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Greg Lang with Good Samaritan Health Center and Jay Moran with Followed Social Media for Business

June 23, 2016 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Greg Lang with Good Samaritan Health Center and Jay Moran with Followed Social Media for Business

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Mike Sammond, Greg Lang, Jay Moran, Steven Julian

Greg Lang/Good Samaritan Health Center

Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett is a non-profit organization committed to caring for the uninsured and under-insured working poor in Gwinnett County. It is the aim of Good Samaritan Gwinnett to not only meet physical needs, but to also address the spiritual needs of their patients through prayer and biblical counseling. They serve the community by helping to eliminate health disparities for uninsured and under-insured populations, and their programs help reduce the cost of indigent care on the public health care delivery system.

Jay Moran/Followed Social Media for Business

Followed Social Media for Business takes social media off your marketing “to-do” list and keeps you top-of-mind with your target market to influence their buying decisions, all while saving you time, money, and keeping your work-life balance in harmony.

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Marc O’Conner with Curant Health and Vera Watkins with The Marena Group

April 6, 2016 by Mike

Silver Lining in the Cloud

Marc O'Conner with Curant Health and Vera Watkins with The Marena Group

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Marc O'Connor, Vera Watkins, Dominick Rainey — Marc O’Connor, Vera Watkins, Dominick Rainey

Marc O’Conner/Curant Health

Curant Health is one of the fastest-growing healthcare companies in the nation including being listed #4 on the 2015 INC 500/5000 for large healthcare companies. Curant Health is a national thought leader on developing and implementing chronic disease state patient focused protocols and providing robust medication management for their patients. Curant Health’s robust patient experience dramatically improves patient outcomes while significantly reducing the health spend associated with these problematic disease states. Their nearly perfect patient retention rate is a testament to their patient focused care and services.

Vera Watkins/The Marena Group

The Marena Group is a Lawrenceville-based company that manufactures the next generation of medical grade compression life wear made to fit every moment of life. Marena offers proven medical-grade compression wear to help the body heal faster in order to feel better, look better and play better.

Their USA-made garments are not only functional but uniquely engineered for long-term comfort with their patented ComfortWeave® fabric, exclusive to Marena. They believe in curve appeal, a healthy lifestyle, and feeling your absolute best whether at the gym or on the couch.

Their team of caring professionals are dedicated to exceptional client support. They don’t simply sell – they serve needs. Their proprietary made-to-measure program allows you to accommodate every individual and every patient to ensure the optimal results. They are the Doctors’ partner to reduce patient complaints and garment hassles while increasing revenue with their Marena Lifestyle products. Their passion for comfortable, high compression textiles is second only to their passion for helping improve lives.

Justin Barnes and This Just In Radio Show will appear LIVE at HIMSS 2016

December 18, 2015 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Justin Barnes and This Just In Radio Show will appear LIVE at HIMSS 2016

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This Just In Radio Show host, Justin Barnes, aka the @HITAdvisor and his guests shed light on the latest trends, strategy and innovations impacting healthcare, technology and even entrepreneurialism in America. Whether it’s healthcare, health IT, strategy, or the “next big thing”, if a topic is trending, Justin is sure to be talking about it with his broad circle of peers.

Justin T. Barnes/Justin Barnes, LLC

As a healthcare innovation executive and strategist, Justin is a corporate, board and policy advisor who also serves as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). Justin mentors and provides strategic entrepreneurial advice as well as key business connections to help grow a wide range of organizations including healthcare and IT companies, industry collaboratives, health systems and physician practices. In addition, Mr. Barnes is Chairman Emeritus of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record (EHR) Association as well as Co-Chairman of theAccountable Care Community of Practice where he assists both organizations with industry strategy and leadership. Justin is also the host of the weekly syndicated radio show “This Just In” on Healthcare Radio.

Barnes previously was a member of the leadership team at Greenway Health where he worked for 11 years primarily serving as Vice President of Marketing, Industry Affairs, Government Relations and International Affairs.

In addition, Barnes was a member of the founding team and Vice President of the patient-provider communications and engagement company, Healinx Corporation. Today, Healinx is known as theRelayHealth Division of McKesson. Before joining Healinx, Barnes held several National Operations positions with HBO & Company that subsequently merged with McKesson in 1999.

Justin has formally addressed and/or testified before Congress as well as the last two Presidential Administrations on more than twenty occasions since 2005 with statements relating to value-based medicine, accountable care, interoperability, EHR meaningful use, consumerism, health IT innovation, health information exchange, patient engagement, quality, HIPAA and the globalization of healthcare. Barnes is a regular public speaker on these issues and has appeared in more than 800 journals, magazines and broadcast media outlets relating to national leadership of healthcare and health IT. In addition, Barnes has advised several U.S. Presidential campaigns on healthcare public policy, HIPAA, health information exchange, health IT and EHRs.

