Kimberly A. H. Baker, JD, CPC, is the director of Medicare and compliance for HCPro. She is a lead regulatory specialist for HCPro’s Revenue Cycle Advisor and is the lead instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp®—Hospital Version, Medicare Boot Camp®—Utilization Review Version, and HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp®—Provider-Based Department Version. She is a former hospital compliance officer and in-house legal counsel and has over 25 years of healthcare experience, including 10 years of experience teaching, speaking, and writing about Medicare coverage, payment, and coding regulations and requirements.

James Dunnick, MD, FACC, CHCQM, CPC, CMDP, is a physician, board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. Dunnick has 25 years of clinical practice experience specializing in preventive cardiology, chronic disease management, and heart disease in women. Dunnick is the CEO and founder of SESEDN, LLC, and The Dunnick Group, LLC, and now works full time helping physicians and hospitals with coding, compliance, best practice algorithms, quality, utilization, and cost of care.

R. Scott Dunnick, BSM, MBA, is the director of business affairs for The Dunnick Group LLC. He has experience in project operations, practice management, and electronic health record transitioning and training. He has been with the Dunnick Group since 2013, working in provider contracts, practice acquisitions, and revenue protection.

Sarah L. Goodman, MBA, CHCAF, COC, CCP, FCS, is president/CEO and principal consultant for SLG, Inc., in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a nationally known speaker and author on the charge description master (CDM), outpatient facility coding, and billing compliance, and has more than 30 years’ experience in the healthcare industry. Goodman has been actively involved and held leadership roles in a number of professional organizations on the local, state, and national levels, including NAHRI.

Steven A. Greenspan, JD, LLM, is vice president of regulatory affairs at Executive Health Resources (EHR) in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. He is responsible for overseeing regulatory research and hospital advocacy efforts, and collaborates closely with EHR’s appeals management teams to offer support on complex Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial appeals matters. During his 18-year career, Greenspan has overseen the adjudication of more than 200,000 appeals and personally authored more than 10,000 appeal decisions. Prior to joining EHR, he served as vice president and project director for MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc., overseeing the company’s Part A East QIC project.

Ronald L. Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQM, is vice president at AccretivePAS® Clinical Solutions in Chicago. He is a general internist and HIV specialist. Hirsch was the medical director of case management at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois. He is certified in healthcare quality and management by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians. In addition, he is a member of the American Case Management Association, a member of the American College of Physician Advisors, and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Hirsch serves as an advisory board member for NAHRI.