Kathleen Harkins, principal and CEO of Harkins Associates brings 25-plus years of experience in healthcare, HC policy, communications, business development, service launch, payer relations, and performance improvement to healthcare organizations intent on securing strong referral relations with physicians, building integrated ACO networks, and/or establishing healthcare businesses to support services delivery.

Kathleen’s healthcare career spans many subsectors, and years of employed positions, where at different times she was engaged with / responsible for business development, strategic planning, marketing and sales, training, corporate brand and operations. With each employer transition Kathleen took on greater responsibility and position promotion, eventually achieving the roles of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer for healthcare managed provider organizations.

Subsequent to these employed roles, Kathleen started Harkins Associates in 2000. The firm works with health systems in physician relations strategies, performance improvement for outreach staff, and in identifying, evaluating and pursuing opportunities stemming from healthcare reform policies and market changes. In addition, she assists health businesses in growth strategies and works directly with client leaders discerning likely challenges and adjusting strategies, while remaining focused on key objectives.

Kathleen’s long-term involvement in the healthcare industry provides a working knowledge of policy and regulations and a historical perspective on the key issues and challenges facing health systems, physicians and payers. As a result of her extensive experience in the healthcare space, Kathleen is firmly grounded in standardized processes associated with physician relations, strategic growth and new service launch.

Kathleen has lectured and conducted seminars throughout the US, she has taught business development at the Wharton School Small Business Center in Philadelphia, and served on the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Business Consortium. She is a contributing editor to Becker’s Hospital Review and publishes a Newsletter with articles, case studies, management advice, and tactical tips taken from the firm’s exclusive communications and selling model, Healthcare Consultative Communications and Selling™.

Ryan has been a Physician Liaison with Chesapeake Urology for nine years. CUA is one of the premier private practice urology practices in the country. Chesapeake Urology has 80 urologist and 24 sites, with 5 more to come in early 2018, throughout Maryland and has voted one of the best places to work in the state numerous times. Ryan has developed a liaison program that works hand in hand with their urologist to have them engage with the Primary Care physicians throughout Maryland. CUA has also developed collaborations with the larger primary care practices throughout the state to streamline urgent urology care to their sites. Chesapeake Urology will soon be expanding its footprint with in Southern Maryland and by next year will grow its brand into other states throughout the country.

Michael Nochomovitz, M.D. has focused his career on the development, management and leverage of large physician networks and integrated delivery systems. He has been an early adopter of new technologies and an advocate for change. He was recruited to New York Presbyterian as the inaugural Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Integration & Network Development Officer (CCINDO) in 2015 to lead a new Physician Services Division. In a unique structure with two affiliate medical schools, he developed and led a Clinical Services Deployment function to systematically place specialty services of Columbia Doctors and Weill Cornell Medicine at the newly acquired hospitals of the NYP Regional Hospital Network and in the respective catchment areas.

He created the New York Presbyterian Medical Groups (NYPMG) – now numbering over a 1000 providers, co-branded with each of the medical schools to service the new Regional Network. NYPMG became a third physician entity in the NYP aligned physician enterprise with Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia Doctors. He also established the New York Presbyterian Physician Services Organization which provides comprehensive practice management services to the New York Presbyterian Medical Groups and their contracted and leased physicians. Most recently he has been engaged with a major digital health implementation across the enterprise focusing on virtual visits. His role encompassed Clinical Program development in the NYP Regional Hospital Network with responsibility for clinical integration of the regional network hospitals, physicians and NYP service lines.

Prior to joining NYP, Dr. Nochomovitz was the architect and leader of the regional multispecialty physician network and Physician Services Organization which he developed, implemented and led for University Hospitals in Cleveland.. The network of physicians included not for profit academic group practice and a for profit community entity, seven urgent care centers, Corporate and Integrative Medicine and a Workers Compensation MCO.

He has served on the Board of Directors of Qualchoice Inc, Western Reserve Assurance (Cayman), the American College of Chest Physicians, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Global Cleveland and the Business Advisory Board of Biomotiv a therapeutic drug accelerator associated with the Harrington Project for Discovery and Development.

