Edward R. Gaines, III, JD, CCP is the Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of MMP.  He is responsible for the compliance functions at MMP, bringing over 14 years of healthcare experience to the company.

Mr. Gaines joined MMP in 2007.  Prior to MMP’s acquisition of Healthcare Business Resources, Inc. (HBR), Mr. Gaines served as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for HBR.  

Mr. Gaines is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Emergency Department Practice Management Association. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Council of Ethical Organizations.  Mr. Gaines is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association’s Health Law Section and the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. In 2006, he received the North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians (NCCEP) Outstanding Emergency Medicine Advocate Award and in May 2008, EDPMA presented him with its highest honor, the EDPMA Founders Award.

Mr. Gaines earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Alma college, with honors, and earned his Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law.

Mr. Gaines is based in MMP’s Greensboro, North Carolina office.