Day
Egusquiza
Susan
K.
Evans,
RHIA
Jennifer
L.
Griffin
James
A.
Hoover
Matt
Jones
Bonnie
Ramsey
John
K.
Ryan,
MD
Day
Egusquiza
Day
Egusquiza
brings
over
30
years
experience
in
health
care
reimbursement,
hospital
business
office
operations,
contracting
and
compliance
implementation.
Additionally,
her
experience
includes
eight
years
as a
Director
of a
Physician
Medical
Management
billing
service
and
most
recently
completed
an
integrated
business
office
between
a
hospital
and
a
large
physician
clinic.
She
has
been
an
entrepreneur
in
hospital
and
physician
practice
accounts
receivable
management
and
a
leader
in
redesigning
numerous
organizations.
Her
work
includes
providing
guidance
as a
compliance
&
APC
educator
while
providing
operational
insight
on
the
revenue
cycle
impacts
of
RAC/Medicare
Recovery
Audit
Contractors.
Additionally,
she
has
been
instrumental
in
researching
and
preparing
national
education
on
the
impact
of
the
Prescription
Drug
Benefit.
Day’s
strength
is
her
ability
to
‘operationalize’
complex
regulations
into
teachable
components.
Ms
Egusquiza
is a
nationally
recognized
speaker
on
continuous
quality
improvement
(CQI),
benchmarking,
redesigning,
reimbursement
systems
and
implementing
an
operational
focus
of
compliance-
both
in
hospitals
and
practices.
She
has
been
on
the
AAHAM
National
Advisory
Council,
HFMA
National
Advisory
Council,
is a
past
President
of
the
Idaho
HFMA
Chapter
&
recently
received
the
Lifetime
Achievement
Award.
She
has
been
highlighted
in
JCAHO’s
Six
Hospitals
in
Search
of
Excellence,
Zimmerman’s
Receivable
Report,
HFMA’s
HFM
and
Patient
Account,
AHIA
Prospective,
and
numerous
healthcare
newsletters
along
with
a
contributing
author
to
2006
Health
Law
and
Compliance
Update.
She
received
the
Idaho
Hospital
Association
“Distinguished
Service
Award”
for
her
legislative
work
and
training
on
new
indigent
law.
Attendees
at
HFMA’s
ANI
rated
her
in
the
top
25%
for
each
year
she
has
presented,
earning
her
the
‘Distinguished
Speaker’
award.
Her
greatest
accomplishes
are
her
four
wonderful
children
and
her
eight
fabulous
grandchildren.
What
makes
her
unique?
She
has
been
in
the
trenches
with
us!
Susan
K.
Evans,
RHIA
Health
Information
Management
Director
St.
Vincent’s
Health
System
–
Birmingham,
Alabama
Ms.
Evans
has
been
in
the
Health
Information
Management
industry
since
1977
and
has
been
with
St.
Vincent’s
Health
System
(including
Eastern
Health
System)
for
the
last
20
years.
In
addition
to
Health
Information
Management,
she
has
experience
in
quality
management,
utilization
review,
and
system
redesign.
Over
the
last
two
years,
she
has
reorganized
the
HIM
structure
at
STVHS
to a
corporate
service
line
manager
model,
has
implemented
remote
coding
and
transcription,
has
implemented
a
centralized
scanning
center
for
the
five
facilities,
and
been
a
reference
site
for
computer-assisted
coding
with
Platocode.
She
graduated
from
UAB
with
a BS
in
Health
Information
Administration
and
received
her
national
registry
credential
in
1977.
She
received
the
2005
Distinguished
Member
Award
from
the
Alabama
Association
of
Health
Information
Management
Association.
She
served
as
AAHIM
President
in
1995
and
was
on
the
AAHIM
board
from
1992-1996.
She
also
received
the
Outstanding
Preceptor
Award
from
Wallace
State
Community
College
HIM
Program.
She
is
an
active
member
of
the
American
Health
Information
Management
Association
and
the
Ascension
HIM-Coding
Excellence
Team.
