Margaret Bass
Portsmouth, VA **701
Phone: 757-***-****
Moderna Vaccine received verification can be provided QUALIFICATIONS
RHIT/CCS with experience in all areas of Health Information Management. Experienced coding using 3M and Webstrat EDUCATION
Woodrow Wilson High School
AHIMA Correspondence Course
RHIT Certification-expired
CCS Certification-expired
EMPLOYMENT
July 2015 Southampton Memorial Hospital
June 2016 100 Fairview Dr.
Franklin, VA 23851
HIM Dir/Asst Privacy Officer
Duties included operations and functions of HIM, revenue management of unbilled by coordination of processes, assist Privacy Officer.
July 2009 Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center June 2015 727 N. Main Street
Emporia,, VA 23847
HIM-Dir/Privacy Officer
Responsible for operations and functions related to HIM. Facility Privacy Officer handling all issues related to breeches and HIPAA compliance. Compliance Officer, Chair for facility forms committee. Member Quality team. Managed unbilled report on a daily basis with goals achieved on a routine basis. Assisted with Coding backlog.
April 2004 Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
July 2009 600 Gresham Dr.
Norfolk, VA 23507
Team Coordinator, Operations duties include responsibility for ROI, Assembly/ Analysis and Physician Workroom with a staff of 19. Assist with budget preparation; compile policy and procedures relative to area of responsibility Subject Matter Expert for Electronic Record System and member of Design, Build and Validate Team for ERS (Epic) Highly successful implementation of Electronic Medical Record System.
July- 2003 Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
April-2004 600 Gresham Dr.
Norfolk, VA 23507
Inpatient coder, medical and surgical coding using Webstrat and 3M encoder. Oct.-2000 Martin General Hospital (Community Health Systems) July-2003. 310 S. McCaskey Rd.
Williamston, NC 27892
Director, Health Information Management Dept duties including daily operations and functions of department, JCAHO preparation, HIPAA Assistant Privacy Officer, Corporate Compliance Assistant, Physician Documentation Improvement Coordinator, Budget and Strategic Planning Committee, Performance Improvement Committee, Patient Safety and Privacy Committee, Utilization Management Committee
Employment break from July 2016 to present is due to retirement. I am looking forward to returning to work as soon as an opportunity is available.