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Date: December 8, 2011

Name: Monica Stynchula, MSW, MPH HIT Pro

Email Address: mshealthspectrum@gmail.com
Phone Number: 813-389-9708

Type of Position Seeking: HIM Management, Product Development, Project Management

Education:
Education Master in Public Health, Community Health Services, University of Pittsburgh, 1988 Master in Social Work, Maternal and Child Health, University of Pittsburgh, 1984 Bachelor Degree in Social Work, Seton Hill University, 1982 Technology Summary Certifications: Ahima HIT Pro certification, August 2011 Workflow and Information Management Redesign Specialist, Santa Fe College, July 2011 American Association of Professional Coders ICD-10 Boot Camp, Jacksonville Florida, March 2011 HIMSS 11 Secondary Use of Data Symposium and Annual Conference and Exhibition, February 2011 Applications: EPIC, VistA, PyraMed and Practice Fusions EMR, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, SQL and DBMS, Cobalt and HTML, SASS and SPS statistical software.

Experience:

AHIMA HIT Pro AHIMA certification and ONC trained
10 years health care experience, in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory and community based delivery systems
EPIC, VistA, PyraMed and Practice Fusion EHRs one year
Strong background in medical terminology
Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint and Word 20 years’ experience
Technical writing, grant writing, RFPs and public speaking and presentation 10 years’ experience
End-user workflows, document and procedure data Flow & Process Mapping
Project management, 14 years’ experience

Date: December 8, 2011

Name: Karen D Peek RHIT

Email Address: peek.karen@gmail.com
Phone Number: 727-272-3676

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing, Coding - Outpatient, Coding - Management, Compliance, Education, HIM Management, HIPAA Compliance, Project Management, QA\QI\QM\QA\QI\QM, Revenue Cycle Management, Risk Management

Education:
Associates Degree in Health Information Management Pursuing Associates Degree in Healthcare Informatics

Experience:

HIM Manager in Behavioral Health Setting
HIPAA Privacy Officer Office Manager and Claims Coder for Oral Surgeon
Office Manager/Accounts Receivable General Dentist

Date: December 8, 2011

Name: Crysta Powell RHIT

Email Address: crysalize@gmail.com
Phone Number: 813-579-3445

Type of Position Seeking: Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient,HIM Management,HIPAA Compliance

Education:
Associate’s of Science- Health Information Management 2010 Associate’s of Arts 2008

Experience:

Knowledge of HIPAA and ROI - 1 year
Medical Terminology - 8 years
ICD-9-CM and CPT coding - 1 year
Medical records filing and procedures - 1 year
Customer Service - 5 years

Date: September 11, 2011

Name: Marian Nelson RHIA

Email Address: mariannelson61@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 813-443-2438

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing, Information Systems

Education:
BS-HIM University of Alabama at Birmingham May, 2009

Experience:
Auditing, IT, Data Analysis

Date: September 11, 2011

Name: Jacqueline Mino

Email Address: J.Mino@comcast.net
Phone Number: 239.628.6708

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing, Coding - Outpatient, Compliance, HIM Management, HIPAA Compliance, Information Systems, Medical Staff Services, Patient Accounts, Risk Management

Education:
Hodges University Naples, Florida Completion Date: August 20, 2011 Associate of Science in Health Information Management

Experience:
Windows 2000, XP, Vista MS Word 2010 MS Outlook MS Excel MS Access MS PowerPoint 10-key by touch Anzio Doc-X Web Data flex 3.1 Fluent in Spanish Kronos Data entry AS400 ProComm Plus

Date: September 11, 2011

Name: Deb Adams CCS

Email Address: svfreebirdbd@gmail.com
Phone Number: 239-470-2684

Type of Position Seeking: Coding - Outpatient

Experience:
I have been coding for 11 years, 5 of those remotely. I only code Outpatient accounts. I am only looking for weekend part time work. Thank you.

Date: May 1, 2011

Name: Candyce Patterson

Email Address: patterson_candyce@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 850-212-2465

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing,Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient,Coding - Management,Compliance,HIM Management,Medical Staff Services,QA \ QI \ QM \ QA \ QI \ QM,Risk Management

Education:
Florida A&M University BS in Health Information Management 2009

Date: May 1, 2011

Name: Shannah Heathcoe RHIT, AHIMA ICD-10 Cert. Trainer

Email Address: heathcoefamily@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 352-867-9795

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing,Coding - Inpatient,Education

Education:
Volunteer State Community College 1996, RHIT Fall 1996 AHIMA ICD-10 Cert. Trainer Nov. 2010

Experience:
Coder for Shands Hospital at the Univ. of Florida, Munroe Regional Med. Ctr., Coding Consultant for Lexi-Code Corp and Remote Coder for Precyse Solutions. Currently Remote Coder/Auditor for Peak Health Solutions and Adjunct Instructor for ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS at College of Central Florida.

