Our Professionals

The SVMIC professionals working in Medical Practice Services apply their more than 100 years combined experience to ensure your practice meets the challenges of managed care, as well as other office practice issues.

Thomas H. Stearns, FACMPE Vice President, Medical Practice Services More than 35 Years Experience as Medical Management Executive Past Chair, American College of Medical Practice Executives Past Director and Finance Audit Chair, Medical Group Management Association Past President, Tennessee Medical Group Management Association Robert E. Patterson, FACMPE Assistant Vice President, Medical Practice Services More than 25 Years Experience as Medical Management Executive Past President, Tennessee Medical Group Management Association Randy W. Cook, MPH, FACMPE Senior Medical Practice Consultant More than 20 Years Experience as Medical Management Executive Director, Payer Contracting Society, MGMA Director, Housing Coalition of South Central Tennessee Jackie P. Boswell, MBA, FACMPE Senior Medical Practice Consultant More than 20 Years Experience as Medical Management Executive Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society, Massey Graduate School

Kathy R. White, FACMPE
Senior Medical Practice Consultant

• More than 15 Years Experience as Medical Practice Executive
• Past Member of Executive Council, Tennessee Medical Group Management Association

C. Anne Pontius, MBA, CMPE, MT(ASCP)
Senior Medical Practice Consultant

• More than 30 Years Experience as Medical Laboratory Executive and Consultant
• President of Clinical Laboratory Management Association

Loretta E. Duncan, FACMPE
Medical Practice Consultant

• More than 10 Years Experience as Healthcare Executive
• Past Director of Practice Management for Arkansas Medical Society

Frances M. Preston
Patient Relations Specialist

• More than 10 Years Experience in Customer Service
• More than 5 Years Experience in Government Service
• Director of Special Projects & Grants for Congresswomen Marsha Blackburn

Jane H. Carter, RHIA, CCS-P
Medical Practice Coding Consultant

• More than 30 Years Experience in Health Information Management
• Member of American and Tennessee Chapters of Health Information Management Association

Laura J. Watkins
Medical Practice Analyst

• More than 20 Years Experience as Medical Billing Specialist
• Allocations Committee for United Way of Williamson County

Claudia A. McCauley
Medical Practice Coordinator

• More than 25 Years Experience in Administration
• Past Director of Public Affairs for Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies