Authors
The author, president of Healthcare Consulting Associates of N.W. Ohio Inc., has more than 30 years' experience as a practice management consultant, as well as being a certified coding specialist, certified compliance officer, and a certified medical assi
Dr. Hijaz is a Fellow, Center ffor Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Chang is Assistant Professor, Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn. He has received a research grant from Amgen and Cytogen, and is on the Speaker's Bureaus of Novartis and Sanofi.
Bob Gatty, a former congressional aide, covers news from Washington for Urology Times.
Urologist Ray Painter, MD, is president of Physician Reimbursement Systems, Inc., in Denver, and is also publisher of Urology Coding and Reimbursement Sourcebook.
Mark Painter is CEO of PRS Urology SC in Denver.
Howard M. Snyder, III, MD, is professor of surgery in urology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Steven A Kaplan, MD, is the Given Foundation Professor of urology, and vice-chairman, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York.
Timothy S. Ayers is an associate at Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC.
Marion Kristal Goldberg is an associate at Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC.
Stephen Y. Nakada, MD, a Urology Times editorial consultant, is professor and chairman of urology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Thomas L. Mills is a partner and heads the health care practice at Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC.
Dr. Dowling is president of Dowling Medical Director Services, a private health care consulting firm specializing in quality improvement, clinical informatics, and health care policy affecting specialty care. He is the former medical director of a large,
