Practice Management Institute ~ Distinguished Faculty

Distinguished Faculty

Our instructors have many years of real-world experience in a variety of practice management issues. Click on the names below to learn more about each staff member.

Sunjanel Avecilla

Sunjanel Avecilla, EMT-P, CPC, CMC, CMOM

Sunjanel Avecilla is the Senior Consultant with the Physician Practice S.O.S. Group, Inc. She has over 10 years experience in the healthcare industry.... more

Ione Broussard

Ione Monlezun Broussard, CMC, CMIS, CMOM

Ms. Broussard is a veteran of the healthcare industry with more than 25 years of experience in medical practice management. Her broad spectrum of experience includes business development, purchasing, and governmental guidelines.... more

Audrey Coaxum

Audrey Coaxum, CHI, CMC, CMIS, CMOM

Audrey Coaxum is a hands-on specialist with more than fifteen years of well-rounded experience in the healthcare industry. ... more

Maxine Collins

Maxine Inman Collins, MBA, CPA, CMC, CMIS, CMOM

Maxine has more than twenty years of experience in medical practice management, adult education and general business.... more

Linda D'Spain

Linda D'Spain, CMPE, CMC, CMIS, CMOM

Linda L. D'Spain is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable professional with an extensive background in the medical field.... more

Shelley Garrett

Shelley Garrett, CPC, CEC, CMC, CMOM

Shelley has more than 15 years of healthcare experience. Her experience includes working directly for the Medicare program, in multi-specialty physician offices and hospital settings, and also serving as a compliance officer and consultant.... more

Jimmie Hebert

Jimmie Hebert, CMC, CMIS, CMOM

Jimmie has traveled the country teaching physicians, medical practice administrators and staff about the latest issues in medical practice management. Her background includes management of several multi-physician, multi-specialty clinics.... more

Linda Lindsey

Linda Lindsey, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CCP

Linda is a Certified Compliance Professional with more than twentyfive years of clinical and administrative experience in both hospital and multi-specialty group practices.... more

Regina Mixon Bates

Regina Mixon Bates, IRO, TPA, CMC, CMIS,
CMOM, CPC, CPC-I
Director of Associate Faculty Development

Regina Mixon Bates has been an Instructor for PMI since 2000. She is also CEO of The Physicians Practice S.O.S. Group Inc. and has over 20 years of medical management and education experience.... more

Rhonda Puder

Rhonda Puder, CMC, CMIS, CMOM

A former Group Operations Manager, Rhonda has more than 25 years of experience in medical coding, billing, personnel and office management.... more

Maggie Teter

Maggie Teter, CMC, CMIS, CMOM

Maggie has more than 15 years of well-rounded healthcare experience, including comprehensive knowledge of medical practice management, coding, billing, claim resolution, and regulatory policies relevant to the practice, including HIPAA and OSHA.... more

Associate Instructors

Jama Allers

Jama Allers, CMC, CMA-C

Jama has more than 25 years of healthcare experience including extensive knowledge in the areas of practice related matters including risk management, human resources, medical records management, as well as fraud and abuse compliance.... more

Stephanie Arnold

Stephanie Arnold, CMC

Stephanie Arnold has more than 15 years of professional management and leadership experience in the healthcare industry.... more

Leslie Barlow

Leslie Barlow, CMC, CMRS

Leslie Barlow has worked nine years in the healthcare industry, serving multiple specialty offices nationwide through her medical billing and consulting business in Fruita, Colorado.... more

Jerry Bridge

Jerry Bridge is a nationally-known practice management trainer, coach, and motivational speaker.... more

Angie Brown

Angie Brown, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CMA

Angie Brown has over 20 years of experience in medical practice management and adult education with coding and insurance.... more

Brenda R. Dennis

Brenda R Dennis, CPC, CMC, CMIS, CMBS, CCP

Brenda R. Dennis has over 18 years experience in medical insurance billing and coding. Brenda has extensive experience teaching CPT, ICD-9-CM and reimbursement. ... more

