Kathleen A. Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P, CMSCS, CCC, PCS is a coding consultant with over 30 years experience in both clinical and physician office settings. Her vast background includes ICU/CCU nursing, physician office administration, surgical and endoscopy billing and coding, and insurance claims submission and adjudication. In addition to being a nationally recognized speaker and author of multipl...Read more

Duane C. Abbey, Ph.D., CFP, is a management consultant and president of Abbey & Abbey, Consultants, Inc., which specializes in health care consulting and related areas. Abbey earned his graduate degrees at the University of Notre Dame and Iowa State University and has more than 20 years experience as a consultant. He performs various financial analysis, including business structuring, org...Read more

Debbie Abel, Au.D. is the director of reimbursement for the American Academy of Audiology. Dr. Abel also provides audiologic services supporting two otolaryngologists in Poway, CA and is an adjunct instructor at  A.T. Still University. She received her B.S. in Education and M.A. from Kent State University and her Au.D. from A.T. Still University.Dr. Abel served as a member of the Board of the...Read more

Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC has 30 years of health care experience. She has a particular expertise in chart audits, compliance & education and has been an expert witness in civil litigation as well as Federal fraud cases.She is a workshop presenter for the American Academy of Professional Coders, a member of the Advisory Board for Parses, Inc., an instructor at Florida Atlantic Univers...Read more

Cindy Acton, PhD, RN recently graduated with a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Case Western Reserve University and is currently a faculty member at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in Lubbock, Texas. Her current research has been in the arena of clinical autonomy and her latest article published concerned deployment medication reconciliation at University Medical C...Read more

Judy Adams is President and CEO of Adams Home Care Consulting, Inc. and provides clinical and operational consultation and education services to home care, home health and hospice organizations. She has 30 years of experience as a nurse executive and consultant. Her nursing experience includes educational, supervisory, administrative and staff positions in a variety of institutional and communi...Read more

Dr. Julie A. Albrecht is an Associate Professor and Extension Food Specialist who has extensive experience in food service/retail and consumer food safety and HACCP.  She coordinates ServSafe® and SuperSafeMark® training efforts for University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.  She has conducted numerous food safety programs, including HACCP for School Food Service, food irradiation...Read more

Lynn Anderanin, CPC, CPC-I, COSC is the Director of  Coding  for Healthcare Information Services, a physician’s billing service. She has 26 years experience in all areas of the physician practice specializing in Orthopedics. With the AAPC, Lynn is a national conference, workshop, and audio conference presenter and a former member of the National Advisory Board.     &nb...Read more

Janice A. Anderson, JD, is a partner in Foley's Health Care Industry Team with 25 years experience focusing on health regulatory and compliance issues and over 30 years experience working in the health care industry. Anderson is  a participating member of Foley's Health Care Business and Transaction Work Group, SOOC Work Group, Health Care Compliance Government Work Group, Medical Device...Read more

John Ansbach is a nationally recognized speaker, facilitator and consultant. He is the President and Founder of the Generational Consulting Group, a generational dynamics consulting services firm based in Dallas, Texas. He is also the Vice President of RECON Intelligence Services (a real estate consulting firm), a visiting lecturer at the University of Texas School of Law and a permanent member of...Read more

Kathleen Arnold CCS, CCS-P, CCC - I am the Cardiology coder for the Regional Heart Center at the University of Washington Medical Center, which provides cardiology services for the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.  We are a major research center as well as a transplant center. I do interventional coding for the Cardiology Catheterization Lab and the Electrophysiology...Read more

Lisa Asbell is a Registered Nurse, OSHA Specialist, Certified HIPAA Professional and Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist. She is one of the nations top trainers. Lisa was a National OSHA trainer with Cross Country Education, one of the most prestigious healthcare seminar providers in the World.  Lisa has trained over 40 states and 500 cities! Lisa has personally trained o...Read more

Dr. Astion is currently a clinical pathologist who is a Professor and Director of Reference Laboratory Services in the University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine.  He was an undergraduate at Cornell University and received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania under the auspices of the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program.   He has been on ...Read more

Wayne Atkinson, CGP, received his Pharmacy degree from West Virginia University and completed his Health Care Risk Management Certification through University of South Florida. He is a certified geriatric pharmacist. His clinical involvement in Home Health Care was featured in the June 2003 edition of Home Healthcare Nurse “Medication Management: An Evidence Based Model That Decreases Advers...Read more