Date: May 1, 2011

Name: Kristin Kelch CCA

Email Address: kskelch@gmail.com
Phone Number: 321-286-6048

Type of Position Seeking: Cancer Registrar,Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient

Education:
EDUCATION Medical Information Coder/Biller Technical Certificate May 2010 Valencia Community College Orlando, Florida Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies December 2001 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Minor: Health Sciences Course emphasis in Community Health, US Health Care Systems, Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, and Volunteer Management Minor: Environmental Studies Course emphasis in Biology, Ecology, Resource Geography, International Environmental Law, and Environmental Politics Associate in Arts December 1995 Valencia Community College Orlando, Florida

Experience:
WORK EXPERIENCE Leavitt Management Group, Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery March 2002- November 2005 Office Manager Heathrow and Altamonte Springs, Florida • Implementation and supervision of all administrative, clerical and operational functions of the office • Responsible for promoting compliance with all state and federal guidelines in Satellite office with regard to environmental safety, worker’s compensation, wage and hour, and HIPAA • Supervised financial processes including insurance verification, daily balancing of patient payments, and medical record completion for billing and coding departments • Worked in conjunction with Healthcare Providers, Clinical Coordinator, and clinical staff to ensure quality patient care • Recruited, trained, and counseled personnel, as required, to assure efficient and effective office work flow and conflict resolution • Consistently maintained monthly expenditures and product inventory within company provided budget guidelines • Liaison to community for promotion of satellite office services- Organized, marketed, and promoted multiple cosmetic events generating average of $13,000 per event • Served as team members for creation of Employee Recognition Program and for Front Office Policy and Procedure Manual American Lighting and Signalization,Inc July 1999-March 2001 Administrative Assistant Orlando, Florida • Performed all functions of office support for electrical maintenance contractor that provides services to Florida Department of Transportation and local government municipalities including City of Casselberry, City of Tampa, and City of Celebration • Company annual sales $3 million • Compiled billing for contracts; monthly average $250,000 • Ensured contract compliance and submitted all documents • Generated Accounts Payable audits, corrections, and payment authorizations • Processed weekly payroll for 35 employees • Generated and verified monthly reporting with corporate office (Asplundh Tree Expert Company) • Trained new employees • Revised employee procedures and protocol to improve employee efficiency • Assisted with yearly inventory audits and balancing

Date: March 31, 2011

Name: Shannah Heathcoe RHIT, ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer Cert.

Email Address: heathcoefamily@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 352-867-9795

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing,Coding - Inpatient,Education

Education:
• Lexi-Code Corporation Coder Development Program Certificate 1996 Ballentine, SC • R.H.IT. Professional Certification 1996 Baltimore, Md • Volunteer State Community College Associate of Applied Science 1996Gallatin, Tennessee • AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer Certificate earned November, 2010