Sherita Eastmon

Sherita Eastmom, CMC

Sherita has more than 15 years of well rounded healthcare experience. She wears many hats of knowledge in medical practice coding, as a Medical Assistant, customer service and diversity training. She is the Director of Patient Experience and Diversity at Cape Fear Valley Health in Fayetteville NC. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of patient satisfaction within Cape Fear Valley Health This includes serving as the liaison between the hospital and the external vendor, survey development, report creation/distribution, communication of scores, and serving as a change agent within the hospital organizational targets and monitor best practices within the industry. She currently holds an AAS degree in Medical Assisting, BA degree and actively pursing her MBA. She's CMOM certified. She enjoys teaching is able to convey complex subject matter into easy understand terms.... more

Toni Emmons

Toni J. Emmons, CMC, CPC, CMOM

Toni Emmons is the Director of the Billing Compliance Department and the Regional Privacy officer at Texas Tech University Health Science Center (TTUHSC) in Amarillo, Texas.... more

Nancy Escobar

Nancy Escobar, CMC

Nancy Escobar is a Certified Medical Coder with over 20 years of healthcare experience. She has worked in a number of roles within the practice, including the front office, as a biller, coder, and ultimately in an administrative role.... more

D. K. Everitt

Mr. Everitt is a Healthcare Compliance Officer, whose work includes assessing hundreds of medical facilities, implementing Corporate Integrity Agreements and OSHA compliance training.... more

Marti Geron

Marti Geron, CPC, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CMA, PCS

With more than 35 years in the healthcare industry, Marti has extensive, hands-on experience in Managing, Consulting, Auditing, Educating, Compliance, and Billing, as well as reimbursement issues and collection techniques. Her background includes management of the majority of medical specialties.... more

David Ginsberg

David A. Ginsberg

David Ginsberg is co-founder and President of PrivaPlan Associates, Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry including physician practice management, rural health practice, managed care organization development and electronic data interchange.... more

Monna Johnson

Monna Johnson, CMOM

Monna Johnson is a professional with over 20 years of healthcare experience. Her extensive background in healthcare includes working in front office, billing, coding and transcription in Michigan and Ohio.... more

Rhonda Lampert

Rhonda Lampert, CMC, CPC

Rhonda Lampert started her days in the medical field manually typing 1500 forms, stuffing them into envelopes, and awaiting payment (which was rarely denied). Those days are long gone.... more

Robert Liles

Robert Liles, JD

Mr. Liles is principal shareholder of Liles Parker, PLLC, a Washington, DC law firm.... more

Deborah McNeilance

Deborah McNeilance, CMC, CMOM, CPC

Deborah McNeilance is a personable, caring practice manager. Currently serving patients in an oncology practice has provided unique experiences and exposure to many difficult scenarios. Debbie is responsible for two practices.... more

Rose Moore

Rose B. Moore, CMC, CMOM, CPC-I, CCP

Rose has been a motivating force for hundreds of medical practice professionals on the East Coast, where she has conducted numerous seminars and performed internal training for medical practices.... more

Gina Niedermaier

Gina Niedermaier, CMC, CMOM

Gina Niedermaier has been the Business Manager for the Northeast Surgical Group for the last nine years. Her many responsibilities include Billing Manager, Credentialing and Accounts Payables.... more

Laura Oestrike

Laura Oestrike, CMOM

Laura has more than 29 years of experience in the healthcare field and is a member of the American Osteopathic Association of Medical Office Managers and American Association of Medical Assistants.... more

Gretchen Pike

Gretchen Pike, CMOM

Gretchen has more than thirty years of experience in the healthcare industry, including medical office management, provider and payer relations, managed care contracting and oversight, patient access services, and employer and consumer relations.... more

Libby Purser

Libby Purser, CPC, CMC CMIS, CMOM

Libby has spent the last fourteen years in the Healthcare Industry. For the past ten years she has worked as the Billing & Coding Manager for a clinic which consists of 45 multispecialty physicians.... more

Heather Smith

Heather R. Smith, CMC, CPC

Heather R. Smith, CMC, CPC, has over 10 years of experience in multi-specialty coding. She currently works as a Coding/Auditing Coordinator for a multi-specialty group of eight medical/surgical practices.... more

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