List of Speakers
| Speaker | Topics | Credentials | Contact |
| John J. Bick, Managing Principal, Priority Power Management LLC | Energy management and cost-savings strategies | Bick has 20 years of energy experience. At Priority Power, he provides the firm's strategic direction and business development leadership. Previously, he was director of strategic business dvelopment for TXU Energy, where he managed comprehensive energy management engagements across North America. | John J. Bick 972/314-9040 |
| Manie Campbell, Partner, CampbellWilson |
RAC, charge capture revenue improvement, hospital and physician group compliance, regulatory updates and hot topics, reimbursement compliance | Since the early 1970s, Campbell has worked with the Medicare/Medicaid programs in various capacities. His services have included appearances before administrative appeal boards, generation of TEFRA appeals, Medicaid appeals, design and implementation of productivity systems, feasibility studies and strategic planning, and areas of third-party reimbursement compliance and generational efficiencies. | Manie Campbell 214/373-7077 |
| Patrick Carroll, President and Co-founder, PECA |
Pat Carroll Topics | Mr. Carroll has 39 years experience as a healthcare professional including healthcare consulting, healthcare senior management, and clinical research and ancillary care patient delivery management. |
Patrick Carroll |
| Doug Conkel, Principal and Senior Benefits Consultant, Milliman Inc. | Retirement plans - program design, fiduciary oversight, new 403(b) regulations, retirement solutions for plan sponsors and participants | With more than 15 years' experience in employee benefits, Conkel is principal and senior benefits consultant for the defined contribution administration group. He serves as coordinator of the Dallas office's defined contribution consultants and collaborates with other Milliman offices to ensure consistent client satisfaction. He is a certified pension consultant. | Doug Conkel 214/863-5500 |
| Dennis J. Kain, President, Tyler & Company | Topgrading: are you an A player?; advocacy: the importance of participating in the political process; tips on how to handle a visit to an elected official | Kain has more than 30 years of leadership experience in health care operations and national consulting. He has conducted senior executive and physician executive searches for large health networks, academic medical centers and community hospitals across the country. Prior to joining Tyler & Company, Kain was a vice president and principal for Longshore + Simmons, a regional retained health care search firm. Before that, he served as a hospital chief executive officer, vice president of a publicly traded health care management company, and member of the board of directors of a national marketing company. | Dennis J. Kain 610/558-6100 |
| Ronnie Land, Partner, CampbellWilson | RAC, charge capture revenue improvement, hospital and physician group compliance, regulatory updates and hot topics, reimbursement compliance | Land has more than 15 years' experience in health care operations. Land's primary focus is on operational, compliance, financial and technology-related improvements for health care providers. As a partner, he is responsible for client/account management, engagement delivery, and practice/solution development. | Ronnie Land 214/373-7077 |
| Michael W. Lane, Clinical Engineering and Standards, EQ2 Inc. |
Standardizing medical equipment terminology, clinical equipment management system implementation, medical recall and alert management, effective methods for ensuring regulatory compliance | Lane has 18 years of clinical engineering and director-level clinical equipment management experience for an independent field service organization involving radiological, medical laboratory, sterilizer, dialysis and general clinical equipment. He has expertise in parts and service contract negotiations, strategic planning and employee engagement. | Michael W. Lane 802/865-9200 |
| Michael P. Lewis, President, Financial Review Services Inc. |
Medicare charging myths. |
This presentation corrects misconceptions that hospitals face multiple constraints on what they may charge Medicare for surgical services. Lewis debunks the myths. | Michael P. Lewis 713/850-7456 |
| Kenneth McCully, Director, Construction, Capital, and Facility Services, Amerinet Inc. |
Construction, maintenance, capital and green initiatives | McCully joined Amerinet in 2007 as director of construction, capital and facility services for the central sales region. He brings to Amerinet more than 20 years' experience in construction and facility maintenance. Previously, he was a regional manager for Philips Lighting and a health care national account manager for WESCO Distribution. | Ken McCully 877/711-5700 |
| Cedrial Moore Vice President, CampbellWilson |
RAC, charge capture revenue improvement, hospital and physician group compliance, regulatory updates and hot topics, reimbursement compliance | Moore has more than 23 years of experience in health care operations, business process reengineering, startups, facility turnarounds and compliance program solutions in diverse health care settings. Her background includes partnering clinical operations with core revenue cycle and compliance operations to implement solutions across health care environments. Moore's primary focus is on operational, compliance and process improvements for health care providers. | Cedrial Moore 214/373-7077 |
