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Mark R. Anderson, CEO

Mark R. Anderson, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
CEO and Healthcare IT Futurist 
AC Group, Inc.
Phone:  281-413-5572    email:  mra@acgroup.org


Mr. Anderson is one of the nation's premier IT research futurists dedicated to health care.  He is one of the leading national speakers on healthcare and physician practices and has spoken at more than 350 conferences and meetings since 2000.  He has spent the last 30+ years focusing on Healthcare – not just technology questions, but strategic, policy, and organizational considerations.  He tracks industry trends, conducts member surveys and case studies, assesses best practices, and performs benchmarking studies. 

His experience includes 32+ years working with Healthcare organizations, 20+ years working with physician offices, 7 years in the development of physician-based IPAs and MSOs, 17 years with multi-facility Health Care organizations, 15 years Administrative Executive Team experience, 6 years as a member of the Corporate Executive Team, and 9 years in healthcare turnaround consulting. Mr. Anderson received his BS in Business, is completing his MBA in Health Care Administration, and is a Fellow with HIMSS.


Lorraine Casagrande, RN
VP for Clinical Services
AC Group, Inc.

(c) 281-413-6706    email:  ljc@acgroup.org

Lorraine Casagrande is a Research Analyst specializing in Electronic Health Record and Clinical Information System markets.  Lorraine has spent more than twenty years working with healthcare organizations in the planning, implementation, and operations of Information Technology to support core business objectives.

Prior to joining AC Group in 2004, Lorraine spent 8 years with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) as a Business Operations Consultant and Senior Research Analyst in Application Management.  Prior to Accenture, Lorraine served as Project Leader in leading Pennsylvania and Texas hospitals installing applications from ADT/Financials and HIS through Bedside Documentation systems.



Neil Bernstein, Ph.D.
Associate Sr. Consultant
AC Group Boston Office
Office: (781) 595-4035
Mobile: (781) 883-2472
E-mail at nsb@acgroup.org

 

Dr. Neil Bernstein is an internationally recognized analyst and a marketing expert. He specializes in Electronic Health Records for group practices, educating providers and aligning provider and staff expectations with commercial capabilities.

Additionally, Dr. Bernstein conducts research for vendors and users on business aspects of healthcare delivery, including: Managed Care Information Systems (MCIS), Third Party Administration (TPA) and Cost Trend Analysis for Healthcare Payers. Dr. Bernstein has a very diverse background in academia, research, standards, software, analysis and marketing.
Michael D. Paquin
Health Care Strategist
818-519-4779
ACG Thousand Oaks, Calif. Office 
E-mail at m_paquin@msn.com

 

Michael Paquin is well recognized as a leading Healthcare Strategist. His insight and innovation to device connectivity into the EMR have been acknowledged by Microsoft, Frost & Sullivan, TEPR and TETHIC. Previously as the President of Midmark Diagnostic Group ( Brentwood ), Mr. Paquin was the first to develop an innovative strategy for integrating medical devices into over 70 EMRs. With 30+ years experience in working with Physicians, he brings a unique perspective addressing the needs of the back office as they relate to the paperless office. Previosuly served as Chair with MSHUG, (Microsoft Healthcare Users Group) and most recently as V.P. of one of the nations largest Healthcare Information Organization, Mr. Paquin utilizes this unique insight to build well thought out strategies for Healthcare.


Robert B. Teague, MD
Mobile: 832-443-360-7437 
rbteague@earthlink.net

Prior Experience

  • SureCare, Inc.  Chairman/CEO.  Distributed healthcare company linking goods distribution with disease management through a coaching model call center.
  • Inpatient Management Partners, Inc.  President/COO of hospitalist and disease management company employing and contracting with over 130 physicians in five states.
  • Medical Practice. 1980-2000.  Clinical practice of pulmonary, critical care, occupational medicine.
  • Respiratory Consultants of Houston.  Founder/CEO.  Both academic and private practice in pulmonary, critical care, and occupational medicine.
  • Solo Private Practice.  Hospitalist practice in acute care and Long Term Acute Care hospital.
  • Chief Pulmonary Disease Section. Houston VA Medical Center.
  • Kindred (Vencor) Hospital Houston.  Medical Director.  Medical oversight of medical staff functions, regulatory compliance, staff education.  Member of national Medical Advisory Board.  Design and implementation of electronic medical record in 60 hospital chain.
  • Consultant to JVE, Inc.  Dallas based 1000+ physician PHO in Presbyterian Healthcare System.  Product development.
  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases.
  • Current Academic appointments at Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas School of Public Health.

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