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Rima Zikas

Seattle,WA

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

National Clinical Director

Periscope
08.2022 - Current
  • Consult and collaborate with medical directors of health plans for quality improvement
  • Perform clinical training for new consultants and continue with mentorship and support
  • Published online clinical education course and collaborate with team members on quality improvement of systems.
  • Complete thorough, accurate and timely reports to health plan partners to facilitate objective decision-making for determining coverage of services.
  • Manage and lead for Walkasins trainers, education, and recruiting. Implement documentation for work flow improvement.
  • Manage and lead Washington pilot with vendors for Molina.
  • Monitor, analyze, and provide feedback to reviewers during quarterly audits to raise standards of practice.
  • Coach and train consultants so that each understood job responsibilities and requirements of positions.
  • Recruit, hire and train staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
  • Lead reviewer for clinicians.

ClinicaL Consultant/Lead Reviewer

Periscope
12.2019 - 08.2022
  • Lead reviewer for clinicians nationally
  • Performed in-home assessments to assess medical necessity of medical equipment, home safety, and home modifications

Physical Therapist

Pacific Medical Center
10.2006 - 07.2015
  • Evaluated and treated patients in an outpatient orthopedic setting with a diverse patient population, including non English speaking, lower economic status, multi cultural, retired military and local professionals
  • Performed power scooter evaluations and basic DME recommendations.
  • Speaker for women’s health on bladder incontinence to the community.

Medical Research

Sydney Orthopaedic
01.2006 - 06.2006
  • Collected, compiled, and organized data for ongoing research studies
  • Performed literature research and findings for potential future research projects and presented findings to the staff.

Physical Therapist

H & D Physical Therapy
12.2004 - 08.2005
  • Evaluated and treated patients in a private practice setting and assisted in marketing the practice to Physicians in the NYC area
  • Employed manual techniques to treat patients, and prescribed individualized exercise programs.

Senior Physical Therapist

Sutton Place Physical Therapy
07.2004 - 01.2005
  • Evaluated and treated patients in a private practice setting and assisted in marketing for the clinic
  • Clinical Instructor for PT and PTA students.

Physical Therapist

Dean Medical Center
04.2001 - 07.2004
  • Evaluated and treated patients in the outpatient orthopedic setting with musculoskeletal, neurological, post-operative, incontinent, and sports medicine-related conditions
  • Instructor for “Living Well With Diabetes,” “Spine Stabilization Class,” “Back Care Seminar,” and “Let’s Talk Bladder Health.”

Physical Therapist

Columbus Community Hospital
04.2000 - 07.2004
  • Evaluated and treated patients in the inpatient acute rural hospital setting
  • Formerly treated outpatient orthopedic patients at the hospital.

Physical Therapist

Restorative Care
04.2000 - 12.2000
  • Evaluated and treated children with various diagnoses in the home setting and educated their families
  • Collaborated with education and health professionals and families in designing IEP’s and IFSP’s.

Physical Therapist

Veterans Administration Medical Center
08.1999 - 10.1999
  • Evaluated and treated Veteran’s in the inpatient hospital setting as a student in Physical Therapy.

Physical Therapist

Navajo Indian Health Services (NIHS)
06.1999 - 08.1999
  • Evaluated and treated various diagnoses for the Hopi and Navajo population as a student in Physical Therapy
  • Ran the Diabetes Foot Care Clinic.

Education

Master of Physical Therapy -

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
12.1999

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology -

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
05.1997

Skills

  • Staff Development
  • Clinical Education
  • Case Management
  • Collaborative Skills
  • Effective Communication
  • Clinical Quality Improvement
  • Clinical Instruction
  • Project Management

Certification

  • Active license PT WA PT00010181, PA
  • Inactive- PT NY 026186, PT WI 6418
  • CAPS- Certified Aging in Place Specialist

Timeline

National Clinical Director

Periscope
08.2022 - Current

ClinicaL Consultant/Lead Reviewer

Periscope
12.2019 - 08.2022

Physical Therapist

Pacific Medical Center
10.2006 - 07.2015

Medical Research

Sydney Orthopaedic
01.2006 - 06.2006

Physical Therapist

H & D Physical Therapy
12.2004 - 08.2005

Senior Physical Therapist

Sutton Place Physical Therapy
07.2004 - 01.2005

Physical Therapist

Dean Medical Center
04.2001 - 07.2004

Physical Therapist

Restorative Care
04.2000 - 12.2000

Physical Therapist

Columbus Community Hospital
04.2000 - 07.2004

Physical Therapist

Veterans Administration Medical Center
08.1999 - 10.1999

Physical Therapist

Navajo Indian Health Services (NIHS)
06.1999 - 08.1999

Master of Physical Therapy -

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology -

University of Wisconsin - Madison

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