Dedicated Health Information Management Systems professional with over ten years of experience, passionate about advancing our profession through leadership and continued education. Skilled at leading high-performing teams under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best meet business needs.
• Directed the daily coding operations for all outpatient
services for The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center,
coordinating the accurate and timely coding and
classification of all outpatient medical records.
• Responsible for monitoring coding production and quality.
• Helped facilitate the build to extract data from Epic into
Qlik to automate collecting coding quality.
• Manages personnel administration, including interviewing,
hiring, supervising, evaluating, counseling, and coaching for
twenty-two employees.
• Co-led a team of twenty-four coders into a successful
ICD-10-CM implementation through months of preparation
and training.
• Review, research, and resolution of denied codes, claims,
and other billing issues.
• Provide ongoing educational support to coding staff.
• Helped to successfully implement two different computer-assisted coding systems.
• Abstracted clinical data and applied correct ICD-9-CM and
CPT diagnosis and procedure codes.
• Maintained a minimum of 95% productivity and 98%
quality standards.
• Applied appropriate modifiers when necessary.
• Maintained continuing education on cancer treatments
and disease processes.
• Abstracted and applied charges for chemotherapy and
other infusion visits.
• Actively maintained working knowledge of CPT and ICD-9
coding principles, government protocols, and third-party
requirements regarding billing.
• Maintained strict patient and physician confidentiality.
Extensive knowledge of ICD-10-CM, CPT,
and HCPCS coding and NCCI edits
Extensive knowledge of Epic EMR, 3M 360
Computer Assisted Coding, and Optum
360 Computer Assisted Coding systems
Working knowledge of Qlik Sense,
Tableau, and Minitab
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office
Suite
Ability to lead and motivate a team
remotely
Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)
Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)