Paul Gurny

Mr. Gurny is the Managing Director of Essential Seminars for Physicians, LLC (ES4P), which provides educational seminars to physicians on a range of business issues. Most recently, Mr. Gurny was the VP for Quality Measurement and Performance Outcomes for InforMed, a database warehouse and care management firm. Prior to InforMed, he was the Deputy Secretary of Health Care Financing for the state of Maryland. He also worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of Research and Demonstrations and served as a technical advisor to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Standards and Quality Bureau. He graduated from the George Washington University and holds an MBA with a concentration in health care and an MSc in finance, both from Loyola University in Maryland.

• CMS - Special Achievement - Design of Competitive Bidding Payment Systems 1985
• Special Evaluation Design of Current Medicare Beneficiary Survey 1991
• Sustained Performance 1988, 1989, 1991
• HHS, OIG - Research Integrity - Clinical Laboratories 1988
• The National University Continuing Education Association - First Place Award 1996, 1999 Distance Learning Second Place 1999