Nia Deese, MPH, CTR, CPC-A

Remote Certified Tumor Registrar at Q-Centrix
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Credentials

  • Cancer Tumor Registrar
    National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)
    Nov, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
    AAPC
    Oct, 2019
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Q-Centrix
    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Remote Certified Tumor Registrar
      • 2021 - Present

      • Perform data collection (abstracting) and reporting on eligible cancer cases in accordance with current state mandates and national accrediting agencies. • Support our partners CoC Accreditation process with strong cancer registry operations, creation of policies and procedures, utilization of NCBD quality tools and knowledge of the how all the standards support quality patient care. • Ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries or measure data repositories, maintaining a high accuracy threshold. • Categorize, code, summarize, and interpret, registry/case information from nuanced, unstructured patient medical records. • Stay up to date on mandated regulatory/publicly reported data requirements as specified by federal, state, payer, and other agencies. • Deliver quality solutions to hospital partners across the country, approaching each hospital engagement as an opportunity to apply your expertise with precision.

  • The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Data Manager
      • Apr 2018 - Jul 2021

      Research: “Uniformed Services University Multi-Center National Database for the Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR) with Patterns of Care, Outcomes, and Prognostic Analyses" • Extensive data entry into the CPDR multi-center national database, include retrospective and prospective data collection • Perform systematic quality control and assurance measures per CPDR multi-center national database master protocol SOPs • Identified and reconcile data discrepancies, fill in missing data points • Assist in the submission of Institutional Review Board (IRB) documents and continuing reviews (CRs) for the CPDR database master protocol • Obtain informed consent from all research subjects as required by site IRB and CPDR’s multi-center national database master protocol • Obtain missing data by reviewing approved patient electronic clinical databases, medical charts and ongoing patient follow-up forms • Responsible for safe and IRB-compliant handling of medical information, patient consent forms, and research chart filing • Establish, evaluate, and revise data collection processes to improve efforts of data collection

  • Advantmed
    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Remote EMR Download Technician
      • Dec 2017 - May 2018

      • Downloaded patient's medical records from hospitals/medical facilities' secure EMR system using HIPAA compliant software • Reviewed and performed quality check (stage 1 and 2) to ensure records were visible and no data was missing • Retrieved medical records from EMR systems at the corporate office • Checked for image quality of medical records and uploaded them to a secure portal • Ad-hoc other duties as required by the Reporting Manager of the Imaging Department • Downloaded patient's medical records from hospitals/medical facilities' secure EMR system using HIPAA compliant software • Reviewed and performed quality check (stage 1 and 2) to ensure records were visible and no data was missing • Retrieved medical records from EMR systems at the corporate office • Checked for image quality of medical records and uploaded them to a secure portal • Ad-hoc other duties as required by the Reporting Manager of the Imaging Department

  • Inovalon
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Medical Records Abstractor
      • Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

      • Traveled to hospitals and other medical facilities to obtain, review, and collect medical data • Accurately and efficiently conducted medical record reviews and medical chart abstractions • Reviewed and analyzed data on medical charts to ensure HEDIS measure compliance • Scanned relevant components of the medical record to support reviews performed • Communicated professionally with health-care provider offices, clinics, and hospitals • Abided by all HIPAA regulations and associated patient confidentiality requirements

  • Harris County Public Health
    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Public Health Intern
      • Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

      Research: “Chronic and Infectious Disease in Refugees” • Determined the most prevalent chronic and infectious diseases in specific refugee populations • Extracted, collected, and entered data from electronic medical/health records into Microsoft Excel • Used STATA to analyze health outcome data in refugee populations • Maintained HIPAA standards and confidentiality of protected health information • Submitted an overall PowerPoint summarizing refugee health data in Houston, TX

  • Texas Department of State Health Services
    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Clinical Research Assistant
      • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

      Research: “Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Tuberculosis (TB) Drugs in Patients with Active Disease" • Assisted with establishing comprehensive pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics models to optimize treatment of anti-TB drugs. • Communicated professionally with medical professionals, and local and state public health professionals • Provided research support to Principal Investigator for the study • Abstracted patients’ demographics and ICD-9 codes from TCID’s tuberculosis registry • Entered de-identified clinical information from over 1,000 medical charts into Epi Info™ • Maintained strict confidentiality of abstracted data required by HIPAA • Ensured accuracy and completeness of medical data

  • UT Health San Antonio
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Laboratory Helper
      • Jul 2014 - Feb 2015

      • Cleaned glassware, autoclaved instruments, and maintained water levels in the water baths • Maintained liquid nitrogen for stored cells and properly labeled aliquot tubes for studies • Prepared mice subjects for euthanization and mixed chemical reagents for experiments • Assisted with HBSS and MCDB medium preparation for endothelial cells • Performed wipe test to maintain contaminated free labs • Restocked lab supplies (pipettes, centrifuge tubes, glassware etc.) • Cleaned glassware, autoclaved instruments, and maintained water levels in the water baths • Maintained liquid nitrogen for stored cells and properly labeled aliquot tubes for studies • Prepared mice subjects for euthanization and mixed chemical reagents for experiments • Assisted with HBSS and MCDB medium preparation for endothelial cells • Performed wipe test to maintain contaminated free labs • Restocked lab supplies (pipettes, centrifuge tubes, glassware etc.)

Education

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health
    Master in Public Health (MPH), Epidemiology
    2015 - 2017
  • Prairie View A&M University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Psychology/Pre-Health with a minor in Chemistry
    2009 - 2014

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