Provident Consulting, a leader in Technology Enabled Clinical Solutions™, announced the appointment of leading experts from across the healthcare industry to its newly formed Strategic Advisory Board.  The Strategic Advisory Board will work with Provident’s leadership team as Provident Consulting continues to scale its suite of Technology-Enabled Clinical Solutions ™ to help clients thrive in the future of healthcare.

The members of Provident Consulting’s Strategic Advisory Board are:

• Steven J. Meyerson, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV – Board certified internist and geriatrician with broad experience in innovative health care delivery models. Certified in health care quality and management by the American College of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physician (ABQAURP) with physician adviser specialty. Board Member, American College of Physician Advisors (ACPA) and a nationally recognized thought leader in case management and hospital Medicare regulatory compliance.
• Ven Mothkur, MD, MBA, LSSBB – Corporate Physician Advisor at the Franciscan Alliance and ACPA Advisory Board. Leader of mid-revenue cycle strategy and clinical operations including the clinical documentation integrity, clinical denial management, correct coding, and physician advisory programs.
• Paul Lindeman, MD – Medical Director of Informatics at the Miami Cancer Institute, with 14 years clinical experience including 10+ in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Lindeman was also the principle clinical advisor and product developer of an EDIS system that served more than 5 million charts annually.
• Pamela C. Hess, MA, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CPC – Nationally recognized HIM expert and author of the original edition of the Hospital Charge Description Master Guide, by OptumCoding, Cardiology Procedural Coding Select, by Decision Health and most recently Clinical Documentation Improvement-Principles and Practice by AHIMA Press.
• Richard W. Osborne, MPA – Nationally recognized healthcare consulting leader across the continuum of care, most notably served as Senior Partner and national practice leader of Ernst & Young Consulting, focusing on large commercial payers and BlueCross BlueShield plans.

“We are thrilled to partner with these outstanding healthcare industry leaders as we scale our solutions across the continuum of care; particularly in support of value based purchasing and bundled payments,” says Michael Dougherty, CEO.  “Their strategic guidance, innovative insights, and subject matter expertise will prove invaluable as we continue to develop our suite of Technology-Enabled Clinical Solutions™ including Patient StatusEdge and DocEdge™ Communicator.