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Experience

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  Flagler Hospital

  Jul 2004 - Apr 2008

  Manager/Centralized Scheduler

  Responsible for efficient, expedient, and accurate procedure scheduling.Demonstrates high standards in telephone etiquette, friendly and professional.Assures that all protocols are followed for scheduled procedures.Keeps director informed of problems with physicians, office staff and patients.Communicate changes in the daily resource schedule to scheduling staff.Responsible for maintaining current policies and procedures for scheduling area.

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  Putnam Community Medical Center

  Apr 2008 - Feb 2014

  Medical Coder

  Acting Lead Coder for department.Established as a Super User for implementation of Scanning and archiving for Meditech System and E-Chart.Responsible for training of all coders on use of Electronic/Hyrid Meditech System.Perform concurrent coding and assigning DRGs. 4 years’ experience in coding inpatient charts.Meets and exceeds the required productivity standard while maintaining a 97.5% or better accuracy rate.Review each ED record, same day surgeries, outpatient record, observations and ambulatory surgery center records for diagnoses and procedures information, utilizing 3M encoder for accurate coding.Communicating and working cohesively with other departmental personnel to resolve issues that affect coding, reimbursement, documentation, etc.Review charts that have been audited by insurance companies (Humana, BC) to verify accurate coding and DRG assignment and provide information as to whether agree with or disagree with their discrepancies.Query physicians regarding any questions about diagnoses or documentation.Works the pending unbilled report to assure that all charts have been coded with the goal of having zero charts pending. Show less

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  Piedmont Medical Center

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2014

  Remote Medical Inpatient Coder - PRN

  Code inpatient charts online utilizing various software’s.Perform first level review on charts to ensure MCC/CC meets criteria for secondary diagnosis.

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  Parallon

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Remote Medical Inpatient Code III-PRN

  Code inpatient charts online using various software’s.

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  St. Johns River State College

  May 2013 - Jun 2013

  Adjunct Professor

  Taught students advance ICD-9-CM

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  Peak Health Solutions (Now AMN Healthcare)

  Mar 2014 - Dec 2019

  Remote Medical Inpatient Coder

  Responsible for accurate coding of Inpatient, Observation analysis, coding of charts.Training of new employees on how to navigate E Request, Meditech, E-chart.Responsible for communicating with Director of ongoing issues with coding, employees, and the facilities.Query physicians for completeness of charts, work with CDI personnel so that queries can be done concurrently.Work E-Request and E-Trans systems to fix accounts that need to be combined, changing of discharge disposition statuses, rebilling accounts, providing mock abstracts for Medicare Part B rebill, and any other deficiencies that needs correcting. Show less

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  LifePoint Hospitals

  Dec 2019 - now

  Maintain 95% coding accuracy rate.Inpatient coder assigning ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes correctly with a coding error rate of less than 5% in accordance with established guidelines for reimbursement and statistical data.Meets coding productivity standards on a consistent basis.Perform inpatient chart reviews/chart audits and any other tasks assigned by coding manager.Maintain 20 hours of continuing education hours annually and maintain required credentials.Prioritized coding functions to assure records are coded within a facility defined number of days from discharge. Collaborate with team to maintain and exceed goals while maintaining excellent employee relations.Perform various E-Requests edits to resolve issues with coding, DRG, and HARMS, etc.Submits physician queries when clarification of documentation is needed. Show less

  • HSC Coding Manager

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Medical Coder

    Dec 2019 - Jun 2021
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  Lifepoint Health®

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  Remote Medical Coding Manager