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Primary Strengths
. Consulted, EMR,EDI, ICD-9- ICD-10 Testing, CPOE 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.1
Implementation Build Order sets in Hospital Clinical and Financial
. Testing support for Financials, ICD-9/10, Claims
. Troubleshooting, Working with databases Oracle, SQL Server,Interfacing with customers
. Network security, log monitoring, and reporting
. Supported Sunquest Lab, Softlab Lab, and Interface, Allscripts SCM and
Nextgen
. Lead Testing Coordinator, Lead Instructor Trainer Computer- based/Web-
based, Instructional design skills, Experience with Visio,
requirements repositories, system mapping and flow-charting.
. SCM Configuration Tool, ClinDoc Build Tables, Web Testing of Servers
. Technical System, SQL, Understanding of Workflow and build process
Allscripts
. Consulted, Implemented and Trained on Hospital Revenue Cycle
. EMR and Allscripts Practice Management (EHR),Implementation
Experience
. Supported GE Centricity Practice Management System Testing and go-
live for end users
. Allscripts AM/PFM Revenue Cycle Patients Financial, Hospitals, 3M
. System supported, Cerner Ambulatory and Acute Care, Allscripts,
Integration, ConnectR, Allscripts/Eclipsys SCM 6.1, Allscripts,
Meditech, Allscripts KBMA, Allscripts ES Scheduling, Nextgen Supported
and Testing, HL7 interface, eGate, Coding, ADT interface Support/
Cerner Openlink Lab, Testing Activation, Epic
Professional Accomplishments
CHC/ESD/NSHS- LongIsland, NY& Toledo, OH
Consultant QA Testing / System Analyst & Integration 10/13 - Present
. Testing ICD-9/10 CPOE, Meaningful Use, HL7, ADT, Cerner Powerchart,
Cerner Lab Allscripts 6.1, SCM, and Allscripts ED 7.1, Allscripts
11.4,Openlink, ConnectR, Dragon, Functional, Integration, End-End
Testing, Regression Testing Cerner, Supported Sunquest Lab, Softlab
Lab, Siemens Invision, Mckesson, Epic, Meditech, Siemens, UB04, Epic,
Interface Epic
. Supported and Testing Mckesson HPF 15.1, Intergration supporting end
user
. Supported the Medicare Claims and Billing Claims
. Supported Testing Claims Coding and Health Insurance, EDI 837, 835,
276, 277, Cloverleaf
. Coordinates ICD-10 Activities related to payer team, Assists with
outreach to payers to gain ICD-10 readiness status
. Supported healthcare transactions and standards such as X12 for 4010
and 5010
. Supported Testing EDI Medical Claims to Clearinghouse and different
Payers
. ICD 10 Migrations for all revenue cycles, ICD 10 remediation Project
Hospital Cerner Lab, Rad, Pharmacy or Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Rad
One, L&D, Cath Lab
. Supported, Testing Created 6.1 Allscripts Report and SQL, Testing,
MLM, Pharmacy Meds
. Supported Testing Sunquest Lab, Cerner Lab /Ambulatory, System
Testing and go-live for end users
. Supported Testing Build of SCM 6.1 Order sets Build and Testing unit
Build
. Supported SoftLab Testing interface and Training Lab end users on
Cerner PathNet, Results
. Testing and Supporting EDI, Allscripts 11.4, Orders/Results, Cerner
PathNet, OpenLink, ConnectR Interface, supported the Error Work List,
Troubleshooting and Reviewing and Fixing errors, Experience in DBA and
System Engineer
. Testing Medical Insurances, EDI, Blue Cross, United Healthcare,
Medicare, Medicaid, Workers's Comp, Claims, OptumRx
. Testing Front end and Back Patient Financials, Integration Claims
. Set- up Automation Scripts for Testing Allscripts, Cerner, Epic ADT
Prelude, Cadence, Cerner, Unix/Linux Scripting, Oracle installation
and Support
. Supported ICD-9, ICD-10, Testing, ADT, Allscripts, Sunquest Lab,
Mckesson, Meditech Magic EHR, Data Integration HL7, Medhost, Cerner
lab/microbiology/pathology results to Allscripts SCM Orders/ Results
. Supported Allscript, SCM, KBMA, ED, Home Care Testing 6.1 CPOE Dev and
QA environments
. Supported Allscripts Practice Management system
. HL7 interface Openlink troubleshooting, evaluate the system issues
and escalate Technical Team SCM, Pharmacy,Meditech Lab, Cerner Labs,
