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Ed Caldwell
Ed is the Senior Vice President of Provider Sales and Services for Emdeon. He has been with Emdeon and its associated companies for over 20 years, and has held a number of leadership positions working with hospitals, health systems, and physician practices across the country. Ed has been instrumental in developing integrated, real-time EDI solutions that have saved hospitals millions of dollars and countless hours. Most recently, Ed has helped Emdeon develop its full suite of Revenue Cycle Management solutions and services. |
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Miriam Paramore
As Senior Vice President of Clinical Services and Government Affairs, Miriam Paramore is responsible for overseeing the clinical sector of the business, long-term strategic planning, thought leadership, public policy and government affairs. Paramore brings more than 25 years of industry experience and plays a critical role in helping Emdeon shape a course for the future based on emerging trends in health information technology (HIT). She is a national speaker and currently serves on the national board of directors for the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and is the board liaison to the HIMSS Financial Systems Steering Committee. She is a past Board member for CareSource Management Group, a non-profit Medicaid managed care organization, and a previous member of the eHealth Advisory Committee for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Paramore is the architect of The U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index™, an industry forum for measuring the efficiency of healthcare business processes. As a longtime advocate for HIT in the public sector, Paramore serves as an advisor to key Congressional committees and the Congressional Budget Office on HIT, healthcare administrative simplification and other practical solutions that can take costs out of the system and make healthcare more efficient. Ms. Paramore received a Bachelor of Science degree from Belmont University. |
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Brian Barlet
Brian is the National Manager of Solutions Consultants with Emdeon. He has over 14 years of experience in healthcare technology development. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively with providers to address challenges across the revenue cycle with emphasis on real-time Patient Access solutions, and has been instrumental in developing and demonstrating integrated real-time EDI solutions that have saved hospitals millions of dollars and countless hours. Today, Brian manages a national team that works with large physician practices, hospitals, and health systems around the country to perform demonstrations and to provide technical expertise for effective revenue cycle management. Brian graduated from the University of the South with a degree in mathematics. |
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Patrick Blewitt
Patrick is the Regional Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Regions of Emdeon. He has been with Emdeon and its associated companies for over 15 years. He has served in various capacities working with Providers, Payers, and Channel Partners to help drive improvement in healthcare revenue cycles and processes. In his current role, Patrick manages Emdeon's Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Regions for Revenue Cycle Management and Patient Billing services to the large provider market. Patrick graduated from Villanova University and received his MBA in Information Systems from St. Joseph's University. |
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Vince King
Vince is the Regional Vice President for the Mountain Region of Emdeon. He has been with Emdeon and its associated companies for over 6 years and has held a number of positions working with hospitals, health systems, and physician practices across the country. Vince brings with him over 13 years experience in Health Care. Early on, he began his career selling pharmaceuticals and later joined Emdeon as a practice services representative. While at Emdeon, he has had success building partnerships in our client base - positioning web solutions in the physician market and Revenue Cycle Solutions and Clinician solutions to our hospital partners. During his career, he has also worked for the McKesson Corporation in their Clinical and Patient Safety divisions. Vince is a graduate of Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree. |
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Blair Baker
Blair is Director of Product Management for Emdeon's Provider Services. He has over 11 years of Healthcare IT experience in leadership positions developing payer connections and system integration as well as product management and business operations. Blair brings with him over 10 years experience specific to Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management where he has been instrumental in leading teams through implementation and integration for large hospitals, health systems and physician practices across the country. Blair is a Certified Patient Accounts Manager (CPAM) and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University. |
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Buffy Loveday
Buffy is the VP of Business Development with Emdeon. In this role, Buffy is responsible for developing and maintaining growth strategies for revenue cycle solutions. Buffy has been with Emdeon in various roles such as Account Executive, National Account Sales Executive, and Director of Product Management. Prior to joining Emdeon, Buffy spent 18 years working in various strategic healthcare settings, including physician practices, physical rehabilitation centers, and acute care centers. Through the years, Buffy has seen many changes in our industry, such as the migration of government programs to Managed Care. Buffy has worked in all areas of the revenue cycle holding various positions in Patient Access, Business Office, and Administration. |
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Steve Kilguss
Steve is the Vice President of Product Management at Emdeon. He has 25+ years of Healthcare IT experience and has held a number of senior leadership positions working with hospitals, health systems and physician practices across the country. Steve brings with him many years of experience leading business units tasked with developing and implementing web-based and client server applications in patient billing, appointment scheduling, EDI/revenue cycle management services, and electronic health record capabilities for practice management and hospital clients. Steve is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science degree. |
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Sam Lombardo
Sam Lombardo is a Revenue Cycle Analyst at Emdeon. He has 15 years of experience leading and implementing development and delivery of cutting-edge revenue cycle management solutions both as a Provider and Vendor. Sam has held Management level positions in the Hospital Revenue Cycle setting and is currently involved in implementing Revenue Cycle Solutions while focusing his expertise in Claims Management, Hardcopy and ERA Remittance Processing, Automated Payment Posting and Denials Management. |
