Our coalition is made up of dedicated representatives from throughout the state, including owners, directors, consultants, and affiliate vendors, each doing their part to advance our mission and ensure Adult Day Medical Day Services as an industry is well-positioned to prosper. Adult Medical Day Service Centers are vital to the continuum of care for our ailing and aging adults in every county of the state in which we serve.

Joan Marie Granato
President

Ather Usmani
Treasurer

Divya Patel
Recording Secretary
Legislation Co-Chairs Legislation Committee

Gaetano Buttitta

Margarita Santiago

Amrish Bhimani

Jeff Wright
Membership Chair Membership Committee

Elizabeth Hall

Ather Usmani

Bernadette Pechilio
Documentation Chair Documentation Committee

Luanne Wood
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Luanne Wood, RHIT, CALA, CDP, Health Information Management Specialist, has been consulting in over 80 post-acute centers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Tennessee since 1979. Her expertise in regulatory documentation compliance, professional practices, E.H.R. transition and litigious charting has gained her an outstanding reputation in the post-acute care arena. She also has had two decades of experience conducting medical reviews for the Peer Review Organization of New Jersey and Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc.
After receiving her degree in Health Information Management; she received her Credentials from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Chicago, Illinois. She also has her certification from the New Jersey Department of Health as an Assisted Living Administrator. Most recently, she became certified as a Certified Dementia Practitioner by The National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners.
In 2011, she completed training from AHIMA in Chicago, Illinois, as an ICD-10 Trainer/Ambassador. For the past several years, she has been actively conducting ICD-10 seminars, focusing exclusively on the post-acute care setting. She is also a lecturer throughout the state, presenting topics in HIPAA and Legalities of Nursing Documentation in the Post-Acute Care Setting.
Ms. Wood is one of the founding partners and developers of MyAdultDayCare, an E.H.R. dedicated to Medical Adult Day Services.
She is a member of the American Health Information Management Association, New Jersey Health Information Management Association and actively serves on the New Jersey Health Information Management Long Term Care Committee. Civically, she is the Director (and founding member) of the Dream Factory of the Jersey Shore, a non- profit charity that grants dreams to critically and chronically ill children in four New Jersey counties.
Community Outreach Committee

Amrish Bhimani
Chair

Bernadette Pechilio
Website Development Chair

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Social Media Chair

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Professional Development Chair

Sparshil I. Patel,MD,MPH,CALA
Fundraising Chair

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Regional Chair (Northern)

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Regional Chair (Central)

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Ajay Patel (Southern)