Experience

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  State of oregon

  Jul 1997 - Dec 1998

  Program coordinator

  Managed multiple families around the state to accommodate children with significant developmental and medical disabilities to facilitate and coordinate services in order to keep children in the home and avoid out of home placement

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  Huey p. long medical center

  Jun 2008 - Jan 2013

  Registered nurse

  Program Coordinator for Utilization Management Department (Supervisor); Outpatient Clinic RN; Surgical RN

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  Christus health

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

  Rn circulator
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  Evergreen life services

  Aug 2013 - May 2015

  Rn

  Provide nursing care, assessment and oversight to adults and children with developmental disabilities, 90 residents living in the group home setting and 35 residents living in independent settings. Provide education on various medical and medication administration topics to all staff, including annual certification for medication administration.

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  Christus st. frances cabrini

  May 2015 - Apr 2016

  Rn case manager

  Provided case management services to patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation services. Initiated services for a timely, successful discharge of patients: home health, outpatient therapy services, durable medical equipment, nursing home placement, and hospice. Provided insurance updates to ensure continued payment for inpatient hospital stay and prior authorizations for services.

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  Christus st frances cabrini

  Apr 2016 - Apr 2020

  Rn clinical documentation specialist

  Certified RN Clinical Documentation Specialist review all inpatient medical records daily in the acute care hospital setting for documentation clarification to maximize reimbursement from a variety of insurance sources, for accuracy, and to assist physicians in documentation that reflected the true complexity of a patient’s care.

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  Sound physicians

  Apr 2020 - Jan 2021

  Clinical performance nurse (cpn)

  Created and presented reports related to the performance of 14 hospitalists in an acute care hospital setting on Medicare-driven performance metrics including length of stay, readmission rate, and patient satisfaction. Reviewed an average of 100 inpatient medical records daily, interpreted labs, monitored consultant involvement, and the Clinical Documentation query process to clarify documentation, tracked GM-LOS (A-LOS) (Length of Stay allotted for any given admitting diagnosis), monitored ICD-10 coding, and collaborated with case management and social workers for the purpose of reducing barriers to discharge and improving through-put. Show less

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  Evergreen life services

  Mar 2021 - now

  Louisiana state operations manager/ rn

  Review EHR system for accuracy and completeness of residents in the Intermediate Care setting throughout the company’s multi-state system, focusing on over 500 residents in the stateof Louisiana. I function as a legal nurse consultant, reporting findings in meticulous investigations of deaths, and injuries, for state and federal regulatory agencies, and in legal matters brought against the company; also do legal nurse consultant work privately on a PRN basis. Review insurance claims and invoices for accuracy and implemented cost-saving measures. Obtain prior authorization for services, communicating directly with medical providers and a variety of private and public insurance sources. Created and publish extensive training and program resources within the company and publish on Relias training platform. Show less

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  Ab staffing solutions

  Feb 2022 - May 2022

  Travel registered nurse

  Performed triage, wound care, injections, immunizations, IV/phlebotomy, specimen processing, patient education, suture/staple removal, specialist referrals, community outreach, home visits, and both urgent and routine patient care in a remote outpost setting on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

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  Municipality of skagway

  Feb 2023 - May 2023

  Urgent care nurse

  Performed triage, wound care, injections, immunizations, IV/phlebotomy, specimen processing, x-rays, patient education, suture/staple removal, insurance coordination, specialist referrals, prior authorizations, community outreach, home visits, and both urgent and routine patient care

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  Christus st frances cabrini

  Jul 2023 - now

  Rn oncology research

  Facilitate patient identification and enrollment in dynamic outpatient acute care settings for oncology research projects sponsored by Federal, Collegiate, and pharmaceutical entities. Managed the enrollment and tracking of oncology patients participating in trials, overseeing collection and processing of biospecimen.