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 has received many accolades throughout his civilian career that places him as one of the most experienced and versatile Health Care Executives in the World.

During his professional career, he has worked for multiple hospitals, primary and specialty practices and several healthcare businesses and organizations (billing companies, ambulatory surgical centers, biomedical labs, research companies, etc.).  As an entrepreneur and business professional, he has also owned various clinics, rehab and community mental health centers, information technology (IT) companies, and Management Service Organizations (MSOs).

Dr. Delgado’s IT’s experience started over 40 years ago as a programmer using machine language coding.  He also spent five years in the Air Force Space and Missile program and had the opportunity to work with Hughes Aircraft as part of the team developing the United States’ Star Wars program.  His IT experience continued in the private world, where under one of his own companies, he developed a document management system (DMS) that evolved into an electronic health record system.  One of the peculiarities of this system is the security protocols which were developed based on the Navy’s guidelines for handling electronic top-secret documentation.  The system was developed with enough versatility that the same could be adapted to vertical lines of businesses with minimum modifications.

Dr. Delgado’s performance in the Air Force led to his selection to create the contracting arm of the Air Forces’ Latin American territory, better known as USSOUTHAF.  As the Air Force’s Director of contract in Latin America, Dr. Delgado was directly responsible for logistics, contingencies and special programs in a territory encompassing 25% of the World; secondary responsibility for the rest of the world.  On a daily basis, he handled programs worth millions of dollars in multiple countries. He also coordinated the logistics to build clinics and support operations in remote areas of the world.

His grasp of the current healthcare compliance requirements in the United States led him to create the protocols and content (policies, forms, schedule of events and training) of EPI’s Compliance system. He also developed a HIPAA Security Officer Certification program, a HIPAA Security Business Certification program and a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment template for Covered Entities and Business Associates. Dr. Delgado’s HITECH knowledge and experience has made him the “go to” person for cases involving Healthcare Providers and Organizations. Dr. Delgado’s fearless attitude and commitment to his clients has resulted in elevation and resolution of cases at the Medicare’s offices in Washington level.  In each case, Dr. Delgado was able to obtain a decision in favor of his clients.

Under the banner of Taino Consultants, Dr. Delgado has assisted with the opening of multiple health care businesses. Dr. Delgado’s teams also assist with efficiencies, compliance, marketing, operations, licensing and certification of healthcare businesses and professionals.  Under Dr. Delgado’s leadership, Taino Consultants Inc. was certified as a Minority Veteran owned Federal contractor. The significance of these certifications cannot be overlooked, as the same has resulted in Taino Consultants and Dr. Delgado being a go-to resource for Federal Organizations such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the United States Veteran of Department Affairs.

Originally from the Bronx, NY, Dr. Joseph Rosado moved down to the Central Florida region to work as an orderly and EMT/Paramedic. It was there that Dr. Rosado realized his passion for the medical profession. He started chiropractic school at Life College in Marietta, GA where he graduated cum laude with a BS degree in Clinical Nutrition and a doctor of chiropractic degree. After practicing for several years, he went on to Universidad Central del Este, in San Pedro de Macoris where in 2001 he graduated suma cum laude with his medical degree. After working as physician and clinic Director in Salt Lake City, UT, team physician for the Costa Rican Institute of Recreation and Sports, and staff physician at Hospital Metropolitano in San Juan, PR. Dr. Rosado relocated back to Florida in 2005 after completing his MBA in Health Care Management from University of Phoenix, magna cum laude. He worked as the Director of the Communicable Disease Division/Epidemiology and Immunization departments as well as the Sr. Lead Physician at St. Johns County Health Department.

