Medical Practice Management Consultants

	Diane M. Cate, Credentials Medical Practice Management Consultant
	Keith Carsten Borglum CHBC CBB Credentials Certified Healthcare Business Consultant and Certified Business Broker Medical Practice Management Consultant, Appraiser and Broker

Professional Management and Marketing
3468 Piner Road,
Santa Rosa, California 95401-3954
(707) 546-4433 24 hours
(800)-79-CONSULT
Fax (707) 546-4437

 

CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

• Practice startup, management and marketing consultants to physicians and related healthcare specialties and businesses (primarily serving practices of 1-10 providers)
• Authors and expert-resources for state and national medical periodicals, books, and videos on practice valuation and sale; Editorial Consultant to Medical Economics Magazine.
• Licensed Appraiser, Certified Broker and Expert Witness specializing in healthcare practices, Licenses #00767129 and Florida BK#3206346
• CME Faculty on practice business issues for national and state medical associations.

EXPERIENCE:

• Management and marketing consultant to physicians, physician organizations and healthcare businesses since 1983
• Faculty on medical practice business and valuation topics for state and national healthcare association conferences.
• Consultants and appraiser of healthcare professional practices since 1983
• Licensed Broker and Consultant for healthcare business sales, buy-ins, and mergers since 1982; Lic #00767129, FL #BK3206346
• Founder, Director and Interim-President, MedicalSuppliesUSA.com, vending over 300,000 medical/dental products, 1998-2000
• Member -Boards of Directors for physician and consulting organizationsf Editor, Open Directory Project ; topic: Business Appraisal; (approving worldwide listings and content for Google, AOL-Search, Yahoo, etc)

HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

• Member, American Medical Association’s Consultant Network ConsultantLink™, 1993-2005 (closure)
• Affiliate, Medical Group Management Association, CalMGMA, NorCalMGMA 1987 - present
• Certified Member, National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants; Marketing and Membership Committee Co-Chairman; current
• Founding Member, American Academy of Family Physicians Consultant Network FP-Assist™ 1992-present
• Member, American College of Physicians/ASIM Professional Advisory Network, Experts Panel 1995-closure
• Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology Executives Consultant Panel 2002-present
• Faculty, American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly Programs; Practice Management and Valuation, 1998-present
• Faculty, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, Practice Management and Valuation Courses, 2004-present
• Faculty, American Academy of Dermatology; Residents' Management Programs: Practice Value and Buy-ins; 1998-2010
• Consultant, American Osteopathic Association, Division of Socioeconomic Affairs, 2011
• Faculty, California Academy of Family Physicians Resident's Management Programs; Financial and Valuation Issues, 1995-present
• Director, National Association of Health Care Consultants; Marketing Committee Chairman, current; member 1993-2006
• Sole Recipient (Borglum), The 2004 W.J Gourley President's Award, the highest peer-award of the National Assoc of Healthcare Consultants
• Trustee, California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation; various committees, 1999-2004
• Founding Member, California Academy of Family Physicians Consultant Panel, 1992-present
• Member, Society of Medical-Dental Management Consultants; various Committees; member 1990-1993
• Member, The IPA Association of America 1994-2001
• Member, Board of Directors, California Chapter of The IPA Association of America 1999-2000
• Founding Member, Academy of Dental Management Consultants 1983-1990
• Member, Institute of Business Appraisers 1993-present
• Member, California Association of Business Brokers 2003-present; licensed broker since 1983

BOOKS - PUBLISHED AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS:

• Author - Medical Practice Valuation; Appraisal Guidelines and Workbook published and distributed by PSR Inc., 2006
• Co-Authors - The Medical Practice Forms Book, published in 1995 by McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition 2001, 3rd Edition 2003
• Co-Authors - The Medical Practice Pre-employment Tests Book published in 1996 by McGraw-Hill
• Contributor and Industry Expert - The Business Reference Guide to Pricing a Business, 2004-2006, Business Brokerage Press
• Contributor - Closing Your Practice published in 1997 by the American Medical Association
• Contributor - Strategic Use of Health Care Data in 1997 by HCIA
• Contributor - Mastering The Reimbursement Process in 1998 by the American Medical Association
• Contributor - Primary Care Strategy - Toward a Sustainable Partnership with Primary Care , and
• Stopping The Bleed - Reversing Losses on Owned Practices, in 1999 by the HealthCare Advisory Board
• Contributor - Reengineering the Medical Practice 1996 by St. Anthony's

PERIODICALS AND JOURNALS:

• Contributors andAuthors of hundreds of articles on the business of healthcare for most major medical administration magazines (just Google our namesfor examples)
• Editorial Consultant on management, financial and valuation issues to Medical Economics Magazine, 2004- present

LITIGATION SUPPORT:

• Medical practice value, physician compensation, medical practice business standards; expert witness Superior Courts of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sonoma County
• Expert witness or consultant, various cases resulting in settlements

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