Course Staff
Micheal Warshaw, DPM
Michael G. Warshaw, DPM, CSFAC, CPC, CPODCS, COCS, CMSCS is a practicing podiatrist and a Certified Professional Coder with over 25 years of successful coding, management, and training experience for podiatric practices.
His local and national views come from active participation as a practicing podiatrist, having the distinction of being a Certified Professional Coder, and years of serving as a national lecturer concerning coding issues.
Dr. Warshaw's experience is unique and comprehensive. He has had the additional advantage of participating in all facets of the Medicare Appeals Process, including Redeterminations, Reconsiderations, and Administrative Law Judge Hearings, as well as the appeals processes of most commercial insurance companies and state Medicaid programs. Dr. Warshaw has also served as an expert witness in the actual court system, at both the federal and state levels.
Dr. Warshaw is also the author of THE Podiatry Coding Manual, a comprehensive coding manual specific for podiatry that is updated on an annual basis.
This unique prospective provides Dr. Warshaw with the ability to provide solutions to insurance and coding problems from 'real world' experience.
Dr. Warshaw is committed to assist practices in learning to code appropriately, obtain the proper reimbursement, and to avoid the wrath of the carriers by coding and billing in an appropriate fashion.
Luke Cicchinelli, DPM
Dr. Chicchinelli is the Chief Medical Director for PICA. He is s
graduate of Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. He ia a faculty member
of the Podiatry Institute in Atlanta, GA. He practiced for 19 years in the USA between
North Carolina and Arizona and over 10 years between Australia and Spain, focusing
primarily on reconstructive surgery and sports medicine of the foot and ankle and
teaching.
Allen Mark Jacobs, DPM, FACFAS
Dr. Jacobs is in private practice in St. Louis,
Missouri. He is board certified in reconstructive surgery of the foot and ankle by the
American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Foot
and Ankle Surgeons. For 25 years, Dr. Jacobs served as a Director of Podiatric
Surgical Residency Training; and has also served as a contributing editor to the
Journal of Foot Surgery, Podiatry Today, Foot and Ankle Quarterly, and Clinics in
Podiatric Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Jacobs is widely published and a national
speaker on podiatric medicine and surgery.
David Freedman, DPM, FACFAS, FASPS, CPC. CSFAC. CPMA
Dr. Freedman is a Board
member of US Foot and Ankle Specialists, the Vice-President and a Founding Partner
of Foot and Ankle Specialists of the Mid-Atlantic, LLC. He is Board Certified by the
American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery in foot surgery; Fellow of the American
College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons and the American Society of Podiatric Surgeons;
Certified Professional Coder from the American Academy of Professional Coders;
Certified Professional Medical Auditor from the American Academy of Professional
coders; and Certified Surgical Foot and Ankle Code from the American Academy of
Professional Coders.
Patricia Nicholas, DPM
Dr. Nicholas practices at the Orthopedic Center of Florida in
Fort Myers, Florida. She has over 20 years’ experience in patient care specializing in
diabetic foot care, nail conditions, neuropathy, fall prevention, and wound care. Dr.
Nicholas is an adjunct clinician at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, Past
President of the New York State Podiatric Medical Association, and current Arbitrator
for the New York State Worker’s Compensation Board. Dr. Nicholas is President and
Founder of Kindest Foundation, a non-profit organization with a school and medical
clinic in rural Haiti.
Emanuel M. Haber, DPM, FACFAS
Dr. Haber is a board Certified Podiatric Surgeon
and Director of the Foot & Ankle Center of New Jersey. He has been in private
practice since 1985. Dr. Haber is on staff at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. He
is also a principal partner in a group that provides podiatric care to several nursing
homes, assisted living facilities, and rehabilitation centers. Dr. Haber is a frequent
lecturer and has published articles on tendon and ligament prostheses and heel spur
syndrome in Clinics in Podiatry and other professional publications.
Michael Brody, DPM
Dr. Brody is in private practice in New York. He has served on
the Health Information Technology Standards Panel, the Standards and
Interoperability Framework, as a member of the Ambulatory Care Committee at the
Certification Commission on Health Information Technology, as a member of the
Physicians Committee at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society and numerous other organizations. He is currently a co-Chair of the EHR
workgroup at Health Level Seven International. Dr. Brody has held staff appointments
at several Colleges of Podiatry and is a nationally recognized lecturer on compliance.
Mike Crosby, MBA, CPA
Mr. Crosby is the President of Provider Resources, LLC, a
healthcare services firm providing consulting and brokerage services to the podiatric
physician community. His strengths include strategic practice evaluation, evaluation
of physician group's operational issues with a focus on growth and profitability,
practice sales, brokerage arrangements serving as transaction consultant between
buyer and seller. He also is an expert at associate buy in, practice valuation,
evaluating tax and cash flow implications for both parties.
Matthew S. Feldman, Esq.
Mr. Feldman is a member of Feldman Kiefer, LLP’s
management committee. He represents business entities, including health care
professionals and institutions, in legal matters including the defense of post-payment
audits initiated by private and governmental health plans; corporate formations and
governance; contract negotiation and preparation regulatory compliance matters
including HIPAA. Mr. Feldman also concentrates his practice in professional liability
matters before the Department of Health’s Office of Professional Medical Conduct.
Al Anthony Mercado, Esq.
Mr. Mercado has practiced in the fields of medical,
podiatric, and dental professional liability, general liability, and insurance coverage
for over 30 years. Mr. Mercado has drafted, reviewed, negotiated, and litigated
contractual disputes involving physicians, insurance carriers and corporations. As a
counselor at law, Mr. Mercado has provided practical risk management advice to
physicians, dentists, hospitals, and medical organizations throughout New York State
on legal and regulatory topics. As a national speaker, Mr. Mercado has presented
on a wide range of trending medical-legal topics involving litigation and healthcare
law.
C. Keith Greer, Esq.
Mr. Greer has been in private practice since 1988, after
graduating with honors from California Western School of Law. Over the years he has
taken the skills acquired from going up against some of the largest and most
prestigious law firms in the country, and expanded his litigation practice to include
consumer protection, wrongful death, professional liability, healthcare law,
employment/labor law, asset protection and complex litigation. Mr. Greer lectures
nationally, is well published, and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Samuel Merritt
University in Oakland, California. He is also an accomplished trial attorney.
Michael R. Lowe, Esq.|
Mr. Lowe’s practice focuses on all aspects of business,
corporate, transactional, litigation, regulatory, operational, and administrative
matters in the health care law arena. Emphasizing the representation of physicians
and physician group practices, Michael regularly represents clients in litigation,
medical records and HIPAA privacy regulations issues, managed care contracting
and reimbursement matters, the preparation, review and negotiation of physician
employment agreements, Medicare/Medicaid fraud and abuse prevention, federal
Stark Law matters and analysis, defense and reimbursement issues, ACA matters,
medical staff privilege cases, professional licensure and disciplinary actions,
voluntary self-disclosure cases, physician-hospital contracts, compliance plan
development, and health care regulatory analysis and counseling matters.
Fees
$179.00 Free for those that attended the live event
Intended Audience : Medical Providers
Refund Policy
No refunds are available for online courses
Compliance Statement
In accordance with the Council on Podiatric Medical Education's Standards and Requirements for Approval of Providers of Continuing Education in Podiatric Medicine, any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests of faculty, planning committee, or any others who have influence over the content of this educational activity must be disclosed to program participants.
CME Online is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. CME Online has approved this activity for a maximum of 6.3 continuing education contact hours.