Experience:
Peak Health Solutions March 2010- Present Remote Auditor/Inpatient Coder San Diego, CA Remotely auditing coded inpatient medical records for compliance in all areas of coding knowledge to include The Official ICD-9-CM Coding Guidelines and AHA Coding Clinic and coding for client facilities when necessary. Precyse Solutions Nov 2007 – Oct 2009 Remote Inpatient Coder Wayne, PA Coding Inpatient records from my own home office via the Internet for 3 different facilities currently • Facility in Dayton, Ohio a Children's secondary level facility with a level II NICU. Specializes in treating a variety of Chronic illnesses including Cystic Fibrosis, Cerebral Palsy, and Sickle Cell Anemia as well as many congenital anomalies especially Orthopedic. I use Ingenix Winstrat encoder and Precyse's own transfer software product for this facility. • Facility in Reading, PA- Large Community area hospital that handles the usual variety of cases including Obstetrics/gynecology and Level one Neonatal cases. I use Ingenix Winstrat encoder to code these charts and then access via the Internet the facilities own Meditech encoder product and manually transfer the information into that system for download and dropping the chart to billing. • Facility in Kingman, AZ- Mid- size facility for which I code all the Obstetrics and Newborn charts and overflow charts from the in-house coders. Arizona Hospitals are required to code CPT and HCPCS on all charts, Inpatient as well as Outpatient. I access this facilities system via the Internet and utilize their own 3M encoder for coding and dropping the bill. College of Central Florida - Adjunct Instructor Beginning and Advanced ICD-9 Coding Jan 2008- Present Reimbursement and Billing-Fall 2010 Ocala, FL • Instructor for Beginning ICD-9 Coding in the Spring Semesters. I utilize Channel Publishing, Ltd Hospital Version ICD-9-CM vols. 1, 2 and 3; Faye Brown's ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook current year’s edition and AHIMA Clinical Coding Workout as texts for this class. • Instructor for Advanced ICD-9 Coding during the Summer Session. I will again be utilizing Channel Publishing, Ltd Hospital Version ICD-9-CM vols. 1, 2 and 3 and AHIMA Clinical Coding Workout as texts for this class. These will be supplemented with data purged actual charts from local facilities. • Will be attending AHIMA’s Academy for ICD-10 Trainers educational session at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando Florida, September 30th – October 2nd, 2010. Munroe Regional Medical Center Jan 2003- June 2007 Inpatient Coder Ocala, Florida 500 bed Not for Profit Facility with strong base in cardiac surgery and the only hospital in the county with a Mother/Baby Unit and a limited level 3 NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) • 41/2 years coding and DRG selection on an average of 20 Inpatient or 60 Emergency Room records that included charge code entry • Proficient with Horizon Patient Folder computerized patient records system. • Utilization of Star/HBO patient information systems and Quantum coding systems • Familiar with POA (Present on Admission) guidelines and Severity of Illness requirements for Inpatient coding • Training 4 new employees in Coding rules and regulations and refinement of their skills to include use of computer coding applications • Daily education of other co-workers in immediate coding questions and discussion of General technical coding strategies and resources • Co-Chaired MDI Team (Medical Documentation Improvement) where I served as liaison between the Case Management Documentation Specialists and the Coding staff • Occasional outpatient coding as requested Shands Teaching Hospital- University of Florida Dec 1998-Jan 2003 Inpatient Coder Gainesville, Florida 600 bed Teaching/Trauma Facility • 41/2 years coding and DRG selection on an average of 30 high acuity Inpatient charts including but not limited to: Transplants, Research, Organ retrieval, Psychiatric, GYN, complicated Obstetrics and long term, level 3 NICU charts • Use of Codemaster N+32 and Softmed computerized coding systems Lexi-Code Corporation May 1996-Nov 1998 Health Information Consultant Ballentine, South Carolina • 3 years Manual Outsource Coding and DRG optimization via book of a variety of Inpatient and Outpatient medical records • Stationed at Prince George's Hospital in Washington D.C. 500 bed Trauma/Teaching Facility with a level 3 NICU, and Transplant center • Specialized in Long-term, high acuity, high dollar "Focus" charts, averaging 8 of these a day depending on the actual charts • Alternately stationed at Laurel Regional Medical Center-200+ bed community based facility coding an average of 32 inpatient charts each work day

Date: February 14, 2011

Name: Sandra Paul MPA, RHIA, RHIT

Email Address: SDPaulMPA@aol.com

Phone Number: 772-569-6171

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing,Case Mix Management,Compliance,Education,HIM Management,HIPAA Compliance,Information Systems,Medical Staff Services,Transcriptionist Management

Education:
Registered Health Information Administrator, RHIA Registered Health Information Technologist, RHIT M. P. A., Health Policy and Management New York University, Wagner School of Public Service, New York, NY 1991 – 1993 Graduate Student with final capstone project to formulate methodology to conduct and present results of 24-hour emergency room walkout study to hospital corporate and senior management. New York University, New York, NY B.S., Health Record Science, Cum Laude Northeastern University, Boston, MA HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accounting Act) Instruction &Training Participant Sept. 2007 – Jan. 2008 in 10 MS-DRG preparation and ongoing coding/query documentation guidelines and updates conducted by HCPro. Since the onset of MS-DRGs, the Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist/DRG coder position integration has become key to hospital profitability. My role was to help guide/define/teach the HIS department within the hospital by collecting and reporting the appropriate data to the medical staff and management. I also functioned as the liaison with the coding staff and physicians in order to speed up the revenue cycle as well as chart completion. Active participant in ongoing Webinars presented by Modern Healthcare, Health Information Partners, HcPro, FHIMA and AHIMA. Most recent AHIMA seminars – ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, Prepare for Tomorrow, Today; Auditing for Privacy & Security Compliance; The Legal Health Record: Managing in a Decentralized Environment and The Impact of the Stimulus Act on HIPAA Privacy & Security (AARPA & Health Care). Meaningful Use: A Mini-focus on the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Attend non-credit professional enrichment courses given by Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL.

