Herschel Lessin

Invited Speaker at Multiple Regional, State, and Local Medical Meetings, including Children's National Med. Ctr. in Wash. DC, Arizona AAP Mtg., Pediatric Guru's Meeting, Skytop, PA among many others

Speaker on various topics concerning Practice Management, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Economics, Vaccine economics, Caring for Pediatric Chronic Disease

Invited Speaker, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition 2008-current

Speaker on various topics concerning Practice Management, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Economics, Vaccine economics, Vaccine Policy, International Medical Missions, Caring for Pediatric Chronic Disease

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Pysicians Computer Corporation Annual Users Conference  Burlington, VT

2007-07-19

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AAP National Conference and Exhibition  2008 - 2012 Various locations (San Francisco, Boston, New Orleans, Orlando)

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13th Annual Pediatric Guru's Conference, Goryeb Childrens Hospital  Skytop Lodge, Skytop, PA

2011-06-03

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Arizona Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, Practice Management and Vaccine Economics  Phoenix, AZ

2010-11-13

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Physicians Practice Live Virtual Conference and Exhibition  Internet Streaming

2011-04-27

Developing Market Power: A discussion of Practice Aggregation Models

Given the rapid pace of healthcare refore and the changing health care marketplace, Private medical practices are going to be forced to aggregate into larger entities in order to compete. Various models of aggregating practices are discussed.

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