Sinaiko, the founder and
chief executive officer of Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting. "I felt it was essential to broaden
our dedicated senior management resources to ensure that we continue
to deliver the high-quality consulting work our clients have come to
expect.

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Sue earned her Bachelor of Science
Degree in Business Administration from Towson State University . For more information, please go to www. Watson was the leader of the Pacific Northwest healthcare
practice for Capgemini. ECG has offices in Seattle, Boston, San Diego, and
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Mr. His background includes business
planning for health systems, ambulatory care organizations, and behavioral
health facilities; business expansion guidance for new facilities and joint
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As the new president of Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Jeff
Sinaiko (Richard's son), who joined the firm in 1991 and was named
senior vice president in 1999, will assume responsibility for
overseeing the day-to-day operations of one of the nation's leading
healthcare management consulting firms.

Fink have joined the
company's San Diego office as principal and senior manager, respectively. Watson brings to ECG more than 20 years of experience helping
healthcare clients grow and prosper.

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Her in-depth knowledge has contributed to being a sought after
resource in litigation matters, both civil and criminal, by many of
the leading healthcare law firms. John N. He was also a founding executive of a large
healthcare transaction services company in San Diego and led the healthcare
strategy practice in the western United States for Andersen.A.

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Moreover, these promotions will enable us to establish a
platform for continued growth as we explore some exciting new business
opportunities.
Jeff Sinaiko has 14 years of experience advising healthcare
organizations on complex transactions, practice operations, fair
market value, compliance improvement matters and strategic business
decisions . Sinaiko senior consultants are
professionals with 10 to 30 years of experience in various facets of
the industry, including hospitals, medical groups, managed care
organizations and academic institutions.

"With the growing need for healthcare organizations to become more
efficient , we have added leading experts to meet market demand for our
services," said Gary K. ECG is particularly known for specialized expertise regarding
hospital and physician relationships, strategic and business planning,
specialty program development, and the complexities of the academic
healthcare enterprise .

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Jeff also serves as a frequent lecturer at the UCLA School of Public
Health program in Health Services Management and is on the Executive
Committee of the Board at the Venice Family Clinic. Their depth of strategic planning,
financial, and operational experience complements ECG's service offering. He will apply his leadership and
innovative approach to assisting clients with strategic planning and growth
initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, and operational issues. Fink has more than 13 years of healthcare consulting experience.

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The announcements were made by Richard E.
Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting was founded in 1990 by Richard
Sinaiko, whose vision was to bring together the best and brightest
consulting talent in the industry to provide expert advice, solutions
and service to the firm's clients.

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"We have continued to enjoy significant growth in the size and
scope of consulting assignments from our clients in each of the past
five years, and our firm is now double the size that it was just two
years ago," said Richard Sinaiko. The firm's primary service
areas are: Revenue Cycle/Operations Improvement; Coding; Compliance;
Transactions and Valuations; Litigation Support; and Strategic
Planning.

PRESS RELEASE ECG Management Consultants Inc. Adds Two Experts to Growing Office

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nation's premier healthcare management consulting firms, today announced
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Sue maintains certifications as a professional coder, professional
coding instructor and as a certified compliance professional . Fink is certified as
a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute
(PMI) and is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association
(HFMA).

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Jeff and Sue have proven to be outstanding leaders
within our firm and I very much look forward to their continued
contributions in maintaining our commitment to the quality, integrity
and outstanding results that we provide to our clients in the years
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Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

LOS ANGELES----Reflecting the
continued growth and expansion of the firm, Sinaiko Healthcare
Consulting has tapped Jeff Sinaiko to become president and Sue Antoni
as senior vice president of the firm.

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Sue has become a recognized expert in matters related to
professional coding, compliance and the operations of provider
organizations, particularly in all areas impacting the revenue cycle. She
joined Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting in 1997 and was named vice
president of the firm in 2001. Prior to
joining ECG, Mr.

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Sue Antoni has 13 years of experience in healthcare management and
currently advises clients on coding and compliance issues , medical
practice management challenges, practice operations matters, billing
and collection problems , and complex reimbursement analyses.com

A Certified
Public Accountant and a graduate , with honors, of Chapman University, he is
active in many civic and professional organizations.

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He is a recognized authority on healthcare management
issues, having published articles in a number of professional journals
and spoken at industry conferences nationwide, including American
Health Lawyers and the Healthcare Compliance Association meetings. "We believe it is important to provide additional resources for
our clients in southern California. Mr.B.S.

ECG is a national firm that provides a broad range of strategic ,
operational, and technology-related consulting services to healthcare
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