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Donna Baker

Donna Baker

Maggie Valley,NC

Summary

Highly motivated professional offering solid contribution, specialized skills and a desire to succeed and advance in a fast paced company. Certified Professional Coder with 24 years experience in a medical coding/billing company specializing mostly in Emergency Room and Urgent Care coding. Experience with Outlook, Teams, AWS, Excel, Open Practice, Cerner, EPIC, Horizon, Practice Fusion, Allscripts, eclinical and NextGen.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Certified Medical Coder

DuvaSawko/Ventra Health
01.2016 - Current
  • Maintained 95% accuracy and above and averaged 25+ CPH for profee ED sites
  • Verified, coded and added modifiers to E/M, diagnoses, and procedure codes and efficient in 2023 E/M guidelines and prior guidelines
  • Efficient in Select Coder (encoder)
  • Efficient in Outlook, Excel, Teams and AWS
  • Worked coding denials to research and resolve coding discrepancies.
  • Knowledgeable in multiple EHR systems i.e. EPIC, Cerner, Allscripts, Horizon, MediTech, NextGen, eclinical, Open Practice

Senior Coding Auditor

Crosslin & Associates
05.2013 - 11.2015
  • Correctly coded/audited and billed medical claims for various specialties: Emergency Room, Urgent Care and Physicians Office
  • Initiated, performed and documented quarterly coding audits for physicians
  • Efficient in E/M coding guidelines, procedure manuals and on-line encoders
  • Conscientiously reviewed medical record information to identify appropriate coding based on CMS categories
  • Reviewed outpatient records and interpreted documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures.

Medical Coder

SymMetric Revenue Solutions, INC
09.2004 - 03.2013
  • Maintained 25+ charts per hour while maintaining 98% accuracy or above
  • Utilizing Oracle to code qualcharts and EMR's for various sites for emergency rooms
  • Assign ICD-9 and CPT codes using Codelink as well as assigning correct ED Clinician numbers
  • Supervisor of over 8 or more coders, managed their time, one on one coaching sessions monthly, answered help questions pertaining to ED charts, hands on supervisor
  • Help teach the companies internal coding class
  • Initiated, performed and documented focused coding audits for various facilities
  • Audited a minimum of 25 charts per month per coder to maintain their accuracy and to stay within the coding guidelines

Medical Coder

Apollo Information Services
06.1999 - 09.2004
  • Reviewed outpatient records and interpreted documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures.
  • Resourcefully used various coding books and procedure manuals
  • Reviewed patient charts to better understand health histories, diagnoses and treatments.
  • Verified signatures and checked medical charts for accuracy and completion.
  • Coded ED charts at rate of 20 CPH at 98% accuracy or higher

Education

Associate of Arts - Administrative Medical

Southwest Florida College of Business
Fort Myers, FL
06.1995

Skills

  • Maintaining 95% accuracy and averaged 25 CPH
  • Efficient in Outlook, Excel, Teams and AWS
  • EMR Systems: ie EPIC, Cerner, Allscripts, MediTech, CPSI, Horizon, NextGen, eclinical, Open Practice
  • ICD-10 (International Classification of Disease Systems)
  • 2023 E/M Guidelines
  • Very dependable, resourceful and reliable worker

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline

Certified Medical Coder

DuvaSawko/Ventra Health
01.2016 - Current

Senior Coding Auditor

Crosslin & Associates
05.2013 - 11.2015

Medical Coder

SymMetric Revenue Solutions, INC
09.2004 - 03.2013

Medical Coder

Apollo Information Services
06.1999 - 09.2004

Associate of Arts - Administrative Medical

Southwest Florida College of Business

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