Curriculum Vitae
Susan M. Nedza, MD, MBA, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
AIM Specialty Health, Inc.
snedzamd@gmail.com
630-842-8111
EDUCATION:
1999-2000
Executive Master's Program, Kellogg Graduate School of Management,
Northwestern University, MBA
1980-1984
Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine, MD
1976-1980
Gannon University, BS, Chemistry
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION:
1985-1987
Emergency Medicine, Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois
1984-1985
Internal Medicine, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
2008
Re-Certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine
1998
Re-certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine
1988
Certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine
LICENSURE:
1985-Present
State of Illinois
No. 036-071513
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
English
Spanish
French
PROFFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
2012- Present Chief Medical Officer
AIM Specialty Health, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
2010-2012
Vice President
Strategic Clinical Solutions
HealthyCircles, LLC
San Diego, California
2008-2010
Vice President
Clinical Quality and Patient Safety Strategy
Director, Clinical Practice Solutions
American Medical Association
Chicago, Illinois
2005-Present
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Emergency Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
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2003-2008
Chief Medical Officer, Region V
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Chicago, Illinois
2001-2005
Clinical Instructor
Department of Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
1998-2002
EMS Medical Consultant
Illinois Department of Public Health
1987-2000
Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Christ Hospital and Medical Center
1996-2002
Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Elmhurst, Illinois
1993-1995
Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Edward Hospital
1991-1992
Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mercy Hospital
1987-1992
Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine
LaGrange Memorial Hospital
LaGrange, Illinois
APPOINTMENTS:
1988-1992
Associate Chairman
Department of Emergency
Medicine
LaGrange Memorial Hospital
1987- 1993
Clinical Instructor
Department of Family
Practice Rush University
2011- Present Board of Directors , PSPC
Collaborative HRSA
2010- Present Institute of Medicine of Chicago
2008- 2010
Institute of Medicine, EBM
Roundtable Quality
Collaboratives
2004-2005
IRB Chicago Department of
Public Health
1995
EMS Medical Director
Edward Hospital Emergency
Medical Service System
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP:
1985- Present American College of Emergency Physicians
OFFICES HELD:
2001-2003
Member
Board of Directors
American College of Emergency Physicians
2000-2001
Chair
Patient Safety in the Emergency Department Environment Task Force
American College of Emergency Physicians
1998-2000
Chair
EMPAC
PAC of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians
1997-2000
Chair
State Legislative and Regulatory Committee
American College of Emergency Physicians
1997-1998
President
Illinois College of Emergency Physicians
1993-1999
Board of Directors
Illinois College of Emergency Physicians
1997
Chair
Alcohol Reporting Task Force
American College of Emergency Physicians
1996-1998
Chair
Health Policy Section
American College of Emergency Physicians
1992-1996
Chairman
Government Affairs Committee
Illinois College of Emergency Physicians
HONORS:
2008
Award of Achievement
Collegio Medico Cubano Libre
Chicago, Illinois
2008
Commencement Speaker
Master’s Program in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
2008
Administrator’s Citation
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
3
Department of Health and Human Services
Chicago, Illinois
2005
Bill B. Smiley Award Leadership Award
Illinois College of Emergency Physicians
Chicago, Illinois
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS:
2012
Healthcare 2014- What to Expect
John Heinz College
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2011
The Promise and Peril of HIT
Grand Rounds
Department of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
The Future of Medical Device Connectivity
Key Note Speaker
AAMI
San Antonio, Texas
2010
Health System Reform and Emergency Medicine
Grand Rounds
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Health Policy and the Uninsured
Cover the Uninsured Week
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Health System Reform- Value Based Purchasing
National Care Coordination Summit
Washington, DC
2009
Health System Reform: Impact of Proposed Legislation on Innovation
Chicago, Illinois
AMAfluhelp.org: A Case Study in Meaningful Use of Health Information
Technology
Washington DC
4
AMA Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement
Chicago, Illinois
Coding for Quality: Pay for Performance
Chicago, Illinois
Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology
Houston, Texas
Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Emergency Care Across the Continuum:
A Systems Approach
Boston, Massachusetts
The Quality Agenda in Health Policy:
Impact on HIT Adoption
Webinar
2008
Coding for Quality: Clinically Enhanced Data through CPT II Codes
Chicago, Illinois
PQRI 2009: Time To Get Up To Speed
Chicago, Illinois
Observation Medicine and the US Health Care System 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
Coding for Quality: The Expansion of Claims for Reporting Quality
Chicago, Illinois
PI CME: Implementing Performance Improvement CME In Hospital Settings
Chicago, Illinois
Coding for Quality: Augmented Claims Data through CPT II Codes- Health Plan
Leadership
Chicago, Illinois
The Role of the Profession in Defining the Value of Care
Chicago, Illinois
Crisis Care: Federal Government Role in Quality
Chicago, Illinois
Health System Transformation: Introduction to CMS Measures and Role in Patient
Safety
Chicago, Illinois
HQS 401: CMS Patient Safety Measures and Policies
Chicago, Illinois
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Crisis in Care: Cab the Government Help?
