PAULA MEHDAWI, RHIT, CCS, ICD-**/CM/PCS TRAINER (PRIOR)

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Stoutsville, Ohio 43154

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SUMMARY: Over thirty years of diverse experience in hospital patient records administration and customer service.

Expert abilities for accurate code assignment of ICD-10 CM/PCS within a diagnostic related group (MS-CM-APC DRG) and CPT coding assignments

Conduct quality reviews validation with assignment to the Coding Compliance Committee

Develop and implemented quality improvement activities for sufficient work flow in health information department (HIM)

Research medical records for utilization and admission criteria along with concurrent coding and discharge planning

Validation/Auditing of DRG’s assigned by peer’s and education of applying codes and coding clinics along with Continued Documentation Improvement (CDI)/auditing and education of CPT codes to peer’s

COMPUTER SYSTEMS:

Abstracting and coding systems-sms/invision, epic, powersign, eabstract, peribirth, chartmax, HPF, star, coding assistant computer, meditech,Quadramed, 3M, softmed, HDM, citrix

EXPERIENCE:

E4HEALTH 2021-present

Production coding

*coding production and exceeding expectation

*maintain accuracy measure of 95% or better

R1RCM 2017-2023

Inpatient Auditor

*Education to coders on application of coding principals at multiple facilities

*coding production and exceeding expectations

*maintaining accuracy measure of 95% or better

MedPartner’s 2015-2017

Inpatient Production Contractor

Coding inpatient - same day surgery/abstracting/CDI/

Orlando Regional Medical Center-1530 beds-/inpatient coding/CDI

Columbia Memorial -234 beds-/inpatient-same day surgery coding

On Assignment Inc. 2011-2015

Inpatient Production Contractor

DRG Validation/Auditor/inpatient coding

Lenox Hill Hospital-423 beds-/inpatient coding-auditor-validation

North Shore University Hospital-766 beds-teaching/trauma 1-/auditor-validation

Kforce 2001-20011

Inpatient supervisor/Production Contractor

Coding inpatient/ same day surgery/CCI edits/ER charging/coding supervisor

Cleveland Clinic-1275 beds-teaching/transplants-/inpatient-same day surgery coding

Miami Valley Hospital-849 beds-teaching-/inpatient coding-ER charging-

CCI edits

Grant Medical Center-381 beds-trauma 1-/inpatient coding

Sentara Norfolk General Hopital-525 beds-teaching-/inpatient coding

UAB Hospital-1555 beds-trauma 1/teaching-/inpatient coding

Springfield Regional Medical Center-254 beds-/inpatient coding/coding supervisor

Miami Valley-849 beds-teaching-/inpatient coding

Blanchard Valley Hopsital-150 beds-trauma III-/inpatient and same day surgery coding

Nationwide Children’s Hospital- 517 beds-teaching/trauma 1-/inpatient and same day surgery coding

Lexicode Corp. 1999-2001

Inpatient Production Contractor

VCU Medical Center-759 beds-trauma 1/teaching-/inpatient coding

St. Mary’s-410 beds-teaching-/inpatient and same day surgery coding

Memorial Reginal Medical Center-224 beds-/inpatient and same day surgery coding

EDUCATION: A graduate of Hocking Technical College, Nelsonville Ohio. Major strengths in medical research of admission through knowledge of code assignment and utilization reviews.

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