Experience:
Administrative: Administered credentialing/recredentialing process for physicians and physician assistants. Managed quality assurance/performance improvement activities. Developed and designed surgical privilege forms to meet JCAHO and regulatory compliance. Assigned to regularly rotate as Hospital Administrator on Duty. Managed monthly reporting of department budgets. Generated budgets for a variety of staff and capital needs. Consulting: Independent consultant based in New York City for PRO with 26 million dollar government contract to design, implement and correct systems for improvement of patient care at Veteran Administration Hospitals throughout the United States. Traveled to perform onsite chart reviews/analysis and provided evaluation results via mail and modem to home office. Interim HIM Management: Employed by various companies as an Interim Director of HIM. Enjoyed the various challenges at each site and I was very good at coming in, gaining the support of staff and management and performing excellently at each site. Generated written outcome reports and conducted exit interviews/presentations to medical directors and CEOs; acted as an agent of change toward administrative and clinical documentation improvement which resulted in a higher level of revenue/patient outcome. Self employed as a management consultant to perform operational assessments and reengineering in a variety of departments of health care facilities. Evaluated and streamlined the workflow and recommended staff reassignments. Sales & Recruiting: COO, Partner & Sr. Recruiter private health care recruiting corporation formed in October 2004. Formerly Division Director, Professional Services performing recruiting and sales for candidates and health care clients for hundreds of positions in HIM including Coding, Physicians, Doctors' Offices, Administration, Revenue Cycle, Claims Managers, Business Development, Decision Support and Finance. Obtained references for candidates. Teaching and Staff Development: HIM on line Instructor/Faculty for Kaplan University. Recently accepted to teach in the HIM Technology Course program. Achieved a 92% in on-line training education program. Laboratory instructor for on line course in Health Information Technology (HIM 102). Adjunct for health care students teaching JCAHO hospital accreditation standards, Medicare Conditions of Participation, New York State Chapter 405 and vital statistics regulation requirements, DRG history and operation, Quality Assurance and Tumor Registry. Delivered frequent in-service lectures to hospital wide and medical staff committees. Delivered annual lectures to incoming house staff regarding medical staff by-laws and responsibility for notations/dictations and other required documentation for medical records. Preceptor for over 50 students from Northeastern University, State University of New York (Downstate), Touro College and Borough of Manhattan Community College. Interim HIM: B & L Consulting, West Orange, NJ May 2008 – June 2008 Interim HIM Administrator at Watauga Regional Health System, Boone, NC Provided leadership to a staff of 16 which included Tumor Registrar, at home and contract transcription, coding and ROI staff. Hospital had issues with delinquent charts involving the entire medical staff. This 120 bed hospital is a not for profit sole provider affiliated with two sister hospitals – both critical access sites. Redesigned the workflow and eliminated unnecessary functions. Designed new coding/information sheet for series/recurrent Dialysis visits. Chaired Revenue Cycle Review Committee. Instituted staff Process Improvement workshops to improve work flows using the consensus model. Reinvigorated the staff to understand value of the functions of HIM having to do with revenue cycle vs. patient aftercare vs. reporting requirements. Created HIM FY2009 budgets for three sites. Other challenges included hybrid EHR consisting of 11 systems most of which did not communicate. Hospital used newly purchased Affinity System for HIM Physician Delinquent/Incomplete information which did not communicate with 3M. Healthport Technologies (formerly SDS Healthcare), Nixa, MO Sept. 2007 – January 2008 Interim HIS Director at Howard Regional Health Center, Kokomo, IN (county/community hospital) licensed for 128+ beds with 2000+ monthly ER visits, Ambulatory Surgery Center, county ambulance service, multiple hospital owned physician practice groups as well as 250+ private practice multi-specialty physicians. Managed/led the implementation of the state of the art Dictaphone system as well as initiation/needs assessment for Powerscribe. Wrote all the detailed descriptions/instructions/educational items for the physicians. Also wrote the announcements of the timetable for various phases of the system. Involved in preparation for the ‘Go Live’ for the Powerscribe dictation system for Radiology as well as other outpatient services. Direct reporting responsibility for 30.5 FTEs which included 12 “at home” transcription staff. Major participant in HIS Departmental Performance Improvement activities that reevaluated and restructured the on-going workflow pre and post the ‘Go Live’ date of the Dictaphone system. Reduced the “Unbilled” from $15,000,000+ to $5,200,000 in less than 5 weeks. Reduced the non-response of the ROI section from 2,000+ to less than Assisted in the Query design, process, planning and organizational activities/accountability and physician response issues requirements due to the new documentation rules under the CMS mandated MS-DRGs (October 1, 2007). Involved in the pre/post and ongoing planning of Revenue Cycle issues (Pay for Performance). Participated in EHR evaluation process of current vendor (Meditech) vs. alternative vendors which included Eclipsys. Member of team to prepare all paper in current Medical Record for scanning process when vendor for EHR was selected. Assisted the Vice President of Medical Staff Services with the interviewing and final selection process for the candidates for HIS Director. Educated and trained the newly hired Director of HIS. MPA Associates, Inc., Long Beach, CA June – July 2007 Interim HIM Administrator at Espanola Hospital, Espanola NM (regional hospital licensed for 80 beds with a large ER, Urgent Care and Clinic population). Engaged to run the Medical Record Department upon the retirement of its Manager and the departure of two key employees. Responsible for the in-house and external coding operation, scanning, and transcription etc. functions. Major project was the set up of a new incomplete record file area. Previous set up had been by individual physician so that each had to complete his/her work