Current Pedorthics | March-April 2018 | Vol.50, Issue 2 | Page 12

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. Consider Writing an Article for Current Pedorthics! For more details, contact Current Pedorthics magazine at (229) 389-3440 or by email at: [email protected] for additional upcoming special interest topics, guidelines and other ideas you may want to discuss as topic ideas beneficial to health care, patient care and all areas of interest in the pedorthics practice and other associated industries. 10 Pedorthic Footcare Association | www.pedorthics.org