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Nashville Metropolitan Area

• Joined through integration with The Rybar Group. Utilize expertise in healthcare revenue cycle assessments, revenue optimization and process improvement, chart auditing, compliance, and provider education.• Collaborate on initiatives to improve revenue cycle management performance and overall compliance for healthcare providers.• Implement effective training and coaching methods with a variety of healthcare professionals on compliant coding and documentation.

Fenton, Michigan, United States

A Revenue Cycle Consultant at The Rybar Group with over 20 years of healthcare industry experience, specializing in revenue cycle management, coding, billing, compliance, and auditing. My varied experience with medical centers, physician groups, hospitals, and national healthcare consulting firms allows me to assist clients with implementing solutions to optimize revenue and reimbursement opportunities while ensuring compliance.

Oakland, Maryland

Transformed a Federally Qualified Health Center's revenue cycle performance from appointment through patient collections, sustainably reducing AR days (DSO) from 35 to 28. Engineered successful revenue management teams supporting 33% growth in health center with expanded primary care and integrated behavioral health services. Piloted process improvement in HIM document management resulting in 98% scanning and categorizing accuracy. Optimized payer credentialing process decreasing revenue risks throughout the health center's service area expansion. Increased patient collections while also maintaining the health center's mission to provide excellent, quality-based care, regardless of a patients insurance status or ability to pay.

Western Maryland

Serving as an experienced healthcare consultant, providing a variety of services including: medical coding assistance, chart audits, provider coding & documentation education, ICD-10 transition training & on-site assistance. Perform billing company claim audit services to ensure quality and compliance, as well as revenue cycle management review. Develop customized compliance plans and enabled rapid deployment with staff training.

Mchenry, Md

Provide instruction in medical billing and coding at community-based college utilizing adult education methods. Developed course syllabus, recommended authoritative references & resources for students. Develop students' fundamental knowledge regarding medical billing, claims processing, various types of insurance payers, managed care plans, revenue cycle and the basics of using different code sets to describe medical services. Additionally, enabled students in passing the NHA exam for Medical Administrative Assistant Certification at completion of the program.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Successfully manage compliance initiatives for two RCM billing divisions located in Rockville MD and Sarasota FL. Responsibilities included rigorous coding audits of our CPCs with a large volume of Orthopaedic Surgery and Cardiovascular Specialists, A/R process audits and Q/A review to ensure 97% accuracy rates in all processes. Develop training materials to provide company-wide HIPAA & Compliance training. Manage continued education opportunities and credit units for all Maryland Division AR & coding staff. Investigate & report all compliance concerns and reported incidents, making recommendations to mitigate risk or prevent future occurrences. Provide Compliance Management services to a large hospitalist practice (formerly known as Inpatient Specialists, PA) of more than 30 F/T physicians and a 9-physician Pediatric practice, which includes coding & documentation auditing (baseline & interim), physician on-boarding in coding/documentation & ongoing physician education.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for revenue cycle management of multiple physician clients, including a variety of specialties: Hospitalists, Ortho Surgery, Cardiology, Primary Care, Pediatrics, Oncology, General Surgery. Managed a department of 15-20 staff members providing A/R and denial management with a focus on client services. Worked directly with practice administrators and physician managers to ensure successful relations and collection goals were met or exceeded.