AAOE + PUMA Partnership
AAOE and PUMA Managed IT have partnered to offer exclusive pricing on our peer-reviewed Service Desk — rated 100% recommendable by orthopedic executives.
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2nd Year Running
PUMA Managed IT's Service Desk holds the prestigious AAOE Peer Reviewed™ designation — earned through a comprehensive evaluation led by orthopedic executives from the American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives.
The 11-step evaluation includes direct customer surveys, non-customer feedback, live product assessments, and final review by an AAOE member panel. Only vendors that demonstrate real value earn this distinction.
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Insights from AAOE Peer Review participants and actual client feedback
"The best IT company our firm has ever used."
— AAOE Peer Review Participant
"They gave me time back to focus on leadership, not tech fires."
— AAOE Peer Review Participant
"Fast, knowledgeable, and specific to our industry."
— AAOE Peer Review Participant
"They feel more like a partner than our internal team ever did."
— AAOE Peer Review Participant
The AAOE Peer Review isn't a participation trophy — it's a structured evaluation that helps orthopedic practices identify reliable, proven partners.
The 11-step evaluation includes direct customer surveys, non-customer feedback, live product assessments, and final review by an AAOE member panel. Only vendors that demonstrate real value earn this distinction.
Engages current clients, prospective clients, and AAOE panel experts for authentic, unbiased feedback.
Participation is earned, and positive reviews are never guaranteed.
Examines whether the service satisfies a true need in the orthopedic space.
Analyzes long-term value, service quality, and support consistency.
Evaluates whether PUMA's Service Desk helps practices succeed — not just what it promises.
Book a 15-minute intro call and see how PUMA can help your practice.
From single-provider practices to hyper-growth multi-location, multi-state enterprises, PUMA has the expertise to keep you ahead of the curve and out of the news.
From solo practitioners with small teams to large practices with multiple locations and hundreds of staff, we serve practices of all sizes and specialties.
PE or Hospital-owned or acquired practices needing turnkey or co-managed solutions for IT services, projects, daily operations, as well as security and compliance management.
Management and PE firms looking for an IT partner to integrate, manage, and oversee the technology burden of incoming or outgoing practices.
PUMA serves many medical specialties
Fully outsourced, team on site, or escalation needed? We build around you.
Assessing where and how to implement AI and understanding the benefits.
Align with cyber insurance and stay one step ahead of the bad guys.
Modernize your communications by leveling up how phones work in your practice.
Expansion in the horizon? We got you from design to go-live!
Assisting M&A to provide technical intelligence to ensure a smooth transaction.
Scale your business with a growth partner that doesn't slow you down.
Exceed compliance requirements & gain adoption that aligns with the law.
Beyond the IT day-to-day help desk to managing the key applications staff use.
PUMA at the 2025 AAOE Annual Conference — connecting with orthopedic leaders and showcasing our peer-reviewed solutions.
Supercharge your practice with an IT partner that understands your clinic and keeps you out of the news.
"I'm not sure what our Managed IT Vendor is doing. IT takes a long time to solve what seems like basic issues."
Often in MSPs, resolving issues requires specialized knowledge for effective solutions. PUMA's Service Desk addresses this with our engineering-only model, ensuring healthcare-trained IT pros handle problems directly without requiring escalation.
"I fear I will have a breach or had a breach and can't get a straight answer from my IT about what risks we have."
At no additional cost, Service Desk Core+ checks all the cyber insurance boxes and give business owners peace of mind that someone is always watching.
"We thought our IT company would help us with all our tech, but they constantly tell us things are out of scope."
We take full responsibility for systems, phones, modalities, scanners, printers, and beyond. Our goal is to serve as a one-stop solution for practices, ensuring that staff can swiftly access the assistance they require.
"Our IT won't make time to sit with us and clearly explain what we need, what it costs, what risks can be mitigated and how that drives both our technology plans and business progress."
PUMA's Service Desk offers a technology roadmap focused on the growth plan and needs of the business. Not everything needs replacing; sometimes, it can simply be removed to reduce overall ownership and management costs.
"My IT / IT Vendor is not specialized in my industry and doesn't understand our business. I feel like we're constantly having to train them on how we do things."
PUMA is focused on healthcare, and our engineers possess both knowledge and experience in supporting medical clinics.
PUMA's onboarding process typically takes 30-60 days to complete. Our goal is to create a stress-free, painless transition from your current IT partner.
Sometimes! Let us know and let's see what is possible. PUMA will help you review your current agreement and work backwards from any contract renewals, hidden costs, and assist with a communication plan. In some cases, we maybe able to help negotiate, buy out the agreement, or find ways to enable clarity on what is needed to make a transition.
Our services are designed to complement your team by understanding their role in the organization, what lanes they are best in, while ensuring PUMA is quickly available as a resource when they (or you!) need help.
Yes! By design, our Service Desk model includes everything you need to help staff with IT issues, strategy, security and beyond.
Yep. And 24/7/365. Each plan includes unlimited support and is priced competitively.
Yes! Integration between one or many acquired practices is a strategic process and requires an IT partner that understands how to perform discovery, migration and consolidation while partnering on complex processes to integrate your people and technology. We assist both buyers & sellers and can be the IT partner to ensure your integration is done correctly and quickly.
