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John Goehle is the Chief Operating Officer and partner with Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, LLC - a Rochester, New York-based ASC management and consulting services company.

Prior to forming AHS, Mr. Goehle developed and managed two Rochester New York-based ambulatory surgery centers, and provided management consulting services for a wide range of health care organizations, primarily in the Northeast.

Mr. Goehle has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh Scotland, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Ithaca College in Upstate New York. He holds the prestigious Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC) credential. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. Mr. Goehle is also an accreditation surveyor with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC).

Mr. Goehle is the host of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle available on iTunes and Google Play. He is also is frequent speaker on health care finance, technology and administration and has authored or co-authored eight books related to the ASC Industry including Ambulatory Surgery Center Governance - A Guide for Ambulatory Surgery Center Owners & Governing Body Members and The Survey Guide for ASCs – A Guide to the CMS Conditions of Coverage & Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgery Centers. He is a former board member with the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association and one of the founders of the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

Mary became an Administrator in 2001 and remained in that role for 15 years. She also held positions as Regional Manager and Clinical Consultant for Health Inventures and Johnson and Johnson and as a Group Clinical Director for Surgical Care Affiliates. Mary was one of the founding members of the Iowa ASC Association and served as the first President as well as multiple recurrent appointments as president. Mary currently serves on the BASC Board and is CASC certified.

Debra Stinchcomb has 30 years of health care experience including development, clinical, administrative, operations and sales. The last 20 years have been focused exclusively in the ASC industry.

Her responsibilities have included budget development/management, revenue/expense management, contract negotiation, licensing/certification/accreditation compliance, marketing, risk management, quality improvement and benchmarking.

Debra is a Registered Nurse having received her BSN and MBA. She is the founder/past President of Arkansas Ambulatory Surgery Association and has served nationally as a past board member of FASA and the ASC Association. She is currently the President of the Arkansas Ambulatory Surgery Association.

She received her CASC credential in 2002.

Debra was an AAAHC surveyor 2001 - 2007 and is Past Chair of the Ambulatory Joint Commission Professional and Technical Advisory Committee.

Debra is Chair of the Quality Committee of ASCA.

Michelle George is Vice President, Professional Development with Surgical Care Affiliates. Michelle has over 30 years of experience as a registered nurse. She has worked in various areas of nursing including critical care, emergency and trauma, and surgical services. Michelle has served in multiple hospital and ambulatory surgical center leadership roles, served on professional advisory boards, as affiliate faculty to a nursing program and professional speaker to professional and state healthcare organizations. She has authored various nursing journal articles and been contributing author to a healthcare textbook. Michelle completed a Master’s in Nursing Administration program at San Diego State University and holds a Certified Administrator Surgery Center certification. She serves on the ASC Quality Collaboration’s Technical Expert Committee, the ASC Quality Collaboration Board of Directors and as President Elect for California Ambulatory Surgery Association.

Pamela Roark has been a Joint Commission Surveyor in the Ambulatory Accreditation Program since 2012, and is trained under the Accreditation Manual for Ambulatory Care and Office-Based Surgery. She has also completed training to conduct surveys for Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Deemed Status, Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Telehealth, Primary Care, Endoscopy, Dialysis, Urgent Care, and Ambulatory Healthcare Systems. Ms. Roark conducts Department of Defense and Bureau of Prisons Surveys, as well as surveys for The Joint Commission’s Office of Quality and Patient Safety.

Prior to joining The Joint Commission, Ms. Roark served 30 years in the U.S. Navy as a Nurse Corps Officer and has extensive experience in ambulatory healthcare delivery and administration.

Ms. Roark received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri. She received her Master of Art in Health Services Management from Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, and her Master of Science in Nursing with a focus on Ambulatory Care Nursing Administration from Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. She is a fellow of the Johnson and Johnson Wharton Nurse Executive program.

Ms. Roark is currently a resident of Florida, and is licensed as an RN in Florida.

