Manager Medical Assistant
Resume:
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Cell Phone Number: 662-***-****
Amy Beth Pieroni
O bjective To gain employment and review medical – legal cases.
E xperience 12.2009 – 6.20.2014 Hollowell Law Firm Greenville, MS
Legal Medical Assistant
1. Reviewed personal injury cases and determined what future medical was
needed and discussed cost(s) with different facilities;
2. Assisted in preparing Notice of Claim(s), Complaint(s) and answered
Discovery;
3. Assisted in acquiring Experts for cases; worked and/or assisted the Expert in
obtaining the necessary documents in order to form their opinion(s);
participated in conference(s) (telephonically or in person) with the Expert in
order to assist them in finalizing their opinions used in the “Designation of
Expert Witness(es)”, prepared Answers and/or Responses to Discovery and
assisted in preparing the Expert in his/her Deposition;
4. Have prepared and assisted in preparing letters to Medicare requesting a
reduction in their lien amount for numerous clients with success; have
prepared letters to Medicare requesting either an Amended Date of Injury or
Injuries along with the injury diagnosis code (ICD-9 Code[s]) that were
initially called into the COBC (now MSPRC and COBC are merged as the
BCRC), and
5. Participated in a team that presented a “Medicare Set-Aside” workshop /
presentation at the MAJ (formerly the MTLA [Mississippi Trial Lawyers
Association] annual conference held in San Destin, Florida in 2013 and
presented the same at the Mississippi Bar Association’s annual convention held
in New Orleans, Louisiana in June of 2014.
2006 – 2009 The Greenville Clinic Greenville, MS
Cardiology Nurse for Dr. Benjamin Folk, III
6. Responsible for monthly “Pacemaker Clinics”;
7. Performed all stress tests and Nuclear Stress Tests Dr. Folk or other physicians
ordered;
Assisted in checking patients in at peak times of the day;
Read and prepared all twenty-four (24) hour Holter Monitors (Heart Beat Monitor)
reports for Dr. Folk’s review, and
Performed other duties Dr, Folk assigned to me.
2001 – 2006 The King’s Daughters Hospital Greenville, MS
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Cell Phone Number: 662-***-****
Amy Beth Pieroni
Staff RN, Case Manager, Case Management Director and Medical Surgical
U nit Nurse Manager
8. As a staff RN, I was responsible for the patients assigned under my care,
responsible for the LPN team member with me and responsible for all
documentation on the patients under my care;
9. As a Case Manager, I was responsible for patient’s discharge needs that began
on admission, such as any type of medical equipment needed, Home Health,
transfer(s) to other facilities and any other discharge need;
10. As the Case Management Director, I was responsible for the following:
a. Case Managers and making sure all patient’s discharge needs were met;
b. Any and all reports for the weekly Case Management meeting as well as the
weekly Administration Team / Management Team meeting, and
c. Overall LOS (length of stay) as it compared to the DRG (Diagnosis Related
Group) the patient was in the hospital for (the ICD-9 Code and how many days
that ICD-9 code allowed for each diagnosis).
As the Medical / Surgical Unit Nurse Manager, I was responsible for:
a. Assigning patients to on-coming nurses;
b. Preparing monthly work schedules for all Nurses and Nursing Assistants that
worked on the Medical / Surgical Unit;
c. Rounding with physicians if and when needed;
d. Random chart checks to ensure physicians orders were being followed through;
e. Making rounds on the floor several times a day checking in on each patient, and
f. Preparing all reports for weekly Administration Team / Management Team
meeting.
1997 – 2001 Beverly Health & Rehab Lake Village, AR
Medicare Manager, Assistant DON and DON (Director of Nursing)
11. As the Medicare Manager, I was responsible for:
a. All MDS’s (Minimum Data Set) on all residents that were in a “skilled” bed
and/or Medicare wing of the long-term care facility;
b. Attending weekly meetings with all disciplines present to discuss a randomly
drawn group of residents, and
c. Made rounds and talked with the “Medicare / Skilled Bed” residents often.
12. As the Assistant DON, I was responsible for all duties the DON requested I do,
and
13. As the Director of Nursing, I was responsible for the following:
a. All monthly nurses schedules;
b. Being on-call for a nurse that called in and could not find a replacement for;
c. The overall care and treatment of all residents in the facility;
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d. Overlooking the Treatment Nurse’s Documentation and going with him/her at
times to see wounds;
e. Called and/or faxed M.D. Director often for changes in resident’s condition,
need for new orders, etc.,
f. Responsible to the Region Nurse Consultant and Pharmacy Consultant on
monthly visits, and
g. Keeping the “Narcotic” Log(s) up to date and wasted the unused Narcotics at
the monthly Pharmacy Consultant Visit.
Education 1994 – 1996 Mississippi Junior College Moorhead, MS
Associate Degree in Nursing – graduated in May of 1996
14. Also took pre-nursing courses at this campus
1989 – 1990 University Of Arkansas at Monticello Monticello, AR
General Courses – No degree earned at this University
1989 Lakeside High School Lake Village, AR
Graduated High School with Honors in May of 1989
References 1. George F. Hollowell, Jr., Attorney-at-Law
The Hollowell Law Firm
P. O. Box 1407
3601 Hwy. 82 East (38703)
Greenville, MS 38702-1407
Telephone: 662-***-****
2. Mary Beth Powell – Legal Medical Assistant
The Hollowell Law Firm
P. O. Box 1407
3601 Hwy. 82 East (38703)
Greenville, MS 38702-1407
Telephone: 662-***-****
Cell Phone: 662-***-****
3. Becky Serio, Nuclear Medicine / Radiology
The Greenville Clinic
1502 South Colorado Street
Greenville, MS 38701
Telephone: 662-***-****
Cell Phone: 870-***-****
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