the University of Minnesota and his Medical Doctorate from the University of California, San Diego. He holds a professional certificate in management for physicians from the University of St. Thomas, and is a CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER (Hon). Currently, he is Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Research for Med-Vantage, Inc., located in San Francisco, CA.
Carol S. Miller; BSN, MBA, PMP, Certified Medical Planner™ (Hon)
Director Business Development
Vangent, Inc.
Arlington, VA, USA
Carol S. Miller was an assistant Vice President at SAIC based in Falls Church Virginia, managing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) contracts, before her current position at Pearson. Her health care career spans 25 years and includes expertise in physician/hospital communications systems, telecommunications strategies, contract management, and hospital/provider operations. She has served in executive positions for hospitals, management organizations, consulting firms, and billing practices. Ms. Miller holds a master of business administration degree as well as a bachelor’s of science degree in nursing. She has been published in numerous industry journals and is a member of the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Health Care Financial Management Association (HCFMA), CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER™ (Hon) and American College of Health Care Executives (ACHCE).
Albert A. Okunade; Ph.D, MBA, MS
First Tennessee Professor (University), Palmer Professor in Research
(The Fogelman College of Business & Economics), and Professor
Department of Economics
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN, USA
Albert A. Okunade is a professor of Economics at The University of Memphis. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics at The University of Arkansas in 1986. He served as a faculty research sabbatical in residence at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2000. His research in health, medical care, pharmaceutical economics and finance have appeared in highly visible, peer-refereed outlets such as: Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics (multiple), Journal of Productivity Analysis, Southern Economic Journal, Economics Letters (multiple) , Journal of Health Care Finance (multiple), Managed Care Quarterly, Applied Economics (multiple), Health Care Management Science (multiple), Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Economics (renamed Journal of Pharmaceutical Finance, Economics, & Policy), Journal of Health & Social Policy (multiple), Applied Economics (multiple), The Quarterly Review of Economics & Finance (multiple), and more. His current research, externally and internally funded, focuses on labor, health care, pharmaceutical, and public policy economics including financing. His research has garnered hundreds of citations from among his peers, industry, and the wider public.
David J. Piasecki; CPIM
Founder
Inventory Operations Consulting, LLC
Kenosha, WI, USA
Mr. Piasecki is the founder and operator of Inventory Operations Consulting LLC, a firm providing services related to hospital inventory management, material handling, and warehouse operations for manufacturers, equipment and other supply distributors in Southeast Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois. He has 15 years experience in inventory operations accuracy and analysis, cycle counting, order picking, shipping and receiving, and is a respected writer and industry expert. Mr. Piasecki is Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) by the Association for Operations Management, in Alexandria, Virginia.
Eugene Schmuckler; PhD, MBA, CTS
Director of Behavioral Organization and Finance
Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc
Norcross, Georgia, USA
Dr. Eugene Schmuckler was Coordinator of Behavioral Science at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center and a licensed psychologist. He is on the board of directors of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists and is a certified trauma specialist. Dr. Schmuckler is an international speaker and author, with publications translated into Dutch and Russian. He is Director of Mentoring, Coaching and Behavioral Finance, and Dean of Admissions for the Virtual Campus online CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER™ professional designation program from the Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc.
Anne P. Sharamitaro; Esq.
Vice President
Health Capital Consultants, LLC
St. Louis, MO
Anne Sharamitaro received her BA in Political Science & Theology - and Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law - with Certification in Health Law Studies as a Journal of Health Law (Lead Editor 2004-2005; Staff Editor) contributor. Areas of expertise include: federal and state self-referral legislation; federal Anti-Kickback 501(c)(3) exempt organization regulation for valuation of outpatient facilities; Certificate of Need (CON) applications and research support for financial analysis, valuation, management advisory services, and other projects including information on compensation; expense benchmarking; mergers and acquisitions; publicly traded companies; managed care; medical specialty trends; local market demographics, economics, conditions, and competition; regulations; legislation; reimbursement issues; utilization levels and others. A noted writer and speaker, she is a member of the American Bar Association and American Health Lawyers Association.
Patricia A. Trites, MPA, CHBC, CPC, CHCC, CHCO, Certified Medical Planner™ (Hon)
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Compliance Resources
Augusta, MI, USA
Dr. Patricia Trites is CEO of Healthcare Compliance Resources, holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration specializing in Healthcare, from Western Michigan University. She is a college instructor in Healthcare Administration with intensive coding and reimbursement training protocols. She is also a noted speaker for national healthcare industry conventions, who conducts compliance guidance in the areas of billing and reimbursement, OSHA, CLIA, and employment law. Her professional memberships and affiliations include: The American Compliance Institute, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Independent Accountants Association of Michigan, National Association of Health Care Consultants, Institute of Certified Professional Healthcare Consultants, American Academy of Professional Coders and Trustee, CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER™ (Hon) and the Institute of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants.
Karen White; PhD, MSE
Vice President
ACS Healthcare Solutions
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Dr. Karen White has 20 years’ of management leadership experience in the healthcare industry. Her expertise is revenue cycle improvement with an emphasis on patient access and health information management/medical records. In her current position with Superior Consultant Company, her role as client engagement and project manager has encompassed strategic planning, revenue cycle reengineering and improvement, and business process redesign. She has overseen revenue cycle improvements resulting in an average of a 12% increase in cash by the end of the first quarter; an average of $1 million in additional reimbursable revenue; and business process redesign projects yielding an average of $1.5 million in savings. Dr. White is a trustee for a large healthcare Integrated Delivery Network in the Midwest serving on the Executive Committee as Treasurer. She is a member of the National Association of Healthcare Access Management, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Medical Group Management Association, and the American Health Information Management Association.
Calvin W. Wiese; MBA, CPA, CMA
Vice President
Superior Consultant Company, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Calvin Wiese is a senior-level finance executive with more than 10 years’ CFO experience preceded by controllership and Big 4 audit experience in the healthcare industry. He is a visionary change agent recognized for complex problem solving ability and for consistently improving bottom-line financial results through benchmarking, effective budgeting processes, and inspiring staff toward top performance. Mr. Wiese has comprehensive, in-depth experience across all corporate finance, accounting, and treasury functions. He pioneered sophisticated capital finance, treasury and investment management innovations recognized on Wall Street as the cutting edge of healthcare finance. Educational credentials include a Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. He is both a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Managerial Accountant.
Todd A. Zigrang; MBA, MHA, CHE
Vice President
Health Capital Consultants, LLC
St. Louis, MO, USA
Mr. Zigrang is a Vice President with HCC and has significant provider integration and financial analysis experience. He has developed and implemented provider networks involving a wide range of specialties and healthcare entities; participated in the evaluation and negotiation of managed care contracts, assisted in the valuation of various healthcare entities and related litigation support engagements; worked on the arrangement of financing; overseen the selection process for vendors, contractors, and architects; completed due diligence practice analysis; created pro-forma financials; written business plans; and conducted a range of industry research. Mr. Zigrang holds a Masters in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He is designated as a Certified Healthcare Executive (CHE) by the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association as well as a candidate member of the American Society of Appraisers.
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