Allegiant Experts is a specialty healthcare consultancy that works to support all aspects of healthcare. Our team of experts supports patients, providers, health plans, software companies, and attorneys to navigate healthcare coding, billing, and documentation policy, guidance, and regulations in order to ensure acute payment and data capture.

brad schmor

phd

Vice President and Healthcare Data Expert

Prior to joining Allegiant Experts, Brad Schmor worked in industrial chemistry as a medicinal chemist engaged in drug design and development. For the past 10 years, he has worked in the areas of medical data analysis, pricing methodology, and regulatory research. His scientific background, training, and expertise allow him to approach data analysis and problem-solving in unique ways.

He doesn’t just look at “what numbers are,” but instead examines the relationships and patterns that produce the data, transforming those findings from mere information into knowledge.

Phil Hargreaves

rn, msn, cpc

Clinical Consultant

Phil Hargreaves knows the healthcare industry from the inside. As a registered nurse with over 35 years of clinical experience, Phil began his professional career in Australia and has worked in a variety of clinical environments including critical care, aboriginal community health, and psychiatry care. After moving to the United States, Phil worked for the Veterans Health Administration for 18 years, serving in a variety of clinical and leadership roles. As an ICU nurse manager, he implemented a shared governance approach to unit management and clinical care; at the national level, as director for resuscitation education, Phil developed a process for evaluation of hospital wide ‘code’ responses that led to updates to training and the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation directive.  While acting as special assistant (clinical) to VA Central Office in Washington, DC, he chaired a national review committee for remote cardiac monitoring across the VA facilities that resulted in the creation of new guidelines for telemetry monitoring care within the VHA. 

Additionally, Phil has been involved in clinical information systems, patient safety and clinical documentation reviews at local, regional and national levels. These skills and background provide a unique service to Allegiant Experts’ clients in clinical documentation review, care analysis and application of clinical guidelines. Phil is also a certified medical coder further expanding the scope of medical billing review within Allegiant Experts.

dee soule

bba, mba (health care management), cpc, chca

Coding Consultant

Dee Soule is a certified coder and auditor with 20+ years’ experience who uses her extensive understanding and hands-on training to apply a practical, real-world philosophy to healthcare billing and coding. Beginning her career in admitting for an ER, Dee has intimate knowledge of how medical practices can effectively apply billing/collections to coding for more successful management. She specializes in coding compliance reviews, documentation improvement, HIPAA training, and full office compliance reviews. Dee also concentrates on audit and litigation support services for personal injury protection and fraud cases,

Dee estimates that she has reviewed in excess of a million records over the course of her career. Her enthusiasm remains in helping physicians to “get it right” – to support healthcare professionals to be efficient and elite providers who also are compliant with industry standards for producing quality medical records.