Dr. Rosado then moved on to Tricounty Hospital in Williston, FL to be the medical director. At the same time, he worked in a private practice with the Institute of Medical and Cardiovascular Excellence (IME/ICE) in Williston and The Villages providing primary and functional/regenerative care. Upon resigning from both Tricounty Hospital and ICE, he worked as a temporary (Locum Tenens) physician at the North FL Evaluation and Treatment Center in Gainesville, FL, Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, FL, Escambia County Jail in Pensacola, FL, Florida Health Source in Pierson/Deltona, FL and Genesis Family Practice in Orange City, FL.

He was on the bureau of speakers for the United For Care (Amendment 2) campaign in 2014 and 2016. In 2015, Dr. Rosado took both the Florida Physicians Cannabis Course and the Florida Cannabis Medical Directors Course so that by Summer of 2016, he was the first to recommend high CBD:low THC in the greater Central Florida region to an adult patient with Stage 3 brain cancer. By Fall of 2016, he was the first to recommend medical cannabis (THC:CBD 1:1), in the state of FL, to a pediatric patient, who was terminally ill.

Presently, Dr. Rosado is providing primary care services, together with Immigration Physicals, Alternative Addiction Management Therapy and Therapeutic Cannabis (Medical Marijuana) recommendations at Comprehensive Health Center in Orlando, FL; and volunteers once a month at Shepherd’s Hope Community Clinics.

In her counsel to corporate and health care companies, Samantha Prokop serves as an advisor to clients establishing new businesses, executing mergers and acquisitions, and navigating business disputes and break-ups. Sam has served as a risk manager and general counsel for a multi-location hospital system.

Through her-range of experience, Sam aims to help her clients remove barriers to develop practical, workable solutions to their complex problems, addressing immediate issues while developing long-term strategies for growth.

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.

Scott A. Hepford is Co-Founder and CEO of Well Cell Global LLC and Well Cell Support LLC, which are multinational healthcare innovation companies that operate under the names Diabetes Relief, RestorMetabolix, Diabetes Relax, and Diabetes Relief Middle East in 40 locations in the USA, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Lebanon, with additional sites underway.  Well Cell’s primary mission is to provide its groundbreaking processes to physicians worldwide, assist in achieving better clinical outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs. To serve millions of patients, Well Cell licenses its patented Physician-Directed Physiologic Insulin Resensitization modality to trained, certified providers. This adjunct modality administers insulin as a hormone rather than a drug as it addresses the primary cause of Diabetes, metabolic failure. By utilizing insulin in a manner that bio-mimics normal physiology, insulin resistance is reduced, helping blood sugar more readily enter each cell and be converted into energy.

Scott A. Hepford is a seasoned entrepreneur, operations executive and biotech innovator with 20+ years’ experience managing and growing public and private companies. His experience spans several industries, including Healthcare, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Private Equity, Oil & Gas, Global Travel, and Information Technology.  He has served as a Fortune 100 executive and has grown companies, divisions, products, and programs. He holds issued patents and trademarks in the Healthcare industry and has consulted for companies ranging from the Fortune 10 to the fortune someday.  Hepford enjoys building highly effective teams through hands-on collaboration and service-based leadership principles.

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Peter Beltran, President/CEO of NeuroMed, has a 30-year successful career in the field of electromedicine. Mr. Beltran is the founder and developer of the most advanced High Definition frequency generator (HDfg)™, known as Electroanalgesia. This medical technology is used by physician’s in treating chronic and acute pain patients by delivering a high frequency and high energy signal directly to the affected areas.

According to Mr. Beltran, “It is an honor, a privilege, and a duty to have a purpose that calls us to help improve people’s lives. Each year, our work changes lives. Thousands have benefited from our advanced pain management system, but we know there are millions more who need this technology as well.”

Dr. Goyenechea holds a medical doctor degree. She founded STAT Medical Office Services in 1997 and has since been a hands-on CEO with 23 years experience in Medical Billing and Management. Her experience and insight into the medical world allows her to develop a unique and practical approach to serve her clients’ needs. With her medical background, she understands the unique challenges that today’s health care providers face.

