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

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 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 L. D'Spain, CMPE, CMC, CMIS, CMCO, CMOM
Linda L. D'Spain is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable professional with an extensive background in the medical field. During her 18 years in medical practice management, she has managed cardiology, pediatric orthopedic, gynecology and reproductive endocrinology practices in San Antonio, Texas.... more

Rhonda Granja, B.S., CMC, CMA, CPC
Rhonda Granja is a certified professional coder and certified medical assistant. Rhonda has been in the medical office profession since 1990 and is currently working as an independent medical consultant. She has been involved extensively in medical advocacy. Rhonda has done the necessary follow-up work and has a proven track record for winning insurance appeals. She is involved with multiple medical groups and has also developed staff motivation techniques.... more

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, IRO, TPA, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CPC, CPC-I
Regina is PMI's Director of Associate Faculty Development and the CEO of The Physician Practice S.O.S. Group, Inc., a healthcare consulting and educational company providing long-range, planning, practice assessment, new practice set up, auditing and training to physicians and their staff. In 2001, the company was authorized as an IRO (Independent Review Organization) to work with practices under a government CIA (Corporate Integrity Agreement) agreement. Regina and her company have helped healthcare providers across the country streamline their billing process, improve patient flow, and keep current with ever-changing state and federal guidelines.... more

Michelle Nail, CMC, CMIS, CMOM
Michelle is passionate about education in healthcare and currently serves as Coordinator of Educational Development for Practice Management Institute (PMI) where she is responsible for ongoing research, development and revision of PMI curriculum.... more

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

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

Doug Arrington, Ph.D., FNP, CMC, CHC, CHRC, CMC, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA
Doug Arrington, Ph.D., FNP, CMC, CHC, CHRC, CMC, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA is the Director in the Office of Billing Compliance at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Doug is responsible for the Billing Compliance for all professional billing, hospital billing, and research billing at UT Southwestern Medical Center.... more

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

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

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

Marchelle Cagle, CPC, CPC-I, PCS
Marchelle Cagle is currently Director of Revenue Cycle with a Cardiology Practice in Birmingham, Alabama with over 15 years of healthcare industry experience.... more

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

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

Marti Geron, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA, CMA, CM, CMAA
With more than 40 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 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

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

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

Robert Liles, JD, MBA, MHA
Washington D.C. attorney Robert Liles J.D., leads the Washington D.C. based legal team that developed and maintains the curriculum and examination protocols for PMI's Certified Medical Compliance Officer (CMCO) credential. Robert’s background and education provides a real-life perspective to his views and approach towards compliance. As Managing Member of Liles Parker, PLLC, Robert heads one of the nation’s leading law firms focused on healthcare fraud defense and regulatory matters representing healthcare providers in civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings. He also serves as outside compliance counsel to a number of national health care organizations and a third-party billing association.... more

Nancy Maguire, ACS, PCS, FCS, HCS-D, CRT
Nancy has spent over twenty years as a teacher, coding bootcamp trainer and workshop leader. She is an amazing presenter guaranteed to make a lasting impact on your career and your life.... more

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 B. Moore, CMCO, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CPC-I, CPMA, CEMC, 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. Special assignments have included practice documentation, coding, audits, and operations assessments. She has taught reimbursement, Medicare, office management, risk management, proper coding and documentation, filing clean claims and appeals, and a variety of other topics geared to physicians and medical practice professionals.... more

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, 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, 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, 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 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

Courtney Waggoner, BBA, CMC, CMIS
Courtney Waggoner is the Patient Services Manager at Texas A&M University – Student Health Services in College Station, Texas. While at TAMU she serves on the Student Health Services QA/QI Committee, IT Committee, Student Health Insurance Committee as well as Chair of the HIM Committee. She comes to PMI with more than twenty years experience in many areas of the healthcare industry.... more