Dr. Nochomovitz testified in the U.S. Senate’s Health Education Labor and Pensions committee hearings on health care reform, and participated in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid technical committee on physician payment methodologies. He is a regular participant in national forums on topics of healthcare delivery. He has twice been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the most influential physician executives in the United States. He earned his medical degree at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and completed his internal medicine and pulmonary critical care training at the University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Michael Nochomovitz, M.D. has focused his career on the development, management and leverage of large physician networks and integrated delivery systems. He has been an early adopter of new technologies and an advocate for change. He was recruited to New York Presbyterian as the inaugural Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Integration & Network Development Officer (CCINDO) in 2015 to lead a new Physician Services Division. In a unique structure with two affiliate medical schools, he developed and led a Clinical Services Deployment function to systematically place specialty services of Columbia Doctors and Weill Cornell Medicine at the newly acquired hospitals of the NYP Regional Hospital Network and in the respective catchment areas.

He created the New York Presbyterian Medical Groups (NYPMG) – now numbering over a 1000 providers, co-branded with each of the medical schools to service the new Regional Network. NYPMG became a third physician entity in the NYP aligned physician enterprise with Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia Doctors. He also established the New York Presbyterian Physician Services Organization which provides comprehensive practice management services to the New York Presbyterian Medical Groups and their contracted and leased physicians. Most recently he has been engaged with a major digital health implementation across the enterprise focusing on virtual visits. His role encompassed Clinical Program development in the NYP Regional Hospital Network with responsibility for clinical integration of the regional network hospitals, physicians and NYP service lines.

Prior to joining NYP, Dr. Nochomovitz was the architect and leader of the regional multispecialty physician network and Physician Services Organization which he developed, implemented and led for University Hospitals in Cleveland.. The network of physicians included not for profit academic group practice and a for profit community entity, seven urgent care centers, Corporate and Integrative Medicine and a Workers Compensation MCO.

He has served on the Board of Directors of Qualchoice Inc, Western Reserve Assurance (Cayman), the American College of Chest Physicians, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Global Cleveland and the Business Advisory Board of Biomotiv a therapeutic drug accelerator associated with the Harrington Project for Discovery and Development.

Dr. Nochomovitz testified in the U.S. Senate’s Health Education Labor and Pensions committee hearings on health care reform, and participated in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid technical committee on physician payment methodologies. He is a regular participant in national forums on topics of healthcare delivery. He has twice been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the most influential physician executives in the United States. He earned his medical degree at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and completed his internal medicine and pulmonary critical care training at the University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Lauren Dudley serves as the Vice President of Market Development and Acquisitions for Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, in Mooresville, North Carolina. In her role she manages and directs the Physician Outreach Teams in the North Charlotte market, in coordination with network hospitals as strategies are developed and execution plans implemented. She manages the recruitment and acquisition of physician practices throughout the market, while fostering strategic direction of physicians in the growth initiatives of all key hospital service-lines. Additionally, Dudley has administrative oversight for both Pharmacy and Cardiopulmonary departments within her local hospital. She is focused on staffing metrics, productivity, regulatory readiness, and internal operations.

Previously, Dudley was the Director of Network and Ambulatory Development, responsible for identifying and developing targeted opportunities for growth, with an emphasis on network concepts and non-acute care expansion. She was charged with recommending new alliances or affiliations with outside hospitals and outpatient care service providers to gain a competitive advantage in the market. Dudley assisted in the 2014 launch of the network’s first service-line specific, Accountable Care Organization in Orthopedics, through a physician partnership in coordinated care and a shared savings program.

Prior to that she held the title of Director of Physician Outreach and developed an enhanced level of physician satisfaction within the organization, by integrating key business initiatives and practice/program development. Dudley assisted her hospitals in maximizing the utilization of its facilities and generating additional revenue from inpatient/outpatient census.

Dudley currently attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School completing her Master’s Degree in Business Administration and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Marketing from Appalachian States University.

Tammy is a nationally recognized physician relations and retention consultant, keynote speaker and writer. She is known for her dynamic, educational and high-energy presentation style. Her programs are rich with real-life case material to enhance and enjoy learning.

Drawing on more than 25 years of healthcare management experience, Tammy’s work with both the health system and the physician practice side of healthcare gives her a unique perspective on the complexities facing today’s healthcare professionals. Prior to starting Tiller-Hewitt HealthCare Strategies, Tammy spent 20 years with BJC HealthCare in St. Louis, Missouri.

Tammy holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO; a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University, San Antonio, TX; and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.

Tammy is also a member of the John Maxwell Team, a group of Maxwell certified coaches, trainers, speakers and professionals. Tammy offers workshops, seminars, keynote speaking and coaching to aid in personal and professional growth.

