Meet Our Team

Tina Kind

Audit Lead

Tina is the leader of DTS Group. She has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare consulting, performance auditing and managed care. She was one of the first HEDIS auditors certified by NCQA when the auditor program began in 1997 and she has audited thousands of HEDIS, CMS, and other data types over the last 25 years.  She has extensive experience in Medicare, Commercial, and Medicaid health plan operations assessments and improvements. Prior to DTS Group, Tina was the National Practice Leader for HEDIS at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and served as a Captain in the United States Air Force as Director of Managed Health Care at Eglin AFB, FL. 

Tina earned an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with dual majors in Healthcare Management and Marketing.

David Kind

Audit Lead

David is Tina’s business partner at DTS Group.  As a Certified HEDIS Compliance Auditor, he has led or participated in over a thousand data set reviews over the last 15 years.  Prior to DTS Group, David was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young, leading consulting teams and managing large systems implementations for clients in healthcare and financial service industries and a Captain in the United States Air Force.

He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and has authored and taught consulting engagement methodologies. David earned an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. 

Ashley McCarty

Audit Lead

Ashley has worked at DTS Group for more than 10 years, and has been a Certified HEDIS Compliance Auditor for 5 years.  Ashley leads many types of quality audits including HEDIS, Medicare Part C&D Data Validations, Initial Validation Audits (IVAs), and California Pay-For-Performance reviews.  She manages client relationships and conducts all elements of performance audits including data analysis, process review, primary source verification, medical record review, and benchmarking. 

Ashley earned her Master of Science degree in Healthcare Informatics from the University of Central Florida.  

Stephen Webb

Audit Lead

Stephen is a Lead Auditor for HEDIS, Medicare Part C&D Data Validation audits and Medicare Independent Audits.  He has worked with DTS Group for 15 years and has led or participated in the review of over a thousand data submissions.  He is a subject matter expert on Medicare Stars, Medicare bid submissions, and statistical services.  Stephen has worked for several large national consulting firms and a large health data corporation where he had a wide range of responsibilities and project roles.

Stephen has a Masters of Actuarial Science degree from Georgia State University.

Eric Melymuk

Data Analysis

Eric has more than twenty years of healthcare experience focusing on data analysis and software development.   He led the development of a full suite of HEDIS measure reporting software for a large regional health plan and has analyzed and evaluated quality measures for complex populations. Prior to DTS Group, Eric the Project Director for Quality Measurement and Analysis at a large regional plan.  

Eric attended Carnegie Mellon University, 

Daniel Zervins

Audit Lead

Dan is a certified HEDIS compliance auditor.  He has more than 10 years of experience with healthcare data reporting.  As a Certified HEDIS Compliance Auditor, Dan participates in HEDIS audits, Medicare Part C&D validations, and Independent Validation Audits. Prior to DTS Group, Dan worked for UPMC Health Plan, where he directed development and production of all quality measures for reporting and consumption across the organization. He also oversaw the production, reporting, and analysis of HEDIS, Exchanges, CMS Stars, and state-specific performance measures, as well as the entire HEDIS reporting process for 11 products in all lines of business. 

Dan earned a Master of Science in Health Care Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University. 

Amy Wood

Audit Lead

Amy is a DTS Group auditor and serves as its clinical lead.  She has 20 years of experience as a registered nurse, both at the bedside and in healthcare administration.  Amy leads and participates in HEDIS audits, CMS Part C&D data validations, and Independent Validation Audits for Marketplace Exchanges.  Prior to her role at DTS Group, Amy worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina as the HEDIS Program Manager.  She also worked for 10 years in in pediatric intensive care.

Amy has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Megan Comans

Office Manager

Megan manages the DTS Group office and audit project workflow.  Megan has participated in many audits in support roles. As the project coordinator for all the DTS Group audits, she ensures all work is assigned, reviewed, and approved in a timely manner.   Megan also plans and manages all aspects of the annual DTS Group Client Conference.

Megan’s degree is in Event Management with a Minor in Hospitality from the University of Central Florida. 

Ron Nelson II

Data Security and Privacy

Ron is DTS Group’s chief developer and security officer. Ron has more than 20 years of experience in information systems development within healthcare and other industries.  He skills include numerous development languages, integrated application development methodologies, relational databases, business intelligence tools, server technologies, and operating systems.  Prior to DTS Group, Ron worked for Aetna U.S. HealthCare where he redesigned a credentialing system, implemented standard reporting procedures, and served as the primary contact for the corporate-wide medical data warehouse. 

Ron is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and holds a certification in Java Development from DePaul University.  He also holds a certification in Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UML from Rational University.

Eva Maria Watts

Audit Second

Eva is a program code specialist who has worked with DTS Group for more than 15 years. She has over 40 years of industry experience. She has reviewed program code and data for hundreds of plans and thousands of reported measures.  Eva’s experience includes most of industry’s the technical languages

Irv Koehler

Audit Second

Irv is a Registered Nurse and Certified Professional Coder specializing in health care quality, process improvement, and program operations. He has worked with DTS Group for more than 5 years and leads coding review activities for ACA Risk Adjustment reviews.  Irv was the Director of Quality Management & Improvement for several health plans and medical centers and he is an NCQA Health Plan Accreditation surveyor. 

Irv earned an MBA in Health Care Management from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Daniel Greer

Audit Second

Dan is a board-certified psychiatric pharmacist and subject matter expert for DTS Group. He has worked for large academic medical institutions and completed two years of post-graduate residency in General Practice and Psychiatry.   As a psychiatric clinical pharmacist, he manages outpatient mental health patients, provides both inpatient and outpatient support.

Dan earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Pittsburgh.