Conference Speakers

Dr. Jose I. Delgado is the CEO and President of Taino Consultants, a healthcare consulting company assisting healthcare professionals and organizations for over 20 years. Dr. Delgado is an entrepreneur who has owned clinics, rehab and community mental health centers. He also has extensive compliance experience that comes from his years as a United States Air Force contracting officer.

Dr. Delgado has been the brain trusted behind the development of the policies, forms and operational requirements of EPICompliance. He was also involved in the development team for the creation of Doculynx, a document management and multi-specialty electronic health record.

During his time in the Air Force, Dr. Delgado worked in projects such as Star Wars and the United States Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Program. He was also tasked with the creation of the 12th Air Force Contracting Unit which in addition to providing support to the United States Assets in Central and South America, they also worked in humanitarian projects such as the construction of clinics in their designated area of operations.

Attorney at RezLegal, a healthcare attorney firm in Jacksonville Florida. Ms. Prokop is an expert in matters dealing with HIPAA and healthcare compliance. She is also quite familiar with Government audits, overpayment appeals, healthcare mergers and acquisitions to mention a few.

Maria Colavito is a professor of philosophy and communications. Her employment background includes 30 years of clinical and administrative experience in positions in the private sector, higher education and social services, most recently as director of St. Johns County Health and Human Services in Florida. Dr. Colavito is a certified philosophical counselor and the author of four books. Her research on the biocultural paradigm has been cited by sources in the fields of child welfare, medical ethics, and culture studies.

Jose A. Delgado has a wealth of experience in business development, growth and management. For the last 17 years, Mr. Delgado has focused his experience in the hospitality, healthcare and finance industries. Jose possesses a natural love for debate, entrepreneurship, and a desire to innovate the healthcare and financial industries.

In the hospitality industry, Mr. Delgado learned the importance of various facets of business that can be easily overlooked in small to medium sized businesses from customer care/experience, human resources, business management, business culture, marketing and branding.

From healthcare, Mr. Delgado learned how systems could be absolutely crucial to running an effective business; but seeing its natural extreme implemented industry-wide in group think and abject fear in implementing best practices from other industries. Mr. Delgado also set out to help the healthcare providers understand the plethora of federal and state regulations that dictate how business can be run. And as every new year has brought more bureaucracy and regulation to the healthcare industry, Jose continues to seek innovation and freedom for providers to run their businesses more effectively, with more opportunity and with more profitability.

As a Director with the PHP Agency, Inc., Jose A. Delgado leverages the products and services to assist the community of North Florida to understand how money and finance works. Mr. Delgado specializes in protecting familial assets, preparing people for Long Term Care services and legacy planning through the use of financial products.