Kim Lydick-Ridenour, Lpn, Rma, Rahi Email & Phone Number

A Registered Medical Assistant since 1979 and a recent Registered Nurse, I have worked in a variety of medical practice specialties both clinically, administratively and as an Allied Health Instructor for a Community College and Technical Institute.Helped build a new optometric practice with multiple insurance credentialing, provider enrollment including Medicare, Medicaid, DMERQ, private insurance networks and brought this new practice to substantial stability through successful insurance claim submissions, registration and application for NPI, TIN, UPIN and CAQH participation, DEA and State Licensing requirements and annual re-certification.I am experienced in insurance coding complexities; provider Meaningful Use, current PQRS participation and requirements, ICD-9/10/11 and CPT code pairing, Qualifiers/Modifiers for CMS 1500 claims and EHR 5010 compliance. I have multiple EHR and clearinghouse experience with a 95% first time 'clean claim' success rate. I have installed and managed two EHR systems, including scribe duties.When teaching, I instruct my students in advanced phlebotomy, moderately-complex clinical and laboratory procedures, testing and minor surgical and procedural assists with physicians, optometrists and surgeons as well as the complex and multiple administrative duties in medical office practices.I have implemented, operated and maintained a CLIA approved moderately complex lab including serum chemistry, automated and manual microscopic cell counts with differential, urinalysis and micro-organism identification. I have performed multiple laboratory testing, rapid testing and screening as well as conducting drug-testing sample observation guidelines with chain of custody protocol.Assisted in many sterile minor surgery procedures;vasectomies, independent post-surgical suture/staple removal, male/female catheterizations, EKG, Holter Monitor, radiography, sonography and directly participated in four successful cardio-pulmonary resuscitations.

Listed skills include Healthcare, Medicaid, Medical Coding, Icd 9, and 32 others.