MMP Welcomes Smith and Holland To Its Marketing and Client
Development Team - 02/16/2009

KENNESAW, GA February 16, 2009 – Medical Management Professionals (MMP), a national firm providing billing and practice management services to over 3,000 hospital-based physicians, has hired Tara Smith as its new communications specialist and Patrick Holland as its newest client development representative at its Kennesaw, Ga.- based Marketing office. Smith will oversee the company’s public relations and marketing communications initiatives across three specialty areas: radiology, anesthesiology and emergency medicine. Holland will conduct inside sales initiatives for the company’s Emergency Medicine area.

“Due to the ongoing media interest that surrounds the healthcare management industry sector, we deemed it necessary to bring on a communications specialist,” states Kelly Neumeier, marketing director for MMP. “We also realized the benefit of having someone in-house who can address industry issues and communicate them, in order to impact our customers’ knowledge of how to best meet their bottom line and enhance patient care.”

Kevin Shepherd, MMP’s chief development director adds, “In order to impact business development within our Emergency Medicine specialty area, we believed it was crucial to hire an inside sales representative to not only help us achieve 2009 sales goals in a struggling economy, but to essentially offer Emergency Departments with better billing and management options.”

Prior to joining MMP, Tara Smith served as a marketing communications manager with Spartanburg, S.C.-based ADO Corporation and garnered seven years’ experience across several public relations and marketing communications channels. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina and is currently a member of the PRSA (Public Relations Society of America), Georgia Chapter.

Patrick Holland joins MMP with a healthcare-based background as a business development associate with ApolloMD Physician Services. Holland obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Georgia.

About MMP
MMP was founded in 1993 and is a leading provider of billing and practice management services to hospital-based physicians. MMP currently serves over 3,000 hospital based physicians from more than 80 offices. MMP's flexible solutions range from billing-only services to full-practice management services. MMP serves practices ranging from less than 10 providers to more than 100 providers in private and academic group settings. Medical Management Professionals is part of CBIZ, a provider of outsourced business services to companies in the United States. For further information regarding Medical Management Professionals, visit www.cbizmmp.com.