JULIET B. UGARTE HOPKINS, MD, ACPA-C

JULIET B. UGARTE HOPKINS, MD, ACPA-C

Medical Director

Juliet B. Ugarte Hopkins, MD, is Immediate Past President of the American College of Physician Advisors (ACPA), CEO of Velvet Hammer Physician Advising LLC, and a member of the Phoenix Medical Management, Inc. consulting team.  She worked as the first physician advisor for case management, utilization management, and clinical documentation at a three-hospital health system in southeast Wisconsin, creating, cultivating, and optimizing the role during her nine-year tenure.  Clinically, Dr. Ugarte Hopkins practiced as a pediatric hospitalist in a near-tertiary care center in Rockford, Illinois for a decade.  While there she was also medical director of pediatric hospital medicine and vice chair of pediatrics before transitioning into the physician advisor role in Wisconsin.  She has made multiple appearances on the Monitor Monday and Talk Ten Tuesday webcasts, is a national speaker, and frequent author of articles involving topics related to the physician advisor scope of work.