Illinois Chapter ACC
Chicago, Illinois
The Evolution of Emergency Medicine: The Impact of Value Based Purchasing
Emergency Department Practice Management Association
Chicago, Illinois
Measures that Matter: The Role of the Profession
Chicago, Illinois
Successful Documentation of POA
Chicago, Illinois
Value Based Purchasing: Local Implications
Chicago, Illinois
Quality Healthcare: Understanding and Communicating Why it Matters
Chicago, Illinois
Quality of Care: Transforming Health Care Through Payment Reform, Public Reporting
and Enforcement
Compliance Institute
New Orleans, Louisiana
2007
PQRI Coding for Quality
Chicago, Illinois
The Future of Emergency Medicine: The Redefining of Value
College of Emergency Physicians
Landing, Michigan
CMS’ Progress Toward Implementing Value Based Purchasing: PQRI Update
Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement
Chicago, Illinois
What is Value Based Purchasing and How Will It Effect my Life?
Meridian Health
Chicago, Illinois
2007 PQRI Paying for Quality
Chicago, Illinois
Medicare Value Based Purchasing: All Update
Chicago, Illinois
CMS Progress Toward Implementing Value Based Purchasing
Holy Cross Hospital/Illinois Hospital Association/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
Western Regional Trustee Symposium
Chicago, Illinois
Value Based Purchasing: Aligning Incentives for High Quality, Efficient and High Value
Care
Fienberg School of Medicine, Masters Program in Healthcare Quality and Patient
Safety
6
Evanston, Illinois
2007 PQRI Coding Guidance
Health Care Billing Management Association
Chicago, Illinois
2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI): Coding for Quality: The Measures
Module IV
Chicago, Illinois
2007 PQRI Guidance
Illinois State Medical Society
Chicago, Illinois
2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI): Strategies for Successful Reporting
International Oncology Network
Chicago, Illinois
CMS Episodic Group Panel
Chicago, Illinois
Career Choices in Emergency Medicine
Christ Hospital
Oak Lawn, Illinois
2007 PQRI Coding Guidance
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois
2007 PQRI Module 2: Preparation and Participation Strategies for Successful Reporting
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare/American Urological Association
Chicago, Illinois
PQRI Analytical Process
Chicago, Illinois
The Cardiovascular Perfect Storm
Chicago, Illinois
Medicare Hospital Value Based Purchasing Overview
Midwest Business Group on Health
Chicago, Illinois
Medicare Value Based Purchasing: Transformational Challenges for
Health System Leadership
The Governance Institute
2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Toward Successful Participation
Chicago, Illinois
2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: Physician Consortium for
Performance Improvement
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Chicago, Illinois
2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Chicago Medical Society/American College of Cardiology/Society of
Thoracic Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois
2006
People, Partnerships, Possibilities
Michigan
Special Needs Plans
Chicago, Illinois
Important Information for Health Care Professionals
Chicago, Illinois
CMS Payment for Quality: A Paradigm Shift
Chicago, Illinois
2005
CMS Quality Agenda
Advocate Health Care
Oakbrook, Illinois
The View from the Government: The Changing Landscape of Healthcare
Chicago, Illinois
National Medicare and You Training Program Older Adults, Physicians, Insurance
Companies
Chicago, Illinois
Physician Pay for Performance: Linking Reimbursement and Quality Emergency
Department Practice Management Association
Chicago, Illinois
The Hospital Governing Body: Roles and Responsibilities Related to the Medicare
Conditions of Participation
Chicago, Illinois
2004
Patient Safety in the Emergency Department Environment
MPRO Web Cast
Michigan
The Role of Government in Healthcare
Illinois Institute of Technology
Stuart Graduate School of Business
Chicago, Illinois
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003:
The Government Perspective
American Medical Association Annual RBRVS Meeting
Chicago, Illinois
Emerging Technology in the Emergency Department
AIM Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois
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The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003: Implications for Oncology Services
Illinois Medical Oncology Society Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003
Wisconsin Hospice Association
Green Bay, Wisconsin
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003
Chicago Bar Association
Health Law Section
Chicago, Illinois
Medicare Reimbursement: A Brave New World
University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
Chicago, Illinois
The Government’s Role in Defining Quality
Illinois Chapter, American College of Cardiology
Chicago, Illinois
Performance Measurement: Where do we go? Building on the Foundation
CMS Forum
Oak Brook, Illinois
Update on Medicare Quality Initiatives
Indiana Hospital and Health system Association Retreat
Indianapolis, Indiana
Physician Leadership Pathways: Choice or Happenstance?
