Comprehensive Financial Planning Strategies for Doctors and Advisors: Best Practices from Leading Consultants and Certified Medical Planners

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFDr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA CMP Norcross Georgia USADr. David Edward Marcinko is a next generation apostle of Nobel Laureate Kenneth Joseph Arrow PhD as a healthcare economist administrative and technology futurist risk manager and former board certified surgeon from Temple University in Philadelphia. In the past he edited eight practice-management books three medical textbooks and manuals in four languages five financial planning year-books dozens of interactive CD-ROMs and three comprehensive healthcare administration dictionaries. Internationally recognized for his clinical work he is an honorary distinguished visiting professor of surgery at the Marien Hospital - Aachen Germany - who provides litigation support and expert witness testimony in State and Federal Court with medical publications archived in the Library of Congress and the Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health NIH. His thought leadership essays have been cited in journals like: Managed Care Executives Healthcare Informatics Medical Interface Plastic Surgery Products Teaching and Learning in Medicine Orthodontics Today Chiropractic Products Journal of the American Medical Association Podiatry Today Investment Advisor Magazine Registered Representative Financial Advisor Magazine CFP Biz (Journal of Financial Planning) Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA.ama-assn.org) The Business Journal for Physicians and Physician's Money Digest; by companies and professional organizations like the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE) American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) American College of Emergency Room Physicians (ACEP) Health Care Management Associates (HMA) and PhysiciansPractice.com; and by academic institutions like the UCLA School of Medicine Northern University College of Business Creighton University Medical College of Wisconsin University of North Texas Health Science Center Washington University School of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine and the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University University of Pennsylvania Medical and Dental Libraries Southern Illinois College of Medicine University at Buffalo Health Sciences Library University of Michigan Dental Library and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey among many others. Dr. Marcinko also has numerous primary and secondary editorial and reviewing roles to his credit.Dr. Marcinko received his undergraduate degree from Loyola University Maryland completed his internship and residency at the Atlanta Hospital and Medical Center is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons earned his business degree from the Keller Graduate School of Management (Chicago) and his financial planning diploma from Oglethorpe University (Atlanta). He was a licensee of the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Board of Standards for a decade and holds the Certified Medical Planner designation (CMP). He earned Series #7 (general securities) Series #63 (uniform securities state law) and Series #65 (investment advisory) licenses from the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and was a life health disability variable annuity and property-casualty license from the State of Georgia. Dr. Marcinko was also co-founder of an ambulatory surgery center that was sold to a public company and has been a Certified Physician in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ); a certified American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physician (ABQAURP); a medical-staff vice president of a general acute care hospital; an assistant residency director; a founder of a computer-based testing firm for doctors; and president of a regional physician practice-management corporation in the Midwest. He was a member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS); a member of the Microsoft Professional Accountants Network (MPAN); website engineer and beta tester for Microsoft Office Live Essentials program and Microsoft Health Users Group (MS-HUG) member; and a registered member of the US Microsoft Partners Program (MPP). And as president of a privately held physician practice management corporation in 1999 he consolidated 95 solo medical practices with $150 million in revenues for a pre-IPO listing. In 2011 he joined the Physician Nexus Medical Advisory Board.Currently Dr. Marcinko is Chief Executive Officer for the Institute of Medical Business Advisors Inc. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta and works with a diverse list of individual and corporate clients. It sponsors the professional Certified Medical Planner charter designation program and counsels maverick physicians transitioning into alternate careers. As a nationally recognized educational resource center and referral alliance iMBA and its network of independent professionals provide solutions and managerial peace-of-mind to physicians healthcare organizations and their consulting business advisors. He also helped developed medical business graduate and undergraduate school curriculum content for the American College of Physician Executives ACPE Medical Group Management Association MGMA and the American College of Healthcare Executives ACHE. A favorite on the lecture circuit Dr. Marcinko is often quoted in the media and frequently speaks on related topics throughout this country and Europe in an entertaining and witty fashion. He is a popular authority on transformational business strategies across a pantheon of related industries. He is also a social media pioneer and publisher of the Medical Executive Post an influential syndicated Health 2.0 interactive blog forum.As an award-winning journalist media broadcaster speaker public health ambassador financial planning and economics consultant Dr. Marcinko is available to colleagues clients and the press at his corporate office in Atlanta. Georgia.MANAGING EDITOR Hope Rachel Hetico; RN MHA CMP Norcross Georgia USAHope Rachel Hetico received her bachelors degree in nursing (BSN) from Valparaiso University and her Master of Science in Healthcare Administration (MHA) from the University of St. Francis in Joliette Illinois. She is authors editor of a dozen major textbooks and is a nationally known expert in managed medical care medical reimbursement case management health insurance utilization review National Association of Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) Health Education Data Information Set (HEDIS) and The Joint Commission (TJC) Clinical Quality Measures CQMs and regulations.Prior to joining the Institute of Medical Business Advisors as Chief Operating Officer Ms. Hetico was a hospital executive financial advisor insurance agent Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and distinguished visiting assistant professor of healthcare administration for the University of Phoenix Graduate School of Business and Management in Atlanta. She was also national corporate Director for Medical Quality Improvement at Abbey and then Apria Healthcare a public company in Costa Mesa California.A devotee of health information technology and heutagogy Ms. Hetico is responsible for leading the website: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.org to the top of the exploding adult educational marketplace expanding the online and on-ground CMP charter designation program and nurturing the companys rapidly growing list of medical colleagues and financial services industry clients.Professor Hetico recently completed successful consulting engagements as ACO clinical integration coordinator for Resurrection Health Care Preferred in Chicago; and as performance improvement manager for Emory University and Saint Josephs Hospital in Atlanta. She is currently on assignment for Presence Health Partners the largest Catholic health system in Illinois.PROJECT MANAGER Mackenzie Hope MarcinkoMackenzie H. Marcinko is a computer science linguistics and business management intern from the University of Pittsburgh. Founded in 1787 the university is a healthcare informatics and technology pioneer and one of the nations most distinguished members of the Association of American Universities. It perennially ranks as one of the top public universities in total sponsored research funding and is among the top ten recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health NIH.EXECUTIVE-DIRECTORAnn Marie Miller; RN MHA For the Institute of Medical Business Advisors Inc. and the Certified Medical Planner online professional education and certification designation program Norcross Georgia.ACADEMIC DEAN AND PROVOSTEugene Schmuckler; PhD M.Ed MBA CTSConsulting Psychologist for the Institute of Medical Business Advisors Inc and the Certified Medical Planner online professional education and certification designation program Norcross GeorgiaNORTH AMERICAN AMBASSADORRachel Pentin-Maki; RN MHAFormer Intensive Care Unit ICU and Telemetry Unit TU manager nursing school instructor and Finnish Rest Home BOD member Lantana Florida.INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR Keung Chi Kenneth Yeung; MBA CMPHospital administrator and financial consultant for the Tseung Kwan O Hospital Hong Kong who speaks English Cantonese Mandarin and Chinese.