| Allison A. Morris, Consultant, Tyler & Company | Managing your career in an era of uncertainty; how to get the attention of headhunters; search firms 101; interviewing 101; improving your resume; interview skills | Morris joined Tyler & Company's Austin office in 2007. Her experience ranges from employee and community relations to marketing, advertising and executive search consulting. Her search management experience includes work with health care, foundation, city management and economic develoment organizations. Most of her career has specialized in health care executive search. Previously, she was vice president of The PACE Group, a national executive search firm where she helped expand the health care division. | Allison A. Morris 512/329-2784 |
| Kurt Mosley, Vice President of Business Development, AMN Healthcare |
Physician recruiting | With 18 years of health care staffing experience, Mosley is one of the nation's leading authorities on medical staffing trends. He is a regular columnist for RecruitingTrends.com, and a nationally noted speaker who has addressed more than 45 health care organizations in the past two years. | Kurt Mosley 1-800/876-0500 |
| Perry A. Ruthven, Managing Director Houston, Priority Power Management | Energy management | Ruthven's career spans experience in energy, technology, banking and insurance. He joined Priority Power from PARenergy Inc., an electricity brokerage and consultancy he founded representing clients in the chemical, health care, commercial real estate, food service and logistics industries. Previously, he was a commercial and industrial account executive at Texas Commercial Energy in the early stages of deregulation in Texas. | Perry Ruthven 713/956-0056 |
| Richard M. Sable, Clinical Engineering and Standards, EQ2 Inc. | Standardizing medical equipment terminology, clinical equipment management system implementation, medical recall and alert management, effective methods for ensuring regulatory compliance | Sable has 15 years of CBET and director-level clinical equipment management experience involving radiological, medical laboratory, sterilizer, dialysis and general clinical equipment. He has particular expertise in radiology contracting and parts/service contract negotiations. Sable has implemented single and multi-hospital implementations of clinical equipment management systems in which he directed the standardization of nomenclature and procedures. | Richard M. Sable 802/865-9200 |
| J. Larry Tyler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tyler & Company | Lessons from practical governance; 360-degree feedback and behavioral competencies for health care executives; succession planning; board self-evaluation; CEO compensation, CEO evaluations; health care leadership in an era of uncertainty; and moving from CFO to CEO | Tyler began his career on the audit staff of Price Waterhouse & Co., and became a CPA in 1975. Three years later, he founded Tyler & Company, which conducts executive-level searches for the health care and life science industries. In 2008, he was named by Business Week as "One of the Top 100 Most Influential Headhunters in the World," and in 1995, was cited as one of the top search consultants in the U.S. in "The New Career Makers" by John Sibbald. | J. Larry Tyler 770/396-3939 |
| Julie A. White, Managing Member/Operations, Amazon Coding |
Coding | Especially in these tough economic times, realizing your full revenue potential and maximizing ROI is critical. This means not only coding all procedures to the full level, but also shortening the crucial beinning of the revenue cycle to captaure the dollars more quickly. This presentation shows hospitals how to utilize existing technology, take advantage of experience/certified coders and decrease turnaround times. | Julie White 303/507-6296 |
| Jim Wiederhold, Principal, Wiederhold & Associates |
Career Transition, Outplacement, Executive Coaching |
Wiederhold has 15+ years of health care industry experience which includes: career and executive coaching plus recruiting. Prior non-healthcare experience includes: finance, operations and sales. |
Jim Wiederhold 770/656-0199 |
| Randolph Wilt, Deputy Director, The University of Texas Project on Conflict Resolution |
Communication competencies, business communication, negotiation, conflict resolution and management | Wilt is chief executive officer of Bells International Inc., a national advertising and marketing firm. He also serves as a trainer and consultant on organizational communication, negotiation and conflict management with The University of Texas Project on Conflict Resolution. He is a certified professional mediator and facilitator. | Randolph Wilt 512/380-7979 |
| Kim Windsor, RN, Vice President, Clinical Services, AMN Healthcare |
Nursing trends, economic forecasting, supplemental staffing, nursing leadership, budgeting | Windsor oversees the quality management credentialing services and professional education programs including RN.com. Before joining AMN in 2005, she consulted for human resource IT implementations and nursing business process reengineering companies. Her experience includes 26-plus years in hospital administration including positions as vice president of both nursing and human resources. | Kim Windsor 858/720-6239 |
| Bob Yancy, Chief Executive Officer, MEMdata |
Capital equipment procurement, equipment financing, capital equipment best practices, maintenance | Yancy founded MEMdata in 1999. Today the medical technology management firm serves more than 500 medical facilities nationally. Previously, he was director of marketing and vice president of business development for two national maintenance management firms. He has 20 years' experience in medical facility equipment management experience from procurement to maintenance. |
Bob Yancy |
