Rita Mullins-Hodgin, MD

• Provided in-depth chart review relating to CMS guidelines of patient status.
• Communicated with outside managed Medicare and Medicaid plans as well as other commercial payors in peer to peer discussions regarding patient status in order to maximize revenue for patient encounters.
• Provided education to hospital providers regarding CMS status guidelines, hierarchical condition categories and risk factor adjustment.
• Worked across departments to develop strategies to improve length of stay in the hospital setting, order set revision to reduce variation.
• Developed documentation initiatives including CBL (computer based learning) education for hospitalists.

• Have continued to provide patient care in the hospital setting on a PRN basis after leaving my role as medical director
• Triaged and assessed phone calls from facilities, for transfers to tertiary centers, community physicians for direct admissions and emergency department providers for hospital admissions and consults to prioritize care and quickly handle urgent issues.

Inpatient hospitalist working traditional 7on/7off schedule providing inpatient care to patients 16 and older. As medical director I was involved in overseeing aspects of patient satisfaction, hiring, and hospital initiatives. I worked to improve documentation and coding by hospitalists to optimize financial reimbursement and ensure compliance.

Worked as medical director directly involved in hiring, program initiatives, documentation improvement, and scheduling.

Continued to work hospitalist shifts providing direct patient care, supervised APPs on both medical and geriatric psychiatry units.

Worked as a hospitalist at High Point Regional Hospital

Provided inpatient and outpatient services to neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients.