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Tim Dumas
President, Tim Dumas Speaking and Consulting
Tim Dumas, AKA "The Lab Guy", has over 25 years of knowledge and experience as a clinical laboratory scientist, manager, and consultant. In 1980, Tim attended laboratory
training at MidWestern State University and earned his laboratory degree through the United States Air Force. In 1992 he started his first physician office laboratory
and has established additional POL's as well as consulting to many more. Tim is a consultant to equipment distributors and laboratory information system manufacturers.
Most recently he has spoken at several COLA conferences and assisted with beta testing of their clinical laboratory educational programs.
Tim specializes in working with POL’s and helping them establish and perform COLA/CLIA accredited POC laboratory testing, enhance the quality of patient care and maximize
practice revenue. Tim also specializes in choosing, installing, and training for equipment analyzers and laboratory information systems.
In 2004, Tim received his certification as a National Speakers Association (NSA) member and most recently was elected to the NSA Carolinas Board of Directors. As an
accredited speaker and trainer, Tim helps clients enhance their employee morale, quality of patient care and strategies for maximizing lab revenue. He also speaks to
medical sales group about the “how” and “why” of laboratory medicine.
Matthew J. Ross
President, Med-Care Administrators, LLC
Mr. Ross is the founder and CEO of Med-Care Administrators, LLC with over 20 years experience in both the for-profit and not-for-profit medical business sectors.
His firm offers strategic practice management services ranging from consulting, office management and a medical billing division. They serve all specialties and
practice sizes from single and group physician offices to hospitals and urgent care centers. He has significant expertise in revenue management and recovery from
operational relationships to medical coding and cash management in both commercial and governmental organizations.
Mr. Ross has vast knowledge in medical office setup, facilities assessment and cost analysis. He offers expertise in defining needs-assessments and forecasting. He
deals with all aspects of contract negotiations ranging from physician recruitment and negotiating reimbursements including fee for service and capitation contracts.
He has an extensive understanding of medical management software systems, electronic medical records (EMR) and laboratory interfaces. Through the understanding of
medical reimbursement issues and its relationship to system configurations, his company has been involved in electronic claims testing for professional services with
Blue Cross and Blue Shield claims filing in the 1990s and provided beta testing for national software companies.
Mr. Ross has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Management, with concentrations in Operations Management and Finance from Utica College of Syracuse University.
Victor J. Scalise
Chief Operating Officer, Med-Care Administrators, LLC
Mr. Scalise is responsible for all of Med-Care Administrators operations including process and procedures, compliance, service delivery, client relations, and operational
efficiencies. He oversees the billing department and is accountable for maximizing client cash flow in the shortest possible timeframe. This is accomplished through
quick processing of charges and payments; prompt and accurate billing of insurances and patients; tight follow-up of aging accounts receivable; proper coding of
procedures and diagnosis; and utilization of reports and controls to monitor status and maximize results.
Mr. Scalise has over 35 years in institutional Health, Life and Disability insurance. He has extensive experience leading and managing large claims operations
servicing Fortune 100 companies that include IBM, General Electric and Raytheon. He has worked closely with employee benefit plan administrators to assist in
the development and management of employee benefit plans. Mr. Scalise also has worked 13 years for the Federal Medicare Program, during which time he conducted
hospital and office record compliance audits, investigated potential fraud and abuse situations, maintained professional relations, trained physicians and their
office staff, and represented the Medicare Carrier’s interest at Medicare Fair Hearings.
Mr. Scalise has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Management & Economics from the State University of New York. He has also completed Masters level
coursework in business and policies; is a graduate of Leadership Mohawk Valley; and has completed numerous programs sponsored by the Health Insurance Association
of America, American Management Association, Practice Management Institute, and other organizations.
John Netti
President, Netti Consulting Services
John Netti has over 25 years of experience helping physicians with information technology and has two Masters Degrees in health care. He has held leadership positions
with several national electronic health record (EHR) software firms and health care consulting companies. These include Oleen Pinnacle Health Care Consulting, Wang
Health Care Information Systems, Health Care Data Systems and Reynolds & Reynolds Health Care. Recently John was responsible for managing the delivery of EHR services
for HealtheConnections, the RHIO of Central New York. He established Netti Consulting Services www.netticonsulting.com late
in 2011 to assist physicians in the effective use of EHRs and in reaching Meaningful Use.
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