Veronica S. Freer
Acworth,GA
Summary
Highly skilled and enthusiastic professional with a combination of more than 20 years of experience in case management and speech, language, and swallowing therapy.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Skilled Inpatient Care Coordinator
Optum
Nashville, TN
04.2019 - Current
- Responsible for ensuring efficient, smooth, and prompt transitions of care by performing skilled nursing facility assessments using clinical skills and appropriate measurement tools such as nH Predict Outcome and CMS criteria.
- Reviews targets for length of stay, target outcomes, and discharge plans with providers and families.
- Completes all SNF initial and concurrent reviews, updates authorizations, and collaborates with patients and patients’ health care teams to establish anoptimal discharge.
- Assures patients progress toward discharge goals and assists with resolving barriers, assesses and monitors patients’ continued appropriateness for SNF setting, and manages assigned caseload in an efficient and effective manner.
Director of Rehabilitation
Woodstock Nursing and Rehab Center
Woodstock, GA
05.2011 - 03.2019
- Demonstrated effective time management and multitasking skills to complete Director of Rehabilitation and SLP duties.
- Directly supervised and guided therapy personnel including 12 therapists and 1 rehabilitation aide with responsibilities including development and distribution of daily schedules with emphasis on adequate staffing.
- Supervised, oriented, trained and counseled department employees to improve job performance in order to maintain high standards of patient care. Also, served as mentor to SLPs on staff.
- Assessed metrics and adjusted operational plans to uphold quality standards and used knowledge of Medicare, Managed Care, and other payor sources to set RUG categories for accurate distribution of minutes.
- Developed LTC programming to service needs of LTC residents.
- Liaised with patients, families and support departments to adequately plan for patient rehabilitation needs and participated in interdisciplinary team meetings to establish the best possible outcomes for patients during the discharge process.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Halcyon Rehab
Woodstock, GA
09.2005 - 05.2011
- Evaluated speech, language, and swallowing abilities by administering diagnostic tests.
- Interpreted results and proposed intervention plans incorporating short and long-range goals.
- Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy and adjusted goals a needed/
- Continually collaborated with patients, staff, and families to achieve speech therapy goals for transition to a lower level of care.
- Collaborated closely with other healthcare providers to develop comprehensive care plans and to address barriers to progress.
- Treated each patient according to written plan of care to meet predetermined goals and made adjustments as needed.
- Stayed abreast of updates to treatment strategies in speech, language, and swallowing therapy and educated staff on techniques for optimal patient outcomes.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Aegis Therapies
Tucker, GA
06.2002 - 09.2005
- Evaluated speech, language, and swallowing abilities by administering diagnostic tests.
- Interpreted results and proposed intervention plans incorporating short and long-range goals.
- Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy and adjusted goals a needed/
- Continually collaborated with patients, staff, and families to achieve speech therapy goals for transition to a lower level of care.
- Collaborated closely with other healthcare providers to develop comprehensive care plans and to address barriers to progress.
- Treated each patient according to written plan of care to meet predetermined goals and made adjustments as needed.
- Stayed abreast of updates to treatment strategies in speech, language, and swallowing therapy and educated staff on techniques for optimal patient outcomes.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Fulton County Schools
Roswell, GA
08.1999 - 06.2002
- Evaluated speech and language abilities by administering diagnostic tests.
- Treated children between ages 11 to 18 with speech and language development problems.
- Continually collaborated with parents and teachers to achieve speech therapy goals and engaged parents and families in therapy process to support student progress.
- Wrote reports detailing interventions and student responses.
- Assisted teachers and administrators with updates and modifications to curriculum for specific student needs.
- Helped teachers understand how to observe and refer students.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Sundance Rehabilitation Corp
Covington, GA
09.1997 - 03.1999
- Evaluated speech, language, and swallowing abilities by administering diagnostic tests.
- Interpreted results and proposed intervention plans incorporating short and long-range goals.
- Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy and adjusted goals a needed/
- Continually collaborated with patients, staff, and families to achieve speech therapy goals for transition to a lower level of care.
- Collaborated closely with other healthcare providers to develop comprehensive care plans and to address barriers to progress.
- Treated each patient according to written plan of care to meet predetermined goals and made adjustments as needed.
- Stayed abreast of updates to treatment strategies in speech, language, and swallowing therapy and educated staff on techniques for optimal patient outcomes.
Education
Master of Education - Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Georgia
Athens, GABachelor of Science - Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Georgia
Athens, GASkills
- American Speech and Hearing Association
- Certificate of Clinical Competence
- VitalStim Certified
- Georgia License in Speech Pathology and Audiology
Timeline
Skilled Inpatient Care Coordinator
Optum
04.2019 - Current
Director of Rehabilitation
Woodstock Nursing and Rehab Center
05.2011 - 03.2019
Speech-Language Pathologist
Halcyon Rehab
09.2005 - 05.2011
Speech-Language Pathologist
Aegis Therapies
06.2002 - 09.2005
Speech-Language Pathologist
Fulton County Schools
08.1999 - 06.2002
Speech-Language Pathologist
Sundance Rehabilitation Corp
09.1997 - 03.1999
Master of Education - Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Georgia
Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Georgia
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