Doris Branker, CPC, CPC-I, CPMA, CIRCC, CANPC, CEMC

President of DB Healthcare Consulting and Education

Doris Branker has a practice management consulting firm that also offers medical coding preparation camps. Branker is a nationally recognized educator, coding expert, and practice management consultant, as well as an approved educator and PMCC licensed instructor with AAPC. Her areas of expertise include medical coding, compliance, auditing, and billing and collections management. She holds specialty certifications in E/M, interventional radiology, and cardiovascular coding. She regularly speaks at webinars and in-person training events.

Linda Duckworth, CPC, CHC

Senior Managing Consultant and Compliance Officer for SCBI

Linda Duckworth has over 30 years of experience in healthcare, encompassing physician practice management, staff/physician education, and compliance. For the past 16 years, she has focused on the areas of audit, corporate and HIPAA compliance, and consulting. She has developed surgical and E/M audit programs for a multitude of specialty practices, as well as CME and CEU training courses for physicians and staff. She has authored articles for coding, reimbursement, and physician specialty industry publications and spoken at conferences on topics such as documentation, preparing for and responding to payer audits, correct coding, and compliance. Currently, she is a senior managing consultant and compliance officer with Soerries Coding & Billing Institute where she concentrates her efforts on regulatory issues and assists physicians with third-party payer challenges. She also sits on a local college advisory panel for those seeking degrees and certifications in healthcare.

Brenda Edwards, CPC, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CPMS, CMRS, CMCS

Executive Managing Consultant of Risk Adjustment at SCBI

Brenda Edwards has been involved in the healthcare arena for over 25 years with experience in chart audit, coding and billing, education, consulting, practice management, and compliance. She has worked closely with practices, providers, and residency programs to ensure documentation is compliant and accurate. Edwards has written many articles for national publications, including Healthcare Business Monthly, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and BC Advantage. Her humorous and engaging presentation style has made her a conference favorite at both national and regional conferences for AAPC as well as local chapter meetings across the country. She is an AAPC Fellow.

Scott R. Grubman

Partner at Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner, LLP

Scott Grubman is a partner with the law firm of Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner in Atlanta, Georgia. He focuses his practice on representing healthcare providers of all types and sizes in connection with government investigations and compliance-related matters. Prior to joining private practice, Grubman served as both a Trial Attorney for the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and as an Assistant United States Attorney in Savannah, Georgia. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Grubman served on his district’s healthcare fraud task force and was responsible for investigating and litigating healthcare fraud matters on behalf of the United States. In addition to his practice, Grubman serves as an adjunct professor of law at both Emory University and Georgia State University.

Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CCDS, CCDS-O, HCS-D

Coding Education Director at HCPro

Shannon McCall is the coding education director at HCPro, a Simplify Compliance brand based in Middleton, Massachusetts. In this role, she directs all the Certified Coder Boot Camp® programs, and she developed the Certified Coder Boot Camp®—Inpatient Version and the Evaluation and Management Boot Camp®. Most recently, she collaborated with the CDI team to develop the Risk Adjustment Documentation and Coding Boot Camp® and serves on the CCDS-O certification committee. Additionally, she works with hospitals, medical practices, and other healthcare providers on a range of coding-related issues with a particular focus on education, coding reviews, and audits.

Vicki Myckowiak, Esq.

Founding Partner of Myckowiak Associates, P.C.

Vicki Myckowiak focuses her practice on representing medical practice groups on issues such as compliance programs, fraud and abuse investigations, reimbursement, third-party payer audits, coverage issues, and contacts. She has helped implement compliance programs for dozens of chronic pain practices and billing companies across the country.

Penny Noyes

President, CEO, and Founder of Health Business Navigators

Penny Noyes has spent 18 years on the payer side of the industry and 22 years on the provider side. She founded HBN in 1999, which is a firm that focuses solely on payer contracting and credentialing. Prior to HBN she was senior VP of business development for US HealthWorks, heading up the acquisition process for 23 deals involving nearly 100 clinics in seven states that included approximately $100 million in revenue. She renegotiated the payer contracts nationwide and achieved delegated credentialing with all payers. Noyes also spent six years at Allmerica Financial where she was assigned the project of starting Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS) and oversaw the contracting and credentialing of over 180,000 providers. Noyes speaks regularly on webinars; presents at conferences for MGMA, DecisionHealth, physician specialty board meetings, and other organizations; and is called upon by industry news writers for articles and opinions on health plan and credentialing issues and trends.