Mary J. Hudec

Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operating Officer

Mary founded Odyssey Health Systems in 1995. Formerly, she was the Regional Vice President of AdvaCare, Inc. / Medi-Sec Division.

Mary possesses more than 20 years of successful practice management experience. She is knowledgeable in all phases of third-party billing and accounts receivable management. AdvaCare's Medi-Sec Division, commonly referred to as the Academic Practice Division was created when AdvaCare acquired Medi-Sec in July, 1991.

Mary began her tenure with Medi-Sec in February 1988 and was instrumental in building Medi-Sec as a national force in the practice management and computerized billing industry. As Senior Business Executive, Mary was responsible for the profit/loss of two processing centers and one satellite office with a staff of 75 employees servicing 186 client physicians of various specialties. Mary's primary focus was on client management with a dual emphasis on operations and business development. Throughout her tenure, Mary developed and implemented many operational procedures and protocols that Medi-Sec adopted and instituted on a national level. Under Mary's direct management, the Cleveland Business Center flourished.

Since then, Mary has been the Director of Corporate Resources for a multi-specialty group practice consisting of over 50 physicians. Prior to the inception of Odyssey Health Systems, she was the Director of Physician Services at Wise Management Services, Inc. In this role, Mary's responsibilities included the development and oversight of the physician billing and practice management component of Wise's service. Additionally, she handled the project management for such prestigious clients as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Professional Services and MetroHealth's Department of Medicine and Pediatrics. She has been associated with the Mt. Sinai Healthcare System as both an independent practice management consultant and as the Director of Operations for Business Health Network, a former Sinai affiliate.

As founder and CEO/COO of Odyssey Health Systems, Mary secured many prominent and distinguished client accounts. These include the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Fairview & Lakewood Hospital Physician Services Divisions, St. Agnes Hospital Integrated Specialist Group in Baltimore, Maryland, Cleveland Endovascular Institute, Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center, University Osteopathic Medical Center, University Hospitals Westlake Surgery Center and Cuyahoga Physicians Network, just to name a few. Current client specialties represent colorectal surgery, trauma/general surgery, critical care, pediatric cardiology, Ob/Gyn, gastroenterology, internal medicine, general orthopaedics including the sub-specialties of hand, spine, foot & ankle, oral & maxillofacial surgery and vascular surgery.

Cindy Fasline, CPC, SCP-OR

Director of Operations

Cindy brings over 19 years of medical billing and practice management experience to Odyssey Health Systems. Cindy was the Practice Manager for 11 years for Austintown Family Practice. In this position, Cindy's responsibilities included the daily oversight of business operations -- including OSHA and CLIA mandates.

Through Cindy’s leadership, Austintown Family Practice was successfully positioned for acquisition by Health Secure, Inc. in 1998. Cindy continued in her role as Practice Manager. She also took on the corporate responsibilities for managed care contract review and negotiation, physician credentialing and financial reporting. In September 1998, Cindy joined Sharon Regional Physician Services as Operations Coordinator for 26 multi-specialty provider practices involving 11 different satellite offices. In this position, Cindy supervised in combination with the Clinical Coordinator, approximately 100 employees.

Cindy was then promoted to the position of Reimbursement Coordinator and was responsible for the day to day operations of the central billing operation. Specialties included Orthopedics, Neurology, Radiation Oncology, OB/GYN, Physical Medicine, Anesthesia, Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Internal Medicine and Family Practice. Cindy was directly responsible for the development and implementation of the anesthesia billing division which included practice management information system selection, database development, departmental workflow development and implementation, coding and physician and staff training. Cindy became a certified procedural coder (CPC) in July 2000, and in addition to managing the operations of the CBO, assumed responsibility for physician and staff coding and documentation education, along with oversight of Sharon’s Corporate Compliance Program. In May 2003, NextMed Systems acquired Sharon Regional Physician Services. Cindy was promoted to Regional Client Services Executive and was responsible for the daily business operations of the Sharon offices, along with regional client services involving coding and reimbursement.

Cindy joined Odyssey Health Systems in July 2004 as Director of Operations and Reimbursement and continues in this role with Best Practices. Cindy’s primary focus is on billing operations with a dual responsibility for coding and reimbursement.