PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stroke Association of Southern California
Stroke Recovery Program
Santa Monica, California
2004 to Present
Program Manager/Clinician

Providing a comprehensive post-rehabilitation community based program for stroke survivors and caregivers including both group and individual sessions. Content of program offers physical, occupational, and psychosocial services for the purposes of maximizing recovery and providing education, health and wellness and counseling and social support. Job responsibilities include hiring staff, supervising volunteers, administrative duties, fund raising, grant writing assistance, evidence based practice research and objectives, providing hands on functional and cognitive training and educational sessions.

Ultimate Rehab, LLC
Pacific Palisades, California
1998 to Present
Chief Operating Officer
Managing Member, Partner
Consultant

Owner and shared responsibility for a health care practice management and consulting company that operates in all 50 states. Clients include physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, corporations, long term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home health services, hospitals, health care clinics, alternative medicine clinics, and private practices of various health care practitioners. The company consults in the main categories of health care operations/implementation, start up, retrofit operations, management, corporate compliance, practice analysis, practice valuations, staff development, reimbursement and financial management, program development and marketing. Author of book titled, Business Fundamentals for the Rehab Professional, SLACK, Inc. 2004 and other related products.

Hands 4 Health
Marina Del Rey, California
1985 to Present
Owner, Private Practice

Provides services in Occupational Therapy, exercise physiology, rehabilitation, post-rehabilitation programs, fitness and senior wellness services, community wellness programs, rehabilitation consulting. Specialty areas include: 1) community based programs and services in such populations as CVA, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Osteoporosis and including senior care management, wellness, balance training, fall prevention, home modification and safety, community reintegration, exercise and health, return to work and life planning and 2) post trauma upper extremity/shoulder quadrant injuries, neck and back injuries, sports medicine orthopedic injuries, . High profile clients include NFL teams, NBA teams, 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Track and Field Championships, various Hollywood/film industry and entertainment personalities.

University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
1985 to 1993
Senior Occupational Therapist
Exercise physiologist

Senior Occupational Therapist and Sports Medicine exercise physiologist that provided services in acute care, outpatient rehabilitation, specialty medical clinics, sports medicine rehabilitation. Populations served included: gerontology, orthopedics, trauma/ICU, neurology, neurosurgery, sports medicine, and general medicine. Developed rehabilitation programs, Occupational Therapy programs and services for various populations, supervised occupational therapists, exercise physiologists, and other ancillary staffing. Participated in departmental operations, integration and coordination of services and programs. Other activities included marketing and consulting.


University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
2006
Adjunct Professor in Administration/Management

Guest lecturer to the Occupational Therapy department; master and doctorate level classes/students in areas of entrepreneurship, administration and management, health care operations, legal and small business operations, financials, reimbursement, and billing, human resources, post-rehabilitation, wellness, chronic management of diseases and condition.


Mount Saint Marys College
Los Angeles, California
2002 to Present
Guest lecturer

Guest lecturer to the Physical Therapy department; master level students in areas of entrepreneurship, administration and management, post-rehabilitation and wellness.


Occupational Therapy Association of California
2000 to Present
Board of Director
Committee member
Lecturer

Member of professional organization serving in various capacities including a term on the Board of Directors, presenting on the Third Party Reimbursement Committee, Workers Compensation Task Force, Government Affairs, and Education liaison. Present workshops and lectures annually at the state conference.


American Occupational Therapy Association
1985 to Present
Member
Private Practice Coordinator
Lecturer

Member of professional organization serving in role of Private Practice Subsection Coordinator/Administration and Management Special Interest Section. Present institutions, workshops and short presentations on numerous topics ranging from clinical services to administration and management.