RIS and eGate, including ADT and lab results
. Supported EDI and Perform troubleshooting and resolve errors in 834
and 820 transactions for health insurance exchanges
. Supported and Analyzed ADT Interface Issues, Pharmacy Batch charges,
RIS Charges, Lab Charges issues and HIM/Coding sent to eGate Team for
Technical support
. Tested Unit, Functional and Integrated Testing Allscripts and Reviewed
Test Plans and Scripts CPOE, eMAR, Functional, Integrated
/participated in Worklflow Testing, in Staging meetings
. Provided Troubleshooting for HL7 ConnectR, OpenLink, interface
messaging of SCM, Invision, Cerner Lab SoftLab, Medtiech Lab, Meditech
Pharmacy, Mckesson RIS, Epic Chartmaxx, HL7 eGate interface System,
from SCM Allscripts, Understand Tool QTP, Manual Testing of ADT
Scripts
. Reviewed the Allscripts SCM Pharmacy Charge /Batch File to go to
Invision/Tanks file/ Patient accounting for Billing UB4
. Provided Support ADT integrated Testing and developed test scripts
scenarios
. Reviewed and executed test scripts, logged, tracked defects and
worked with teams for defect resolution
. Supported System Analyst issues, Basic tier 2 and tier 3
troubleshooting and support experience in Allscripts Applications and
escalated defects to the Technical Support Team
CHC/MMY I( Allscripts 6.1) St Mary's Hospital Evansville, IN / 9/13 -10/13,
Consultant EMR
. Supported Allscript Reports, and Testing, Order sets and Allscripts
5.5, 6.1 CPOE, Clinical, KBMA, SoftLab
. Supported Build ClinDoc, Orders and Order Sets
. Supported MD's, RN's, and other staff,
. Supported Nextgen, Testing Ambulatory
Exicte Health Parnters (Nextgen 5.8, 8.3) St Francis Physicians' Offices
Consultant EHR Nextgen 8.3 6/13- 9/13
. Supported Clinical Physicians, Nurses, offices of Nextgen
. Supported Templates workflow, SoftLab supported
. Training clinical Staff and supporting
Exite Health Parnters (Cerner EMR)
Consultant Cerner --4/13-6/13 Phoenix, AZ & Redbluff, CA
. CPOE "Go Live" support of Cerner Millennium Suite including
Powercharts, Powerplans, Powernotes, PharmNet, SurgiNet to
Physicians, Cerner
Home care Nurses, other clinical staff, Softlab
. Supported Openlink Interface HL7 messaging, Cerner CareNet and IView
. Provided support Interface and full suite back-office billing and
collection services, including claims processing and submission,
remittance management, denial and reject management, and participated
in Team build design meetings
. Supported Cerner Revenue Cycle, Billing, HIM/ Coding,Patient
Accounting, Patient Access
. Supported and Testing of Cerner Revenue Cycle Financial, ICD-10
Coding, Training
. Provided support to end users Pharmacists, Pharm Tech, understood the
Build and answered end user problems and questions regarding system
functionality
. Supported and Trained Cerner CPOE PowerChart, Powernotes,
Powerplans, Clinical documentation
. Assisted client Clinical Content expert for workflow process, Support
physician processes impacted by CPOE, document
. Strong technical skills including understanding of large scale Cerner
technical infrastructure in mission critical healthcare environments
. Ability to manage projects independently through system lifecycle
. Supported Scheduling Cerner (ESM) Build, Testing, OR, Radiology,
other services
. Activation support, OR, PACU, and other units, assisted with
resolving end user issues and workflow discrepancies
CHC/ESD/Baylor Hospital (Allscripts GE Practice Management System,
Allscripts 5.5 SCM, KBMA, eMar, ClinDoc)
Consultant/System Analyst-10/12- 3/13
. Supported Allscript 5.5 CPOE, SCM, ED
. Supported SoftLab end users, Sunquest Lab
. Supported Allscripts Practice Management System
. Supported MD's, RN's, and other staff, GI Lab Provison
. eMar, ClinDoc, Flowsheets, KBMA
. Allscripts ES Scheduling support
. Supported GE Centricity Practice Management System Testing and go-live
for end users
CHC /Dekalb Medical -Nextgen 5.8
Consultant Support Nextgen --8712-9/12
. Clinical Content expert, Worklfow Testing