Ann Geier is Chief Nursing Officer for Surgical Information Systems SIS), a leader in perioperative information systems. In this role, she consults with clients on best practices and strategies to enhance efficiency, improve compliance and deliver high quality patient care.

Ann Geier has worked in the ASC industry for over 30 years, and is a recognized expert. She has been responsible for every aspect of ASC financial & clinical operations, and has been a surveyor for Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) since 2006.

Ann’s extensive clinical background is in the operating room, where she served in every capacity. She is an active member of AORN and ASCA, and she represented ASCA on the Board of Directors of AAAHC.

She was selected by the Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification (BASC) Nominating Committee serve on the BASC Board through 2019 and is the currently the secretary/treasurer.

Ann has an MS in Health Services Administration from the University of St. Francis. She is CASC & CNOR certified. She regularly speaks at national meetings and contributes articles to Outpatient Surgery Magazine, ASC Focus, Becker’s ASC Review. She has written an e-book, Admin 101: What Every New ASC Administrator Needs to Know available at www.sisfirst.com.

She was selected by the Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification (BASC) Nominating Committee serve on the BASC Board through 2019 and is the currently the secretary/treasurer.

Sandra was a hospital administrator for several years before opening and managing surgery centers as an administrator and as a consultant. Her experience was highlighted in an AMA news article about peer review proceedings at a hospital corporation. She has written articles and presented case studies on peer review, assisted corporate and independent surgery centers in managing peer review activities and adherence to medical staff bylaws and has managed state and national reporting of peer review results for numerous surgery centers. Sandra is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management, CASC, and Certified in Quality Management.

Highly efficient and responsive, Tom has been a trusted adviser to healthcare providers for more than 30 years. Tom brings a cost-effective, practical approach to helping healthcare providers navigate some of their most important legal issues, including medical staff privileges; healthcare contracts; state and federal self-referral and fraud and abuse prohibitions; professional and facility licensure; peer review privilege; healthcare litigation; certificate of public need matters; and managed care, Medicaid, Medicare, and third-party reimbursement and regulation.

Tom serves on the Health Law Section Council of the Virginia Bar Association. He is a past chairman of the Board of Governors of the Virginia State Bar's Health Law Section and served as vice chair, secretary, and newsletter editor of the section. Among his many honors, Tom is consistently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, which twice named him Richmond’s Lawyer of the Year for health care law.

Lisa has been an RN for over 36 years and in ambulatory care for the majority of those years. Lisa’s extensive operational development, management and consulting experience provides clients with expertise in facility administration, budget development, regulatory compliance, staff recruitment and retention, equipment procurement, policy and procedure development and implementation, and organizational interfacing. Lisa’s national ASC and Hospital Department development and management expertise affords clients, who are opening new Facilities, unparalleled success.

Lisa has developed numerous surgery centers working in concert with investors, corporations, hospitals, architects, builders and equipment manufactures/distributors through all phases of surgery center development and management. Lisa has achieved CASC, the credential that connotes expertise in ASC administration.

Lisa has previously served on the Board of CASCA, the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, serving as President of the Organization from 2011 - 2015. Lisa currently serves as the Chair of ASCA Public Relations committee.

Rena Courtay is the Vice President, Executive Director for HSS (Hospital for Special Surgery) Florida. Rena has over 25 years of experience in the ASC industry and has been an operating room nurse, a DON, a surgery center Administrator and spent over 15 years as an RVP for HCA and Surgical Care Affiliates. Rena is also on the Board of Directors of the Florida Society for Ambulatory Surgery Centers and its immediate Past President. She is the Education Chair for the Florida Society and also serves on the ASCA education committee. Rena earned her BSN from The Ohio State University and her MBA from Youngstown State University.

For over 20 years, Janie Kinsey has been serving and delivering excellence to the healthcare industry. She is a seasoned veteran who genuinely loves what she does. Her passion dates back to 1998 when she began her career as a surgical nurse. Janie later grew into an administrative role where she managed staff members and directly focused on patient satisfaction. Today, Janie serves as the Administrator at Saint Luke’s Surgicenter in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. With CASC credentials, Janie strives to provide progressive care by developing and implementing programs that improve patient experience.