in turn resulting in a delinquency of over 650 records on June 30th. I changed the process to file by MR number so that multiple physicians/providers would have concurrent access to their records. This change had the immediate result of cutting the delinquency number to fewer than 150 in less than one month. The physicians were very cooperative and praised the new system. Spent the majority of my tenure preparing for a “surprise” visit from CMS through the New Mexico State Department of Health. Sales & Recruiting: The KBS Agency, Inc., Vero Beach, FL July 2004 – Present Partner, COO and Sr. Recruiter for a small selective Health Care Recruiting Firm. Since the inception of this business, I personally secured positions for over 30 health care professionals. I am currently working with approximately 35 candidates and have professional placement relationships with many national professional placement firms as well as clients. Began my professional recruiting career as the only on-site recruiter working remotely with other recruiters. Learned the business from “the bottom floor” and developed many professional relationships as well as work habits that continue to this day which lead to successful recruiting and candidate placement. Sabbatical Time with Family: May 2003 – June 2004 Moved to Southern California to travel and spend time with family members. Also took non-credit courses pertaining to health care practices, recruiting, resumes and sales presentations in preparation for my entry into the recruiting field. Developed relationships with networking recruiters which continue to this day. Interim HIM Management: Marshall Regional Medical Center, Marshall, TX Dec. 2002 – April 2003 Employed as the Interim Medical Record Coordinator/Chief Privacy Officer for rural hospital averaging 400+ discharges each month to prepare the facility for upcoming JCAHO site visit and to increase the effectiveness of coding/billing/filing processes. Re-wrote policy and procedure manual. Generated the new HIPPA compliant release of information policies and procedures. Initiated first dictation system for physicians to dictation from any telephone number so that transcribed reports would be received more timely. Initiated initial scanning of ER and discharged records to prepare for total EHR. This hospital had major issues with incomplete charts. New York Floating Hospital, New York, NY Sept. – Dec. 2002 Interim Medical Record Consultant on clinic ship located in New York harbor providing care to homeless families as well as New York City Public School student athletes. Teaching: Passaic County Community College, Patterson, NJ Fall Semesters 2002 and 2003 Adjunct for laboratory portion of on-line course in Health Information Technology 102. Administration: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY 1996 – 2002 Department of Surgery Administrator/HIM/QI Liaison for 500+ bed teaching hospital with residency training program and faculty surgeons with private practice and clinic responsibilities. Responsible for physicians and house staff rapid dictation and completion as well as for Attending Surgeon staff approval and signatures. Number of house staff ranged from 25 to 35; number of attendings ranged from 12 to 14. Also responsible for 5 Surgical PAs which included hiring, firing, interviewing and credentialing as well as recredentialing. Health Management Consultant, New York, NY 1995 – 1996 Self employed as a consultant to perform operational assessments, process reengineering and special projects in departments of health care facilities throughout NYC and Long Island. Full Time Director of HIM: Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY 1993 –1995 Director of Medical Records in 600+ bed inner city public sector teaching hospital with 79 employees providing primary clinic care for over 70% of discharged patients. Acted as 24-7 AOD as well as primary HIM department liaison with staff and physicians. Sat on multiple physician led committees and was Chairman of the Forms Committee. Consultant while in Graduate School: West Virginia Medical Institute, Charlestown, WV January – August 1993 Quality Assurance Specialist Consulting position which was based in NYC while completing graduate school. Responsible to travel extensively for two weeks each month to VA hospitals with 150 miles of NYC. Periodically travel to VA hospitals throughout the United States to conduct quality of care audits on specific diagnoses and procedures. As an agent of change, conducted end of assignment wrap up sessions with key C level executives and Medical Directors. Results of the 386 system computer audits were transmitted via modem to WV. Full Time HIM Director & Part time Teaching: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 1988 – 1991 Director of Medical Records in 750+ bed tertiary care teaching hospital with 49+ employees in hospital with active emergency department and clinics. The hospital utilized Meta system for the chart completion reports and other needs. Responsible Beta site tester input for the hospital. Touro College, New York, NY Fall Semesters 1989 -1990 Adjunct lecturer for Sr. health information management students in preparation of the RRA (RHIA) exam. Taught 15-25 students about various City, State, Medicare, Medicaid and JCAHO rules & Requirements which included forms completion and submission. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 1987 - 1988 Director of Medical Records in 1000+ bed inner city tertiary care teaching facility which included 250+ skilled nursing care beds and highly active inner city emergency room and clinics with 89 employees (9 management team). Job description and list of accomplishments was enormous and included file football size room purge, design of first incomplete file room. Instituted initial incomplete chart area with accompanying physician sanctions. Also wrote publicity which was distributed and posted hospital wide to promote chart completion to physicians to avoid the sanctions. Prepared hospital for JCAHO site visit; sat on multiple physician led committees; Chaired the Forms Committee. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accounting Act) Instruction &Training MS-DRG Clinical Documentation Preparation Instruction Continuing Education Getting Practical with Privacy August 1 – 2, 2002 AHIMA HIPAA Compliance & the Non-Medical Community June 5, 2002 The Greater NY Chapter of American Corporate Counsel Association Payment Error Prevention & Corporate Compliance May 9, 2002 IPRO HIPAA & Privacy Confidentiality January 17, 2002 HIMANYC HIPAA & JCAHO Compliance Strategies December 14, 2001 Pinder & Associates, LLC & NYHIMA HIPAA Track

