ANN MARIE DIAZ
Wellington, FL 33414
Phone: 561-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
Education South University
September, 2004 ~ May, 2006
Bachelorette in Science and Nursing
Florida Atlantic University
September, 2002 ~ August, 2004
Associates Science
Palm Beach Community College 1999-2002 Science
September, 1999 ~ June, 2002
Associate
Skills
Office management:
Case reports, budgets, staff meetings, office policies Develop SOP’s and implement them.
Coordinate day-to-day operations: scheduling, risk management, and daily evaluation of 10 employees and productivity schedule.
Daily troubleshooting with insurance, scheduling appointments, and patient needs such as prescriptions, therapies, reimbursements, special ordering, Hippa and Osha regulations. I reviewed all plan of cares for all therapies, OASIS documents, chart reviews, medicare compliance, and patients plans. I maintained a positive work environment and open communications between employee and Doctors and facilitated teamwork, and implement constructive resolution of conflicts. Daily evaluation of efficiency, adjustments and personnel reassignments. Initiated productive goal incentives for performance and safety.
Case Manager/Patient Care Advocate:
I am responsible for being a Liaison between patients, their families, and insurance companies while implementing a plan of care for a holistic approach to maintaining the disease.
Keeping the patient’s health and wellbeing as my number one priority, assessment of the patient’s health care needs, planning with the patient and significant others to meet patient needs, implementation of a plan and ongoing evaluation of the results of nursing intervention. I helped to implement ways that a patient can get the most to help their disease. I initiated medication schedules for them, lists of medications, Emergency red cards, hospitalization kits, support groups for them and their care givers, patient assistance for prescription medications, samples, programs, therapies, home health agencies, nursing at home, home health aides, ADL equipment, knowledge sessions, group conferences, telephone conferences with patients and their families by phone, individual care, telephone remedies, and served as a liaison between them, and the doctors.
Proficiency in preparation of Botulinum Toxin injections, including Botox, Xeomin and Dysport.
DBS: Programing, and mapping
TRAINING/ CERTIFICATIONS: UPDRS, TWSTRS, MMSE, MOCA, Blepharospasm Disability Index, Jankovic Rating Scale, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Scopa, GCP training, BLS, ALS, CPR, HIV/AIDS, Domestic Violence, OSHA, NPF-ATTP
Experience Nurse Clinical Coordinator and Supervisor
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton, Boca Raton, FL
August, 2006 ~ Present
Office Manager: Case reports, budgets, staff meetings, office policies, develop SOP’s and implement them.
Daily evaluation of efficiency, personnel assignments of 10 employees. Initiated productive goal incentives for performance and safety.
I am responsible for being a Liaison between patients, their families, and insurance companies while implementing a plan of care.
Daily assessment of the patient’s health care needs, planning with the patient and significant others to meet patient needs, implementation of a plan and ongoing evaluation of the results of nursing intervention. I helped to implement ways that a patient can get the most to help their disease. I initiated medication schedules for patients, organized medications, Emergency red cards, hospitalization kits, support groups for them and their care givers, patient assistance for prescription medications, samples, programs, therapies, home health agencies, nursing at home, home health aides, ADL equipment, knowledge sessions, group conferences, telephone conferences with patients and their families by phone, individual care, telephone remedies, and served as a liaison between them, and the physician.
DBS programing, mapping, and planning for the physician.
Proficiency in preparation of Botulinum Toxin injections, including Botox, Xeomin and Dysport
Front office administrator: multi tasking in a very busy front office while answering phone calls, checking in/ out patients, and scheduling patients. Reviewing administration forms, verifying insurance information, and Medicare guidelines.
Physician personal scheduling, office benefits and planning, speaking engagements, update the billing and office budgets, recruit and hire qualified staff.
Medical Assistant/ Front Desk Associate
2004-2006 Genesis Dermatology, Jupiter, FL
April, 2004 ~ July, 2006
Multitasked in a busy upscaled dermatology office in appointment settings, answering phones, checking patients in/ out, insurance collection.
medical history taking, assisted the physician in exams, MOHS procedures, suturing, assisted in dermatology surgical procedures.
Others
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Phase I: 0
Phase II: Parkinson’s Disease, Psoriasis, PHN, Dementia,
Phase III: Cervical Dystonia, Essential Tremor. Parkinson’s Disease
Phase IV: Parkinson’s Disease, Cervical Dystonia, RLS