B.J. Collard, RN, BSN, CPHQ, RAC-C  -  Collard is founder of CTS Inc, a Nurse Consultation and Education firm in Denver, Colorado specialized in post acute care. CTS provides consultation services and workshops for organizations, corporations and individuals.  Collard is an expert on OBRA compliance,...

Barbara J. Johnson, CMA, CPC serves as consulting editor for Anesthesia Coding Alert. She is currently employed as a coder for Loma Linda University and as president of RealCode, Inc., a physician coding consultation group. She was named Coder of the Year by the AAPC...

Barbara Brock, a health educator and published researcher in the field of aging is also President of Communication Art, Inc. a thirteen, year old company based in Toledo, Ohio. As a researcher of health related projects Brock served as a lead investigator on a number...

Healthcare practice consultant Barbara Colburn has over twenty years of experience in physician practice strategic and operational management.  Colburn's diverse background experience and working environments have made her an expert in billing and collecting A/R; process/work flow problem solving; recruiting, training and supervising staff; and...

Barbara Kamp is Project Coordinator at the National Resource Center on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Aging at Florida International University, Miami, FL funded by the federal Administration on Aging. She coordinated the multi-site demonstration project of the Steps to Healthier Aging; Eat Better and Move...

Gerontologist and Eldercare Advocate Barbara Matthews has worked in the field of senior care for seven years. She is a frequent speaker on a variety of aging subjects like memory improvement, caregiver stress, and dementia. She works with seniors and their families to identify resources,...

Barbara Gray has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare management and operations, compiling a successful record as a leader and innovative problem solver. Gray has held senior level positions at both the branch and corporate level for both for profit and nonprofit organizations....

Barbara J. Cobuzzi is President of CRN Healthcare Solutions in Tinton Falls, NJ. She holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from New York University. She holds certifications from the AAPC as a CPC, CPC-H, and a CPC-I. She also...

Barbara J. Cobuzzi is President of CRN Healthcare Solutions in Tinton Falls, NJ. She holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from New York University. She holds certifications from the AAPC as a CPC, CPC-H, and a CPC-I. She also...

Barry J. Nadell is the Senior Vice President of the Background Screening division of Kroll and the former President and co-founder of InfoLink Screening Services, now a Kroll company.  Mr. Nadell is a licensed private investigator in Californa.  He is a founding member and on...

Beckie Dow, RN, RAC-CT, has 15 years of experience in the long term care industry.  Beckie has AANAC RAC-CT training and has extensive experience with the MDS 2.0.  She achieved her Associates Degree in nursing in 1994 and is currently working on her Bachelors Degree...

Becky Shick is Operations/Production Director at Howell, Liberatore & Wickham, Inc., a full service marketing and business communications agency in Elmira, NY. As director of production, Shick estimates, schedules and monitors all projects in the firm; manages all vendor relationships; and is responsible for quality...

Becky Dorner, RD, LD, is founder and president of Becky Dorner & Associates, Inc., a dietetic education and information firm, and Nutrition Consulting Services, Inc. a dietetics consulting firm, providing services to over 100 health care facilities in Ohio since 1983. Becky’s mission to improve...

Becky Rodrian (formerly Becky Zellmer), CPC, CBCS, MBS, has 16 years experience in coding, billing, auditing, reimbursement and collections. She has a diverse background, having performed duties in medical offices from patient care to collections. She has had the pleasure of auditing and educating physicians...

Bernard Liengme is a retired chemistry professor with a long-time interest in Excel. His books, A Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers and A Guide to Microsoft Excel for Business and Management, have been well received. They're used in many professional college courses...

Beth Hawkins Bradley, RN, MN, CWOCN, CFCN, has been certified in her specialty since 1990. She has extensive clinical experience in home care and hospice, as well as acute and long term care. She is sole proprietor of Care On Call, LLC in Blythewood, SC,...

Beth P. Janeway, CPC, CCS-P, CCP is a private healthcare consultant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She conducts physician and staff training, offers auditing services and provides a wide variety of other coding and consulting services for physician practices. She also serves as a healthcare consultant...

Betsy Barbieux, Professional Development Coach, is the owner of Image Inside & Out in Leesburg, Florida, a consulting firm dedicated to coaching you to communicate effectively, inside and out.  She is a certified advanced behavior specialist and a certified image consultant.  With those skills, she has...

Betsy Nicolleti, MS, CPC, is the author of The 2007 Physician Auditing Workbook and The Field Guide to Physician Coding. She developed The Accurate Coding System™ to help doctors get paid for the work they do. She simplifies complex coding rules for practitioners and engages...

Betty A. Johnson is a 19-year veteran healthcare consultant in physician coding, billing, and education.  She is the president and CEO of CPC Solutions, Inc. and serves on the National Advisory Board of the American Academy of Professional Coders as the Member Relations Officer – East....