Barnes majored in Legal Studies and holds a BA & BS from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and served Rotary International as a Board Member and Chairman of Public Relations for the Amherst Rotary Club. He also served in the U.S. Army in Infantry & Communication Units.

Elected and Appointed Governance Positions

Chairman Emeritus & co-Founder of the HIMSS EHR Association
Co-Founder & Director, Mobile Health Consortium
Co-Chairman & co-Founder, Accountable Care Community of Practice (AC CoP)
Board Member, Healtheway
Co-Founder, Healtheway’s Carequality
Board Member & co-Founder, CommonWell Health Alliance
Board Member, Bipartisan Policy Center Task Force on Delivery System Reform & Health IT
Board Member, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE-USA)
Co-Chairman, Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) Bioscience Leadership Council (BLC)
Fellow, Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS)
Board Member, Texas Health Institute (THI)
Board Member & co-Founder, ONC Regional Extension Center (REC) Community of Practice (EHR Adoption CoP)
Board Member of the HLC Confidentiality Coalition Steering Committee
Board Member, National Science Foundation Body of Knowledge Advisory Board
Chairman, Membership Committee of EHR Association
Board Member, Gwinnett Technical College HIT Advisory Board
Co-Chairman, Government Relations, National Health IT Week
Member of National Governors Association (NGA) Health Information Protection Task Force of the State Alliance for E-Health
Member of EHR Association Government Relations Work Group
Member of HIMSS Government Relations Roundtable
Member of Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) Privacy Expert Panel

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Garry Guan with A-A Language Services and Cheri Dallas with Authentic Chicks Foundation

June 20, 2014 by Mike

Business Leaders of Today

Garry Guan with A-A Language Services and Cheri Dallas with Authentic Chicks Foundation

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Garry Guan/A-A Language Services

A-A Language Services (AALS) is a small, certified Minority Businesss Enterprise (MBE) company based in Atlanta, GA. It was founded in 1995 by Garry Guan, a native of China and a naturalized United States citizen. AALS has successfully managed and implemented projects for a wide variety of public and private clients across the U.S. and abroad for 19 years. They offer competitive pricing, high-quality service, and solid experience as demonstrated through their satisfied industry and government clients.

Cheri Dallas/Authentic Chicks Foundation

Authentic Chicks Foundation promotes wellness, both mental and physical. They provide corporate wellness screenings and weight management tools. They are Law of Attraction practitioners promoting positive thinking as a first step to creating a wonderful life.

Bending the Healthcare Cost Curve for Employers (11/22/2011 show)

November 24, 2011 by angishields

Health care & insurance costs are still out of control. What’s next? Listen to our experts.

Doug Field is the CEO and Founder of the Institute for HealthCare Consumerism and a serial entrepreneur particularly in the industry of media. He is also the CEO and Founder of Field Media. Mr. Field has held roles since 1980 in the publication industry such as interm CEO for Merco Media, President and COO of Enterprise Communication. Mr. Fields is a graduate from Ohio State University with a BA in journalism. Doug Field Segment

W. Thomas Haynes is the Executive Director of The Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Association, a U. S. based trade association that represents and serves all of the licensed Coca-Cola bottlers in the United States. He previously served as General Counsel of Coca-Cola North America and a member of the Executive Leadership team for the Coca-Cola business in the Western Hemisphere.

In addition to his Coca-Cola work, he serves in a variety of capacities with organizations committed to free markets and limited government, including as a member of the Board of Directors of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a member of the Board of Practitioners of The Federalist Society and a member of the Board of Advisors of The Transatlantic Law Forum. He previously served as the President of the Association Health Care Coalition and has testified before Congressional Committees on four separate occasions on the unique challenges posed by regulation of U. S. health care insurance on efforts by private businesses to access affordable health care insurance alternatives. W. Thomas Haynes Segment

John Linss has over 29 years of experience in a variety of business & technology arenas. A serial entrepreneur, John has often provided executive coaching and has spoken and consulted on topics ranging from sales & marketing to technology, healthcare, and business strategy related to both business and government. He also has served as an adjunct professor in the Emory University Goizueta School of Business.

John’s professional career has focused on establishing, acquiring, growing, or turning around innovative business ventures. His formal education includes Bachelor of Science majors in Economics and Interpersonal Communications at the University of Georgia. He writes occasionally for various publications and is a contributor to the 1st and 2nd edition of Patients Beyond Borders.

Now, as the Chairman and Founder of MedServ Global, he and the team are defining and driving the emerging global health care market. John Linss Segment

Questions Physicians Ask Their Patients That They Should Not Ask Potential Employees

February 25, 2011 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Questions Physicians Ask Their Patients That They Should Not Ask Potential Employees

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In a medical environment, it is acceptable for a physician to interview patients about their medical history, family history and social history. However, you must take a different approach when interviewing potential employees. It is important for physicians involved in the interview process of a potential employee to be aware of the appropriate questions to ask in order to stay out of trouble. Lisa Warren and Ashley Hattaway talk about what you should and should not ask potential employees and why.

