Leslie Pappas
Salt Lake City,UT
Summary
Respected professional with experience in coding, maintaining medical charts and improving patient documentation. Smart Health Information Management Director driven to resolve issues and conflicts effectively while remaining calm in all types of situations. Offering decision- making, leadership and communication talents.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Health Information Management Supervisor
Holy Cross Salt Lake
10.2004 - Current
- Collaborated closely with physicians and nursing staff to improve quality of patient records documentation.
- Participated in committees to discuss electronic health records and methods to improve overall workflows.
- Conducted education and training activities for physicians, nursing staff and administrative personnel.
- Implemented new coding and billing procedures that helped alleviate number of denied claims from insurance carriers.
Coding Manager
Holy Cross Salt Lake
10.2004 - Current
- Performed coding quality reviews and tracked, trended and managed coding quality performance.
- Evaluated team and updated training curriculum based on feedback.
- Attended facility meetings and reported on performance.
- Participated in hiring and training coding team.
Education
AAPC CPC - HIM Management/Coding/Billing
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT06.2004
Skills
- Staffing Requirements
- Health Records Review
- Job Assignments
- Patient Care Activities
Accomplishments
- Resolved product issue through testing for
- Collaborated with teams from McKesson to implement Cerner and again with implementation to Meditech for electronic medical records.
- Supervised team of 12 staff members.
- Achieved results by introducing Nthrive for billing tasks.
- Used Microsoft Excel to track and accounts
Certification
- Certified American Academy of Professional Coders, AAPC/CPC
Hiking and Travel
Hiking and travel are things I enjoy with my family.
Timeline
Health Information Management Supervisor
Holy Cross Salt Lake
10.2004 - Current
Coding Manager
Holy Cross Salt Lake
10.2004 - Current
AAPC CPC - HIM Management/Coding/Billing
Salt Lake Community College
- Certified American Academy of Professional Coders, AAPC/CPC
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