Date: February 14, 2011

Name: Sandra Paul MPA, RHIA, RHIT

Email Address: SDPaulMPA@aol.com
Phone Number: 772-569-617l

Type of Position Seeking: Compliance,Education,HIM Management,HIPAA Compliance,Information Systems,Medical Staff Services,QA \ QI \ QM \ QA \ QI \ QM,Revenue Cycle Management

Date: February 14, 2011

Name: Sharon Pirchalski Ahima CCA

Email Address: spirchalski@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 443-487-3352

Type of Position Seeking: Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient,Patient Accounts

Education:
Rasmussen College/Online Graduation Date:09/2011 HIT Career Step Medical Billing/Coding In/Out Patient Graduated 01/2011

Experience:
Coded over 300 medical reports in Career Step and ongoing with Rasmussen College

Date: February 14, 2011

Name: Martin Smith M.Ed. RHIT, CCA

Email Address: londonbulldog1@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 813-433-1740

Type of Position Seeking: Coding - Outpatient, Education, HIM Management, Product Development

Education:
Graduate Certificate - Healthcare Informatics The College of St Scholastica M.Ed. Education – Instructional Technology American Intercontinental University B.F.A. Digital Design American Intercontinental University A.S. Health Information Management, St. Petersburg College

Experience:
Fourteen years' experience in health information management. 8 years’ experience online instruction including course design. Data management and analysis. Program management.