. Supported Clinical Physicians, Nurses, offices of Nextgen
. Supported Templates workflow
. Training clinical Staff and supporting
CHC/Partners IT Inc/NSLIJ Hospital ( Allscripts Touchworks 11.4) Lake
success, NY
Consultant Implementation/Testing - 3/12 - 7/12
. Workflow Activation Support and Testing Allscript V11.4 EHR System
Clinical, Functional, HL7, ConnectR, Error Worklist, Testing Web
. Participated Workflow Process Team
. Testing and the Set-up Build application Functionality
. Training Allscript EHR to end user support and understand clinical
content
. Unit testing, Functional, Integrations ( Front end, Back End)
. Testing Clinical Notes, Orders/Results, Troubleshooting Build
. Set-up of printers and supported
. Reports Build, tested, HIM
Soliant/ SNCH Hospital (Allscripts/ Eclipsys, SCM/ED, Activation CPOE 5.5
eMAR, SCM/ED, KBMA, Pharmacy)
Consultant/Test Manager -12/11- 3/12
. Manage testing activities, SCM/ED Testing Unit, Functional,
Integrated, ADT Testing, Work Closely with the Build Team SCM/ED
. Tested all Pharmacy meds, KBMA and Functionality of SMM, RN security
role testing of KBMA
. Experience in coordinating clinical staff physicians, nurses, and
ancillary personnel
. Documented and communicate client business requirements and workflow
CHC/CSI/ Florida Hospital (Cerner CPOE), Orlando, Fla
Consultant/ Trainer Clinical - 10/11- 12/11
. Go-live support Cerner CPOE, PowerChart, Powerplans, PowerNotes,
FirstNet, eMar
. Manage Physician Support activities, Cerner life cycle implementations
. Documented and communicate client requirements, and Workflow
processes
. Experience in coordinating clinical staff nurses, physicians, and
ancillary personnel
CHC/Crescent Solution/ Hoag Hospital (Eclipsys /EMR, Activation CPOE 5.0,
5.5 eMAR, SCM/ED), Irvine, Cal
Consultant/Testing/Clinical Implementation-- 1/11- 10/11
. Implementation Unit, Functional and Integrated Testing and Created
Test Scripts CPOE, eMAR, ED Manager Testing 5.0, 5.5 Functional,
Openlink Integrated/Worklfow Testing, ED Status Board testing, Order
sets Testing, Order Process Analyst
. Testing of Chartmaxx Epic, interface from SCM Allscripts
. Tool QTP, Manual Test Scripts
. Lead Trainer CPOE, ClinDOC, Emar
. Build Orders, Orders Sets and Results specification in SCM
Configuration Tool
. Understanding of Medical Logic Modules MLM, Load, edit
. Security Build for users, tested
. SCM Reports Build and Testing
. Lead ADT integrated Testing and developed test scripts scenarios
. Developed and executed test scripts, logged, tracked defects and
worked with teams for defect resolution
. Activation Support ED/ SCM, CPOE, eMAR, Development Workflow Team,
Work with Clinical Adoption Team
. Continuing Education Training CPOE, eMAR, ED Manager Physicians and
Nursing Workflow, Training of internal IT Self- Service Dept.
Sedona Education (EMR, Cerner Clinical PowerPlans, PathLab), CPOE
Indianapolis, IN
Consultant/Clinical -9/10- 12/10 Cerner
. Activation Support Powerchat, PowerPlan Orders, Workflow Process
meetings, Emar L&D, Mother baby and NICU
. Physicians Support of Orders CPOE, PharmNet, PathLab
CHC/MaxIT (EMR, AM/PFM Eclipsys, Financial Build)/SCM, Passaic, NJ
Consultant/AM/PFM/ - 7/10- 9/10
. Implementation, Build Financial, Testing, Workflow Eclipsys/ Billing,
Claims
. Build passport Illegibility
Columbus Healthcare Consulting /Impact/Acro (EMR, Trainer CPOE 5.0, Order
Set, SMM, ClinDoc Eclipsys) Cleveland, OH
Lead Trainer/Analyst IT/EMR - 3/10 - 7/10 Allscripts
. Conducted training for University Case Western Medical SCM, SMM, CPOE
8,000 staff
. Provided workflow Analyst, Testing, SCM/ClinDoc, eMar, activation
support for SCM, SMM, ED
. Participated on the Implementation Build and workflow Team
DeKalb Medical Center (EMR, AM/PFM, Revenue Cycle Eclipsys Financial)
Atlanta, GA
System Analyst IT /EMR/Eclipsys AM/PFM- 10/09 - 3/10
. Supported and Build in the Eclipsys AM/PFM implementation of Revenue
Cycle applications (Patient Accounting, Patient Access, Decision
Support, Scheduling, Billing, etc.)