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Dave is a Business Man, Entrepreneur, Husband, Father and Grandfather. Dave holds a Commercial Pilot’s License and owns a Land Development Company specializing in residential and commercial real estate development. Dave has developed over 200 Million in real estate projects over a 25-year span dealing with bank financing, entitlement work and construction.
Dave has vast and “first hand” experience with multiple litigation events including a 2-year legal battle ending in a judgement against a national bank on 8 counts of fraud. Dave has become an expert on the subject of Asset Protection through a lifetime of “real life” experiences. Dave finds pleasure teaching others about the traps and snares that await those who could very well find themselves unprepared for the legal twists and turns in life that could otherwise be easily navigated through preparation and simple planning.

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Dr. Yesenia Justiniano is a wound care & Hyperbaric medicine specialist. She has over 10 years’ experience in wound care and hyperbaric medicine and was the founding physician and medical director of several hyperbaric medicine programs in Puerto Rico. Dr. Justiniano’s expertise has been recognized by several organizations and businesses that utilized her knowledge and expertise as a professional speaker on behalf of her organizations.

Dr. Justiniano has also worked as a medical director for multiple organizations. She had led teams of wound care specialists and created protocols that to this date continued to be used by these organizations. Personalized treatment plans created under her supervision offered options that included wound dressings, debridement, compression therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, cellular products, topical growth factors, edema management, and non-invasive vascular assessments.

Dr. Justiniano’s presentations include but are not limited to:

1.      Las Maravillas del Oxígeno – Viva Mayagüez Magazine Año 3 Vol. 2

2.      Las Maravillas del Oxígeno – Buena Vida Magazine , June 2010

3.      El Oxígeno Hiperbárico y Nuestros Deportista – Buena Vida Magazine , July 2010

4.      De Vuelta a la Escuela… Nuevos Retos y Nuevas Soluciones – Buena Vida Magazine, August 2010

5.      Abracadabra… Cirugía sin Bisturí – Buena Vida, September 2010

6.      En guerra contra las ulceras – Periódico Plenitud Dorada, September 2010

7.      Ganándole al dolor… de frente a los efectos de la radiación – Buena Vida Magazine, October 2010

8.      Porque no solo de pan vive el hombre… – Buena Vida Magazine, November 2010

9.      Oxigenación Hiperbárica “magia” después del bisturí – Contorno Magazine, April 2013

Dr. Justiniano received her medical degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  She has multiple certifications in Wound Care, Wound Healing, and Hyperbaric Medicine. She completed her wound care internship at the Imperial Pointe Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Dr. Dolores Farrer is a surgically trained podiatrist whose career has focused on lower extremity wound care for over 27 years.  She has been certified in wound care by the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM) since 2003.  She was the primary investigator in several wound care research projects and currently serves as a board member of the Academy for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC).

Dr. Farrer has worked in private practice, hospitals, wound clinics, and nursing homes. She speaks nationally and enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience as a wound care expert.  She is a graduate of the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine and currently lives in Columbia, SC.  Dr. Farrer is VP of Medical Affairs for TherMidas and is passionate about promoting the use of thermography in the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers.

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Dr. Jose Vazquez Tanus is a board-certified graduate from San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. Is a fellowship-trained in Internal
Medicine, Invasive, Non-Invasive & Preventive Cardiology, from Saint Lukes Epicospal & Damas Cardiovascular training program with additional training in Heart Failure from Oshner Clinic, and certified clinical research professional. Dr. Vazquez Tanus is an Associate Professor of Medicine for the Ponce School of Medicine.

Is the founder of Research & Cardiovascular Center and Cardiometabolic Research Center in Ponce Puerto Rico, both dedicated clinical research centers with over 20 years experience as principal investigator in multiple clinical trials in Diabetes Mellitus, Atrial Fibrillation, Vitamin D, Angina, Heart Failure, Arterial Hypertension, Testosterone Optimization Therapy, Endocrine Diseases among others, with different pharmaceutical companies and universities within the United States and Puerto Rico. Also collaborating in writing and implementing clinical research protocols for INH.

