Herschel Lessin

Executive Committee, Section on Administration and Practice Management, American Academy of Pediatrics

This section is tasked with education physicians about Practice Management Issues and advising the AAP of the impact its policies have on practicing pediatricians.

Editorial Board, Practice Management Online, American Academy of Pediatrics

Makes editorial decisions on this extensive Practice Management resource for physicians hosted on the AAP website

Founding Partner, The Children's Medical Group, PLLC

A founding partner of this large group practice that resulted from the merger of Pediatric and Adolescent Associates (est.1932) and the Hudson Valley Pediatric Group (est. 1954). Through planned growth and expansion, the group now has 21 pediatricians and 3 pediatric nurse practitioners, providing care for nearly 32,000 children in eight Hudson Valley offices. The group sees about 110,000 patient visits per year and is one of the larger single specialty Pediatric groups in the USA.

Founding Member and Chairman of the Taconic Independent Practice Association

TIPA contracts with managed care organizations to provide physician services to the contracted plan’s subscribers. With over 3000 physician members, TIPA is one of the larger IPA’s in the United States and provides care for over 150,000 plan subscribers.

Board of Directors, MVP Healthcare

MVP Healthcare is a regional not for profit health care insurance holding company comprised of multiple subsidiary corporations including MVP Health Plan, Rochester Area HMO, and multiple MVP corporations. Resulted from acquisition of Preferred Care HMO by MVP. Board is responsible for the operations of all subsidiary corporations and covers more than 650,000 lives with total
annual premium revenue of nearly $3 billion.

International Medical Mission Vounteer Physician

Over the past decade, I have gone on about a dozen medical mission trips providing free medical care to indigent patients and education to local physicians including trips to Vietnam, Honduras, Ghana, Guatemala, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.

Certified Managed Care Executive, America's Health Insurance Plans

Graduate of year-long Executive Leadership Program of America's Health Insurance Plans. Via mentoring, site visits, didactic sessions and hands on experience, the CMCE is immersed and trained in the cutting edge of managed care.

Senior Consultant, The Verden Group

The Verden Group,is a full service practice management and medical business consulting group serving physician practices, hospitals, corporations, and other healthcare organizations. I consult on an independent contractor basis.

Director of Clinical Research, The Children's Medical Group

Responsible for over-seeing all clinical research activities at the group, supervising study co-ordinators and staff, interfacing with study sponsors. I have been a principal investigator on more than 2 dozen clinical studies

Medical Director, The Children's Medical Group, PLLC

Responsible for developing Quality Improvement processes and clinical protocols. Also conducts audits and supervises in-house CME for phyicians and other clinical staff.

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Physicians Practice Live Virtual Conference and Exhibition  Internet Streaming

2011-04-27

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Buffalo Pediatric Society. Avoiding common business problems  Buffalo, NY

2010-03-10

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Children's National Medical Center Annual Practice Management Conference  Bethesda, MD

2009-10-18

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Physician Time Management, Physicians Practice Magazine Management Seminar  Maimonides Medical Center, Bronx NY

2009-05-21

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Pysicians Computer Corporation Annual Users Conference  Burlington, VT

2007-07-19

ADHD: Why does my child behave this way and how do I stop it?

An overview of the symptoms, diagnosis, physiology, and treatment of ADHD. Can be aimed at either parents or professionals

ACO's and Healthcare Reform: What's a Doctor to do?

A review of the ACO concept and some things physicians might think about before joining one.