Allison is responsible for operational support of all SMP facilities and is the ASC-specific software expert for systems used in SMP ASCs. Before her role as Operations Manager, Allison assisted SMP with the development of ASCs while serving as the Executive Director of a surgery center. Prior to SMP, she worked in ASC Operations and Compliance and served as the Executive Director of a multi-specialty surgery center for over 10 years with prior progressive leadership in the ASC industry. Allison has been a speaker at Becker’s Business and Operations of ASCs Conference and a contributor to several articles for Becker’s ASC Review. Allison is an RN with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Indiana University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and maintains her CASC (Certified Administrator Surgery Center) and CAIP (Certified Ambulatory Infection Preventionist) credentials.

Todd brings two decades of experience in Information Technology to SMP’s management team. He joined the SMP management team in October 2007. Previously Todd served as a Senior Network Engineer with PrairieWave Communications where he designed and maintained the corporate network including multiple data centers and many remote offices. Prior to PrairieWave Communications, Todd spent 16 years at Gateway in various technical support and IT roles, most recently as a Network Engineer.

Rose is responsible for assisting the Vice President of revenue cycle with planning, organizing, presenting and monitoring all necessary areas, audits and educational efforts for the central business office. She has 14 years of experience in the health care field. She was director of business office & health information management with Avera Flandreau Hospital prior to joining SMP as an AR specialist, leading to her promotion to business office manager. She holds an Associates degree of applied science in health information technology from St. Cloud Technical College in Saint Cloud, Minn.

Lauri supervises a team of 14 coders and coordinates team objectives. She has 23 years of medical coding experience in acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, large trauma centers, and rural health facilities.  She has four years of management experience within the coding and billing department overseeing the entire revenue cycle. She has been involved in the creation and implementation of an internal auditing process for both the providers and the coders within the rural health center.  She graduated with her Associates Degree in medical coding and billing. She also has earned CPC and CPMA certifications.

Amy Hanisch has more than 25 years of human resources experience in the health care field in specialty hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Amy is very knowledgeable in benefits administration, COBRA, FMLA, employee coaching and performance management.  She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sioux Falls in business management and Associates Degree of applied science in office systems & medical secretary from Southeast Technical Institute.

 

 

Traci is responsible for the operational success of SMP facilities. Traci began her career as CEO at a critical access hospital and rural health clinic in South Dakota. After several years in this role, she joined Surgical Management Professionals in 2002. During Traci’s tenure with SMP she has ran several multi-specialty surgery centers, served as Director of Operations, and more recently assumed full responsibility for SMP ASC operations as the Chief Operating Officer. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in biology and her Master’s in business administration from the University of South Dakota. Traci has been a speaker at national and state association meetings for both ASCs and specialty hospitals. She served as the first president of the Minnesota Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and served many years as an Association board member and Government Affairs Committee. She is a results-driven leader and relishes the opportunity to partner with entrepreneurial physicians to provide high quality, low cost care.

Deb has more than 20 years of management experience within the healthcare arena – including nursing operations as well as healthcare operations.  She is responsible for operations activities associated with the development, including feasibility, development and design process for new projects as well as the ongoing clinical, accreditation and best practice successes of SMP sites (ASC and acute care hospital environments)  providing operational and clinical guidance.   Deb continues to be a frequent contributor to Beckers and ASC Focus related to best practices and establishing a positive culture in the healthcare arena.   She is a current member of the Viziant ASC advisory council as well as the RHA advisory panel – providing insight into best practices related to supply purchases and contracting.  Prior to joining SMP, she was the director of nursing and clinical operations at a large, successful multispeciality ASC.  Deb has executed multiple successful startups, provides mock surveys and has been involved with over 40 successful accreditation surveys (AAAHC & JC Deb has more than 20 years OR experience and is CNOR and RNFA trained/certified. Deb brings a vast array of experience to the SMP team with her clinical expertise and excellent leadership skills. She graduated with her diploma in nursing from St. Luke’s Hospital and a BSN from Allen College. She holds a Masters of Health Administration from Ohio University. She is a member of ASCA, IONE, AONE, AORN, AAMI, and APIC.

 

Allison has more than 25 years of experience in health care financial management both in the for-profit and non-profit sectors. While with Surgical Management Professionals, she has developed SMP’s equity investment fund, assists in the identification of financing sources for the company and its clients, and provides leadership and expertise in finance, accounting, and revenue cycle. She has been instrumental in helping with the financial development and turn-around of physician-owned and joint-venture ambulatory surgical centers and surgical hospitals. Prior to joining SMP, Allison worked as the division controller for a large nonprofit health care system for its owned, leased and managed hospitals. She began her career in accounting by working at a regional CPA firm in its health care division. Allison received her Bachelor of Science degree with an accounting major and her Master’s in business administration from the University of South Dakota.

Dr. Curd completed his fellowship training at the Indiana Hand Center, the largest free standing center dedicated to hand/upper extremity care, research and education in the world. Dr. Curd completed his medical education at the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine and internship at David Grant United States Air Force Medical Center and a residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center. Dr. Curd is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker on topics covering hand and upper extremity surgery. He has given lectures and performed surgery on five continents. Dr. Curd is an active proponent of physician ownership in healthcare. He is frequently interviewed and asked for comments for various media at the local, regional and national level. Dr. Curd serves as the President-Elect for Physician Hospitals of America and is a Manager for Medical Facilities Corporation (MFC) USA, a publicly traded company that promotes physician ownership of healthcare and surgical facilities through partnering with physicians. He is politically active and makes 6 trips to Washington D.C. per year, advocating and lobbying for improving healthcare delivery.

Recently, Dr. Curd was accepted to the 2012-2013 Leadership Fellows Program (LFP) for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).