Roberta L. Buell, MBA, as President of Documedics, she is responsible for the overall business strategy and direction, marketing, speaking engagements and business development. Additional responsibilities include analysis of legislative policies and reimbursement trends. Ms. Buell has over twenty-five years of healthcare experience.

Her background includes registration, financial counseling, clinical field trials of anti-neoplastic agents, CPT coding, medical office management, medical records management, utilization review, and consulting. After employment as a consultant with two Big Six firms, Ms. Buell became self employed as a consultant in 1984. Her company, Documedics has been in business since 1988. Since that time, Documedics has served over one hundred clients and publishes Documedics DataExpress. Ms. Buell speaks to associations and groups nationwide about coding and reimbursement issues. Ms. Buell is a member of The Healthcare Financial Management Association, the California Information Association and the Association of Community Cancer Centers. Ms. Buell received her BA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her MBA from Stanford University.4

Suzan Berman-Hvizdash, CPC, CPC-EDS, CPC-EMS, is responsible for teaching 200+ staff/faculty on the intricacies and importance of compliance with current documentation requirements, as the Physician Educator for the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is also actively involved as the Senior Auditor and Advisory Board Member for the Coding and Reimbursement Network (CRN), serves as a Technical Consulting Writer for Ingenix Publishing and is also an Advisory Board Member for General Surgery Coding Alert and Part B Insider, Eli Publishing as well as a National Advisory Board Member of the American Academy of Professional Coders. Mrs. Hvizdash has been the technical consultant for the AAPC for an Evaluation and Management e-learning module as well as the co-author of the CPC-EMS Study Guide. She continues to be a guest lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh speaking to undergraduate HIM students on E/M documentation.

Leslie Johnson, CCS-P, currently holds the position of Director of Education and Research at DR Management. DR Management, LLC is a practice management & consulting firm located in Fort Wayne Indiana. Ms. Johnson is the Director for Research and Education as well as the Coding and Compliance Consultant for DR Management, LLC.

Johnson has been in the industry since 1992 and has served in various positions performing billing, coding and teaching for multiple specialties. Her expertise is extensive and includes optometry & ophthalmology, family practice & internal medicine, cardiology, anesthesia/pain management, general surgery, OB, radiology, and orthopedics.

Johnson is the founder of AskLeslie.net and co-founder of the AskLeslie.net Network. Her professional skills include creating “monster” documents/tools such as "Recoupment Chart" with States' timeline specifications & laws regarding insurance company refund & recoupments and the 2004 CVP chart for coding anesthesia. She has also been quoted in various publications such as Anesthesia & Pain Coding Alert, The Pink Sheets, The Answer Books for Anesthesia and Cardiology, and ICD-9 / CPT Coding Pro Online Publications.

Brenda Chidester Palmer, CPC, CCS-P is currently the Coding Compliance Manager of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, in Houston, Texas. She coordinates and oversees the Coding Compliance Department in all aspects of auditing and training.

Chidester has 17 years experience (10 years in single specialty physician and 7 years in large multi-specialty) in single and multi-specialty practices. She is experienced in all areas of coding and reimbursement including claim filing, denial review and appeal, payment posting and COB, and coding. Her area of expertise is coding.

In addition, Chidester has coded from chart notes and operative reports for Oncology, Urology, Cardiology, Ob/Gyn and Ophthalmology and has audited E&M and operative notes from most all specialties. Chidester was a coding instructor for 7 years for San Jacinto Junior College teaching CPT and ICD-9 classes as well as a presenter for the AAPC local chapter in her area.

Chidester teaches various coding classes at San Jacinto Junior College and is President of the Southeast Texas Chapter of Professional Coders. She is a former National Advisory Board Member for the American Academy of Professional Coders.

Jerrie K. Weith, FHFMA, is the founder and President of Healthcare Management Alternatives, Inc.

Jerrie's professional experience includes physician practice, as well as hospital, financial, and A/R management. With the start-up of a number of successful small businesses, Jerrie knows how to get a new physician practice established, as well as how to manage an on-going concern. She is skilled at project management, contract negotiations, and operational anaysis, as well as revenue cycle projects centering on A/R improvement, cashflow and compliance.

Over the last 20+ years, Jerrie has become a well-respected healthcare professional in the St. Louis area marketplace. As President of HMAI, she brings her knowledge, practical experience, values, and integrity to each client engagement. Jerrie has a bachelor's degree, an MBA and is certified as a Fellow in HFMA. She is active in both MGMA and HFMA, as well as in several not-for-profit community organizations.