Leadership Team
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Worth M. Saunders, M.H.A., FACHE serves as Chief Executive Officer of Greensboro Radiology, PA, a 51 provider sub specialized radiology practice in Greensboro, North Carolina. He also serves as CEO of Canopy Partners, Inc., which offers technology and management services to physician practices and hospitals. Worth has over eighteen years of experience in physician practice management, imaging center operations management and new business development. He previously served as Chief Administrative Officer for Mid-South Imaging & Therapeutics, PA., a large sub-specialized radiology practice based in Memphis, TN. He was the Regional Vice President of Operations – Central Region at Radiologix, Inc. (now part of Radnet), a publicly traded radiology services company based in Dallas, Texas. In addition, Worth is a fellow in the RBMA and ACHE and currently serves on the RBMA Payor Relations and Federal Affairs Committees. He has previously served on the RBMA Board and as Chair of the RBMA Payor Relations Committee. Worth’s educational background includes a Master of Healthcare Administration from the Medical College of Virginia and a BA in Russian Studies and International Relations from the University of Virginia. He is married with three children. |
Stephen Willis - CIO
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Stephen Willis serves as Chief Information Officer of Canopy Partners which offers technology and management services to physician practices and hospitals. Stephen has over 12 years experience in IT, with 8 of those years in the healthcare IT management across multiple disciplines. He previously served as CIO and Lead Systems Administrator for Greensboro Radiology and IT Manager for Physician’s Medical Enterprises. Stephen serves on numerous committees including the CIO Expert Panel for the McDowell Research Center for Global IT Management, and as a designing contributor to the Community Care of North Carolina’s effort to implement clinical decision support across the State. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest University. Stephen is married with one child. |
Simon Howarth - Business Analyst
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Simon Howarth serves as Business Analyst of Canopy Partners which offers technology and management services to physician practices and hospitals. Simon, a native of Great Britain, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and Association of Corporate Treasurers and has over 22 years experience in various financial management roles. He worked and qualified with KPMG in London, UK followed by roles at AstraZeneca PLC and Syngenta AG in the UK and Switzerland. Simon is married with two children and has resided in Greensboro for the past six years. |
Missy Pruitt - Billing Manager
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Missy Pruitt serves as the Billing Manager of Canopy Partners. Missy has over 13 years in Radiology Billing with 8 of those being in management. She oversees the daily operations of the billing department. Her experience includes new system implementation and training, HL7 interfacing and Insurance and Patient Collections. Missy has been a member of the NC Association of Radiological Business Managers for many years. She has served on the board for the last 3 years including serving as President in 2010. She is married with 2 daughters. |
Debbie Hodges - Director of Billing Operations
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Debbie Hodges is the Director of Billing Operations for Canopy Partners and has been with the group for ten years. Mrs. Hodges is a Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE) through the American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE), a branch of Medical Group Managers Association (MGMA). She is also a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt. She has been a member of MGMA since 1996, a member of RBMA since 2000, and a member of the North Carolina Association of Radiological Business Managers since 2000. She has served on the board of the NCARBM for 9 years as Secretary and VP of Information Technology and has recently started a new program for the NCARBM called Payer Relations. She is also a member of the Society of Radiation Oncology Administrators. Debbie has 24 years of healthcare management experience, 19 of those years in radiology and the rest in primary and multispecialty healthcare. She has an Associate in Applied Science Degree from Guilford Technical Community College. Debbie is married with four children. |
Michelle Johnson - Controller
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Michelle Johnson serves as Controller of Canopy Partners which provides accounting, payroll, and management services to physician practices. Michelle has over 20 years of experience in the accounting field with 15 of those years in the healthcare industry. Experience includes mergers, acquisitions, start-up companies, new imaging centers, and the filing of two successful Certificate of Need applications. |
Kim Sisk - Human Resources
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Kim Sisk serves as the Human Resource/Credentialing Supervisor of Canopy Partners which offers credentialing, human resources and management services to physician practices. Kim has 11 years of experience within the healthcare industry, 6 years in Credentialing and 4 years in Human Resources. Experience includes creating compensation guidebook, employee handbook, benefit administration, credentialing new physician and locations with payers and obtaining hospital privileges for new physicians. Kim has been a member of Society of Human Resource Management and Human Resource Management Association of Greensboro since 2009. Kim is married with 2 children. |
Jason Collins - Clinical Project Lead
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Jason Collins has been a leading expert in Imaging Informatics for a multi-specialty, multi-client Radiology Practice of forty-six doctors for seven years. His technical horizon covers different best in KLAS software related to Diagnostic Imaging Environments (five PACS, four RIS, two EMR, one VR, three HL7 engines, and over five various Billing systems). Jason communicates professionally with Vendors and at every level of a Healthcare Organization by hosting training seminars, attending routine Executive meetings, industry-specific trade shows, industry-wide IT training, and leading project teams. His relentlessness to detail is most valued in his ability to bridge the technical and business requirements of a successful company. Jason is married with 1 child. |
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