Dr. Vazquez Tanus is a recognized National Leader for landmark multi-center clinical trials and recognized national and international speaker; was officially appointed National Leader for the multicenter clinical trial Vericiguat Global Study in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (VICTORIA).

Dr. Vazquez Tanus completed the advanced fellowship in Anti Aging, Regenerative & Functional Medicine, and fellowship training in Sports Medicine is certified in advanced IV Nutrition Therapies, and Stem Cells Therapies, also expert in Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and certified BioTE physician.

Dr. Vazquez Tanus also completed full training in Clinical Homeopathy by the C.E.D.H. in France. Actually with two successful practices in Ponce PR and Doral Florida

Jorge L. Narvaez a former Medicare auditor of Hospitals in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1987 -1993) as well as a former Medicare Auditor for Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities and ESRDs (exception requests) in the State of Florida (1993 – 1996) has vast experience with Medicare enrollment matters for all type of providers/facilities.

He was the Chief Operating Officer of a Medicare cost report consulting firm from 1996 to 2000.  Jorge is currently the President & CEO of Healthcare Compliance and Networking, Inc based in Jacksonville, Florida since 2000 and is a firm that specializes in Medicare compliance programs and billing for the outpatient rehabilitation providers.  Jorge has also been part owner on outpatient rehabilitation providers (including mental health).  His experience & exposure to different aspects of healthcare as a former Medicare auditor, as a former owner of healthcare providers and as a third-party biller/consultant has gained him respect in the provider community especially with Rehab Clinics (including therapists in independent practices).

His sense of entrepreneurship has allowed him to be in business for close to 24 years assisting different providers (in different states) with Medicare enrollment matters as well as specialized billing for outpatient rehabilitation facilities. Jorge always strives for efficiency and effectiveness of operations and is always assisting clients to reach their goals following those elements, always understanding that technology is a big part of it.  Among Jorge’s motto, there is “don’t ever try to sell something you won’t buy”, gaining him a reputation of a fair and legitimate team player when adding his organization as part of a Provider’s operational team.

George Kastroulis, CEO of Express Medical Group, has over 25 years of healthcare experience in operations, business development, clinical care and consulting. His focuses is on business growth, expanding profit centers and streamlining processes to achieve a higher level of patient care and increased margins.  Through his strategies, he has successfully grown several medical practices to multimillion dollar companies, some of which were on the brink of bankruptcy.

Mr. Kastroulis’ focus remains in medical, but his passion is on volunteerism in the food world.  He has formed the Putnam Breast Coalition to provide assistance to women of low income in the county he serves.  Additionally, he donates his time both to help people understand the bible and to assist build networks of physicians to assist people in need. In the food world he is CEO of Collected Foods, LLC, a successful spice retail company. There he blends his passions finding innovative uses of retail whole foods in the medical arena. 

Mr. Ray Walters, Customer Service Director and Certified HIPAA Security Officer of EPICompliance, a healthcare compliance firm dedicated to assisting medical offices and firms that do business with medical offices keep up with today’s massive regulatory compliance requirements.

EPICompliance has taken 40 combined years of practical legal, medical, and occupational regulatory experience to develop a comprehensive, invaluable tool, designed to protect its customers from HIPAA, ACA/OIG/Medicare & OSHA violations.

Ray’s primary responsibility is ensuring that every day, every month, his customers stay up to date with the ongoing compliance tasks at hand as well as utilizing the EPICompliance tool to its fullest potential.

Before EPICompliance, Ray received his bachelor’s in health administration in 2016 where he began his career as an office manager for several weight loss centers. He did not know the complexities of compliance until his practice was audited – truly a stressful experience – it was then where he developed a passion for helping others avoid this situation by implementing effective compliance programs.