About Argus

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"THE PHYSICIAN PRACTICE MANAGEMENT COMPANY"

Adding Value: Argus strives to add superior value by focusing exclusively on all aspects of physician practice management for solo practitioners, groups, hospitals, IPA's and billing companies with the following services:

•	Argus provides state of the art web-based systems.
•	Argus provides an “a la carte” menu of services.
•	Argus provides high value / low cost systems and services through economies of scale and efficient technologies.
•	Argus provides “One Stop Shopping” for all physician practice management services.
•	Argus provides negotiating leverage by tying physicians together in a “Physician Purchasing Co-Op”.

HISTORY

Argus Medical Management was formed in 1995 as a joint venture between St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California and ProHealth Partners, a new integrated primary care medical group formed at the same time. All aspects of the management services were designed by physicians for physicians. In 2001, the physicians managed by Argus and the Argus management team purchased St. Mary Medical Center’s entire ownership in Argus. Today Argus is one of the few successful physician practice management companies in Southern California.

KEY PERSONNEL

C.E.O.: Robert C. Boullon, MBA, MPH

Robert Boullon has been involved with Argus since its inception in 1995 as the Acting Administrator, C.O.O. and C.E.O. for Argus. Previous to working for Argus, Mr. Boullon held various positions in hospital finance at hospitals in Southern California including Northridge Medical Center, City of Hope, St. Joseph, Burbank, Western Medical Centers, and St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach. Mr. Boullon has taught HealthCare Finance Courses at various Universities in Southern California including CalState Northridge, Chapman College and CalState Long Beach. Mr. Boullon is a past president of the HealthCare Financial Management Association of Southern California and has made numerous presentations at HFMA conferences. Mr. Boullon holds graduate degrees in Public Health from UCLA and Business from U.C. Irvine.

Finance and H.R.: Shing Huang, CPA (inactive) & Managers

Ms. Huang is the C.F.O.. She has extensive experience in public accounting, hospital and IPA finance prior to joining Argus in 1997. Ms. Huang oversees all financial operations and Human Resources. Ms. Huang holds a Bachelor' s Degree in Business from CalState Northridge.

Operations: Mary Storms & Regional Managers

Ms. Storms held a Vice President position at a major stock brokerage firm and was a licensed real estate agent.
She ran a staffing agency and managed a large medical group before joining Argus in 1995 (at inception) as Director of Operations. Ms. Storms serves as a consultant in all areas of Operations and Real Estate and Marketing for Argus.

Billing and EMR Services: Vivian Bigam & Billing Managers

Ms. Bigam is the Director of the Billing Office. She has over 20 years experience in physician and hospital outpatient billing including 15 years with Argus (since inception). Ms. Bigam has overseen mass scale systems conversions of over 100 physicians at a time. Ms. Bigam has experience on numerous physician practice management systems and helped design many of the parameters of a nationwide physician billing and practice management system. Ms. Bigam is certified for practice management and EMR on the Ingenix – CareTracker system.

Risk Management: Linda Grow

Ms. Grow has extensive experience in Risk Management, Credentialing and in OSHA and HIPAA compliance. Ms. Grow oversees Argus’ Physician Purchasing Co-Op and manages the Argus Malpractice Purchasing Program with over 150 physicians. Ms. Grow has been with Argus since it’s inception in 1995.

Systems, Outsourced Services and Marketing Support: Peachy Paulino

Ms. Paulino has a background in large scale business process reengineering projects and systems implementation prior to joining Argus in 2004. Ms. Paulino oversees Argus’ systems, outsourcing operations, group purchasing and marketing coordination. Ms. Paulino holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Management Engineering.