In addition to her daily duties, Janie stays active in the healthcare community by attending conferences, speaking at events, and serving as a board member. Janie is consistently asked to speak on various topics, educating her peers in the healthcare field. In the past, Janie furthered her engagement by serving as the Vice President, and later President, of the Kansas Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Today she serves the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association as the Secretary of the Board of Directors.

In her personal time, she loves vacationing and traveling with her family. Janie is, and will continue to be, an outstanding healthcare provider for the Kansas City Metro area.

Kecia Norling, MBA, RN, CNOR, CASC has been an RN for 31 years with 19 of those in ASCs. She has led two de novo surgery center projects and functioned as both a clinical director and administrator. Kecia has experience in independent, surgeon owned centers; and joint venture centers between surgeons, corporate owners and hospital systems. Kecia is a past president of OASCA, current vice president of ASCA and current board member of the Oregon Patient Safety Commission – representing ASCs. She is the administrator of Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center, a multi-specialty ASC performing total joint replacements. NWASC is the only surgery center in the Pacific Northwest offering Rapid PTH Assay Parathyroid Cases and High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Surgery for prostate cancer. Kecia is married with 7 children and 6 grandchildren.

Cristina Bentin, CMA, CCS-P, COC, CPPM, AAPC Fellow is the president of Coding Compliance Management, LLC, a healthcare consulting company specializing in Ambulatory Surgery Centers with emphasis on business operations assessments, HIPAA training, coding support/audits and training. Ms. Bentin is recognized as an ASC revenue cycle educator, speaker, and writer with over 27+ years of hands-on experience in ASC multi-specialty facility and physician office revenue cycle operations. Cristina's expertise extends to her involvement in federal fraud investigations to include her role as expert witness. Cristina currently serves on the education and programs committee for the ASC Association (ASCA).

Rebecca Craig serves as chief executive officer of Harmony Surgery Center and Peak Surgical Management, located in beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado. She helped open Harmony Surgery Center in August of 2000, as well as multiple other surgery centers in Northern Colorado. Rebecca started her nursing career in the operating room and has held various management roles in perioperative services. Rebecca is president of the ASCA Board of Directors and also serves as a Colorado ASC Association board member. She strives to stay involved on state and federal health care policy levels to ensure that the highest quality of care is maintained and patients continue to have a choice for a cost-effective site of service. She enjoys spending time with her husband of 25 years and her two wonderful children.

Nursing/history degree and MBA. Appointed director of her survey center in 2006 – my first experience with ambulatory care. Long history with neurosurgery at Dartmouth (scrubbed/circulated/part of the call team) for 23 years.

Arnaldo Valedon, MD is an anesthesiologist practicing day surgery and perioperative management for twenty years. He received his bachelors degree in science at Cornell University in 1987 and his doctorate degree in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He continued his training in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, with sub-specialty training in pediatric anesthesia at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

After finishing his training, Dr. Valedon has provided outpatient anesthesia services almost exclusively. He has served as medical director of two outpatient surgery centers,

He is the Board Chair for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC) and a board member of AAAHC-International (Acreditas Global). He is a member of the General Assembly and Executive Committee for the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS), and Immediate-Past President of SAMBA and is the board advisor to Committee of International Relations and the membership committee. He has been involved with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) as part of the ambulatory surgery committee.

Dr. Valedon is the president and CEO of Knightstone Consulting Group and has been actively consulting on day surgery and perioperative management in the U.S., Central and South America, India, and the United Kingdom. He has been an invited speaker at multiple conferences nationally and abroad.

Kylie is a master's prepared registered nurse who has served as Executive Director of multiple ambulatory surgery centers using her unique clinical background and understanding of operations to drive quality in patient care and organizational development and growth.