She
is
active
in
First
Baptist
Church,
Pell
City
and
is a
proud
grandmother.
Jennifer
L.
Griffin
Jennifer
practices
in
the
Health
Care
practice
group,
with
an
emphasis
on
health
care
regulatory
and
administrative
issues,
including
advising
hospitals
and
physician
practices
on
HIPAA
Privacy
Rule
and
HIPAA
Security
Rule
compliance,
certificate
of
need
regulation,
and
state
and
federal
regulatory
compliance.
Jennifer's
practice
also
involves
assisting
health
care
clients
with
sale
and
reorganization
matters,
corporate
compliance
programs,
fraud
and
abuse
issues,
physician
contract
and
medical
record
management
matters.
Jennifer
received
her
law
degree
from
Cumberland
School
of
Law.
During
law
school,
Jennifer
took
a
one-year
leave
of
absence
to
attend
the
University
of
Kent
at
Canterbury
in
Kent,
England,
where
she
studied
social
work
on a
Rotary
International
Ambassadorial
Scholarship.
Jennifer's
interest
in
social
work
stems
from
graduate
school
and
her
years
of
community
service
work.
She
received
her
M.S.W.
degree
from
the
University
of
Alabama,
during
which
time
she
worked
with
the
Alabama
Disabilities
Advocacy
Program
in
Tuscaloosa,
Alabama.
She
also
interned
in
Washington
at
The
White
House,
working
with
Mrs.
Tipper
Gore's
staff
in
the
Office
of
the
Vice
President.
Prior
to
attending
graduate
school,
Jennifer
spent
seven
months
as a
full-time
volunteer
with
Habitat
for
Humanity
International
in
Americus,
Georgia.
Jennifer
earned
her
B.A.
degree,
cum
laude,
in
English
from
the
University
of
the
South-Sewanee.
James
A.
Hoover
Jim
practices
in
the
Burr
&
Forman
LLP
Health
Care
Practice
Group
where
he
represents
numerous
hospitals
throughout
Alabama
and
the
southeast.
He
also
represents
medical
device
manufacturers,
physician
practices,
pharmacies,
home
health
agencies
and
other
healthcare
providers
in a
variety
of
matters.
Jim's
experience
in
healthcare
litigation
includes
litigating
disputes
between
hospitals
and
physicians,
alleged
Stark
violations
and
Antikickback
issues.
He
also
represents
healthcare
providers
in
matters
involving
administrative
proceedings,
healthcare
compliance
programs,
certificate
of
need
issues,
professional
licensure,
medical
staff
credentialing,
responding
to
alleged
EMTALA
violations,
healthcare
joint
ventures,
Medicare
audits,
recoupments
and
sanctions,
HIPAA
privacy
and
security
matters,
as
well
as
other
health
law
disputes.
Jim
frequently
lectures
on
the
requirements
imposed
by
HIPAA
and
implementing
a
HIPAA
compliance
program,
and
other
health
care
compliance
issues
for
various
continuing
education
seminars.
Jim
authored
Chapter
9 of
the
Health
Law
Handbook
,
2005
edition
entitled
"The
Emergency
Medical
Treatment
and
Active
Labor
Act:
Responding
to
an
Active
Investigation."
He
has
also
co-authored
the
Alabama
Association
of
Health
Information
Management's
Medical
Records
Manual
as
well
as
numerous
articles
on
health
law
related
issues
in
the
Birmingham
Medical
News
;
"Don't
Kill
the
Messenger",
a
monthly
column
in
M.D.
News
Magazine
addressing
corporate
compliance
strategies;
and
"Voluntary
Disclosures"
for
the
Corporate
Compliance
Forum's
monthly
publication,
Checklist
to
Compliance.
Jim
is a
past
Chairman
of
the
Alabama
Bar
Health
Law
Section
and
past-Chairman
of
the
Board
of
Trustees
of
the
Alabama
Bar
Lawyer
Referral
Service.