Date: February 14, 2011

Name: Darrell Roderique CCS

Email Address: drodccs@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 941-375-8915

Type of Position Seeking: Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient,HIM Management

Education:
A/S in HIM from St Petersburg College, 3.9GPA

Experience:
21 in Air Force 5 Years in QA 2- Four month Internships

Date: February 14, 2011

Name: J Marisa Dragash MSHSA, RHIA

Email Address: cmonet777@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 4076174362

Type of Position Seeking: Information Systems,Product Development,Project Management,QA \ QI \ QM \ QA \ QI \ QM

Education:
University of Central Florida: 1) Master of Science degree, Health Services Administration, concentration computer software, 1999 2) Bachelor of Science degree, Health Information Management, 2003 3) Bachelor of Science degree, Health Services Administration, concentration computer software, 1997

Experience:
-Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., 2003-present, Implementation Consultant -Adventist Health System Clinical Information Services, 2003-2006, Clinical Informatics Specialist II -Dynamic Healthcare Technologies, Inc., 2000-2001, Customer Applications Support Specialist I – Radiology & Mammography -Florida Hosital, Systems Development Department, 1998-1999, Management/Data Analyst Intern -MEDai Inc., 1997-1998, Data Management Intern and Trainee

Date: December 17, 2010

Name: Ann Marie DE Melia RHIT
AHIMA ID Number: 1122959

Email Address: ann4233@hotmail.com
Phone Number: 386-788-3392

Type of Position Seeking: Coding - Outpatient

Education:
Daytona State College Health Information Management 2 yrs

Experience:
Coder - Total Patient Care Home Health Health Information Management Technician, Scanning - Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center

Date: December 13, 2010

Name: Kerris Delgado
AHIMA ID Number: 1224904

Email Address: kerris.delgado001@mymdc.net
Phone Number: 305-763-2098

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing, Cancer Registrar, Coding - Inpatient, Coding - Outpatient,Coding - Management, HIM Management, HIPAA Compliance, Information Systems, Medical Staff Services, Patient Accounts,QA \ QI \ QM \ QA \ QI \ QM

Date: December 13, 2010

Name: Tatyana Mallory
AHIMA ID Number: 1205996

Email Address: tachamal@aol.com
Phone Number: (386)846-0053

Type of Position Seeking: HIM Management ,Patient Accounts ,QA \ QI \ QM \ QA \ QI \ QM

Education:
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL Bachelor of Science Health Informatics and Information Management, 2010

Experience:
Heritage Healthcare Center-Tallahassee, FL Medical Records Assistant-1.5 years

Date: December 13, 2010

Name: Lourdes Morella RHIT
AHIMA ID Number: 1212131

Email Address: llmorella@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 305-367-1341

Type of Position Seeking: Case Mix Management,Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient, Compliance, HIPAA Compliance,Information Systems ,Patient Accounts ,Revenue Cycle Management

Education:
Associate Degree in Health Information Technology

Experience:
Just graduated

Date: October 25, 2010

Name: Karen Peek
AHIMA ID Number: 1351935

Email Address: peek.karen@gmail.com
Phone Number: 7274080998

Type of Position Seeking: Auditing,Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient,Coding - Management,HIM Management

Education:
Saint Petersburg College - Associates of Science Degree, HIM Program, Currently completing 51 credits. GPA 3.95 High School - Attended 1990-1994 GPA 4.0