Kylie has specialized in several areas during her career resulting in certifications in ambulatory surgery center administration, medical practice operations, and healthcare risk management. She is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt focused on operational efficiency and practice improvement. Kylie serves as National Medical’s Compliance Officer and remains active in Washington, DC visiting Capitol Hill and meeting with lawmaker’s to further healthcare reform efforts.

Her distinctive experience in healthcare services and business operations allows Kylie to provide National Medical’s clients with supportive collaboration as they effectively operate their facilities through an ever-changing healthcare climate.

Terry is Vice President of Ambulatory Surgery Centers for Community Health Systems in Franklin, Tennessee. The CHS portfolio includes over 100 hospitals and 25 ASCs throughout the United States. Terry served as President of the national ASC Association (ASCA) from 2014 to 2016 and as President of the California Surgery Center Association (CASA) from 2012 to 2014. Terry was Vice President of Operations for two national surgery center companies and has managed surgery centers and surgical hospitals in 15 different states.

Terry is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC). He holds a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and an undergraduate degree in Accounting. He served as faculty for the University of Florida as adjunct assistant professor in their Masters in Healthcare Administration program. He retired as Commander in the United States Navy Reserve after 24 years of military service.

Debbie currently provides healthcare consulting services to ASC’s focusing on developing and maintaining comprehensive Infection Control and Quality programs. She assists facilities with survey readiness for CMS and accreditation agencies. Prior to consulting, she was a VP of Operations for a management company overseeing the operations and development of ASC's and surgical hospitals. She has worked in the ASC industry in California since 1993, beginning as an Administrator of a surgery center. Debbie served on the Board of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association for 15 years; including Past President. She continues to date to serve as Chair of the Education Committee, including developing the CASA Infection Control Seminar for over 11 years.

Girish P. Joshi, MBBS, MD, FFARCSI is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. He is an attending staff member with the Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas. He received his fellowship in anesthesiology (F.F.A.R.C.S.I.) from the College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, and then received a M.D. degree from the University College Dublin, Ireland. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology.

He is a Executive Section Editor for Anesthesia & Analgesia and a Section Editor for UpToDate. He is an active member of many professional societies, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA), International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), Society For Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA), Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM), Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare Centers (AAAHC) and Acreditas Global. He is the Past President of SAMBA and SASM, and the President of TSA. He serves on the Board of Directors of TSA, SASM, and Acreditas Global. He is the chair of the SAMBA committee on guidelines development. He is also a member of the Procedure Specific Pain Management (PROSPECT) Group, which is an international collaboration of anesthesiologists and surgeons that formulates evidence-based procedure specific pain management recommendations. In addition, the Prospect group is the Think Tank contributing to European Society of Anesthesiologists vision on perioperative medicine.

Stanford R. Plavin MD is a board certified practicing anesthesiologist who has over 20 years of clinical experience. In addition to co-authoring a number of publications, he continues to be active in clinical research as well as other academic and patient centered entrepreneurial activities. Over the last few years he has worked with two prominent corporate anesthesia groups providing not only clinical excellence and leadership but also engaging with key stakeholders to improve deliverables as well as implementing process improvement protocols.

Dr. Plavin has extensive ASC, hospital, and office based practice experience and most recently is a founding member of Ambulatory Anesthesia Partners LLC, an anesthesia practice based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has also devoted himself to a number of charitable endeavors including being one of the co-founders of Preventingcolorectalcancer.org. He continues to be actively involved in the ASC community and maintains a board seat with ASCA.

Registered Nurse with over 25 years of experience in med-surg, research, ED, telemetry, and interventional radiology. Has spent the last 12 years navigating the regulations and accreditation standards of office based surgery and ambulatory surgery for vascular procedures for a company that when she started with had less than ten office based facilities in four states and now has over 60 office based and licensed and deemed ASCs in 26 states including Puerto Rico.