. SCM Configuration, ED Support, SCM, ClinDoc 5.50- 5.5 build
Implementation( H&P Notes, Flowsheets, Structured notes, ED
Assessments, Admission Note and supported, Build tables, Participate
in Design sessions, implementation, testing, and Order Set
. Test Coordinator for Unit Testing, Functional and Integration testing
the ES, AM/PFM
. Network Security supporting and Configuration SCM Acute Care, Lawson,
Tempus, Invision, FOD, Sovera AM/PFM, ES Scheduling,
. Daily Maintenances Support updates of SCM using SCM Config Tool
Outcomes Healthcare Solutions (Trainer EMR) Epic Atlanta, GA
Audit Consultant/C - 03/1/09 - 09/01/09 (contract)
. Contract work Medical Records and reviewing Hospitals and PM
practices in Atlanta for Hedis Research, SouthFulton Hospital
. Review of EMR charts, data and other clinical information to ensure
proper coding
. McKesson, Cerner, Epic, Training workflow
Eclipsys Corporation (EMR SCM Clinical, Financial Hospital)
Atlanta, GA
Client Consultant-07/07- 02/09
. Consulted, Implemented, Trained on Hospital Revenue Cycle AM/PFM
. Consulted, Implemented, Trained on SCM Clinical and CPOE, SRM
. Collected data for SCM Configuration and Defined departmental/ end-
user requirements
. Build Orders, Orders Sets and Results specification in SCM
Configuration Tool
. Created new order/ordersets. Modified existing order/ordersets
(deleted and/or replaced new order items) within existing ordersets.
Updated order item names. Tested Order/ordersets in development and
production environments
. Updated order item names. Tested order/ordersets in test, development
and live Environments. Built forms, multi-order grids, inline, multi-
order checkbox and Conventional ordersets. Built dictionaries
associated with each field on an order/orderset.
. Created Workflow Charts in Visio for SCM, Conduct Unit testing,
functional testing, integrated testing SCM, AM/PFM, ES Scheduling,
Sunrise Record Manager
. Conducted training for Eclipsys's SCM EMR, CPOE 500- 3,000 staff
. Provided activation support for SCM, ED, ES, AMB
. Delivered train-the-trainer, super user and end-user training to
Eclipsys customers SCM, SRM, ACM, AM/PFM on Eclipsys SCM 4.5,
interface HL7, Sunquest Laboratory System, NextGen
. SCM Orders, Results, eMAR, Registration and Patient Financial Trained,
Provided Instructional design skills, and Configuration Build
. Cross Train on McKesson HPF, Epic, Backfill Conversion Eclipsys
Medcomsoft (EMR Practice Management-Billing System) Ontario,
Canada
Implementation and Trainer Consultant Billing-9/06- 07/07 Atlanta, GA
. Project Lead, Managed, Delivered, Assisted IT Support Implementation
and training for Physician Software concepts via phone and web-based
sessions to Clients and Onsite.
. Testing and Development of Software, Medical Claims review, MS Office
Professional Suite 2000/XP Exchange Server, Crystal Reporting, and SQL
2000, CPT, ICD-9
HCA, (Hospital Business- Revenue Cycle) Meditech Atlanta, GA
Team Lead High Dollar Collection-12/02-07/06
. Consultant on Hospital Revenue Cycle processes and held weekly
meetings
. Work High Dollar accounts, Managed Care PPO/HMO, Audit Codes (CPT, ICD-
9)
. Clinical Appeals, Using Collection System to collect on $160 million a
month,
. Negotiate Contract for High Dollar Claims.
. Knowledge of Meditech Admission system, and Excel
. Provider Relations, Insurance and Claims Experience
. Participating on Collection Committee to Improve Processes,
Participated with Katrina Team
Westwood College, (College)
Atlanta, GA
Trainer-04/06- 7/07(Part-time) Atlanta, GA
. Training 2 level Students in Medical Billing /Coding
The Omni Technical, (College)
Atlanta, GA
Trainer 8/04 - 2/05 (Part-time) Decatur, GA
. Training 10-30 Students and, Developing Class Syllabus, and Teaching
Coding and Billing from the AAPC Study Guide Manual, CPT, ICD-9, and
E/M, Surgical Guidelines, Modifiers, and Coding Compliance.
Cuter & Abruzese Internal Medicine, (Physician Practice Management)
Atlanta, GA
Coder/Insurance Specialist 02/02- 12/02 Atlanta, GA
. McKesson Horizon System; STAR Registration,
. Code from Medical Records; Review Coding on System (CPT, ICD-9,
HCPCS),
. Review Codes EOB'S Denials, process all Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial
billing using
. Resolve Network issues with the Insurance Provider Relations;
Implemented of HIPAA
Education
. A+ Certification Computer Repair, Trainer on MS Office Suite Career
Blazers, Dunwoody, GA.1999
. CPC, Certified 2004 through AAPC Medical Coding and Medical Billing,
. BS, Psychology, Minor in General Business, University of Tennessee,
Chattanooga, 1988