Andrea D. Kane

Experience

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  Parkview Health

  Jul 1998 - Jul 2003

  Director - Health Information Services

  Responsible for all aspects of HIM except Transcription for a 500+ bed hospital and four community hospitals, an inpatient Behavioral Health facility, and new acute-care hospital. Acted as a consultant on all HIM topics to the Step-down (SNF) Unit and a large SNF facility in Whitley County.

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  Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge

  Oct 2003 - Apr 2016

  Administrative Director of Records Management/System Director of HIM

  Responsible for all aspects of HIM - Coding, Charging, CDI, RAC, Release of Information, Transcription, Daily Operations, Records Retention, Compliance, HIPAA, Administration, Organizational and Provider/Resident Documentation Education, and Accreditation Readiness for two community hospitals (now one) and two SNF nursing homes plus a large retirement community with SNF beds. Acted as a consultant/educator on all HIM topics to 30+ provider clinics. June 2015-March 2016: Responsible for all aspects of Medical Staff Services for 300+ providers across the entire organization. Systems Used: CERNER, MS OFFICE, Healthstream ECHO, 3M CAC with Encoder (inpatient and outpatient coding) Show less

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  MercyOne

  Dec 2016 - Feb 2019

  Quality Analyst

  Responsible for gathering data, monitoring and identifying trends, and offering innovative research information to providers, clinicians, and leaders on HACs & HAIs, HIIN improvement projects, MIPS, HEDIS measures, and PSI indicatorsResponsible for Readmissions, Mortalities, and all Sepsis case investigations and trends with quarterly PowerPoint presentations for focus stakeholders and senior leaders as well as Peer Review recommendations based on chart reviews Responsible for Accreditation Readiness preparedness activities including tracers (Joint Commission for two community hospitals, one critical access hospital, 50+ provider clinics, and home health/DME) as well as complaint investigation and follow-ups Systems Used: MIDAS, CERNER, EPIC, SAP Business Objects, MS Office, and payer gap closure systems (UHC and Optum) Responsible for gathering and reporting of quality data to QIC organizations and corporate Quality department(s) Show less

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  Northeast Iowa Community College

  Jan 2020 - now

  HIT Instructor
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  AHIMA

  Jul 2024 - now

  Technical Reviewer

  Technical Reviewer for AHIMA HIT textbooks, instructor materials, and PowerPoint slides on topics such as Quality Management, Comparative Records, and Glossary of Terms.