Arnaldo Valedon, MD is an anesthesiologist practicing day surgery and perioperative management for twenty years. He received his bachelors degree in science at Cornell University in 1987 and his doctorate degree in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He continued his training in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, with sub-specialty training in pediatric anesthesia at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

After finishing his training, Dr. Valedon has provided outpatient anesthesia services almost exclusively. He has served as medical director of two outpatient surgery centers,

He is the Board Chair for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC) and a board member of AAAHC-International (Acreditas Global). He is a member of the General Assembly and Executive Committee for the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS), and Immediate-Past President of SAMBA and is the board advisor to Committee of International Relations and the membership committee. He has been involved with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) as part of the ambulatory surgery committee.

Dr. Valedon is the president and CEO of Knightstone Consulting Group and has been actively consulting on day surgery and perioperative management in the U.S., Central and South America, India, and the United Kingdom. He has been an invited speaker at multiple conferences nationally and abroad.

Kelly Bemis, RN, BSN, is the Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) for National Cardiovascular Partners, a subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care, North America. Kelly’s entire career has been spent in the healthcare arena, first providing patient care as an operating room circulator, and later in a succession of high level management roles. In her capacity as CCO, Kelly is responsible for the overall strategy, direction and oversight of all clinical and nursing aspects of the organization. She also sits on the Joint Commission Ambulatory Care Advisory Council and represents NCP’s interests with the Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society (OEIS).

Larry Taylor has over 30 years of experience in healthcare delivery, management, and physician relations. Prior to founding Practice Partners in HealthCare, Inc, in 2005 he served as President and COO of HealthSouth, one of the largest providers of Ambulatory Surgery Centers in the United States. Since founding Practice Partners, the team has developed and opened over 20 surgery centers and has a pipeline of centers under development and construction. Larry currently serves as a board member and Vice President for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and the Ambulatory Surgery Center Foundation.

Donna Slosburg, RN, BSN, HRM, CASC is Executive Director of the ASC Quality Collaboration, and has served as the organization’s leader since its creation in 2006. Ms. Slosburg oversees and participates in a broad range of quality-related projects on behalf of the ASC industry, and speaks across the country regarding ASC quality measurement. In addition to directing the ASC QC’s quality measure development activities and public reporting of quality data, she has collaborated with organizations that advance quality in the ASC industry, including the CDC, AHRQ and CMS contractors. Prior to joining the ASC QC, Ms. Slosburg worked in a broad range of ASC clinical and administrative positions. She is currently a member of several Technical Expert Panels. Ms. Slosburg has served on the Board of Directors for the Florida Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers and the editorial board for AORN. Ms. Slosburg is a Healthcare Risk Manager and CASC.

Gina Throneberry is the Director of Education and Clinical Affairs for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA). In this role she educates members and non-members to the Medicare Quality Measure Reporting Program for ASCs. She also works with federal agencies (Medicare, CDC, FDA, OSHA) in regards to clinical, regulatory, and quality issues/concerns among the ambulatory surgery center industry. Ms. Throneberry is a board member of the Tennessee Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. She is also a surveyor with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC).

Leana McGuire is an RN with over 20 years of experience in adult critical care and heart transplantation. After obtaining her degree in Management and Organizational Development in 2007, Leana transitioned away from the bedside to focus on her passion for leadership and staff development. She has been working with ASC leaders, throughout USPI and Tenet, for five years.

Mike Greenberg, MD, is the Vice President of Medical Affairs at Eagle Pharmaceuticals where he focuses on thermoregulatory disorders with an emphasis on malignant hyperthermia. In addition to his clinical and medical affairs experience, Dr. Greenberg has also worked with the Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to raise awareness of comparative effectiveness research and as acted as a consultant to teams focusing on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and Drug Safety Communications at the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).

Dr. Greenberg earned his medical degree at SUNY Upstate Medical University and completed his residency at the University of Massachusetts.

Laurie has been in the ASC industry for the last 22 years with over 18 in a leadership and administrative role. Her certifications include Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR), Certified Registered Nurse First Assist (CRNFA), and the prestigious Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC). She is also a Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC).

