Organizational skills, care planning to benefit client

Paula Freer, LPN

**** ***** *** ** **** Rapids, MN 55433

H: 763-***-**** C: 612-***-****

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Professional Summary:

Professional care coordinator with 8+ years experience in ensuring high standards of culturally competent care for a wide variety of members with diverse needs. I Excel at comprehensive assessments, development, and implementation of care plans, along with working with all supports and services needed to benefit members.

Licenses:

LPN 1992-Current

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 2016-2018

CPR (American Heart Association) 2016-2018

Skills:

Strong clinical judgment

Strong Assessment and organizational skills

Strong knowledge of all regulatory requirements at the State, Federal, and City level

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Managed 85+ case load

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

Electronic documentation

ICD 9 Coding

Professional Experience:

Medica SNBC Care Coordinator 09/2008- Current

AXIS Health Minneapolis, MN

Communicate and coordinate with providers, county staff, formal and informal supports to ensure member’s health and safety.

Provide ongoing care coordination for SNBC members; identify member needs and partner with each of them to develop individualized, comprehensive and collaborative health and care plans.

Conduct comprehensive member assessments in member’s home

Intake Coordinator/Staffing 10/2005- 08/2007

MAO Home Care Minneapolis, MN

Staffing all nurses and therapist

Gathering all information from referral source for admission to home care, verifying Insurance/Medicare payment using electronic documentation to enter then staff.

Making suggestions to Hospitals, Nursing homes, and Assisted Living Buildings on services needed for clients in each case

Expert & Training in ICD 9 coding for health records

Medicare Audits and Quarterly review of client charts

Excellent Knowledge of all State & Federal programs

Triaging and contacting doctors for nurses in the field

Staffing/Intake Coordinator & Therapy Staffing Sept.1998– Oct. 2005

Intrepid Home Care Golden Valley, MN

Expert knowledge ICD-9 Coding

Expert knowledge of all Federal - State and Local programs

Assisted Nursing staff with audits, staffing needs

Staffing and scheduling of therapist, Nurses and Home Health Aides.

Gathering all data for a potential client, and verifying insurance payments

Working with the assisted living buildings for referrals

Making sure the appropriate therapy or nursing staff receives the referral.

Home care visits included: Skilled nursing, IV’s, wound care, wound vac’s, medication set ups/ reconciliation and assessments of client status.

Traveling Assisted Living /Group home Charge Nurse: Setting up/reconciliation of medications, wound care, assessing vital signs and condition changes in clients, working with all staff to provide the best possible care for clients in Assisted Living Buildings/group homes, as charge nurse.

Education:

Associate of Arts: Emphasis on Psychology Sept. 2011 – April 2014

Anoka Ramsey Community College

Motivational Interviewing Oct. 2011 – May 2012

People’s Inc

Paraprofessional summer 1995

Anoka Technical College

Licensed Practical Nurse Sept. 1990 – June 1991 Anoka Technical College

Administrative Assistant Sept. 1985 – April 1986

School of Communication of Arts

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