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Russell G. Vinik, MD

Chief Medical Operations Officer, University of Utah Health

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Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Dr. Vinik completed medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1999 and Internal Medicine residency at Yale, Greenwich Hospital in 2002. He subsequently began his career as a full-time Hospitalist caring for inpatients at the University of Utah Hospitals. He practiced as a full time hospitalist for 9 years and then began a gradual transition to healthcare administration. Dr. Vinik was Medical Director for Case Management and Utilization Review from 2011 until 2015. He led the initiative on physician education about ICD-10 at the University hospital. By focusing on improving documentation and inpatient coding University hospital saw improvement in revenue as well as risk adjusted outcomes, helping to keep the hospital in the top 10 of Vizient rankings for 11 years in a row. In January 2015, Dr. Vinik began as Medical Director for GBS Benefits, a Utah based health insurance broker and consultant. He was Chief Medical Officer for the University of Utah Health Plans from 2015 to 2020, then returned to hospital administration in 2020 where he serves as Chief Medical Operations Officer where he is responsible for Ambulatory Pharmacy as well as other administrative roles.

Specialties

  • Hospitalist
  • General Internal Medicine

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine - Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions General Internal Medicine
Board Certification American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)

Dr. Vinik completed medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1999 and Internal Medicine residency at Yale, Greenwich Hospital in 2002. He subsequently began his career as a full-time Hospitalist caring for inpatients at the University of Utah Hospitals. He practiced as a full time hospitalist for 9 years and then began a gradual transition to healthcare administration. Dr. Vinik was Medical Director for Case Management and Utilization Review from 2011 until 2015. He led the initiative on physician education about ICD-10 at the University hospital. By focusing on improving documentation and inpatient coding University hospital saw improvement in revenue as well as risk adjusted outcomes, helping to keep the hospital in the top 10 of Vizient rankings for 11 years in a row. In January 2015, Dr. Vinik began as Medical Director for GBS Benefits, a Utah based health insurance broker and consultant. He was Chief Medical Officer for the University of Utah Health Plans from 2015 to 2020, then returned to hospital administration in 2020 where he serves as Chief Medical Operations Officer where he is responsible for Ambulatory Pharmacy as well as other administrative roles.

Academic Locations

School of Medicine

801-581-7822

(801) 585-9166

30 N 1900 E
General Internal Medicine, 5R218
Salt Lake City, UT  84132

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine - Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions General Internal Medicine
Board Certification American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)

Education History

Certification University of Utah
Accounting and Finance for the Non-Finance Major
Certificate, 2009
Chief Resident Greenwich Hospital
Internal Medicine
Chief Resident, 2002
Residency Greenwich Hospital
Internal Medicine
Resident, 2001
Internship University of Texas Medical Branch
Internal Medicine
Intern, 2000
Professional Medical University of Texas Southwestern
Medicine
M.D., 1999
Undergraduate University of Texas at Austin
Biology
B.A., 1995

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  • 12/12/2013 - The Dollars and Sense of Coding and Documentation

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7/8/15 - ICD-10 Presentation

ICD-10: Documentation's impact on risk adjustment & finance

12/12/2013 - The Dollars and Sense of Coding and Documentation

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