Christy Petru
cpetru@wans.net
Austin Medical Claims Associates, 866-515-0065

Christy Petru is President of Austin Medical Claims Associates, a full service medicalbilling company. She started the company in 1998,after several years of working in the healthcare field. Ms Petru also provides consulting, management training and human resource services. Her company is involved in numerous office set-ups, as well as software training and education. Prior to begenning her company,she worked in physician offices, established billing and collection systems and provided training in several physicians' offices.

She has served as an instructor at Austin Community College and Texas Orthopedic Association. She has served as an expert witness in worker's compensation cases. Membership in professional organizations includes the Professional Association of Health Care Office Managers (PAHCOM) and Texas Medical Group Management Association. Ms Petru received her Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Recently, Ms. Petru and her husband relocated to Liberty Hill. They have one son, Nathan. Her hobbies include camping with her family and reading.

Jamie Claypool
jclaypoolassociates@texasdata.net
J. Claypool Associates, 800-227-4594

Jamie Claypool is a Practice Management Consultant whose career spans over 25 years with service to the Austin, Houston, Dallas and major Texas medical communities. Formerly, Ms. Claypool was an adjunct faculty member of the University of Houston at Clear Lake School of Business and Public Administration where she taught group practice management and medical reimbursement, billing and coding. She continues to serve as an advisor to the university undergraduate program in healthcare administration.

Ms. Claypool has been a speaker for the Texas Medical Association, the Texas Hospital Association, The Texas Medical Group Management Association and the Professional Association of Health Care Office Managers (PAHCOM). She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, The Medical Group Management Association nationally and in Texas. She has managed and consulted with both small and large practices. Ms. Claypool received her undergraduate degree from Southern Connecticut State University. She received her board certification in Medical Practice Management from the American College of Medical Practice Executives. Ms Claypool resides in Spicewood, Texas with her husband and two children.

Ronda L. Hostetter
Email: ronda@tstar.net
Website: www.rlhostetter.com
R.L. Hostetter & Associates, 512-755-1425

Ronda L. Hostetter has over 20 years experience in the healthcare field, including marketing, public relations, managed care and legislative affairs. Prior to beginning her own marketing firm in 1996, she served as a consultant for Columbia Planning, Education and Consulting in Austin, Sweetwater Health Enterprises in Dallas and Regis McKenna, Inc. Her background also involves numerous years working in the managed healthcare field including network development and strategic planning. She has served as Marketing Director for Charter Healthcare Systems and in the marketing department of HCA Medical Center in Plano, Texas.

In addition to her work in marketing and managed care, she has extensive experience with the Texas legislature including lobbying and other advocacy issues. Professional affiliations have included the American Marketing Association, Texas Medical Group Management Association and Women in Communications. Ms. Hostetter graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations and Marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. Her Master of Science degree is in Business and Human Resource Management from Amber University in Dallas. She has been published in the Dallas Morning News, The Dallas Business Journal, the Austin Business Journal and other area publications. Her husband and she have two adult children, and they live on their family ranch in Burnet. Her hobbies include painting, genealogy and gardening.

Bradley Reiner
breiner@austin.rr.com
Reiner Consulting, 512-858-1570

Bradley Reiner has been a practice management consultant for 15 years. Prior to beginning Reiner Consulting and Associates in 1999, he was employed by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) for 10 years specializing in many facets of practice management including claims payment, contracting, policy, billing, coding, and reimbursement. During his tenure at TMA, he conducted educational seminars on downcoding of evaluation and management services and the bundling and unbundling of procedures. He has extensive experience with fraud and abuse, billing, coding financial analysis, workflow maximization, physician practice set-ups, and compliance plans.

Mr. Reiner's experience includes reimbursement issues in both the public and private sector. He has counseled individual physicians and group practices regarding maximization of revenue and billing to ensure compliance with all types of payers. Additionally, he assisted with the development of legislative policies to assist physicians throughout the state. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Mr. Reiner is an author who has written or been quoted in American Medical News, Cardiac Coding Alert, The Medical Exchange for the Travis County Medical Society, Texas Medicine, Physicians' Managed Care Report, Waco Medicine, American Healthcare Consultants and TMA's Action Newsletter. His family lives in Driftwood, and he enjoys golf.

David Owen Cluck
Health Care Litigation & Personal Injury
doc@lorancethompson.com
Lorance & Thompson, 713-868-5560 ext. 347

David Owen Cluck began his career with Lorance & Thompson in 1977 and focuses on medical liability, personal injury and tort cases, including defamation. He has practiced medical negligence law for over 25 years and has tried malpractice cases involving claims of brain-damaged infants, anesthesia malpractice, hospital liability for physicians, behavioral healthcare providers and emergency medicine physicians, among others. David has handled all types of medical negligence cases, medical device and pharmaceutical claims in the Houston, Austin and San Antonio areas. In addition, he represents physicians before the Texas Medical Board. He is board-certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He was voted as one of Houston's Top Lawyers for 2005.

Vincent Salvo
vinnie@xlexec.com
XL Exec, 512-296-4902

Vincent Salvo is the President and Principal of XL Exec, Inc. an Austin based healthcare, business and technology performance enhancement firm. For nearly two decades, nationally renowned physicians, scientists, hospitals, and health systems have called upon Vincent's leadership experience to help them attain a Higher Level of Collaborative Performance (HLCP)TM.

XL Exec focuses on Specialty Network Development, Physician Practice Profit Enhancement, Injured Worker Care, Orthopedics and Occupational Medicine. Vincent has been written about in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal and speaks professionally on various business, healthcare, life sciences, and technology topics.