A Consultant's Perspective From the Cat Bird's Seat

Stefani Daniels¹, Mindy Owen

• ¹Mindy Owen, RN, CRRN, CCM, Mindy's career in health care has included critical care neurosurgery and rehabilitation. She helped design and implement an SCI-TBI rehabilitation department at Wesley Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Mindy was the first Midwest Regional Director of CM for Intracorp and has developed and directed both acute and MCO CM/DM programs nationwide. She is a Charter Board member and Past President of CMSA, and Past Chair and Commissioner of CCMC. She is the Principal of Phoenix Healthcare Assoc. LLC-Coral Springs, Florida, specializing in Case Management education and management. Stefani Daniels, RN, MSNA, ACM, CMAC, is the founder and managing partner of Phoenix Medical Management, Inc, a Florida-based consultancy firm dedicated exclusively to hospital case management solutions. She is recognized as a leading authority on hospital case management, and in addition to her numerous speaking engagements, serves on the editorial boards of Professional Case Management, CMSA Today, and HCPro's Case Management Monthly. She may be reached at daniels@phoenixmed.net.