Day Egusquiza is President of AR Systems, Inc. and brings over 30 years experience in health care reimbursement, hospital business office operations, contracting and compliance implementation. During her 20 years as Director of Revenue and Reimbursement at a community hospital in Idaho, she also was Director of a Physician Medical Management billing service, where she completed an integrated business office between a hospital and a large physician clinic. Her work includes providing guidance as a compliance & APC educator while providing operational insight on the revenue cycle impacts of RAC/Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors. Ms Egusquiza is a nationally recognized speaker on continuous quality improvement (CQI), benchmarking, redesigning, reimbursement systems and implementing an operational focus of compliance - both in hospitals and practices. She has been on the AAHAM National Advisory Council, HFMA National Advisory Council, and is a past President of the Idaho HFMA Chapter & recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Attendees at HFMA's ANI rated her in the top 25% for each year she has presented, earning her the 'Distinguished Speaker' award.

Elizabeth Lamkin has over 25 years of experience in executive hospital administration. She has served as Chief Executive Officer and regional CEO for acute and post-acute hospitals and has served in teaching hospitals, and non-profit and investor owned sectors of healthcare. Ms. Lamkin consults on operational effectiveness and is a national speaker and author on operations, quality, utilization, and billing compliance. During her career she has achieved numerous awards for quality.

Ms. Lamkin now has her own firm, PACE Healthcare Consulting, LLC offering strategy, operations, analytics and software solutions to hospitals, physicians and other sectors of healthcare.

Ms. Lamkin holds a Master's in Healthcare Administration, from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, an ACHESA accredited Program and; BA Cum Laude, Core in Business Administration, from the University of South Carolina.

Dr. Betty Bibbins, has over 35 years' experience as an educator, clinician and administrator. She is the Founder, CEO and Executive Physician Educator of DocuComp® LLC. DocuComp is a Clinical Documentation Improvement, Clinician Education, Medical Necessity and Compliance organization established in 2000.

DocuComp® LLC established the first nationally recognized Physician Advisor Clinical Documentation Improvement & Integrity Certification Institute (PAC-CDI), Clinical Documentation Improvement & Integrity Certification Institute (C-CDI), and Denials Avoidance and Appeals Management Certification Institute (C-DAM).

Dr. Bibbins has presented at numerous national and regional conferences and written many articles on physician documentation improvement. She has authored two books: "Essentials of Observation: The Basics" and "Inpatient (IPPS) Documentation Tips for Physicians-3rd Edition".

She is Chair of the Association for Integrity in Health Care Documentation (AIHCD) and serves on The Advisory Board of the American College of Physician Advisors (ACPA).

Michael Salvatore, MD, FACP received his MD from the University of Arizona in 1977. His post-graduate training 1977 - 1982 was at Duke University. He practiced Critical Care Medicine for 30 years before becoming a full time PA at Beebe Healthcare in 2012. He has been married for 45 years and has 2 daughters. When not working as a PA, he is watching birds or walking the dog with his wife.

Dr. Frazier is a graduate of Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing in Charlotte, NC. She went on to complete her BSN and MSN from Queens University of Charlotte and received her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC. She has been a nurse for 28 years in a variety of settings including Cardiovascular Recovery, SICU, Nursing Management and as a Nursing Director in a large Level I Trauma center in Charlotte, NC.

The past 15 years have been spent in Case Management and Utilization Review. She is also adjunct faculty at Queens University of Charlotte, the Blair School of Health, Presbyterian School of Nursing. She currently is the Manager of Utilization Review and Appeals at CaroMont Regional Medical Center where she heads a team of 12 UR and Appeals staff and works with a fabulous Medical Director and Lead Physician Advisor and seven other physicians that help as PA's.

Dr. Zelem currently serves as Vice President, Compliance and Physician Education, for Executive Health Resources (EHR). At present, more than 2,300 hospital and healthcare organizations across the country are using EHR's solutions. A Board Certified general surgeon with more than 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Zelem is responsible for quality assessment and improvement at EHR's client hospitals. Dr. Zelem is also a member of EHR's physician education team and regularly visits EHR's client hospitals to provide medical executives and staff members with ongoing education on a variety of topics including Medicare and Medicaid compliance and regulations, medical necessity, Recovery Audit Contractors, utilization review, denials management and length of stay. In addition, Dr. Zelem is a renowned industry author who has published many books and is a well-known motivational speaker and presents often to professional and public/patient audiences on health and wellness, personal development, and leadership and success.

Prior to joining EHR, Dr. Zelem practiced general surgery at Griffin Hospital, a 160-bed acute care community hospital located in Derby, Conn., and then practiced general surgery at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville, a 67-bed acute care hospital located in Booneville, Miss. Dr. Zelem received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and bachelor's degree in biology from Boston College.

Day Egusquiza is President of AR Systems, Inc. and brings over 30 years experience in health care reimbursement, hospital business office operations, contracting and compliance implementation. During her 20 years as Director of Revenue and Reimbursement at a community hospital in Idaho, she also was Director of a Physician Medical Management billing service, where she completed an integrated business office between a hospital and a large physician clinic. Her work includes providing guidance as a compliance & APC educator while providing operational insight on the revenue cycle impacts of RAC/Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors. Ms Egusquiza is a nationally recognized speaker on continuous quality improvement (CQI), benchmarking, redesigning, reimbursement systems and implementing an operational focus of compliance - both in hospitals and practices. She has been on the AAHAM National Advisory Council, HFMA National Advisory Council, and is a past President of the Idaho HFMA Chapter & recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Attendees at HFMA's ANI rated her in the top 25% for each year she has presented, earning her the 'Distinguished Speaker' award.