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After spending almost a decade to become a physician so you can help people, you now realize that you practically need an MBA to run a successful practice. Who has the time or wants to return to school to get the degree to figure it out? The issues of managed care, rising costs, decreasing reimbursements, HIPAA compliance, OSHA and Staffing can be overwhelming. The time involved being a physician now days with caring for your patients, the paperwork involved and insurance constraints are more hours than is realistically possible. Now add handling the other issues mention above with running the practice. That is where we would like to help you by providing practical management tools and resources for you and your office personnel. We have a team of dedicated people with years of experience as physicians and office management whose goal is to provide you with first hand practical solutions to running your practice. Please take the time to research our site and take advantage of the resources that are available to you and your staff. Our site is updated on a regular basis to add new articles, podcast and blog entries to keep you informed on what is happening in today’s medical office.
Tina has been a medical office manager for 15 years. She became a Certified Medical Transcriptionist in 1996, a Certified Podiatric Medical Assistant in 1999, and in 2001 became a Certified Limited Licensed X-ray Technician. She is currently the Director of Intra-Professional Relations of the American Society of Podiatric Medical Assistants. She is the Educational Chair for the American Society of Podiatric Medical Assistants and the California Podiatric Medical Association’s Assistants programs. She has lectured nationally and internationally on Practical Practice Management and motivational topics for Doctors and Staff. Tina also is regular contributor to the California Podiatric Physician Magazine.
Dr. Hultman is Author of St. Anthony’s Reengineer the Medical Practice (1995) and has published over 300 journal articles. He graduated from CCPM, practiced for twenty five years with University Podiatry Group at UCLA Medical School, and obtained his MBA from UCLA’s Andersen Graduate School of Management. He currently serves as Executive Director of the California Podiatric Medical Association and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Physicians Systems (IPS), a physician services company that provides technology, billing, consulting, management, and strategic planning services for physician practices.
"The Medical Practitioner's Survival Handbook" by Jon Hultman. Visit: http://www.mbagurus.com/
Dr Poggio, Graduated from CCPM (1984) and has been in private practice for over 20 years in Alameda, CA. He has served as the CPMA's medicare liaison since 1996 and has been the podiatry consultant for several insurance companies/HMOs and review organizations. He has lectured and authored multiple articles on proper billing and coding for podiatric services. He remains active with the students at CSPM as a lecturer, mentor and office rotations.
For additional resources visit: http://www.poggiodpm.com/
After completing his premed studies at Seton Hall University, Dr. Robertozzi attended the California College of Podiatric Medicine, graduating in 1981. He then did a one-year podiatric surgical program at Huntington General Hospital in Boston under the tutelage of the internationally known Robert Frykberg, DPM. Upon completion of his residency program, he joined the Army Reserve and received an Honorable Discharge in 1989.
In 1983 he began his practice in Newton, NJ. He was the first podiatrist to procure surgical privileges at St. Clare’s Hospital, Sussex, NJ and Newton Memorial Hospital, Newton, NJ. Dr. Robertozzi is board certified by both the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine and the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. He has written articles and a chapter in a book as well as lectured nationally on various podiatric subjects. Over the years, he has had his hand in starting two podiatric residency programs and was involved in a third. Throughout his practice life, Dr. Robertozzi has received numerous awards and honors from groups within as well as outside the profession.
Believing that everyone has an obligation to give back, Dr. Robertozzi was involved with the New Jersey Podiatric Medical Society, culminating as President in 1993-1994. Moving from state to national politics, he also served as President of the American Podiatric Medical Association in 2007-2008. Utilizing his leadership skills, he is now actively involved in the governance at Newton Memorial Hospital as Chair, Surgery Department.