Lisa is a healthcare consultant with Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino, LLC in Birmingham, Alabama. She has spent over 15 years working with hospitals and physician practices on improving the operations and financial performance of their organizations. E-Mail Lisa Warren.

Ashley is a Partner in the Labor and Employment practice group at Burr & Forman LLP and represents companies in all types of labor and employment matters including litigation and advice. She has worked closely with many health care providers on their employment issues and represented them in disputes. E-Mail Ashley Hattaway.

Why Background Checks Should Matter To Your Physician Group

February 25, 2011 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Why Background Checks Should Matter To Your Physician Group

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Background checks performed in the right way and at the right time can help your office hire the right person and can also save you from making mistakes that can affect patient care and your bottom line. Lisa Warren and Ashley Hattaway talk about criminal, credit, license, Medicare/Medicaid and reference checks and why, when and how your office could perform these checks.

Help Your Physician Group Be Progressive: Discipline That Preserves Your Best Investment

February 25, 2011 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Help Your Physician Group Be Progressive: Discipline That Preserves Your Best Investment

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It is often more difficult for an employer to recruit a good employee than to retain one. Lisa Warren and Ashley Hattaway talk about how setting expectations and using progressive discipline can help you retain those employees that your group has invested in. They also discuss how these steps can help you when you need to end the relationship.

How Vibrant & Healthy is Georgia’s Biotech Industry? (12/14/10 Show)

December 13, 2010 by admin

Corporate Conversations

How Vibrant & Healthy is Georgia's Biotech Industry? (12/14/10 Show)

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Georgia has one of the best networks of research for biotech in the country. Is Georgia similarly one of the best centers in the country for biotech companies? Some say that we are great at spawning the companies, but not so good at keeping them. Our experts in the Biotech industry tell us what is working and what we can do better to support our biotech industry.

Russell Medford, M.D.,PhD., President & CEO Salutria Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Russell M. Medford, M.D., Ph.D. has served, since April 1, 2009, as President and CEO of Salutria Pharmaceuticals, LLC., a biopharmaceutical company. From 1995 to April 1, 2009 Dr. Medford served as President, CEO and Director of AtheroGenics, Inc. He is a director of publicly-held Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq: INHX) and chairman of the Board of privately-held Transcardiac Therapeutics. He is a board-certified physician, an inaugural Fellow of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences of the American Heart Association, a member of the executive committee and former Chairman of GeorgiaBio, a member of Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) Board of Directors, Emerging Companies Section Governing Board and Health Science Governing Board, Co-Chairman of BIO’s Bioethics Committee and served as Chairman of the BIO2009 International Convention Steering Committee. Dr. Medford is a past member of the Advisory Council of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and has recently been elected to the Board of Trustees of the National Health Museum.

Dr. Medford was an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Molecular Cardiology at the Emory University School of Medicine, and currently holds the appointment of Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine. He received a B.A. from Cornell University, and a M.D. with Distinction and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completing his residency and cardiology fellowship at Harvard’s Beth Israel and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals where he also served on the faculty of Medicine. He has published widely in the field of molecular cardiology and holds 14 U.S. patents. Russell Medford Segment

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David Dodd, Founder & CEO RiversEdge BioVentures LLC

David founded RiversEdge BioVentures in 2009 as an Investment, advisory firm focused on life sciences and pharmaceuticals. Prior to that he served as the President, CEO & Chairman for BioReliance Corporation, a biological testing company. Dodd’s more than 24 year career is marked with various executive roles in the biotech industry in which he increased performance and value of his companies, both public and private, multi-million and billion dollar and early stage companies. Such roles have included being Chairman of Stem Cell Sciences, President, CEO & Chairman of Serologicals Corporation, President, CEO & Chairman Solvay Pharmaceuticals and other senior executive roles at Wyeth-Ayerst Labs and Bristol-Myers Squibb. David currently serves on several boards such as GeoVax and ArunA BioMedical and is an External Advisory Board member of the Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience collaboration of Georgia Tech & Emory University.

David received his BS and MS from Ga. State, and a MA in Advanced Management from Harvard Business School. David Dodd Segment

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Scott Hampton, President & Chief Strategist, Medical Device Development Group

Scott Hampton has an extensive and successful background in product engineering and commercializing medical device products. He has two decades of experience in R&D, and holds many patents for implants and surgical tools. As a founder of the Medical Device Development Group (MDDG), he works with medical device and combinations products innovators throughout the South-Eastern USA. MDDG helps clients commercialize their ideas, and has also spun out Atlanta Catheter Therapies, which is developing drug delivery and interventional technologies in circulatory diseases. Scott is also a founder of Therakine, a biotech company focused on improving treatments for chronic inflammatory eye disease, where he serves as the Chief Operations Officer. He previously was Director of R&D at Ciba Vision working in Surgical research, and also served as Product Development Manager at Ophthalmic Innovations International. Scott received a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College and an MS in International Manufacturing Management from the University of California, San Diego. Scott Hampton Segment