Symposium Speakers
Margie Scalley Vaught
CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CCS-P, PCE, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
With 25+ years focused exclusively in orthopedics, Margie has a unique ability to translate coding, billing and reimbursement rules into real-world practice, 95% of attendees from previous conferences rate Margie a 10 out of 10 speaker! She is technical editor to DecisionHealth’s Orthopedic Coder’s Pink Sheet and author of orthopedic specialty guides. She conducts day-to-day procedure coding and audits operative reports for orthopedic practices nationwide.
Stanley Szelazek
CPC, CPC-H, CCP, ACS-EM, ACS-OR
Stan’s blend of comprehensive reimbursement rules and infectious speaking style consistently earn near-perfect scores from attendees. He is the president and founder of AccountAbility Physician Practice Billing Services, where he does the hands-on work of navigating various insurance companies’ plans and carrier coverage policies for orthopedic practices.
Gregory Przybylski, MD
For more than a decade, Dr. Przybylski has been in demand as a spine coding and reimbursement expert, as well as a noted neurosurgeon and academic. He serves as chair of the AANS-CNS Coding and Reimbursement Committee and on the AMA Relative Value Update Committee. He also has the ear of payors as a member of Medicare’s Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, Humana’s Physician Advisory Board, and UnitedHealthCare’s Spine Advisory Board. On the clinical side, he is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Seton Hall University and Director of Neurosurgery at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center and Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
