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Elena Merchand
Hi, I'm Elena Merchand, I'm an advocate for seniors & the health care providers who care for them.
Elena Merchand's Bio:
Elena Merchand's Experience:
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President/Chief Executive Officer at Marcon Group,Inc
January 2008 - 20102008 - 2010 MARCON GROUP President/Chief Executive Officer Supplying wound care products/ specialty dressings, LTC policies and procedures for wound care Servicing both Medicare and MediCal. Direct marketing and sales of the Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, low air loss therapy, and general DME. Providing seminars with Wound Care Education Institute (WCEI), several physicians groups - public speaking on wound care and treatments.
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Director of Sales and Marketing at ANICILLARY PROVIDER SERVICES / SKILLED NURSING PHARMACY
2006 - 2008Management of sales and marketing team. Major responsibility to cultivate new sales in Long Term Care facilities, Home Health Agencies, Managed Care and physicians for NPWT, dressing program in conjunction with AMT, specialty beds and pharmacy services. Teaming clinical staff through education and product knowledge with facilities needs.
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President / Chief Operating Officer at CAREPOINT HEALTH SERVICE
1994 - 2000Created a profitable DME/medical supply company specializing in wound care products, specialty beds, orthotics, and physical therapy supplies. Marketing skilled nursing homes and home health agencies. Covering the greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, Bakersfield and Riverside. Managed 25 employees, with a sales team of 5. Successfully and profitable sold the company.
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Regional Manger / Nurse Consultant at Convacare/Omnicare
1990 - 1994Direct sales and marketing of medical supplies to skilled nursing homes in greater Los Angeles area. Managed and trained a sales team of nurse consultants of 5 - 7. Provided product usage demonstration, wound care consulting, sales training, did presentations for large and small groups.
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Clinical Research Field Nurse at California Clinical Trials
1989 - 1990Responsible for field trials in Skilled Nursing Facilities for treatment of osteomylitis, and other wound care treatments (i.e. preliminary trials for granulex). Responsibilities included management of all protocol materials, recruitment of study participants and facilities.
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Advocate and Community Liason at Senior Places Network
March 2011Senior Places Network is a Free advocacy service that finds seniors the finest residential care homes and assisted living facilities in Southern California that meet their needs and budget. We have toured and evaluated hundreds of small residential care homes and large assisted living facilities, making us an expert resource. We are proud to offer practical advice to assist throughout the home search and transition.
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Wound Care Consultant at DermaRite Industries LLC
August 2010DermaRite Industries is a manufacturer of personal care, skin care and advanced wound care products servicing Wound Care Clinics, Nursing Homes, Home Health Agencies, Hospice and Hospitals. My primary responsibilities include sales and clinical/educational support in California.
Elena Merchand's Interests & Activities:
As an advocate for seniors, I enjoy helping families through the process of navigating the health care industry. I'm passionate about teaching physicians, social workers/case managers and medicare recipients about the new benefits offered by CMS - Transitional Care Management. With the goal to prevent readmissions and educate primary care doctors on how the new CPT codes are designed to increase the physicians revenue and provide higher quality care for discharging patients. With my years of experience working as a wound care consultant I've been fortunate to see many aspects of healthcare and have worked in every health care setting. As a mother of 2 wonderful boy and the wife to an amazing husband I enjoy living a healthy lifestyle, marathon running and regularly donating time to the community.
