UMACO To Offer FREE Exercise and Fitness
Education Classes Starting June 1st 2016

Effective June 1st 2016, UMACO will begin educational class sessions with a focus on weight management and diabetes for network patients. The class is taught by Tim McHugh PT, DPT, OCS, Cert MDT to include topics on Aerobic Exercise, Resistance Exercise and Exercise with Diabetes.

“We see this as an investment in our patient’s overall health,” said UMACO Director of Clinical Integration/Program Coordinator, Donna Gunkel.

“Our goal is to help our affiliated physicians provide the best care possible while maximizing opportunities for shared savings, utilizing our common electronic medical record platform to coordinate care delivery,” said Kemal Erkan, CEO, UMACO. “Without Cerner’s health care information technology and support, it would have been difficult to become a Medicare Shared Savings ACO.”

The group sessions will be held Wednesdays (from 3:00pm to 4:15pm) and Fridays (from 2:00pm to 3:15pm) at the United Medical Business Office’s Conference Room in Bear, Delaware. Our future plans include, for the convenience of our patients, sessions to be held at the American Surgery Center in Wilmington, DE – dates and times to be determined.


About SOS Physical Therapy:

Julie Marley, founder and owner of Spine and Orthopedic Specialists, Inc (SOS Physical Therapy)

A graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, Julie received her Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware in 1991. Prior to opening SOS Physical Therapy, she operated a small private spine specialty practice. In addition to seeing patients and teaching, Julie has, for nine years, collaborated with several Christiana Spine Center physicians to plan and implement customized treatment for many of their patients. Julie has dedicated her practice to the treatment of spinal mechanical disorders since 1996. That year she became the first practitioner in Delaware to be awarded the highest level of training in the McKenzie Method of treatment: the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. Julie was named to the McKenzie teaching faculty in 2000, has taught the method widely to physical therapists, chiropractors and physicians throughout the country, and is currently an associate faculty member. Julie has served on the McKenzie Institute USA Board of Directors since 2007.

Tim McHugh PT, DPT, OCS, Cert MDT of Spine and Orthopedic Specialists, Inc (SOS Physical Therapy)

As a graduate of the University of Maryland, Tim received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Elon University in 2009. After graduating, Tim worked in an outpatient orthopedic setting treating a range of musculoskeletal conditions for four years prior to joining SOS Physical Therapy. In 2013 he became Board Certified in Orthopaedics through the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), as well as a certified clinical instructor.


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