Prior to relocating to Cape Cod MA, she served as an executive board member and secretary for the New Hampshire ASC Association, during which time she lobbied for ASC reform both in the state of New Hampshire and Washington DC.

Laurie has provided leadership for both large and small multi-specialty ASCs. She currently is a deemed-status surveyor for AAAHC, sits on the education committee for ASCA , is the Director of Nursing Services for a national ASC consulting company, provides legal nurse consultant expertise and works clinically in two ASCs.

Tina DiMarino graduated Summa Cum Laude from the College of Notre Dame with her BSN and went on to earn her Master of Science degree in Nursing with a focus in Leadership in Nursing administration. Tina is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Executive Leadership at George Washington University.

Tina DiMarno has worked in the ambulatory surgical setting for 19 years serving the last 16 year as administrator. She holds certifications as a Certified Operating Room Nurse (CNOR) and as a Certified Ambulatory Surgery Center Administrator (CASC). She is also an ASC consultant developing and managing centers nationwide. Tina DiMarino is a board member of the Maryland Ambulatory Surgery Association.

Debra Stinchcomb has 30 years of health care experience including development, clinical, administrative, operations and sales. The last 20 years have been focused exclusively in the ASC industry.

Her responsibilities have included budget development/management, revenue/expense management, contract negotiation, licensing/certification/accreditation compliance, marketing, risk management, quality improvement and benchmarking.

Debra is a Registered Nurse having received her BSN and MBA. She is the founder/past President of Arkansas Ambulatory Surgery Association and has served nationally as a past board member of FASA and the ASC Association. She is currently the President of the Arkansas Ambulatory Surgery Association.

She received her CASC credential in 2002.

Debra was an AAAHC surveyor 2001 - 2007 and is Past Chair of the Ambulatory Joint Commission Professional and Technical Advisory Committee.

Debra is Chair of the Quality Committee of ASCA.

John Goehle is the Chief Operating Officer and partner with Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, LLC - a Rochester, New York-based ASC management and consulting services company.

Prior to forming AHS, Mr. Goehle developed and managed two Rochester New York-based ambulatory surgery centers, and provided management consulting services for a wide range of health care organizations, primarily in the Northeast.

Mr. Goehle has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh Scotland, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Ithaca College in Upstate New York. He holds the prestigious Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC) credential. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. Mr. Goehle is also an accreditation surveyor with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC).

Mr. Goehle is the host of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle available on iTunes and Google Play. He is also is frequent speaker on health care finance, technology and administration and has authored or co-authored eight books related to the ASC Industry including Ambulatory Surgery Center Governance - A Guide for Ambulatory Surgery Center Owners & Governing Body Members and The Survey Guide for ASCs – A Guide to the CMS Conditions of Coverage & Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgery Centers. He is a former board member with the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association and one of the founders of the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

Ann Shimek is the Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations for United Surgical Partners, responsible for all clinical oversight for the organization. Her primary goals are to develop a team of clinical experts to provide the tools and resources necessary to empower the clinical staff of the organization to deliver the care to every patient that they would insist on for one of their family members or loved ones.

Ann has been in the health care industry for over 30 years primarily in and around the operating room. She graduated Sum Cum Laude from Wright State University with her BSN and received her MSN with honors from Benedictine University. Ann is a Board Member for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, on the Technical Committee for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Collaborative and on the ASC Quality Collaborative Committee for Electronic Health Record for the ASC.

Colin Rorrie has been involved in strategic planning from three different perspectives. He directed the national strategic planning program at the US Department of Health & Human Services and then at the American College of Emergency Physicians, where as the CEO, he led the College's strategic planning program. For the last eleven years, he has operated his own consulting practice, focusing on strategic planning for national and state associations.

Tammeria, a.k.a.Tammy, is the infection preventionist at Southeastern Spine Institute Ambulatory Surgery Center. She has work over 25 years in a variety of settings-both hospital and in ambulatory care. She is currently a member of the BASC board for ASCA and was a contributor in the development of the CAIP. She is board certified in infection prevention with a CIC designation and hopes to add the CAIP to her credentials in October.

