Ed Buckley,
Chief Executive Officer
Ed Buckley is a homecare industry veteran with over 20 plus years owning and managing home health agencies. Ed began Select Data to meet the management and data needs of agencies. His background in finance and management suits the company well in developing the products and services that agencies are asking for today.
Select Data combines proprietary hosted software with expert staff to give home health organizations administrative advantages not available elsewhere. Select Data’s system enables its hospital based clients to maximize efficiency and utilization within the home health agency. The overriding benefit to its clients is its efficient and compliance-based billing system which delivers a bad debt ratio of less than 1% while maintaining compliance with payer regulations.
Prior to forming Select, Ed was hired as Director of Brea Home Health, Inc., a freestanding home health agency. After directing its operations for a period of time, he ultimately started his own agency and began functioning under the Select name. Preceding Brea Home Health, Ed was Administrator of Urgent Care West, a group of six industrial medicine clinics.
Ed continues to set the vision of the company moving it from a management company to a service provider to a software company that combines services. Ed continues to manage the day to day operations of the company as well as interacting with customers on a weekly basis.
Ed holds a BA degree in Economics from UCLA.
Pete Poulis,
Chief Financial Officer
Pete Poulis brings to Select Data many years of accounting expertise. Prior
to Select Data, Mr. Poulis worked at a fortune 200 company as a Corporate Accountant
and he spent a great deal of time computerizing the accounting department.
In 1990, Mr. Poulis had an opportunity to invest in the restaurant industry.
He has been able to open over 25 restaurants in the last 17 years. He is currently
the CEO of an eight unit restaurant chain and of a restaurant buying group.
With the restaurant industry being very competitive and volatile, it has given
him a great deal of knowledge in finance and accounting. His favorite hobbies
are golf and snow skiing. Pete currently resides in La Habra Heights with his
wife and three children.
Mr. Poulis holds a BA degree in Business from Cal State Fullerton.
Adam Conrad,
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Adam Conrad has been involved in home health information systems for 17 years
and has helped implement, develop and market systems for a number of major vendors.
He has spoken at home health meetings across the country on the topic of automation
and software selection. His long time industry experience has earned him a reputation
as an expert in software for home health and hospice. Adam is also an adjunct
professor of business for Pennsylvania State University and Saint Francis University
where he lectures on Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing, Logistics
and Project Management.
Susan Carmichael,
Corporate Compliance Officer
Susan Carmichael, Corporate Compliance Officer for Select Data is responsible for overseeing the firm’s corporate compliance plan through monitoring, education, and audit practices assessing risk areas and identifying strategies to measure that risk as well as quantifying the quality of services performed.
A strong applied understanding of business ethics, Ms Carmichael has 25+ years in the for-profit, not-for-profit, private and publicly traded health care arenas holding CEO, COO, and Executive VP positions. In 1996 Ms Carmichael was listed as one of only 69 female leaders of the then 5700 leaders of publicly traded firms.** Within two years she had taken firms to both the American and NASDAQ exchanges. She has built and reenergized Medicare/Medicaid and Managed Care firms, as well as acquired and grown private duty and staffing agencies. Ms Carmichael is credited with growing one firm from billing $114.00 its first week to billing over $515,000.00 per week in less than 6 years. Working with adult and pediatric populations in home care, Ms Carmichael has worked with specialty populations in Mental Health and also served as COO/Administrator, of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation hospital in the NE in 2003, leading it to compliance, profitability, and sale in less than one year.
Susan is a Registered Nurse (RN), holds a BA in Social Work (BSW), a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology (MS), and is a year away from completing her Ph.D. in Education focusing on Individual/Organizational Learning and the Metrics of Leadership Behavior. She is also certified (CHCQM) in Healthcare Quality and Management by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Quality Review Physicians (A National Certification Program developed and evaluated by the National Board of Medical Review). In 2007, she received her Certification as an OASIS Specialist-Clinical and in 2007 she was inducted as a Fellow of the American Board of the American Institute for Healthcare Quality.
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Jeff Brittain,
Vice President of Information Technologies
Jeff brings over 10 years experience in the field of technical and operational
management to Select Data. Jeff’s abilities to manage large scale infrastructure
projects as well as build ,test, and support software projects has allowed
him to scale Select Data into new markets. Previous to Select Data he has severed
as the Director of Information Technology at Netlist Inc a hardware manufacturer
to companies such as DELL, IBM, Lenovo, and Apple. He was one of the original
recruited employees which in 5 years helped the company go public in late Nov
of 2006. Prior to that, he served as Director of Operations at Dane-Elec a
multinational company with locations throughout the world including France,
UK, Netherlands, USA, and Ireland. Lastly he was the Worldwide Sales Manager
for a computer memory manufacturer with locations throughout the US and supported
over 100 sales reps and support personnel.
Mr. Brittain holds a BS in Business Administration from San Diego State University
with a minor in Biology. Since then he has been continuing is education through
certification programs such as Microsoft and Cisco. He is currently pursuing
his MS in Technology Management.
Pam Hernandez
Vice President, Client Management
Pam Hernandez has over 20 years experience in the home health care industry.
Pam has been with Select Data for 15 years and has held numerous positions
including Client Services Representative, Project Manager, Director of Client
Management and is currently Vice President of Client Management. Pam is instrumental
in the successful implementation and training of new applications, software and
services for Select Data client partners and Select Data staff. Pam is responsible
for the development of training materials, written policies and procedures, the online
Select Data Users Manual and works closely with clients to ensure successful outcomes.
Prior to joining Select Data Pam worked in home health care management for Kimberly Quality Care.
Previously Pam served for 12 years as Vice President of Directors Life Insurance Company, a health
and disability insurance company, where she managed the Claims, Customer Service and Human Resources
departments. Pam attended the University of Minnesota with a major in Elementary Education.
Carla Putnam,
Vice President, Business Operations
With over 20 years of health care experience, Carla has extensive knowledge
in a variety of aspects in the health care arena, responsible for processing
thousands of claims per month generating millions in revenue per year. This
includes Home Health and Hospice reimbursement, Acute Care and Physician Practice
Consulting. Carla spent over 4 years at a home care agency in Orange County,
CA servicing as the Director of Reimbursement, managing all aspects from the
intake of the referral through the collections of clams. Carla was very instrumental
working with Palmetto GBA Fiscal Intermediary, during the demonstration phase
of Home Health Medicare PPS. Prior to rejoining Select Data in 2007, Carla
spent over 2 years working with Acute Care Hospitals across the country, implementing
and training new revenue management departments on clinical auditing of concurrent
claims as well as performing retrospective claim reviews to ensure proper payment
adjudication.
After earning a teaching credential in vocational education from University
of California at San Diego, Carla spent over 5 years successfully teaching
medical occupations, specializing in coding, reimbursement requirements and
back office medical assisting.
Carla is a current member of HFMA.
Marc Loeb,
Vice President, Clinical Operations
Marc has been in the healthcare industry for 25 years.
After graduating nursing school from Pacific Coast College,
Marc worked setting up outpatient urgent care centers in Southern California.
With his experience and business acumen, Marc has been successful in organizing
infrastructure from both a business perspective as well as clinical. Marc has
successfully integrated billing and coding operations with clinical operations.
Marc spent several years working with a large emergency medicine group with operations
across the United States. Marc worked with several emergency physicians streamlining
emergency department operations; organizing patient flow with fast track integration.
As Vice President of Clinical Operations, Marc is currently responsible for oversight
of verification, coding and document review. He also works very closely with Corporate
Compliance and Quality Assurance to ensure proficiency.
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