Melissa Varnavas Email & Phone Number

Marblehead, Ma, Us

Middleton, Massachusetts, United States

Middleton, Ma

Devoted to ensuring ongoing educational, networking, and relationship building to advance the clinical documentation integrity profession and achievements of those working in this engaging and innovative healthcare field.

Danvers, Ma

-Facilitate national conference gathering more than 1,200 allied heathcare professionals and related businesses-Manage association social networking efforts growing participation on LinkedIn to more than 4,500; doubling participation on Facebook; leveraging Twitter for business to business interactions, marketing, and information dissemination -Develop thought leadership expertise for the industry/association-Manage various content contributors, authors, and editorial submissions-Create industry White Papers and Benchmarking reports-Manage internal data/analytic reports to heighten customer usability-Work with marketing and creative teams to develop ACDIS collateral

Danvers, Massachusetts

As the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists (ACDIS) Associate Editorial Director, I am responsible for developing an extensive line of educational content including live events, web-based seminars, podcasts, books, newsletters, and our award-winning website. I manage more than 40 ACDIS networking groups/state chapters, as well as the association's two conferences--the 2,000+ attendee annual conference and its 300+, outpatient-focused symposium.

Marblehead, Ma

Provided strategic management and content development in HCPro Inc.'s healthcare corporate compliance market over several product lines including: print and electronic newsletters, websites, e-learning, audio conferences, and books. Responsible for growth and development of new editorial staff's reporting and editing skills within complex healthcare market.-Collaborated across editorial and marketing teams to analyze marketplace needs and provide solutions in varying formats, including newsletter articles, online content, and audio conference presentations.-Edited five monthly newsletters; managed contributing writers, freelance and internal editorial staff.-Provided quality content for a variety of healthcare compliance newsletters and electronic media, synthesizing complex government regulations for busy healthcare professionals.

Earned several awards of merit for newspaper coverage from the New England Press Association and the Massachusetts Press Association among others.

Bachelor'S Degree, English/Communication Arts

Activities and Societies: Newspaper staff/editor; literary magazine contributor, staff, editor; yearbook editor

Mfa, Writing

Ba, English, Communication Arts

Communication arts, English