Experience:
Office Manager Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Office March 2008 – Present Stephen C. Morris DDS, Seminole, FL • In charge of all non-clinical responsibilities: negotiating insurance fee schedules, submitting insurance correspondence for all outstanding claims, tracking accounts receivable, and collections. • Control Medicare enrollment and implementation of new e-filing and electronic reimbursement. • Monitor and track all outstanding Medicare, BCBS, Aetna, and Humana medical claims, and fee reimbursements. • Manage, update, and correctly code all claims with applicable CDT, CPT, ICD-9 diagnosis codes, and modifiers. • Handle all front desk duties: managing three phone lines, scheduling all patient appointments, presenting treatment plans, collecting payments, negotiating treatment fees, and end of day bank deposits. • Assist Physician with new hire selection, interviews, salary negotiations, and terminations. • Regularly initiate “promotional” doctor lunches, holiday, and birthday gifts with lead referring offices. • Create office work schedule and plan all calendars. Office Assistant/Receptionist/Dental Assistant – General Dentist Office May 2006-Nov 2007 James Carreiro DMD, Largo, FL • Assisted Office Manager with all front desk responsibilities including: establishing new patients, verifying insurance fees, presenting and scheduling treatment plans, verifying financial arrangements, and batching electronic claims payments. • Created Clinical Procedural Manual for dental assistants. • Regularly took FMX and PA’s using Dentrix digital imagery. • Assisted doctor chairside, handled sterilization, and organization of trays. Office Manager – General Dentist Office Aug 2003-May 2006 Gayle Siemers DDS, Polson, MT • Handled all front desk responsibilities: answering phones, scheduling appointments, “quickfills”, generating recall lists, processing payments, and end of day account balancing. • Regularly processed Medicaid and Montana CHIPS claims with successful reimbursement rates. • Managed accounts receivable, processed weekly statements, and made financial arrangements prior to treatment. • Created and updated monthly Excel spreadsheets to monitor production and collections. • Utilized software to generate “money finder” lists of patients, past due recare, and overdue treatment plans. • Expedited payment on insurance claims by personally ensuring inclusion of correct narrative, perio charts, and xrays. • Validated all ins. Coverage, fee schedule breakdowns, waiting periods, then updated software coverage books. • Controlled all Delta preferred provider fee updates bi-annually. • Corresponded with software company to install and format digital imaging, intraoral cameras, and xray scanners. • Regularly took FMX, BWX, and PA xrays, assisted the dentist chairside, and practiced OSHA infection control. Income Tax Preparer – Seasonal Dec 2002-Feb 2009 H & R Block, Hamilton, MT • Seasonal income tax preparer and financial planning advisor. • Managed bi-weekly payroll using Quickbooks. Executive Assistant to Finance Departments Nov 1998-Feb 2009 Core Staffing/Atrium Staffing, New York, NY • Provided support and organized work flow for CEO’s, Directors, and VP’s of private investment firms and various corporations, through staffing agencies or in-house temp. programs including: Lazard Frères, Estee Lauder, Ziff Davis Media, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, and MAC Cosmetics. • Regularly proofread invoices to ensure proper coding, and audited staff expense reports.

Date: October 25, 2010

Name: Cedrica Morgan
AHIMA ID Number: 1336212

Email Address: cedrica.morgan@gmail.com
Phone Number: (904) 562-0971

Type of Position Seeking: Cancer Registrar,Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient,Compliance,Patient Accounts,Risk Management

Education:
St. John’s River Community College Associates of Science August 2010 Major: Health Information Management Minor: Medical Information Coder/Biller Professional Practicum Experience: (180 clinical hours) Performed clinical pertinence reviews, chart assembly and analysis at Mayo Clinic, Baptist South, Palatka Community Health Center Orange Park Medical Center, and Baptist downtown locations.

Experience:
Administrative Assistant, LIG, LLC Jacksonville, FL Apr 2007 – Present • Performs general office duties as necessary to include use of personal computer, answering the telephone, typing correspondence, filing, copying and faxing. Organizes and maintains office files and information, maintain outlook calendar. • Proficient with applications; Microsoft Office Suite 2007-2010. • Proficient with communication tools such as; Microsoft Outlook. Assistant Manager, Subway Restaurants, Jacksonville, FL Mar 1997 – Mar 2007 • Investigating and Resolving extenuating customer issues/disputes in a timely manner. • Communicating strategies for daily customer operations / Procedures. • Maintain weekly and monthly reports to measure performance and productivity. KEY ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS: • Proficient ICD 9 • Proficient CPT 4 • DRG & APG assignment • Medical Terminology • Health Care Law • Online Claim Submission • 3M encoder • Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement • Insurance Reimbursement/Collections • Chart Assembly and Storage • Clinical data analysis and extraction • HIPAA regulations • Managed care regulations/Joint Commission guidelines • Keyboarding • Ms Excel • Ms Word • Current HIM technologies

Date: October 21, 2010

Name: Linda Shneyer
AHIMA ID Number: 1209881

Email Address: regguster@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 305 790 6096

Type of Position Seeking: Cancer Registrar, Compliance, Information Systems, Patient Accounts

Education:
Graduate of MDC HIM Program A.S. Degree A.A. Degree Pre Bachelor of Arts

Date: October 21, 2010

Name: Alfred White CCA, BS
AHIMA ID Number: 1227585

Email Address: alwhite999@gmail.com
Phone Number: 727-480-3643

Type of Position Seeking: Coding - Inpatient,Coding - Outpatient

Education:
BS in Management Medical Coder Certificate - Saint Petersburg College

Date: October 21,2010

16 yrs in the medical field as Admin. Assist., Sec., Scheduler, medical records, Ins. billing, transcription, coding,