
Maria Todd
Maria Todd has more than 30 years in the healthcare industry as a paid
professional speaker, author and trainer. She has presented more than 2800
educational programs in 48 states and more than 50 countries. For corporate
events, professional societies, and trade associations, she brings decades
of award-winning local, state, national and international speaker
experience to your event.
Maria presents on healthcare business strategy, provider integration and
alignment, contracted reimbursement, concierge medicine, and health tourism
topics. These domains are also the subjects of her peer-reviewed books
published by Taylor and Francis and McGraw Hill Healthcare Education Group.
She is the author of fourteen industry books, including The Managed Care
Contracting Handbook 1st and 2nd editions, The Physician Employment
Contract Handbook, 1st and 2nd editions, IPA, PHO, MSO Development
Strategies, Refocusing the Lens: The New Physician Integration, Medical
Tourism Program Development, The Medical Tourism Facilitator's Handbook,
and The HIPAA Compliance Toolkit: Sample Forms, Policies and Procedures. She
also contributes regular featured articles as a columnist in four
international magazines and journals.
Maria's rapier wit coupled with clinical, administrative, health plan
contracting and network development work experience to the dais. She takes
these often dry, complicated subjects and turns them into
easy-to-understand sessions, with humorous real-world examples and
jam-packed with useful tips and techniques. Her understanding of contract
analysis, negotiation, mediation of disputes and expertise with various
health plan programs and reimbursement arrangements coupled with training
and work experience as a mediator and health law paralegal makes her among
the most sought after professional speakers in the industry.
Maria is an advanced member of HFMA. She has been awarded the Follmer
Bronze, Reeves Silver, and Muncie Gold Service Awards and helped many
chapters win Yerger and Hottam education awards. She was the first HFMA
national presenter to incorporate hands-on learning at the educational
seminar clusters in 1994. She frequently incorporates an Audience Response
System (ARS) for use in some of her programs to keep audience members
engaged and allows for the display of instant, meaningful results of
audience survey questions and polling responses.
Maria is the Education Chair of the Healthcare Business Institute a
nonprofit educational foundation in Denver. She is founder and CEO of
Mercury Healthcare International, and is a strategic advisor to healthcare
businesses, investors and government leaders. Maria will help you
publicize your event on Twitter, Facebook, and through her huge LinkedIn
following and her daily Coffee Breaks with Maria Todd newsletter
subscribers which has a 60% open rate (twice the national average).
Her Mercury Advisory Group website averages thousands of unique hits each day.
Maria Todd has more than 30 years in the healthcare industry as a paid
professional speaker, author and trainer. She has presented more than 2800
educational programs in 48 states and more than 50 countries. For corporate
events, professional societies, and trade associations, she brings decades
of award-winning local, state, national and international speaker
experience to your event.
Maria presents on healthcare business strategy, provider integration and
alignment, contracted reimbursement, concierge medicine, and health tourism
topics. These domains are also the subjects of her peer-reviewed books
published by Taylor and Francis and McGraw Hill Healthcare Education Group.
She is the author of fourteen industry books, including The Managed Care
Contracting Handbook 1st and 2nd editions, The Physician Employment
Contract Handbook, 1st and 2nd editions, IPA, PHO, MSO Development
Strategies, Refocusing the Lens: The New Physician Integration, Medical
Tourism Program Development, The Medical Tourism Facilitator's Handbook,
and The HIPAA Compliance Toolkit: Sample Forms, Policies and Procedures. She
also contributes regular featured articles as a columnist in four
international magazines and journals.
Maria's rapier wit coupled with clinical, administrative, health plan
contracting and network development work experience to the dais. She takes
these often dry, complicated subjects and turns them into
easy-to-understand sessions, with humorous real-world examples and
jam-packed with useful tips and techniques. Her understanding of contract
analysis, negotiation, mediation of disputes and expertise with various
health plan programs and reimbursement arrangements coupled with training
and work experience as a mediator and health law paralegal makes her among
the most sought after professional speakers in the industry.
Maria is an advanced member of HFMA. She has been awarded the Follmer
Bronze, Reeves Silver, and Muncie Gold Service Awards and helped many
chapters win Yerger and Hottam education awards. She was the first HFMA
national presenter to incorporate hands-on learning at the educational
seminar clusters in 1994. She frequently incorporates an Audience Response
System (ARS) for use in some of her programs to keep audience members
engaged and allows for the display of instant, meaningful results of
audience survey questions and polling responses.
Maria is the Education Chair of the Healthcare Business Institute a
nonprofit educational foundation in Denver. She is founder and CEO of
Mercury Healthcare International, and is a strategic advisor to healthcare
businesses, investors and government leaders. Maria will help you
publicize your event on Twitter, Facebook, and through her huge LinkedIn
following and her daily Coffee Breaks with Maria Todd newsletter
subscribers which has a 60% open rate (twice the national average).
Her Mercury Advisory Group website averages thousands of unique hits each day.
Analyzing and Negotiating Managed Care Contracts
For more than 15 years, Maria Todd the most-respected trainer in managed care contracting workshops led the two-day HFMA course on managed care contract analysis, strategy, and negotiation.
Before HFMA, she offered this class on a lecture circuit for The McGraw Hill Healthcare Education Group and numerous hospitals, trade and professional associations, universities, and commercial seminar and conference organizers including MGMA, PAHCOM, AICPA, HIDA, RSNA Ohio Podiatric...
Health Tourism Training
We bring tools, tips, techniques and global insights to your international patient department to raise skills in insurance contracting, marketing of health tourism services, and cultural and language awareness.
ACO Physician Leadership Team Retreat
Morning Introductions and Agenda Overview
First Exercise: The five questions we'll use to develop your winning strategy
Second Exercise: Developing the Mission and Vision Statement
Third Exercise: Articulating the Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
Fourth Exercise: Targeted Market Segments
Fifth Exercise: Targeted Contracts and Payer Organizations
Sixth...
Managed Care Contracting Strategy Retreat
Morning Introductions and Agenda Overview
First Exercise: The five questions we'll use to develop your winning strategy
Second Exercise: Articulating the Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
Third Exercise: Targeted Market Segments
Fourth Exercise: Targeted Contracts and Payer Organizations
Fifth Exercise: Your Organizational Game Plan: Increased profitability; Increased market share, High patient...
