PROFESSIONAL PROFILE• Accomplished career in long-term care and allied health services, with an emphasis in rehab program management, operational leadership, and regulatory compliance. • Innovative problem-solver and strategist with a proven track-record of dynamically growing therapy operations, streamlining processes, improving documentation procedures, and implementing organizational solutions to ongoing regulatory changes. Recognized as a go-to expert for understanding the Medicare maze.• Adept communicator with excellent interpersonal skills. An effective training professional with the remarkable ability to translate complex material into useful knowledge and tools for optimizing rehab operations, enhancing organizations’ prosperity, and delivering excellent patient outcomes.COMPANYWe enhance therapy-related operations and Medicare compliance in a wide variety of settings, including long-term care and rehab agencies. Additionally, we bring a different approach to in-house therapy. As an In-House Therapy Alliance™ member, you can experience the benefits of an effectively managed and compliant in-house therapy program, while you retain all the profits inside your facility to directly benefit your residents. We take the helm providing ongoing oversight and guidance for your rehab team, which lightens your load, increases your revenue, and delivers excellent patient outcomes. TEACHING INTERESTS• Strong interest and commitment to the long-term care industry in general, and more specifically in regard to program development and compliance with federal and state regulations, SNF Regulatory Changes, PDPM, MDS, MPPR, manual medical review, functional status coding, and documentation.• Also an educator about how to improve revenue, productivity, and profitability across multiple service lines, while simultaneously creating positive relationships and increasing employee retention in a competitive marketplace.

The Expert Advisory Panel for American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC) focuses on ensuring that MDS and Medicare education and certification materials are accurate, up-to-date, and evidence-based. I have also served as a Consultant Peer Reviewer for a Medicare University CEU course related to skilled therapy services in long-term care settings.

My role as a Board Member-at-Large includes chairing a national Skilled Nursing Facilities work-group and leading conference calls on related topics for members.• 2011-2013 NARA National Conference Skilled Nursing Facility MDS Panelist• Subject matter expert presentation at 2011 and 2012 NARA National Conference on topics of documentation, compliance, and MMRKnown in the industry as NARA, this organization exists to "provide knowledge, support, and resources to Rehabilitation Therapy providers and their employees" and "represents rehab businesses consisting of over 25,000 healthcare professionals dedicated to providing a multitude of skilled rehabilitation therapy services."