Douglas G Merrill MD MBA MA FASA

Physician Advisor, Utilization Review and Medical Director, Ethics

2500 Neff RoadBend, OR 97701
Phone+1 541-706-2770

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Summary

Dr. Douglas Merrill is Physician Advisor for the Utilization Management program at St. Charles Healthcare in Bend OR. He received his medical degree from University of Kansas School of Medicine and took residency in Anesthesiology at Stanford University Hospital. He has been active in Administrative Hospital management as a Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Chief Medical Officer with various academic appointments. As well, he has a Masters in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities and practices as a clinical ethicist and as Medical Director for the St. Charles Healthcare Ethics Program.

Education & Training

University of LouisvilleMA, Bioethics and Medical Humanities, 2013 - 2017
University of IowaMBA, 2007 - 2009
Tippie School of Business at the University of IowaMBA, Business, 2007 - 2009
University of WashingtonNo Degree, Certificate in Health Care Management, 2002 - 2003
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 1979 - 1981

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2014 - Present
OR State Medical License 2019 - 2027
WA State Medical License 2000 - 2027
AZ State Medical License 1986 - 2021
NH State Medical License 2009 - 2021
NV State Medical License 1981 - 2021
IA State Medical License 2007 - 2015
MN State Medical License 1981 - 2001
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Becker�s Top 100 Chief Medical Officers to Know 2018
Fellow, The American Society of Anesthesiologists 2017
Excellence and Innovation Award, Oral and Poster Presentation Abstract Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia Annual Meeting, 2010

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Value-Based Payment in Ambulatory Anesthesia: MACRA, MIPS, and More
Douglas G. Merrill
Anesthesiology Clinics. 2019-06-01
12 citations
Unsolicited Patient Complaints Identify Physicians with Evidence of Neurocognitive Disorders.
William O. Cooper, William Martinez, Henry J. Domenico, S. Todd Callahan, Brian P. Kirkby
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2018-05-08
1 citations
Practice Management/Role of the Medical Director
Douglas G. Merrill
Anesthesiology Clinics. 2014-06-01

Journal Articles

Unsolicited Patient Complaints Identify Physicians with Evidence of Neurocognitive Disorders
Cooper WO, Martinez W, Domenico HJ, Callahan T, Kirkby BP, Finlayson, Foster JJ, Johnson TM, M.D., M.P.H., Frank M. Longo, Merrill DG, Jacobs ML, Pichert JW, Catron T,..., Am J Geriatr, 1/1/2018
A case management report: A collaborative perioperative surgical home paradigm and the reduction of total joint arthroplasty readmissions
Navid A, Rinehart J, Lee B, Merrill D, Sobhanie S, Ahn K, Schwarzkopf R, Cannesson M, Kain Z, Perioperative Medicine, 1/1/2016
Local anesthetics in liposuction: considerations for new practice advisory guidelines to improve patient safety
Pace MM, Chatterjee A, Merrill DG, Stotland MA, Ridgway EB, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 1/1/2013

Books/Book Chapters

OB/GYN Hospital Medicine: Principles and Practice
Chapter: Patient Safety (Chapter 13)
Merrill DGEditors: Butler JR et al..McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2019
OB/GYN Hospital Medicine: Principles and Practice
Chapter: Principles of Quality Improvement (Chapter 14)
Merrill DGEditors: Butler JR et al..McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2019
Basics of Anesthesia
Chapter: Outpatient Anesthesia
Merrill DGEditors: Miller.ElsevierEdition 6th,2011

Abstracts/Posters

Use of Clinical and Process Outcome Metrics to Determine Monetary Performance Incentives in an Ambulatory Surgery Center
Merrill DG, SAMBA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2010
Outcomes Management in the PACU-the Use of an M.S. Access Database
Merrill DG, Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) Annual Meeting, 1/1/2003

Lectures

The Value of Diversity in Healthcare
Chicago, IL - 1/1/2019
CMS Reimbursement Strategies and Policies
Miami, FL - 1/1/2018
The Value to Quality and Safety of Diversity in Hiring in Healthcare
Fort Lauderdale, FL - 1/1/2017

Other

Pediatric Hunger and its Social and Health Impacts
Merrill DG, KTVN
Reno, NV - 1/1/2018
Ambulatory Anesthesia and Healthcare Reform
Merrill DG, New Hampshire Business Journal
1/1/2011
Renovating the Ambulatory Surgery Center
Merrill DG, Outpatient Surgery Magazine
1/1/2009