Rise` has been employed in health care since 1991 in a variety of human resource management leadership roles. She has extensive experience within large, academic healthcare systems which include the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC., and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, PA. In her current role, she pipelines, hires, and onboards CRNA, Physician Assistant, and CRNP candidates to meet the diverse specialty and practice needs of urban, community, and regional operations. With more than 25 years in HR health care experience, Rise’ has capitalized in recruiting and managing the high-volume and high-demand recruiting for today’s and tomorrow’s Health Care workforce.

Heather Reading joined UPMC in December 2007. There she has held a variety of human resources roles. In her current role, she is responsible for managing physician relations functions for over 4,000 physicians and residents. These functions include physician on-boarding, implementation, modification, and administration of physician policies, disciplinary action, and engagement and retention.

As a native of Pittsburgh, Heather received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Human Resources from Robert Morris University. She also received her Master of Business Administration from Point Park University.

As an Emmy Award winning network television producer, Dorie Klissas oversees marketing and communications at Mount Sinai, one of the largest integrated health systems in the nation. In her role, she integrates media relations, crisis communications, social media, digital, video, publications, internal communications. marketing and creative. Previously, Dorie served as Vice President of Media and Public Relations at Montefiore Medical Center and the Media Director at NYU Langone Medical Center. Prior to 2008, Dorie was a producer at the Today Show on NBC, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and CBS Sports. She has been honored with an Emmy Award, two Gracie Allen Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award producer credit for “Best Newscast.” Dorie earned a B.A. in European History from Harvard University, where she was on the varsity tennis team, and later studied at the Graduate School of International Affairs in Geneva as a Rotary Foundation Scholar. As a junior tennis player, she was ranked #101 in the United States Tennis Association and #9 in the Eastern Tennis Association.

Ryan has been a Physician Liaison with Chesapeake Urology for nine years. CUA is one of the premier private practice urology practices in the country. Chesapeake Urology has 80 urologist and 24 sites, with 5 more to come in early 2018, throughout Maryland and has voted one of the best places to work in the state numerous times. Ryan has developed a liaison program that works hand in hand with their urologist to have them engage with the Primary Care physicians throughout Maryland. CUA has also developed collaborations with the larger primary care practices throughout the state to streamline urgent urology care to their sites. Chesapeake Urology will soon be expanding its footprint with in Southern Maryland and by next year will grow its brand into other states throughout the country.

Rebecca Emmons joined University Hospitals in March 2016 as a Physician Liaison. In her role, she is responsible for developing relationships with employed physicians and independent physicians, both primary care and specialty care, in order to assist building physician practices, facilitate key introductions and minimize referral leakage. By doing so, Rebecca utilizes PRM data tools to identify referral leakage gaps and position physician to physician outreach and market intelligence to close those gaps. She is key contact for the University Hospitals Otolaryngology Institute, where she just recently presented a key referral update at their department annual meeting and, in addition, this past year Rebecca has been responsible for training all of the primary care practices within her specific geography on the University Hospitals new mobile-based point-of-service scheduling tool, Schedule Me Now. New in 2018, Rebecca will begin to devote a portion of her time implementing ambulatory telemedicine into her more rural geographies.

Prior to joining UH, Rebecca served the banking industry for six years by managing an extensive portfolio of clients. In this role, she coordinated with her clients to meet current needs and anticipate future ones. Rebecca’s customer service and sales success in the financial industry has helped her learn how to build great relationships with system leadership and the providers within her geography.

As a native of northeastern Ohio, Rebecca received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations and Marketing Communications from Ursuline College. She is also in the process of obtaining her Healthcare MBA from Baldwin Wallace University. Rebecca was fortunate to be the keynote speaker at the northeastern Ohio American Heart Association Go Red for Women campaign this year, was thankful for the opportunity to speak on minimizing leakage through the utilization of digital tools at the 4th annual World Congress Physician Liaison Summit Midwest, and was just recently elected for a three-year term as a Board Trustee to the Geauga County Farm Bureau.

Bryan serves as University Hospitals Director of Customer Engagement. In this role, he is responsible for helping lead marketing strategy and supervising all activity related to the hospital system’s new customer relationship management system -- which is used to engage consumers, manage patient communications and measure the return on investment of marketing activities. He also oversee the production and management of all written content for digital applications, including the monthly “Better Living” eNewsletters that are sent out to more than a 100,000 consumers a month and have open and click-thru rates that are more than double of the national average. Bryan has an MBA from Walsh University and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Ohio University.