Marcia Brauchler, MPH, FACMPE, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CPHQ

About Marcia Brauchler, MPH, FACMPE, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CPHQ

Marcia L. Brauchler, MPH, FACMPE, CPC, COC, CPC-I, CPHQ, is the Founder and President of Physicians' Ally, Inc. She advises physicians and practice administrators on managed care contracts, reimbursement, coding and compliance. Her experience includes working with nonprofit health maintenance organization operations management, hospital administration and as the executive director of several Colorado independent practice associations. Brauchler is a published author on HIPAA, Medigap standardization, coding issues and marketing physician practices. She earned her BS in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MPH from the University of California at Los Angeles. Brauchler is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders and the National Association of Healthcare Quality and has been a governor appointee to the Health Resources and Services Administration Strategic Task Force for statewide health reform and the board of the state’s uninsurable health insurance plan. She is the lead author of the Compliance Manual, HIPAA and OSHA Toolkits, available in the MGMA store.