Juli Bovard

Experience

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  Rapid City Regional Hospital

  May 2003 - Dec 2009

  Registered Nurse

  Staff nurse for a busy thriving multi-area facility. Specialized in Ortho Nuero Surgical care with emphasis on surgical patients.

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  Monument Health

  Dec 2003 - Dec 2020

  Senior RN CDI for a 6 person RN CDI program. Leads and implements changes and policies regarding CDI program. Responsible for educating physicians on an ongoing basis related to documentation, coding, reimbursement, o/e ratio, severity of illness etc. Train new hires, process new queries for approval through forms committee. Assisted in implementation and build of electronic queries in the EMR/ Meditech system. Excel in 3M / Standalone, EPIC, Meditech. Certification for CDI (CCDS) as of June 2012-current. Current participating member of ACDIS. Attended ACDIS annual conference 2013 in Nashville to stay abreast of upcoming trends and educational opportunities related to CDI, as well as Atlanta Conference in May 2016. ICD-10 education completed through HCPRO Bootcamp 4/2014 & 5/2014. Assisted in build of Electronic Query system in Meditech and EPIC by both writing of queries and educating providers on electronic query process. Show less

  • Registered Nurse

    Jun 2003 - Dec 2020

  • RN/CCDS

    Dec 2003 - Dec 2019
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  The University of South Dakota

  Sept 2006 - Jan 2009

  Registered Nurse-Adjunct Clinical Advisor

  Supervision of USD Nursing Students for all aspects of Clinical Training on a busy Ortho/Neuro/Surgical floor at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Supervised and taught clinical skills such as IV access, Foley placement, IV med administration, Neuro checks, dressing changes, CPM, Ortho training, as well as documentation and safety issues related to patient care. Responsible for training and educating of hospital policies and procedures and safety issues.

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  Norwood Staffing

  Dec 2019 - now

  Registered Nurse

  Consultant role CDI/CCDS/Coding. Currently placed by Norwood Staffing to Catholic Health Services of Long Island (St. Frances). 20 years in EPIC EMR. Current role w CHSLI for CDI, coding of accounts and dropping bill. (See specifics at CHSLI employment review.

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  Catholic Health

  Dec 2019 - now

  Registered Nurse

  Consultant RN CCDS / CDI for St. Frances Hospital & Heart Center. Placed by Norwood Staffing (consultant group in 12/2020). Unique role as a CDI but also coding completion and finalizing /dropping the bill. Complete verification, changing codes and ensuring appropriate PDX, as well ensuring that all secondary diagnoses are accurate and have clinical criteria met related to disease processes which aids in denials reductions. Ensures capture of accurate quality data as well as appropriate financial reimbursement for resources consumed. Finalizing of acct and dropping of bill for all payors; Medicare / NY APR DRG. Current role also requires identification of Patients safety Indicators / exclusions (PSI) and Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC). Excellent knowledge in disease processes and pathophysiology. Proficient in EPIC with 20 years experience and transition to OPTUM expected in mid 2022. Extremely judicious, a self starter, motivated and pride myself on dependability - often working holidays to ensure timely reimbursement and due to high patient census. High performer without sacrificing quality. Life Long learner and member of ACDIS, Just Coding, ICD 10 Monitor, and ICD 10 University. Show less