Experience

Omega Institute
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• Coder/Biller

  • Apr 2011 - Present


Highland Community Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Health Information Management Director

  • Apr 2003 - Apr 2011

  Oversee Daily Operations of the HIM Dept. (Coding, transcription, clerical). Maintain medical records in accordance with current JCAHO, state and requlatory agencies.Maintain and oversee the chargemaster. Oversee Daily Operations of the HIM Dept. (Coding, transcription, clerical). Maintain medical records in accordance with current JCAHO, state and requlatory agencies.Maintain and oversee the chargemaster.



Lakeland Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Health Information Management Director

  • Apr 1997 - Apr 2003

  Oversee complete operations of the HIM DepartmentServe as Facility Records CoordinatorServe as Facility Privacy Official, (HIPPA privacy program)Served as a member of the facility Performance ImprovementCommittee, Ethics Committee, Managed Care Committee, Ethics and Compliance Committee, and Patient Saftey Committee.Perform additional record audits to Government Operations to assure Compliance with Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA)

• Health Information management Supervisor

  • Jul 1994 - Apr 1997

  Supervise chart assembly, analysis, admit validations, storeage and retrieval of records, release of information, report processing, birth & desth certificate submission.Prepare data for physician reappointment profiles for medical staff.Provide physician assistance with completion of delinquent and incomplete medical records.Complete dept QAParticipate in monthly medical record reviewsAudit unbilled and process delayed accountsCompile and prepare patient day reconciliationExecute physician suspension when necessary Show less



United Medical Center of New Orleans

• Health Information Management Director

  • Apr 1992 - Jul 1994

  Responsible for the complete department operations. Develop and implement policies and procedures. Continuous assessment of the qualifications and competence of staff. Implementation and monitoring of an effective Quality Assessment Plan. Compile monthly reports which included: FTE, department reports,utilization review, quality assessment, physician admission, statistics. Serve as a liaison for the PRO, Metropolition Hospital Council, and Louisiana Hospital association. Implementation of computerized department reports previously performed manually Implemented Hospital Forms Committee Show less