Education
-San Diego Mesa College; San Diego, CA
A.S. in Health Information Technology – May 2016
-HEC School of Business; Algiers, Algeria
Master's Degree in Business / Marketing – Jul 2012
-HEC School of Business; Algiers, Algeria
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration – Sep 2005
Experience
Medical Records Technician, HHSA; San Diego, CA – 10/2016 – Present
Registering, processing, issuing Birth/Death records, Burial Permits. Electronic Birth/Death Registration Systems training (AVSS/EDRS). Coding external/pathological causes of death
Coder – ICD-10 Internship/Training, MedPartners; Remote – 06/2016 – 09/2016
Medical coding using 3M Encoder (ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, HCPCS Level II). Coding specialties: inpatient, outpatient, ER, E&M, same day surgery, Cardiology, Internal Medicine. Completed formal coding training and scored in the top 10% in accuracy among more than 200 coders
Coder - Internship, Rady Children’s Hospital; San Diego, CA – 05/2015 – 07/2015
Inpatient coding (Surgery, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Pediatric Surgery), auditing, dual coding (ICD-9, ICD-10), assigning DRGs. CareLink access auditing and reporting EHR users’ trends. Apply rules for security, confidentially, retention, integrity, and access of healthcare data. Scanning and Indexing charts: prepping, scanning, and QR on ChartMaxx
Medical Records Technician - Internship, HHSA; San Diego, CA – 01/2015 – 05/ 2015
Assisted with validation of Electronic Lab Reporting interface into surveillance system. Collecting, prepping, imaging, indexing, checking quality of records for storage & access. Participated in health information analysis (data entry, abstracting, processing, calculating, interpreting statistics). Web-CMR, CalREDIE, EMR, ELR training
Marketing & Communication Manager, XCOM Events; France – 10/2008 – 10/2011
Developed strategic areas of Med-IT Tradeshow, elaborated budget and business action plan. Negotiated outsourced contracts and monitored projects’ progress. Expanded client/sponsors portfolio, and managed customer relation & satisfaction. Managed Media relations
Communication Specialist, Mobilink Telecommunication; Algeria – 06/2005 – 06/2006
Participated in market research, customer surveys. Improved consumer image by participating to events/exhibitions. Managed communication/ media relations
Certification
Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certification # C050506 – Nov 2016
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certification # 0046600 – Jun 2015
Training
3M Encoder hands-on training, Ahima VLab, San Diego Mesa College - 2014 – 2015
Skills
Ensure health information is accurate, complete, and timely available to legitimate users, code and classify data for reimbursement, analyze information necessary for decision support, protect patient privacy and ensure information security, enhance quality of data within healthcare, comply with standards and regulations, analyze clinical data for research and public policy. Systems: EPIC, EMR, 3M, ChartMaxx, CareLink, CalREDIE, Web-CMR, ELR, EDRS, AVSS