Our services are built with entitlements. Those entitlements scale based on the type of plan PUMA customers choose.
Each entitlement is explained in detail on our website ... What it is, why it's important, how it works, and the benefits of each for your practice.
PUMA provides additional products and services that vary by type. These services are complementary to our Service Desk subscriptions and are quoted by usage, consumption, per device, and per license.
When staff experience issues with their EMR or PACS systems, they need an IT person to translate what the issue is into a solution. We have working experience and understanding of many systems. From how they work and the common problems, to advanced management and settings changes. This makes all the difference when staff reach out with problems vs. being told they need to open a support request with their EMR vendor.
PUMA builds and collaborates on a living technology roadmap, enabling management to see where your technology is going, what it will cost, and the impact it will have on your practice.
We support and offer phone systems, telecom solutions, voice services, and can even write the slickest integrations to help reduce the costs and headaches of phones in your business.
Practices are looking for ways to take steps into the new world of AI. Our services are tailored to equip stakeholders and decision makers with common sense AI solutions and implementation steps.
These aren’t marketing claims — this is direct feedback from orthopedic execs in the AAOE Peer Review when asking what the most important factors when they chose PUMA as their IT partner.
Founded in 1969, AAOE is the only nonprofit organization dedicated to orthopaedic management. Its Peer Review Program™ is designed to recognize vendors that align with orthopedic values and deliver consistent results in the areas of productivity, ease of use, reliability, and customer service.
Learn more at aaoe.net/peer-review
Puma Managed IT is a National Managed Services Provider, located in Central Florida. We were established in 1999 and began our journey as a telecommunications company. We still provide telecom services, but have expanded our offering to focus on Managed IT, Cyber Security, AI, and beyond.
About us ServicesPuma’s business office is open Monday-Friday, 7am to 7pm EST.
Our service department never closes.
Contact usAll Core, Core+, and Complete plans are quoted and billed per user monthly.
We understand every business varies by size, staff arrangement, and complexity. Some businesses have a lot of full-time employees, whereas others may have more part-time employees.
We work with you to determine the correct quantity, then bill in a range that prevents billing headaches. We'll meet with you on a monthly and quarterly basis to make sure we adjust accordingly. In some cases, advanced security products and add-on services are billed differently with consumption, usage, and device licensing are in use. We explain those items clearly in a proposal / order request before they land on your bill.
💡 A user is a staff member, either full time or part time.
See plansYes, our plans can be modified to Co-Managed IT. In most cases, you already have a team that is managing the day to day. Our services are designed to complement your team by understanding their role in the organization, what lanes they are best in, and how to ensure we're a resource when they need help.
🤜🏻 🤛🏻 We extend our systems and tools, so we work in a unified platform.
👌🏻 We build an accountability framework by tracking what is being done, how much time is spent doing those things, and if they are needing to be calibrated to align with company goals.
🎯 We ensure the team is working on initiatives that are best for their skill and abilities.
👨🏾💻 They inherit best practices, process development, and centralized knowledge so it can never leave if a tech leaves the organization.
🛡️ We build a security program to ensure the team is operating within the frameworks of best security posture.
Yes - We have a full service, turn-key solution that was built for clients of all shapes and sizes. We cover all the common services and needs and adjust them around you your business.
See plansYES! Let us know and let’s see what is possible.
Puma will help you review your current agreement and work backwards from any contract renewals, hidden costs, and assist with a communication plan. In some cases, we may be able to help negotiate, buy out the agreement, or find ways to enable clarity on what is needed to make a transition.
Give us a call to reviewPuma has been innovating for decades by rethinking how technology and services are valued. Currently, we are leveraging generative and LLM AI models to enhance business processes and workflows. This innovation allows us to resolve issues faster, manage more efficiently, and rethink how AI can replace cost center functions, reduce risks, and improve security posture.
Leveling up our Dispatching and Issue Assignment: Our AI-driven system automatically assigns tasks to the most qualified technicians, eliminating the need for manual dispatching and routing. This not only ensures that the right engineer is assigned to your issue but also guarantees faster response times and optimizes resource allocation. As a result, we can handle more requests with fewer, yet more highly qualified, engineering resources.
Learn moreChris Burns & Ed Dibeler own Puma Managed IT - See their LinkedIn accounts below.
Both Chris & Ed have been in the managed IT industry with a focus in Healthcare for over 20 years.
Chris Burns Ed DibelerOur legal corporate address is: 3998 CR 309, Lake Panasoffkee, FL 33538
Corporate office: We do not have a corporate office where people work out of. We embrace a remote culture and enable staff to work anywhere they are the most productive.
Where to mail checks? We have moved away from checks. Why? It’s slow, the mail is unpredictable, and it costs a lot of money to employ people to go get a payment and take it to a bank. If you must send us a check, please send to: 3998 CR 309, Lake Panasoffkee, FL 33538
How else do you accept payment? ACH or credit card is the way. Reach out to ar@pumamit.com for more information in how to setup payments like ACH and Credit Card.
Contact usOrganizations of all sizes, from 10 employees to 10,000+ with national offices partner with Puma. Puma is an outsourced IT company that accommodates needs based on the organization structure, security maturity, and technology challenges it's facing.