Practice Management Expert Sherry Elliott Joins with PortBlue, Other Experts To Develop Medical Practice Management Expert System; Leading Industry Authority to Collaborate in Development of Medical Practice Management Tools.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- PortBlue(R) (www.portblue.com) today announced a collaboration with medical practice management expert Sherry Elliott, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Operations for the Department of Radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University Formed by a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968, VCU has a medical school that is home to the nation's oldest organ transplant program. and board member at large of the Medical Group Management Association (www.mgma.com). Elliott will contribute to the development of a new suite of medical practice analysis and management tools designed to optimize physician practice operations and improve their bottom lines. Elliott brings to the PortBlue collaboration more than 20 years of practice-related experience, including certification as a Medical Practice Executive (CMPE CMPE Computer Engineering CMPE Certified Medical Practice Executive CMPE Content Manager and Publishing Engine ) through the American College American College is the name of:
2. The Constitution of the United States provides that "no capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census, or and benchmarking, and has presented topics on financial and clinical productivity, the resource-based relative value scale resource-based relative value scale Managed care A scale that ranks physician services by the labor required to deliver those services. See CPT codes, DRGs, Overrated procedures. (RBRVS RBRVS Resource-based relative value scale Managed Care A 'work unit' used to determine the value of various physicians' labor. See Medicare, Physician reimbursement. ) and physician compensation. Elliott has long been involved with the MGMA, most recently as a board member at large. She holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. A leading provider of web-based expertise deployment systems, PortBlue retained Elliott to provide insight into the increasingly complex field of practice management and to collaborate in developing a suite of applications that bring interactive business expertise to physician practices. Current application topics include: analyzing payer contracts, projecting cash flow, customizing physician compensation modeling and optimizing staffing needs. "Our goal is to develop solutions that enable practice managers and individual physicians to understand and optimize the business end of their practice," said Paul Dimitruk, PortBlue's 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. . "Sherry's participation as a content partner signifies a key step toward providing the most comprehensive, powerful practice management tool available. We're delighted to benefit from her extensive experience as we expand our presence in the healthcare sector." In healthcare, PortBlue's expertise deployment systems include a hospital disaster management solution, an ambulatory surgical center solution, capital expenditure planning tools and more. With all PortBlue solutions, applications are hosted by PortBlue, there are no upfront software charges, no updates to purchase and no client-side data storage requirements. About PortBlue Corporation Founded in Los Angeles in 2000, PortBlue(R) Corporation (www.portblue.com) provides a highly innovative system for building web-based expertise deployment systems. The practical know-how of recognized experts is rapidly transformed into web-based training, work process and decision-support tools and systems in the form of PortBlue hosted applications accessible 24/7. PortBlue's systems effectively mentor and guide users -- be they employees, customers or trainees -- through tasks and processes to optimal decisions and outcomes. |
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