MGMA Health Care Consulting Group Adds Information Technology Expert

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Rosemarie Nelson, MS has joined the

MGMA Health Care Consulting Group as a senior consultant. Nelson is an

information technology expert who will help physician executives and

group practice administrators maximize medical group office flow,

technology system integration, financial management, operational

efficiency, resource allocation, electronic medical records (EMR) and

patient flow.

Nelson brings more than 20 years of experience in medical group

administration, marketing and consulting to the Medical Group Management

Association's (MGMA's) consulting group. Nelson is also a nationally

recognized author, presenter and instructor. As a part-time consultant

for MGMA for more than a year, Nelson consults with single-specialty and

multispecialty practices.

"Rosemarie's diversity of experience is a tremendous asset," said

Richard Hansen, MS, vice president and managing principal of MGMA Health

Care Consulting Group. "She understands technology issues from both the

group practice and the vendor perspective because she's worked on both

sides. Her appreciation of technology and the role it plays in the

group-practice setting is visionary."

Nelson has worked as an independent consultant for several years. She

has also worked for Welch Allyn, Health Care Data Systems, Planned

Parenthood Center of Syracuse and Key Bank. She sits on the board of

directors for the American Heart Association and is a member of the

Association of Professional Computer Consultants.

"My job as a technology consultant is to improve operational efficiency

by incorporating IT (information technology) in the medical group

practice," said Nelson. "At MGMA, I'll be focusing on methods to create

the office of the future. I hope to help our members and clients

recognize the options that technology presents and to view technology

solutions not as end results but as the means to an end."

The MGMA, founded in 1926, is the nation's principal voice for medical

group practice. MGMA's 19,000 members manage and lead more than 11,000

organizations in which more than 220,000 physicians practice.

Source: MGMA