Speaking Engagements & Board Affiliations

• American Urological Association.  Keynote Speakers, National Practice Management Conference, Chicago, Il, May, 2009 and Anaheim, CA  June, 2007.  Webcast:  How to Negotiate Profitable PPO Agreements.  

• Arizona Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.  Keynote Speakers- How to Effectively Negotiate ASC contracts with PPOs.  Phoenix, AZ. 

• New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.  Keynote Speakers- How to Effectively Negotiate ASC contracts with PPOs.  Albany NY.  

• Natividad Medical Center, Board of Trustees.  Trustee.  Monterey County, California.   

• American Ambulance Association.  Strategic Direction Committee, Committee Member. November, 2000 - Present.

• American Ambulance Association. Annual National Conference, Marketing your Services to SNFs Physician Groups and HMOs. Las Vegas, NV. 

• American Ambulance Association. Annual National Conference, Integrated Delivery Systems and Contracting with HMOs. San Antonio TX

• American Ambulance Association.  Annual National Conference, Medicare Reimbursement, A Strategic Planning Guide.  Working with ER Physicians- Contracting and Managed Care Strategies.  Tampa, Florida

• Boston University School of Public Health, National Demand Treatment Conference: Substance Abuse Providers and Third Party Payers: Reimbursement and Contracting Strategies for the New Millennium.  San Jose CA

• National Association of Emergency Medical Dispatch, Annual National Conference, A Practical Guide to Implementing Access Management with IPAs, Hospitals and other Ancillary Providers.  Navigator 2000.  Las Vegas, Nevada

• American Ambulance Association, Annual National Conference, Managed Care Trends in the New Millennium". Nashville, TN, November, 1999.

• National Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch, Annual National Conference,  "Establishing Performance Benchmarks and Managed Care Contracting". Navigator 99, Austin, TX, September, 1999.

• George Washington University Medical School, Guest Lecturer, "Emergency Services and Managed Care – An Integrated Delivery System", Washington, D.C. - October, 1998

• District of Columbia EMS:  Washington DC Metropolitan Area EMS Providers Quarterly Conference:  911 Emergency Services and Managed Care  - Washington, D.C. 1998

• National Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatchers, Navigator 98, September, 1998.