Sarah Bowman, Mba, Rhia, Chc Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Actively participated in clinical documentation improvement program’s re-branding and restructuring to ensure a standardized, internal and sustainable program across the organization
• Serve as the operations project manager of computer assisted coding implementation across 22 hospitals
• Collaborate with key Revenue Cycle and IT leaders to plan and prepare for ICD-10 transition
• Identified and participated in the selection of ICD-10 vendors for educating employed physicians and hospital associates across the organization (7 markets comprising 22 hospitals and over 1,500 providers)
• Work closely with VP of Revenue Cycle and local market leaders to ensure budgetary adherence and tracking of key revenue cycle initiatives

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Performed physician practice pro forma reimbursement analyses which accounted for certain payer mix and reimbursement trend factors
• Provided physician education related to various clinical documentation improvement initiatives
• Performed medical record coding and documentation compliance reviews for various physician specialties
• Analyzed practice reimbursement in consideration of past, current and projected future, locality and payer-specific fee schedules and regulations
• Performed independent reviews and support for physician practices subject to Corporate Integrity Agreements and other regulatory scrutiny
• Served in an advisory role related to the interpretation and adherence of federal, state and payer regulatory guidelines

Jefferson Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's North, Baptist Hospital Of Cocke County

• Oversight responsibilities for the Health Information Management (HIM) departments at three of the Community facilities within Mercy Health Partners (currently known as Tennova Healthcare).
• Earned Gallup Top Performance Award (Top 10%) for employee engagement
• Achieved 2nd highest Physician Satisfaction score in Catholic Health Partners
• Successfully prepared and opened HIM department at a new hospital (St. Mary’s North)
• Coordinated revisions in Medical Staff Rules and Regulations to standardize processes
• Re-distributed staffing to improve turn-around-times for physician customers

Bachelor, Health Information Management

Masters, Business Administration