Expert Details
Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, CPT Coding
ID: 727154
Kansas, USA
Expert is a laboratory medical director of a lab performing nearly 2 million tests per year that get samples from the 500 bed hospital, integrated physicians clinic practices (more than 150 physicians) and regional reference lab clients. His 8 person independent pathology group performs 28,000 surgical pathology cases and about the same number of cytopathology cases.
He has been the president of the hospital medical staff and have a long history working in with pathology and laboratory medicine CPT coding, including chairing the AMA-CPT Pathology Coding Caucus. His past work as Director of Medical Education (for 11 years) provided him with experience being appointed to the Board of Directors of the KMEF and serving as chairman of the KMEF Graduate Medical Education Committee. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at his affiliated medical school and Associate Pathologist for his private pathology group.
He has consulted with mulitple technology companies in the past regarding CPT coding advise.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1986 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: University of Nebraska |
| Year: 1982 | Degree: BS | Subject: Life Science | Institution: University of Nebraska |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1991 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: Pathology |
Responsibilities:President of the 8-person group. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1991 | Employer: University of Nebraska | Title: Resident | Department: Pathology |
Responsibilities:AP/CP Pathology Resident |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| AMA, ASCP, CAP, USCAP, American Society of Cytology (ASC), American Pathology Foundation |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Medical licensure in KS and NE, American Board of Pathology Associations/Societies AMA, ASCP, CAP, USCAP, American Society of Cytology (ASC), American Pathology Foundation |
| Professional Appointments |
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| American Medical Association (AMA) AMA-CPT Pathology Coding Caucus Chair AMA-CPT Editorial Panel Member AMA-CPT Executive Committee Member AMA-CPT Editorial Panel Vice-Chair AMA-CPT Assistant Editorial Board Chair Kansas Medical Society (KMS) KMS Task Force on Practice Issues Constitutional Secretary President-elect/President KMS Future Directions Taskforce, Chair Shawnee County Medical Society (SCMS) SCMS Editor &Treasurer SCMS President SCMS Delegate to the KMS House of Delegates KMS-HOD Reference committee member KMS-HOD Reference committee chair Co-chair of SCMS Interdisciplinary Task Force on Indigent Care Shawnee County Medical Society Foundation Board, President HealthAccess (Indigent Care Program) Management Oversight Committee Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Company (KaMMCO) Board of Directors Executive Committee and Governance Committees, Member Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors Audit & Finance Committee, and Compensation Committee Chair KaMMCO Foundation Board Member KaMMCO Health Solutions (KHS) Chairman of the Board of Directors AMA- Pathology Section Council Chair American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) ASCP- Resident Physician Section Liaison ASCP- Liaison to AMA CPT Advisory Committee ASCP- Government Relations Committee College of American Pathologists (CAP) Nebraska State representative to CAP Residents Forum (RF) Vice Chair CAP-RF Chair CAP-RF Education Committee CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program Inspector CAP Professional Affairs Committee member CAP (Professional and) Economic Affairs Committee member Chair, Advisor CAP Council of Government and Professional affairs, Advisor CAP Alternate and Delegate to the AMA-Young Physicians Section (YPS) CAP Ad Hoc Committee on Productivity and Staffing CAP Practice Management Committee CAP Ad Hoc Data Warehouse Team CAP Education Committee CAP Alternate and Delegate to the AMA-House of Delegates CAP Liaison to Laboratory Health Care Partnership (LHCP) CAP Liaison to the Coalition for Affordable Quality Health Care (CAQH) and Health Insurance Association of American (HIAA) CAP Ad Hoc Pathology Payment Committee CAP Practice Management Committee CAP Nominating Committee CAP Strategic Planning Committee CAP Constitution and Bylaws Committee Chair Kansas Society of Pathologists President KSP Alternate Delegate/Delegate to the CAP House of Delegates CAP-HOD Reference committee member |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Alpha Omega Alpha (University of Nebraska Medical Center), Diplomat- The American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, SCMS Presidents Award for Outstanding Member Achievement, CAP Foundation Lansky Award, SCMS Award of Special Recognition for service to HealthAccess, Burgess L. Gordon Memorial Award (AMA-CPT), CAP Frank C. Coleman Public Service Award |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has provided expert witness services for professional component billing for clinical pathology services, and laboratory service delivery, and laboratory results interpretation. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| He has given innumerable national and regional CPT coding seminars for pathology and laboratory medicine. |
Fields of Expertise
anatomic pathology, clinical diagnostics, clinical pathology, cytopathology, dermatopathology, disease, gastrointestinal pathology, histochemistry, histopathology, pathologic process, pathology, surgical pathology, tumor pathology, mouth disease, blood banking, placental pathology, transfusion medicine, Current Procedural Terminology, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, pathogenesis, neuropathology, clinical laboratory regulation, autopsy, blood sampling, blood chemistry, medical microbiology, molecular medicine, molecular pathology, pathogenic bacterium, serum protein, pathogen, hematology, clinical medicine, clinical chemistry