Dr. Beck has been Beacon’s President and CEO for almost 20 years. He has extensive clinical and administrative experience having served as an ED Medical Director for several busy emergency departments as well as Medical Director for a large multi-site emergency physician group. Dr. Beck is a nationally recognized leader in emergency medicine coding and reimbursement. He chaired the ACEP Reimbursement Committee from 2000 to 2003 and has lectured extensively for ACEP on various reimbursement topics. Dr. Beck currently serves as an ACEP representative to the AMA Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) and is Chairman of the ACEP Quality and Performance Committee. He is also a member of ACEP’s Coding and Nomenclature, Reimbursement and Federal Government Affairs Committees. Dr. Beck is responsible for the overall performance, quality and compliance of all functions provided by Beacon Medical Services.