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Paul Long
Motivational Speaker at L1FE, LLCPaul Long is a speaker, author, podcaster, and master of shenanigans. He has developed a concept called Fundamism, simply defined as the FUNdamentals of a F.U.N. and optimistic lifestyle. When implemented, Paul’s philosophy has been proven to reduce attrition, attract great talent, improve customer experience, and drive employee engagement. Paul is not only great at discussing operational growth theory, but in his corporate leadership experience, he’s also seen success putting his FUNdamentals into practice.
As the author of Fundamism: Connecting to Life Through F.U.N. Paul guides you on how to live your whole life—at work and at home—with joy, FUN and fulfillment as the driving force. The book does so through Paul’s entertaining real-life stories, researched-based recommendations, and practical exercises.
He travels the world delivering high-content keynotes and training to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and trade associations. His engaging, inspirational and unbridled energetic style is unlike any speaker you’ve experienced before. Paul’s thought-provoking content, tactical solutions for growth and humor that rivals that of a stand-up comedian consistently generates outstanding feedback from participants.
Paul challenges audiences to move beyond the traditional avenues of achieving happiness — money, title, status — and develop their own core values that create fulfillment both at work and home.
Jean Acevedo
President and CEO of Acevedo Consulting at Acevedo Consulting Inc.Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC, AAPC Fellow has over 30 years of health care experience. Jean demonstrates particular expertise in all facets of rheumatology documentation and coding, working with small and large rheumatology practices across the country for more than a decade. She has been a speaker at many of the rheumatology physicians’ annual meetings including STAR, the Florida Society of Rheumatology and the National Organization of Rheumatology Managers (NORM). She has presented sessions on the 2021 E/M Documentation and Coding changes at the American College of Rheumatology’s annual ACR Convergence conference in 2020 and 2021, and has presented at the annual CSRO Rheumatology Fellows conference for over a decade.
Gerry Gribbon
ACC at Evolution Coaching & Consulting, LLCGerry Gribbon spent 27 years as an executive at Johnson & Johnson, working in a variety of commercial roles. He is an award-winning sales leader with a passion for talent development, a certified Executive Leadership coach, and a strong motivator with an energizing approach to inspiring his clients.
He is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, the leading global organization for coaches and coaching. He also holds a certification in Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance from ICF as well as a certification in Leading and Managing Multi-Generational Workforces from Rutgers University.
He has worked with professionals in developing their leadership readiness, with a particular focus on building and protecting strong personal brands and understanding the importance of soft/durable skills competencies and the future of work.
He has done extensive work in the non-profit area, working with organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation, The United Way, Big Brothers as well as Trade Associations and Chambers of Commerce.
Meredith Hirsh, MBA, FACMPE
CEO/Vice President of The Hirsh Center for Arthritis and Sports MedicineAs the CEO of The Hirsh Center, with four rheumatologists, three APPs and nearly 50 team members, Meredith Hirsh has nearly 20 years of experience working in healthcare. As the daughter of a physician and social worker, she has an intimate and lifelong connection to medicine. And, as a Florida Atlantic University adjunct professor, she spends her time helping others navigate the crazy world of healthcare. In 2023, the Florida Medical Association presented Meredith with the Distinguished Layman’s Award for Helping Physicians Practice Medicine. Meredith works with national decision makers, consults for various healthcare facilities, and lectures for state and national organizations. Most recently, Meredith launched Working Healthcare, a podcast aimed to be your most trustworthy and reliable source of healthcare information in this ever-complicated industry and world. Meredith is on a constant quest to learn and hone her leadership skills so she can inspire leaders and develop future leaders to achieve their greatest successes and highest potential.
Matthew Kirk
Special Agent at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG)Matthew Kirk is a Special Agent (SA) with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) in the Dallas Regional Office, where he has been employed since 2010. He works closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Healthcare Strike Force located in Dallas investigating complex healthcare fraud schemes which impact the more than 100 programs funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He also performs protective security missions for the HHS Secretary and CDC Director and is a member of the HHS-OIG Emergency Operations Team, providing security in disaster areas.
Prior to joining HHS-OIG, SA Kirk worked for the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DS) as a Special Agent for 10 years. As a DS Special Agent, SA Kirk was stationed domestically, overseas and deployed globally performing close protection missions, investigating immigration fraud and managing Embassy security programs.
SA Kirk is a 1991 graduate of Texas A&M University (BA Journalism) and served as a U.S. Army officer for 11 years working in Military Intelligence.
He’s been married to an Aggie for 30 years and has one son. When he isn’t investigating crime he enjoys martial arts, reading and riding his motorcycles.
Trevor McElhaney
Director of Consulting at DoctorsManagementTrevor McElhaney is the Associate Director of Consulting at the firm’s Knoxville, Tennessee office. His focus areas include feasibility studies for potential ventures, practice startups, strategic planning for growth-stage practices, transactional advisory, and succession planning. His extensive knowledge and experience across primary care and specialty practices allow him to structure each engagement to the individual needs and goals of each client.
Prior to joining DoctorsManagement, he worked as a senior valuation consultant at a national consulting firm, advising clients in the areas of Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute compliance in connection with physician compensation arrangements, professional services agreements, and call pay arrangements. In addition, Trevor assisted with due diligence reviews in connection with large, multiparty mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, and affiliations.
Trevor holds a Doctorate of Jurisprudence with a Concentration in Business Transactions from the University of Tennessee College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in finance and minor in economics from the University of Tennessee College of Business.
Wendell Potter
Author/Speaker at Kingsport & WiseWendell Potter is a former health insurance company executive who became that industry’s worst nightmare. Time Magazine called Wendell “the ideal whistleblower.” Bill Moyers called him a straight shooter. Michael Moore called him “the Daniel Ellsberg of corporate America.”
