Kathy Ormsby
Email: aborhp@r.postjobfree.com
Address:
City: Cupertino
State: CA
Zip: 95014
Country: USA
Phone: 408-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Certified Professional Medical Coder with over 19 years experience in outpatient and emergency department coding. Specialized in Medicare HCC certified in ICD-9 and CPT. Familiar with commercial and private insurance carriers. Expertise in physician training and management.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Columbia Southern University, Birmingham AL 1/2001 to 7/2012 (Medical Administration)
High School Dipolma from Bryant and Stratton College, Birmingham AL 1/2001 to 10/2012
Job History / Details:
Professional Summary
Certified Professional Medical Coder with over 19 years experience in outpatient and emergency department coding. Specialized in Medicare HCC certified in ICD-9 and CPT. Familiar with commercial and private insurance carriers. Expertise in physician training and management.
Licenses
CPC Certification
Skill Highlights
Managed care contract knowledge
Coding instructor
Quality assessment of coded data
Leadership skills
Knowledge of HMOs, Medicare and Medi-Cal
OB-GYN, surgery, gastro, ENT, ortho experience
ICD-9
CPT and HCPCS coding
HIPAA compliance
Excellent verbal communication
Knowledge of anatomy/physiology
Billing and collection procedures expert
Professional Experience
June 2012 to 10/2/2012 12:00:00 AM
Kaiser Permanente Oakland, California
Sr. Learning Consultant
Consults with leaders of major constituency groups within the organization to assess, trend and analyze the learning needs of employees across the region based on current and future strategic plans.
Develops, implements and coordinates management training programs.
Serves as a master trainer providing training and coaching to trainers and learning consultants.
Monitors, evaluates and makes leveraging recommendations about the cost effectiveness and quality of learning programs.
Plans, advocates for and implements the deployment of regionwide strategic learning systems.
Evaluates, selects, retains and brokers a pool of internal and external training consultants, with diverse expertise to provide leveraged training of a specialized and/or technical nature.
Evaluates, selects and deploys computer based training programs regionwide.
Stays abreast of learning, training and development research including theory, motivation theory and new materials, methods and techniques.
June 2007 to June 2012
Kaiser Permanente San Jose, California
Data Quality Trainer
Assists Regional Coding Team & Health Information Management Managing Director in meeting coding quality & productivity goals & objectives by identifying opportunities for continuous quality improvement
Communicates & participates in regional operational & strategic planning
Actively involved in mentoring & training all functions & services related to hospital medical coding, medical documentation, & physician queries, abstracting & data collection
Monitors coding & abstracting quality by conducting &/or coordinating ongoing audits to ensure coding quality & performance improvement standards are maintained, achieved & improved
Works with Coding Supervisors & HIM Director to develop, implement, evaluate & improve coders participating in the HIM Department On-the-Job Training (OJT) Program
Provides ongoing coding/systems education & training of staff
Tracks & reports progress of coding trainees at each phase of OJT Program
Assists Regional Coding Team in preparing statistical analysis &/or reports
Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state & local regulations, as well as with institutional/organizational standards, practices, policies & procedures
Strong research skills including knowledge of automated analysis tools & on-line research tools required to resolve complex coding/systems issues
Must be able to work flexible days & hours
June 2004 to May 2007
Syracuse Eye Center Syracuse, NY
Billing Manager, Technician, Consultant
CPT and ICD 9 coding, chart auditing, perform the account maintenance, billing, reconciliation reporting and customer service related activities
Perform database maintenance and research tasks to support the contracts administration, cash control operations and assignment of medical record numbers
Ability to diagnose, analyze and solve a variety of quantitative and qualitative problems
Ability to communicate clearly and professionally
Excellent conflict resolution and decision making capabilities
Ability to work productively at multiple tasks
Education and Training
2013 Columbia Southern University Birmingham, Alabama
Bachelor of Arts Medical Administration
2004 Bryant and Stratton College Syracuse, NY
Certification Anatomy & Physiology