Health Unit Coordinator In Emergency Services
CurrentI started as a Medical Assistant in 1998 working with a small group of 8 providers, starting with paper charts and moving to EHR’s using both Clinical Workstation and EPIC systems. Administered medications and immunizations, assisted with Flex-Sig procedures, sterile procedures, ear washes, refilled medications and assisted with other procedures under the supervision of our staff MD with a focus on Disease Management and Point of Care.In 2009 I was hired to "pilot" a new position… Show more I started as a Medical Assistant in 1998 working with a small group of 8 providers, starting with paper charts and moving to EHR’s using both Clinical Workstation and EPIC systems. Administered medications and immunizations, assisted with Flex-Sig procedures, sterile procedures, ear washes, refilled medications and assisted with other procedures under the supervision of our staff MD with a focus on Disease Management and Point of Care.In 2009 I was hired to "pilot" a new position within Internal Medicine to assist with Durable Medical Equipment orders and Medication Prior Authorizations, working with a team of 25-30 providers including our resident physician staff. The pilot resulted in assisting clinicians to ensure compliancy with Medicare requirements, specifically documentation. Working with staff from Gundersen's IS /IT dept., we formed a DME committee to create workflow processes within EPIC for the entire organization. This included in-patient and ambulatory settings. I also worked with a team to create workflows for electronic prior authorizations for medications across the organization with trials using programs including CoverMyMeds and SureScripts.In Dec 2016, I obtained my CPC (Certified Professional Coding) certification and transferred from Internal Medicine to Revenue Cycle working to centralize the DME work within a team in a new department, Prior Auth and DME Services. Providing support to primary care clinicians and specialty departments to provide a new type of patient care has been a positive and well supported change.Feb 2022 I transferred out of Revenue Cycle back into the clinic/hospital setting as a Health Unit Coordinator in Emergency Services. Looking forward to working back in the emergency field, back to where I first started in healthcare. Show less