Grand Rounds
Department of Emergency Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Physician Leadership Pathways: Choice or Happenstance?
Grand Rounds
Christina Hospital
Delaware
Evidence Based Guidelines- to Evidence Based Practice
Sociedad de Emergencia de Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Forty Five Leadership Suggestions in Forty Five Minutes
American College of Emergency Physicians Legislative and Leadership Meeting
Washington DC
CMS: Quality Initiatives
VHA Regional Meeting
Oak Brook, Illinois
9
2003
Implementing Evidence Based Guidelines
Clinica Alemana
Santiago, Chile
The Future of Emergency Medicine
ICEP Downstate Meeting
Bloomington, Illinois
Surge Capacity and ED Crowding: Can we have one without fixing the other?
"On Our Watch"
Chicago, Illinois
2002
Patient Safety and Medical Errors: Does it Still Matter?
Connecticut College of Emergency Medicine
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The Future of Emergency Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Department of Emergency Medicine
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Evidence Based Health Policy: An Oxymoron?
American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly
Seattle, Washington
The Emergency Department: Barometer of Healthcare Access in the Community
Kentucky Medical Association
Top Thirty Questions to Ask before Accepting a Position
University of Illinois
Department of Emergency Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Health Policy at 3am
Grand Rounds
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Emergency Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bedlam at the Bedside: Health Policy at 3am
American College of Emergency Physicians
Scientific Assembly
Chicago, Illinois
Patient Safety in the Emergency Department: Report from the ACEP
Patient Safety Task Force
Rules and Regulations: When will it end?
American College of Emergency Physicians
Scientific Assembly
Chicago, Illinois
2001
The Happy Physician and the Healthcare Consumer, Fairytale or Reality?
Health Care America Conference
Chicago, Illinois
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The Fragile Safety Net, Preserving Access to America's Emergency Departments
Legislative Leadership Conference
American College of Emergency Physicians
Patient Safety in the Pre-hospital Care Arena: What are the Challenges?
Legislative Leadership Conference
American College of Emergency Physicians
Emergency Medicine: Is this the career that I signed up for?
American College of Emergency Physicians
Michigan
Safety in the Emergency Department Environment
American College of Emergency Physicians
Michigan
2000
Panelist, National Summit on Patient Safety Research
QUIC
Chicago, Illinois
Panelist, Physician's Role in Performance Measurement
American College of Emergency Physicians
Coalition Building, Lessons I Learned on the Way to the Capitol
American College of Emergency Physicians
Moderator: Delivering High Quality, Cost-Effective Care/Economics of Emergency
Medicine
National Congress on Preserving America's Health Care Safety Net
1999
Mandatory vs. Permissive Reporting of Impaired Drivers
National Commission Against Drunk Driving
1998
The Emergency Physician and the Impaired Driver, Ethical and Legal Dilemmas of
Reporting to Law Enforcement
RESEARCH
2009
Advancing Ambulatory Quality Improvement, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Funded Study
PUBLICATIONS:
Nedza, SM. “A Call to Leadership: The Role of the Academic Medical Center in Driving Sustainable
Health System Improvement Through Performance Measurement” Academic Medicine: December 2009
- Volume 84 - Issue 12 - pp 1645-1647
Cone, D, Nedza, SM, Augustine, JJ, Davidson, SJ. Quality in Clinical Practice, Academic Emergency
Medicine. November, 2002: 9; 11.
Patient Safety in the Emergency Department Environment Report from the Patient Safety Task Force
www.acep.org September, 2001.
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A Final Lesson- "You are Not Alone", Notes from Business School, Epic, Illinois College of Emergency
Physicians, 1: January 2001
Nedza, SM. "The Prudent Non-Layperson", Annals of Emergency Medicine. December 2000: 36; 634.
Nedza, SM, Mulligan-Smith D, Harris R. Emergency departments and uninsured children: an enrollment
opportunity. Ann Emer Med. October 2000:36; 240-242.
Symptoms of a Potentially Fatal Illness: It's becoming Harder to Take Care of Patients, Epic, Illinois
College of Emergency Physicians, 5: October 2000.
Nedza, SM. “ Measuring Up: Quality Clinical Improvement Efforts Yield Success”, Clinical Practice.
December 2008: 2.
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