Wendell walked away from his job at Cigna, the giant health insurance corporation, in 2008 after what he has described as a crisis of conscience. Now, Wendell is President of two organizations -- the Center for Health & Democracy; which publishes HEALTHCARE un-covered and houses the Lower Out-of-Pockets NOW Coalition and Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation.
Wendell has explained how insurance companies flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they intentionally make it nearly impossible for consumers to get information they needed about their policies in language they could understand.
Wendell went on to become a bestselling author. The New York Times called his first book – Deadly Spin – “a tour de force.” Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin called his most recent book – Nation on the Take —“a stirring guide for how we can work together to reclaim our democracy and reunify our country.”
Wendell has also written numerous articles for publications in the U.S. and abroad, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Newsweek and the Guardian, and has been a frequent guest on TV and radio.
Lisa Poworoznek
Revenue Cycle Director of Rochester Regional HealthLisa Poworoznek is a Revenue Cycle Director at Rochester Regional Health based out of its corporate headquarters in Rochester, NY. Lisa joined RRH in 2018 and has an extensive background in healthcare finance and revenue cycle arenas. Throughout her 21 years of healthcare management she has managed and served in a wide variety of roles including cost reporting, annual budgeting, contract management, chargemaster and most recently, patient financial services where she leads a team of financial counselors, insurance enrollment specialist, and billing customer service professionals who strive for a positive patient financial experience. In this role, she is continually working to develop processes that achieve effective revenue cycle best practices, while also ensuring the most appropriate and satisfactory financial/billing outcomes for their patients. She has been published in the HFMA Revenue Cycle Strategist for her work on OR time based charging and has been a speaker at several national Revenue Cycle conferences over her career. Lisa holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and in her spare time enjoys the beauty and products of wine country in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.
Amanda Waesch
Member & Vice President at Brennan, Manna & Diamond LLCAmanda Waesch is an attorney at Brennan, Manna and Diamond, with offices in Ohio, Florida, Arizona and Michigan. Ms. Waesch operates a national healthcare practice and is licensed in Florida, Ohio and Tennessee. She primarily focuses her practice on advising all types of healthcare providers, including, hospitals and physicians, on medical staff issues, billing and reimbursement appeals and strategies, regulatory compliance, contracting, and general corporate matters. In particular, Ms. Waesch has worked with many hospitals and health systems on medical staff bylaw revisions, credentialing matters, and peer review and disciplinary proceedings. Ms. Waesch is also primarily responsible for all reimbursement audits and appeals, including Medicare and Medicaid appeals and commercial reimbursement disputes for her firm’s healthcare clients. Additionally, her work focuses on many different areas of health law such as employment contracts; general corporate matters; Medicare certification, state licensure, and accreditation; regulatory compliance, HIPAA privacy and security laws; fraud and abuse laws; joint venture structural analysis; compliance plans; and healthcare litigation.
Scott Warrick
Speaker/Consultant at Scott Warrick’s Human Resource Consulting & Employment Law ServicesScott Warrick is a practicing Employment Law Attorney, Human Resource Professional and three-time best-selling author with over 40 years of hands-on experience. Scott uses his unique background to help organizations get where they want to go, which includes coaching and training managers and employees on site in his own unique, practical and entertaining style.
Scott combines the areas of law and human resources to help organizations in “Solving Employee Problems BEFORE They Start.” Scott’s goal is NOT to win lawsuits. Instead, Scott’s goal is to PREVENT THEM while improving EMPLOYEE MORALE.
David Zetter
CEO of Zetter HealthCare LLCDavid Zetter is the founder and President of Zetter HealthCare, LLC in Mechanicsburg, PA, and has over 30 years of operational and healthcare experience.
David is nationally recognized for his speaking, presentations, and healthcare business expertise. He is well-versed in regulatory requirements, revenue cycle management, credentialing and contracting, compliance, coding, and documentation. He is considered an expert on Medicare, not only by his clients but his consultant colleagues and healthcare attorneys across the country. David is an expert on ERISA regulations which protect over 80% of the claims in the US and knows how to stop payor recoupments dead in their tracks and what is legal and illegal in many payor contracts. David’s firm works with healthcare professional clients and facilities coast to coast, in all areas of practice and facility management including start‐ups, buy‐ins, compensation, exit strategies, reimbursement enhancement, practice financial modeling, governance documentation, policy and procedure development, and implementation, credentialing, and contracting, human resources staffing and management, compliance, coding and chart reviews, physician education and many other areas. David has helped to maximize both profitability and reimbursement of physician practices, facility, and ambulatory practices, re‐engineered operational and human resources, and addressed coding and billing issues for providers to curtail fraud, abuse, kickback, OIG, and IRS issues. He is also an original member of CMS’ PECOS Power User Group, CMS Compliance Focus Group, and MIPS Design Lean Work Group which provides feedback and recommendations to Medicare’s Center for Program Integrity and Provider Enrollment Operations Group on design and improvements to the PECOS enrollment environment, as well as, NPPES and MIPS. His firm also assists with CAQH Proview and Proview for Groups development and beta testing. David was also on the original CMS contracted team awarded the PECOS 2.0 contract to rebuild PECOS from the ground up. David has also conducted chart audits on behalf of Medicare contractors and Blue Cross/Blue Shield early in his career, so he has knowledge of what the expectations are from the payers. He has evaluated existing ambulatory care facilities and practices with respect to patient flow, operations, marketing, fee structures, use of ancillary services, and financial considerations; developing strategic plans to improve profitability and productivity. His activities in management and compliance include physician practices, IDTFs, hospitals, ASCs, pharmacies, DME, and other facility types, including coding and broad‐based regulatory issues.