Bill Stieber is a training expert, leadership coach, and organization development professional based in Newtown, PA. He assists organizations with change and improvement in the areas of leadership, team development, time/project management and process improvement. Bill has over 20 years of experience as a workshop facilitator,...

Bill Dacey, MHA, MBA, CPC, is the principal of The Dacey Group, a consulting firm specializing in physician coding and compliance. Dacey provides direct physician education, chart review and litigation support to providers and payers nationwide. Dacey is a nationally recognized expert on how to...

Bill Wolff is an independent consultant, trainer, and architect specializing in Microsoft development technologies. His company, Agility Systems, is based in the Philadelphia area. Wolff ran the consulting firm Wolff Data Systems for 15 years and directed armies of consultants in the dot com world. He is...

Bill Repp is president of Working Best, and has extensive experience in creating and delivering programs in leadership, management, marketing, communication, team building, and business writing. He is a seasoned manager with more than 20 years' experience supervising people.For 11 years, Repp taught week-long management leadership...

Bill Tancer is the General Manager, Global Research at Hitwise. Tancer brings 12+ years of marketing, market research and corporate strategy experience to Hitwise.  As the GM for Global Research, Tancer leads a team of research analysts in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, providing cutting-edge research...

Bill Jelen is the host of Mr. Excel.com and the author of 15 books on Microsoft Excel including, Special Edition Using Excel 2007, Pivot Table Data Crunching, VBA & Macros for Microsoft Excel, Excel for Marketing Managers and Guerilla Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel. He...

Billie Izard, State Executive Director, Certified Literate Community Program, Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education since April 1997.  Prior to working for the Department of Technical and Adult Education, she worked for DeKalb County Government; 9 years as administrator to the CEO and Board...

Boaz Rauchwerger is an internationally known high performance coach. For nearly two decades, he has led thousands of seminars nationally and internationally on goal setting, empowerment, and self-esteem. A highly respected consultant who counts among his clients such companies as American Airlines and Xerox, Rauchwerger...

Bob Levoy, a former corporate executive, is an internationally-acclaimed seminar speaker on human resource and management issues. In the course of his career, he has conducted more than 3,000 management seminars for  business and professional groups, Fortune 500 companies and leading colleges and universities throughout...

Bob S. Ellerbrock, III practices in the area of employee benefits law, including ERISA fiduciary issues, employee benefit plan drafting and revision and plan compliance issues.  He had several years experience in the retirement-plan industry in a variety of roles with large banks and consulting...

Bonnie Robertson, CRT, RPSGT is a registered polysomnographic technologist, with 25 years of experience. Bonnie has been in management for the past 20 years and has developed, implemented, and managed large sleep programs that incorporated physicians’ practices, multi-site sleep testing laboratories, portable sleep testing, occupational...

Brad Corrodi, leads Rosetta Marketing Strategy’s Travel and Leisure vertical. He has extensive experience across the industry, having worked with airlines, hospitality companies, cruise lines, travel agencies, tour operators, retailers, and distribution system companies. Corrodi joined Rosetta from Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., where he was...

Brenda Chidester CPC, CCS-P is currently the Coding Compliance Manager of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, in Houston, Texas.  She coordinates and oversees the Coding Compliance Department in all aspects of auditing and training.  Chidester has 17 years experience (10 years in single specialty physician and 7 years ...

Brenda Chidester-Palmer, CPC, CPC-I, CCS-P, has 17 years of coding and billing experience. Brenda is the principal of Palmer Coding Consultants.  She is the former Coding Compliance Manager for a large multi-specialty group practice in Houston. She is an Approved PMCC Instructor, AAPC Workshop Presenter,...

Bridget Winiecki, MPT, MBA, has over 7 years of experience as a consultant with Steffes & Associates. Ms. Winiecki holds Masters degrees in Business Administration and Physical Therapy from Marquette University. She provides practices with onsite marketing training, program development, recommendations for selection and implementation...

Bridgett Hurley, JD, MA is the Organizational Development Director for Eli Research. She specializes in post-merger integration as well as in achieving legal compliance through corporate values training rather than paperwork. She is a regular speaker on hiring, anti-discrimination and employee-coaching matters. Hurley is the author...

Bruce Fenton is founder and president of Atlantic Financial Inc., (www.atlanticfinancial.com) a company with corporate and individual clients across America. Fenton has written several articles and the upcoming book Investing for Profit. He has been quoted by The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Investor’s...

Bruce Lee is president of Encore Seven Inc., a training company he founded with his wife, Toni. His training objectives are to assist individuals and organizations to improve their leadership performance, increase market share, and enhance employee and customer satisfaction — creating a culture where...

Bubba Klostermann is an Occupational Therapist, Certified Vocational Evaluator, and Certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist with 34 years experience in Work Injury Rehab and Employers Services.  He graduated from UT Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas in 1976.  He worked at West Texas Rehab Center in Abilene, Texas...