Nick Hernandez, MBA, FACHE is the founder and CEO of ABISA. ABISA is an independent healthcare consultancy specializing in healthcare strategy, physician engagement, and strategic growth initiatives. Nick has extensive knowledge on matters surrounding physician engagement and has a long history of working with physician entrepreneurs. He is Board Certified in Healthcare Management and has been named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Christy Mosqueda has been working in the healthcare industry for more than twenty five years. The vast majority of her experience is in the perioperative environment.

After working as a nurse assistant for four years, she received her RN from Jefferson School of Nursing, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in 1996. In 1998 she was recruited to work in the OR at Zale Lipshy University Hospital in Dallas, TX. She quickly moved into a service coordinator role and progressive management positions which took her experience to the ASC setting. It was as an ASC manager where she found her niche.

Since 2004 she has steadily promoted and held positions, in the ASC environment, from Specialty Coordinator, Manager, Director of Perioperative Services and Regional Director of Surgical Services. She is currently employed by Surgical Care Affiliates and supports approximately 35 facilities across the US as a Group Clinical Director.

Christy currently holds a CASC and CNOR certification, is a AAAHC surveyor, has participated in a consulting role for AHRQ, and is an active member of AORN. Her background and experience in the ambulatory environment offer experience and responsibilities in center development, physician relations, governance, quality assurance, infection control, operations, accreditation, personnel management, vendor relations and supply/cost management.

Kelly Barker is Senior Vice President – Controller, U.S. Operations at United Surgical Partners, International, a position she has held since November 2003. Kelly’s group oversees all of the financial processes that occur on behalf of USPI’s ~280 outpatient surgery centers and short stay surgical hospitals, working closely with USPI’s physician and hospital partner stakeholders while doing so.

Kelly began her career in public accounting, and has been in the healthcare finance arena for the last 25 years. Prior to USPI, Kelly spent 7 years with CIGNA Healthcare in various facets of Accounting/Finance and was a CFO at a local hospital. Kelly holds a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington (1992), an MBA from Arizona State University (2000), and is licensed as a CPA in Texas (1994).

Robin M. Wilson is a member at Kaufman & Company LLC, a litigation firm headquartered in Cleveland. Prior to joining Kaufman & Company, Ms. Wilson was chief trial counsel for the Cuyahoga County Executive and a Litigation Partner at Thompson Hine LLP. Over the course of her career, Ms. Wilson has represented clients in class, collective and individual actions involving complex civil litigation, and is currently Of Counsel for Cuyahoga County in the multi district litigation In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation. She earned a B.S. degree in journalism from Ohio University and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. In addition to being admitted to practice in Ohio, Ms. Wilson is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, and the United States Supreme Court.

Twenty five years in ambulatory surgery and the field of ophthalmology.

Surgical Technician, Registered Nurse, Clinical Director, proficient in the operations of a surgical environment including scrubbing, circulating, Pre-op/PACU and central processing.

Presenting at national conferences and webinars on Instrument Care and Handling since 2011.

Publication / Editor for Care and Handling of Ophthalmic Microsurgical Instruments. The American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses. 2016

Proficient in central processing, decontamination, sterilization, care and handling of ophthalmic surgical instruments to include AAAHC and CMS infection control standards.

Ms. Linda McSmith, RN, LHRM, CPHRM is the Manager of Risk Management for PICA, a ProAssurance Company. She has been a registered nurse for over 30 years and a risk manager for more than 20 years. Linda is responsible for managing PICA’s risk management program, coordinating risk management consultative and educational services to PICA policyholders, developing risk management resources, and authoring risk management articles. Linda has held positions such as Assistant Vice President of Risk Management for professional liability insurance carriers, and was the Vice President of Regulatory Compliance for Symbion Healthcare. Linda has served as an ambulatory surgery participant for TJC Technical Expert Panel. Linda is a registered nurse in both Florida and Tennessee. She obtained her CPHRM certification from the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management.