Heather Dahmen

- Conduct comprehensive clinical reviews of medical records to determine medical necessity, appropriateness, and efficiency of healthcare services based on established guidelines and evidence based criteria (e.g. MCG).

-Collaborate with physicians, healthcare providers, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality while managing healthcare costs.

-Utilize clinical expertise to evaluate inpatient services and concurrent review cases.

-Maintain up-to-date knowledge of health plan policies, regulatory compliance standards and clinical best practices to ensure accurate decision making.

• Collected and analyzed key data to make accurate assessments.
• Evaluated medical guidelines and benefit coverage to determine appropriateness of services.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.

• Provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to mothers and newborns throughout all stages of labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum recovery.
• Monitor fetal heart tones, maternal vital signs, and labor progression, utilizing electronic fetal monitoring and clinical assessment to ensure safety and well-being.
• Assist physicians during vaginal deliveries, cesarean sections, and emergency obstetric procedures.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in electronic medical records (EMR) to ensure quality and continuity of care.

• Was also employed as a PRN staff member August 2021- May 2022
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Became and maintained competency in labor and delivery, postpartum and nursery care.
• Multitasked on a daily basis by triaging new patients during regular patient assignments.
• Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking fetal monitor readings, identifying irregular fetal monitor readings and updating team members and physicians on changes in stability or acuity with both the patient and fetus.

• Chronic patient care in a medical-surgical unit. Adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication, wound care, and ekg monitoring. I have six months of medical-surgical experience before transferring to a postpartum/special care nursery position.
• Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
• Provided care to new mothers and their newborns immediately following delivery.
• Became competent in taking care of premature infants in the special care nursery.