Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC Recruits Karin Bierstein, JD, MPH.JACKSON, Mich. -- Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ) is proud to announce that it has engaged Karin Bierstein, JD, MPH as Vice President for Strategic Planning and Practice Affairs. Ms. Bierstein is well known in the anesthesiology anesthesiology (ăn'ĭsthē'zēŏl`əjē), branch of medicine concerned primarily with procedures for rendering patients insensitive to pain, and for supporting life systems under the strains of anesthesia and surgery. community, having served as the American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and ) in-house expert on practice management since 1994. As ASA's Associate Director of Professional Affairs, the position that she held until August 19, Ms. Bierstein advised numerous practices on private payer contracts and Medicare fees and regulations; on hospital and ambulatory surgical center relationships and on quality and pay-for-performance programs. She worked with ASA committees, government agencies and multi-specialty coalitions on a variety of policy initiatives. Anesthesiologists who have not dealt with Ms. Bierstein directly are nevertheless familiar with her work through her monthly Practice Management columns in the ASA Newsletter. Anesthesiologists who have heard their colleagues introduce Ms. Bierstein as a speaker know that she earned her law degree at Cornell and her MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health The Harvard School of Public Health is (colloquially, HSPH) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, next to Harvard Medical School and Cambridge, Massachusetts, . She practiced law with large firms in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles before coming to Washington, where her first job was with the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Tony Mira, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ABC, says "We are looking forward to taking our clients to the next level with Karin's help. Her experience with the range of anesthesiology issues and best practices and her knowledge of Washington will serve us in many ways. Karin has vision and drive and we invite the anesthesia community to keep in touch with us as, together with Karin, we launch new ventures in the next few years." Karin Bierstein would like to assure her friends in anesthesiology that in moving from ASA to the private sector, she feels more committed to the specialty than ever. "I am grateful to ASA for the education and friendships it has given me," Ms. Bierstein says, "and I am very enthusiastic about developing new programs and helping anesthesiology practices with the focus and resources of my new team at ABC." If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please contact Cortney Shepherd at 517-787-6440 ext 4113 or at Cortney.shepherd@anesthesiallc.com |
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