He
is a
member
of
the
Board
of
Directors
for
the
American
Heart
Association,
Birmingham
chapter.
Jim
is a
member
of
the
American
Bar
Association,
the
Alabama
State
Bar,
the
Birmingham
Bar
Association
and
the
American
Health
Lawyers
Association
and
was
selected
for
the
Birmingham
Business
Journal's
"Top
40
Under
40"
as
well
as
inclusion
in
The
Best
Lawyers
in
America
in
the
area
of
Health
Care
Law.
Jim
received
his
B.B.A.
in
Risk
Management
and
Insurance
in
1987
from
the
University
of
Georgia
and
his
J.D.
in
1992
from
Cumberland
School
of
Law
at
Samford
University.
Matt
Jones
Matt
Jones
is a
three-time
cancer
conqueror,
professional
speaker,
and
author.
On
Sept.
11,
2002,
during
his
senior
year
of
college,
Matt
was
diagnosed
with
cancer.
The
cancer
spread
to
his
brain
and
he
slipped
into
an
unconscious
state.
His
doctors
did
not
think
he
would
live.
Against
all
odds,
Matt
recovered
and
went
on
to
complete
a
marathon
after
re-learning
how
to
walk.
He
is
the
author
of
"Going
through
Hell?
Don't
Stop!",
"Life's
a
Marathon"
and
"101
Timeless
Truths."
From
his
talk,
audience
members
learn
strategies
to
thrive
in
the
midst
of
adversity
and
excel
to
new
heights
of
performance.
He
has
shared
his
story
to
audiences
across
the
country
and
was
the
keynote
speaker
for
2009
National
Convention
for
AAPC.
Bonnie
Ramsey
Bonnie
is
the
Director
of
Human
Resources
at
St.
Vincent
Health
System.
St.
Vincent
Health
System-
Birmingham
has
approximately
5,000
associates
in
their
health
ministry.
Bonnie
has
been
employed
in
the
healthcare
field
for
more
than
27
years.
For
20
of
those
years
she
has
been
in
the
human
resources
area.
In
her
current
position
she
is
responsible
for
recruitment,
retention,
legal
issues
and
the
recognition
programs.
Bonnie
received
her
undergraduate
degree
in
Human
Resources
from
Jacksonville
State
University
and
her
Masters
in
Personnel
Counseling
also
from
Jacksonville
State.
Both
degrees
were
earned
while
working
full
time
and
raising
two
beautiful
daughters.
She
is
the
proud
grandmother
of
twin
baby
girls
that
will
be 1
year
old
in
May
of
this
year.
Bonnie
is a
member
of
Society
of
Human
Resources
Mangers,
and
Birmingham
Society
of
Human
Resource
Managers.
She
is
involved
in
the
American
Heart
Association
and
several
other
charitable
organizations.
She
speaks
to
students
at
colleges
about
careers
in
healthcare.
She
has
won
awards
for
her
recognition
programs.
She
is a
national
speaker
on
recognition
and
retention.
John
K.
Ryan,
MD
President,
PLATO
Health
Systems
Ltd
Los
Angeles,
CA
and
Auckland,
New
Zealand
Dr.
Ryan
qualified
as a
medical
practitioner
in
1988
but
stepped
aside
from
medical
practice
in
1992
to
develop
automated
coding
systems
for
healthcare.
He
invented
the
algorithms
underlying
the
PLATOCODE
system
that
“reads”
clinical
documentation
for
reporting
and
coding
purposes
and
was
awarded
two
of
the
earliest
Patents
dealing
with
Natural
Language
Processing
for
healthcare.
In
the
USA
his
work
is
used
for
Computer-Assisted
Coding
(CAC)
for
billing
purposes
but
in
Europe
and
Australasia
he
has
been
involved
in
clinical
audit,
optimized
operating
room/resource
management,
detailed
prosthesis
research,
screening
programs
and
ICD-10
coding
for
national
healthcare
funding.