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/ELECTED POSTIONS/AWARDS
South Bay Chapter Director, Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC) 2003-Present
Board of Directors, OTAC 2003-2005
Government Affairs Liaison, South Bay Chapter, OTAC 2003-Present
Third Party Reimbursement Committee, OTAC 2003-Present
Education Liaison, South Bay Chapter, OTAC 2001 - Present
AMSIS Private Practice Subsection Coordinator, American Occupational Therapy Association, 2003-Present
Member of AOTA
Member of OTAC
Past Member of the American College of Sports Medicine
Service Award, UCLA 1990

EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy

California State University, Northridge
Northridge, California
Master studies/classes in Exercise Physiology

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Masters of Science, Physiological Sciences

CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Infant Massage Instructor
Certification in Medical Billing and Claims Administration
CPR/ AED Instructor, American Heart Association
Advanced Certification in Physical Agent Modalties

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES HIGHLIGHTED
Level One Student Fieldwork Educator

Contract speaker for California Education Connection, Lecture for numerous local and state community organizations, associations and agencies, Lecture for various student groups.

Speaker for the Occupational Therapy Association of California and American Occupational Therapy Association:
Annual Conference OTAC 2001; "Marketing your Practice on a Tight Budget"
Annual Conference OTAC 2002; "Negotiating Contracts to Various Payers, Professionals, and Consumers"
Annual Conference OTAC 2003; "Protect your OT Practice and Career from Lawsuits"
Annual Conference OTAC 2004: "Billing and Reimbursement Fundamentals; Understanding Current Methodologies"
Annual Conference AOTA 2002; "Starting or Building Your Own Private Practice"
Annual Conference AOTA 2003: "Protect Your Practice from Lawsuits"
Annual Conference AOTA 2003: "ABCs of Private Practice and Exploring Resource Options"
Annual Conference AOTA 2004: "6 Components to a Successful Private Practice"
Annual Conference AOTA 2004: " The ABCs of Administration for the New Administrator or Seasoned Professional"
Annual Conference AOTA 2004: "SIS Roundtable Consultations; Basic Tools for Private Practice"
Arizona State Conference 2004: Start Up Health Care Business Basics: 15 Steps to Success
Annual Conference OTAC 2004: Billing and Reimbursement Fundamentals: Understanding Current Methodologies.
Annual Conference AOTA 2005: Business Fundamentals for the Rehabilitation Professional
Annual Conference AOTA 2005: Becoming a Medical Part B Provider.
Annual Conference AOTA 2005: How to Design and Implement a Stroke Recovery Wellness Program.
Annual Conference AOTA 2005: Billing and Reimbursement Fundamentals-Trends and Strategies.
Annual Conference AOTA 2005: California Workers Comp Update
Annual Conference AOTA 2005: Legal and Ethical Issues in Employee Management

PUBLICATIONS
"Legislative Briefs, Administrative Tools, Financial/Accounting Briefs, Legal Briefs, Sales/Marketing Briefs, Technology Talk, and Human Resources Briefs", Quarterly Online articles at www.ultimaterehab.com; 1999-2002

Interviewed for: "Choosing Partners in Private Practice", Meghan Gourley, OT Practice; Vol. 6, Issue 9; May 5, 2001,
Pp 17-19.

"Incorporating The Alternative; Choosing and Implementing the best Integrative and Complementary Medicine treatments into you Practice." Co-Author with Dave Powers, MS MBA PT; Rehab Management; June/July 2001. P 26-29.

The Occupational Therapy Manager, 4th Edition; Chapter 7: Marketing, AOTA Press 2002

Interviewed for: "Protect your Practice from Lawsuits"; HCPRO Briefings on Outpatient Rehab; Reimbursement and Regulations, Vol. 8, No. 9, September 2003.

Business Fundamentals for the Rehabilitation Professional, SLACK, Inc. Publishing 2004.

Becoming An Entrepreneur, Administration and Management SIS Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2005


REFERENCES
Dave Powers, MA PT, Ultimate Rehab, LLC 310-454-4678
Keith A. Weaver, K and R Law Group, 213-533- 8531