Dennis Padget is the Lead Consultant for APF Consulting Services, Inc. as well as President and founder of DLPadget Enterprises, Inc. in The Villages, Florida. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He has an MBA degree from the University of Chicago and a BA degree from the University of Northern Iowa. Mr. Padget is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, and the Editorial Advisory Board of Pathology/Lab Coding Alert. He is a frequent speaker at state and national pathology and laboratory professional association meetings and has published several articles on hospital and physician payment, compliance and accounting issues.