FEATURED
CONTRIBUTORS
IN THIS ISSUE OF CURRENT PEDORTHICS
Christopher Costantini, C.Ped
Chris Costantini entered the retail footwear industry in 1989
and became certified as a pedorthist in 1994. After 19 years
of private practice that included retail, wholesale custom
devices and direct patient care, Mr. Costantini joined the
VA in 2008 were he currently serves as the Prosthetic Chief
overseeing the Prosthetic Departments in the Canandaigua,
Rochester and Bath VA hospitals in New York. Currently,
he Chairs the Commission on Accreditation of Pedorthic
Education (CAPE) committee with NCOPE and serves as
the current President of PFA.
Roni Pidcock
Roni Pidcock, CEO of R&R MedHealth Consulting, LLC
began her career in healthcare focusing on patient intake,
medical records, referrals and authorizations. Ms. Pidcock
has extensive experience in the areas of revenue cycle
management, medical billing, coding & collections, claims
reimbursement, claim denial management, administration,
consulting and audit & appeal review and assistance.
Networking and hands-on experience with all areas
of the insurance and healthcare industries has given Ms.
Pidcock the ability to assist various types of healthcare
professionals with successfully opening or maintaining an
already operational practice or facility, assistance with proper
business licensure for specialty or practice requirements, new
accreditation status or renew what is already in place, work
with various practices to help them obtain and sometimes
update and maintain their Policy & Procedure manual and
also assist MD's-DC's-DPM's & new startups to apply for
DME provider #'s with Medicare.
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