ATA - American Telemedicine Association

The mission of the ATA Business and Finance SIG is to assess and develop business and financial strategies and practices required for assuring the sustainability and viability of programs providing telehealth services. This will be accomplished through:

Developing guidelines for best practices.
Recommending responses regarding proposed initiatives affecting telemedicine business practices to the ATA board.
Providing education on the business of telemedicine.

Monthly SIG meetings on the 2nd Monday of every month at 11:30am PST / 2:30pm EST. Call in number is 1-800-503-2899 and access code is 2231720.

Chair Nina Antoniotti, RN, MBA, PhD Program Manager-TeleHealth Marshfield Clinic TeleHealth Network 1000 N. Oak Avenue Marshfield, WI 54449 Phone: 715-389-3694 Email: antoniotti.nina@marshfieldclinic.org		Vice Chair Sally Davis Program Director, TeleHealth & Grant Administration Marquette General Health System 420 West Magnetic Street Marquette, MI 49855 Phone:906-225-3120 Fax:906-225-3120 Email: sdavis@mgh.org

Executive Committee:

Immediate Past Co-Chair Denny Lordan Director, Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center 601 W. 1st Ave. Suite 200 Spokane, WA 99201 Ph: (509) 232-8121 Fax:(509) 232-8344 Email: lordand@inhs.org		Immediate Past Co-Chair Sam Burgiss, PhD Professor, Department of Radiology University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine 1110 Rain Tree Road Knoxville, TN 37923 Phone: 865-693-4962 Fax: 865-582-9146 Email: sburgiss@yahoo.com

Gail Barker, PhD, MBA Co-Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program Maricopa County 550 E. Van Buren Building 2 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phone: 602-827-2119 or 602-827-2120 Email: barkerg@email.arizona.edu		Joe Ternullo Associate Director Telemedicine Partners HealthcCare Systems 2 Longfellow Place, Suite 216 Boston, MA 02114 Phone:617-726-4207 Fax:617-228-4611 Email: jternullo@partners.org

Dena Puskin, ScD Director, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth Health Resources and Services Administration US Department of Health and Human Services 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11A-16 Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: 301-443-0447 Email: dpuskin@hrsa.gov		William England, Ph.D., JD Director of Operations Universal Service Administrative Company, Rural Health Care Division 2120 L Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20037 Phone: 202-263-1624 Fax: 202-776-0080 Email: wengland@universalservice.org

Donna Hammack Chief Development Officer Saint Elizabeth Foundation 6900 L Street, Suite 100 Lincoln, NE 68510 Phone:402-219-7052 Fax: 402-219-8979 Email:dhammack@stez.org

SIG Goals for 2006-2007 (pdf)
SIG Goals for 2006-2007 (pdf)

The Business and Finance SIG Listserv acts as a resource for sharing information and fostering communication between SIG members and working groups. If you are already a member of the listserv click here (ata-bf@lists.lrs.com) to send a message. If you are not subscribed to the listserv click here to subscribe. (Please note: you must be a member of ATA in order to participate on the listserv).

New! Business Plan Template: A document to assist in the business and strategic planning of telehealth programs (pdf)
14 April 2008

New! Business Plan Budget (xls)
14 April 2008

NRH Center for Health & Disability Research: Field Guide
Breakeven Analysis Tool: Financial Simulation to Telerehabilitation (xls)

Breakeven Financial Simulation Tool (xls)
2006

Business Strategy Outline (html)
2004

Business & Finance Questionnaire: Key Factors for Success (pdf)

Business & Finance SIG Survey: "Key Factors for Success" (Prelim. Results) (ppt)
May 3, 2004, ATA 2004 Annual Meeting

Audio recording of the October Committee Call (mp3)
Business & Finance Executive Committee Call Minutes, September 10, 2007 (word)
Business & Finance Executive Committee Call Minutes, August 13, 2007 (word)
Audio recording of the meeting available here (mp3)
Business & Finance Executive Committee Call Minutes, July 16, 2007 (word)
Audio recording of the meeting available in High Quality and Low Quality
Business and Finance SIG Executive Committee Summary, April 2007 (word)
Business and Finance SIG Conference Call Minutes, October 2006 (word)
Business and Finance SIG Executive Committee Summary, August 2006 (word)
Business and Finance SIG Executive Committee Summary, July 2006 (word)
Business and Finance SIG Executive Committee Summary, June 2006 (word)
Business and Finance SIG Update, 26 May 2006 (word)

Telemedicine Reimbursement Central (in production)
2006 ATA Business and Finance SIG Forum Presentation: Break Even Analysis Models (ppt)
Denny Lordan
What Counts in Private Payer Determination of Telehealth Service Coverage Policy (ppt)
Dena Puskin
Resources Concerning RHIOs (ppt)
Sam Burgiss and Donna Hammack

If you are interested in participating in the Business and Finance Special Interest Group simply contact the chair of the SIG or email ATA at membership@americantelemed.org or call ATA at 202.223.3333.

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