Michael Stearns, MD

Healthcare Consultant, Hospital & Health Care

Michael Stearns, MD Profile

Michael Stearns, MD's Bio:

  Michael Stearns, MD, CPC is a board certified neurologist, clinical informaticist, coding professional, award winning teacher, and accomplished author.  He has 15 years of direct patient care experience in clinical and academic medicine and 16 years of direct engagement in several high profile health information technology (HIT) initiatives.  Dr. Michael Stearns currently provides consulting services to a number of organizations; helping them meet their clinical and business objectives through the advanced use of health information technology.  Dr. Michael Stearns has provided leadership to informatics projects at the National Library of Medicine, the National Cancer Institute, both located in Bethesda, Maryland, and the College of American Pathologists, based in Northfield, Illinois.  He served as the international director of SNOMED International, where he played a central role in the development of SNOMED CT.  Michael Stearns, MD has also provided direction and leadership to two leading EHR vendors, served as the founding board president for the Texas e-Health Alliance, and sits on numerous boards and committees including the National Patient Safety Board, the AHIMA Physician Practice Counsel, the University of Texas at Austin HIT Certification Program Curriculum Committee, and the University of Texas at Austin Health Information Exchange Laboratory. Dr. Michael Stearns also played a central role in the formation of the University of Texas at Austin HIT certificate program, a nationally recognized model for HIT workforce development.  He is also a certified professional coder and a leading expert on computer assisted coding in EHRs.  He lectures on a variety of HIT topics including HIT policy, patient privacy, patient safety, interoperability, natural language processing, clinical decision support, genomic medicine, data integrity, ICD-10-CM, SNOMED CT, coding compliance, practice optimization and other topics.  Over the past 2 years he has been invited to testify in Washington, D.C. before federal HIT policy organizations on 5 separate occasions, and in June of 2012 he recieved an exclusive invitations to attend a White House Town Hall event on the impact of the HITECH Act on HIT adoption.  Michael Stearns, MD, CPC,  is the principle and founder of Stearns Healthcare Consulting, and organization that provides health information technology and compliance services to healthcare organizations, vendors and attorneys.  Michael Stearns, MD, CPC  Email: mcjstearns@gmail.com www.stearnshealthcareconsulting.com

Michael Stearns, MD's Experience:

  • Physician Compliance Specialist at Health Law Network

    November 2013 - Present | Atlanta, Georgia

    Audit clinical and billing records

  • Principle and Cofounder at Stearns Healthcare Consulting

    July 2012 - Present | Austin, Texas

    Provide health Information Technology and compliance consulting services to software vendors, investors, legal organizations and healthcare organizations.

  • HIT and Compliance Consultant at Precyse , Inc.

    September 2012 - June 2014 | Austin, Texas

    Providing HIT and compliance consulting services.

  • Founding Board President at Texas e-Health Alliance

    March 2009 - July 2012 | Austin, Texas

    Help found an non-profit health information technology policy and advocacy organization that represented the majority of health information technology stakeholders in the State of Texas. Cofounded a training program and the University of Texas at Austin. Advised the Texas legislature on bills impacted by health information technologies.

  • Chief Executive Officer at e-MDs

    September 2009 - July 2012 | Austin, Texas

    Managed all executive functions for a leading electronic health record vendor. Oversaw an increase in revenue of more than 300% over a three year period.

  • Chief Medical Officer at e-MDs

    December 2006 - September 2007 | Austin, Texas

    Managed all clinical operations for a leading electronic health record vendor and provided C-level sales assistance.

  • International Director of SNOMED CT at SNOMED CT (College of American Pathologists)

    July 1999 - September 2001 | Northfield, Illinois

    Managed the formation of SNOMED CT from SNOMED RT and the British Clinical Terms. Served on the executive editorial board and chaired the clinical design and technical design working groups. Managed the work product of over 40 physicians on 3 continents.

  • Project Manager and Neurologic Consultant at National Library of Medicine (via contractor)

    1999 - 2001 | Bethesda, Maryland

    Managed a team of contractors involved with editing the UMLS. Performed a nearly complete revision of the neurology chapter of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), thesaurus. UMLS and MeSH are used to drive literature searches in PubMed.

  • Physician informaticist at National Cancer Institute (via contractor)

    August 1997 - June 1999 | Bethesda, Maryland

    Provided leadership for the development of the NCI Metathesaurus that includes clinical and molecular biology concepts. It was designed to support cancer research using advanced reference terminology constructs, similar to SNOMED CT.

Michael Stearns, MD's Education:

  • University of Maryland School of Medicine

    1985 – 1989
    Neurology Residency
    Concentration: Neurology
    Activities: Neurology resident, chief resident

  • Georgetown University School of Medicine

    1980 – 1984
    Doctor of Medicine

Michael Stearns, MD's Interests & Activities:

Health Information Technology, Compliance, Genomic Medicine, Data Integrity, Interoperability, Clinical Research, Consumer Engagement