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About the Author
Duane C. Abbey, Ph.D., CFP, is a management consultant and president of Abbey & Abbey
Consultants, Inc. Based in Ames, Iowa, Abbey & Abbey specializes in healthcare consulting and
related areas.
Dr. Abbey, whose work in healthcare now spans more than 25 years, earned his graduate
degrees at the University of Notre Dame and Iowa State University. Today, he spends about half of
his time developing and teaching workshops (for students who aectionately quip that the Federal
Register is his favorite reading material) and making presentations to professional organizations.
He devotes the other half to consulting work that involv ...