Editorial team

The people behind these guides.

Quick answer

Every guide carries a byline and, where clinically or operationally relevant, a named reviewer. Contributors publish full credentials, areas of focus, and vendor-relationship disclosures, and recuse themselves from any coverage where a current relationship would create a conflict.

Bylines appear on every guide. Bios, credentials, and vendor-relationship disclosures live here. Anyone contributing content or clinical review publishes a disclosure statement and recuses from coverage where a current relationship would create a conflict.

About the author

Jordan Alderman · MBA, CMPE

Lead Editor, Revenue Cycle & Credentialing

Former practice administrator with a decade of operating experience running multi-provider primary care and behavioral health groups. Led billing vendor transitions, credentialing programs across 30+ payers, and EHR migrations before joining The Practice Vendor Review as lead editor for revenue cycle and credentialing coverage.

Areas of focus

In-house vs outsourced billing decisions
Payer contract negotiation
Credentialing and re-credentialing workflows
Denials management

Disclosure: Holds no vendor equity. Does not accept vendor consulting, referral, or speaking fees. Past employment includes clinical operations roles at independent practice groups; no current advisory relationships with vendors in categories covered on this site.

About the author

Dr. Maya Okafor · MD, MBI

Contributing Editor, Clinical Systems

Practicing internist and clinical informaticist. Contributes coverage of ambient AI scribes, EHR usability, and clinical documentation workflows from the perspective of a working physician. Previously served on health-system EHR selection committees before returning to independent practice.

Areas of focus

Ambient AI medical scribe evaluation
Clinical documentation workflows
EHR usability and physician satisfaction
Clinical decision support

Disclosure: Currently practices at an independent internal medicine group that uses commercially available EHR and scribe products. Names of employer and vendors used clinically are withheld from published content and are recused from coverage where they would create a conflict. No vendor equity, consulting, or speaking fees.

Editorial policy in one paragraph

We publish the rubric before we apply it. Vendors do not preview, approve, or pay for coverage. Corrections are annotated in place with the change date. Any material conflict is disclosed on the byline of the affected guide; when a conflict is disqualifying, the contributor recuses and a peer takes over the guide.