Susan E. Garrison, CHC, PCS, FCS, CCS P, CPAR, CPC, CPC H is a nationally acclaimed and highly sought speaker, having presented hundreds of educational sessions for professional organizations (AAPC, HFMA, AHIMA, MGMA), teaching university health systems, healthcare providers of all sizes, and payors. With over 25 years of experience in healthcare management, Susan held prior positions of Senior Manager of Outpatient Consulting Services with the 3M Company, Vice-President of Accounts Receivable Management with MedPartners, Vice President of Outpatient Consulting Services with Healthcare Management Advisors, and Fair Hearing Officer for Georgia’s Medicare Carrier. She has also served as Past President of the American Academy of Professional Coders’ National Advisory Board.

Michael A. Ferragamo, Jr., MD, FACS is the former chief of urology of Hempstead Medical Center and of Franklin Medical Center of Long Island, New York, and presently is assistant clinical professor of urology, State University of New York, Stony Brook School of Medicine. Starting as a sole practitioner in the 1960s, and now as the senior urologist in a six-person group, he has continued to oversee all coding and reimbursement issues in the practice. Presently, he personally codes all surgical procedures and hospital work performed by the group. Dr. Ferragamo is a consultant on coding and reimbursement for the Physicians Reimbursement Systems (PRS) in Denver and is a consulting editor for Urology Coding Alert.