Sherry Mcelhannon

Jonesboro, AR *****

adyo7e@r.postjobfree.com

+1-870-***-****

I have been a Registered Nurse in Arkansas for 31 years and have worked in several different areas including physical rehab, case management, marketing, staff nursing in women's health, oncology and med surg and home health. I have presently been working as a workers compensation case manager. I am energetic, loyal, seasoned, service oriented, responsible, reliable, patient oriented, and friendly and enthusiastic. Thanks for this opportunity.

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Workers Compensation Case Manager

JMS Consulting, LLC - Conway, AR

March 2022 to July 2022

Managed care, made appointments, attended appointments, made sure workers comp requirements were met, informed adjuster and employer of appointment details, of injured workers from admission to discharge from Workers comp coverage.

Workers comp case manager

JMS Consulting, LLC - Conway, AR

March 2022 to July 2022

Managed workers compensation clients’ scars from admission, made appointments, attended appointments, assured all WC requirements were met, determined when client was at maximum medical improvement and discharged from workers comp benefits. Registered Nurse Supervisor

allheart Senior Care of Arkansas - Trumann, AR

March 2021 to March 2022

Supervise client caregivers, client compliance. Make in home visits, monitoring calls, newest client sign ups

Nurse assessor

Optum

September 2020 to October 2021

Work as Independent Assessor for Optum doing functional assessments daily in person and via video. Clinical case manager/marketer

Credence Healthcare - Augusta, AR

March 2020 to August 2020

Worked at case manager/marketer for Credence Healthcare. Role was to facilitate transition from home/ hospital to long term care and for patients /residents maintain certain number of Medicare/Medicaid/ private pay admissions. Liaison between acute and long term care providers. Nurse Liaison

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Jonesboro - Jonesboro, AR June 2013 to August 2019

Make patient visits to assess patient and provide education to pt and family about what to expect in rehab.

Complete patient evaluation and prescreen and submit to Rehab doctor for approval for admission. Follow patient through acute care hospital stay and assure smooth transition from hospital to rehab. Provide clinical information to insurance companies to assure payment for services. Core Measures Abstractor

Harris Hospital and Clinic Heliport - Newport, AR

May 2011 to December 2013

Provided clinical instruction to staff about core measures requirements to assure compliance. Abstraction of data from clinical records and submission to CMS warehouse. Worked toward 100% compliance with core measures requirements set forth by CMS to assure monetary reimbursement for hospital.

Case Manager

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Jonesboro - Jonesboro, AR December 2011 to June 2013

Follow patient from admission to rehab to discharge and provide discharge planning. Attend team conference meetings representing the needs of the patient and provide information on patients needs and barriers to going home from rehab. Submit clinical information to insurance companies to insure payment for services. Provide information and care plan obtained in team conference to patient and patient's family about discharge plan.

Insure smooth transition to home, skilled nursing facility, assisted living, etc. Education

Associate of Science in nursing

Arkansas State University - Jonesboro, AR

1991

diploma

Cross County High School - Cherry Valley, AR

1988

Nursing Licenses

RN

Expires: July 2022

State: AR

RN

State: AR

Skills

• Judgment and Decision Making

Instructing emphasis on continuum of care, follow ups, education on disease processes self driven work well with others and alone great communication skills (10+ years)

• Vital Signs (10+ years)

• Medication Administration (10+ years)

• Case Management (2 years)

• Nursing (10+ years)

• Attention to detail while performing as nurse assessor for Optum doing functional assessments daily

• Hospital Experience (10+ years)

• EMR Systems

• Experience Administering Injections

• Epic

• Laboratory Experience

• Marketing

• Acute care

• Care plans

• Basic IV

• Triage

• Patient monitoring

• Medical coding

• Microsoft Office

• Patient Care

• Supervising Experience

• Documentation review

Certifications and Licenses

BLS Certification

Compact State Nurse License

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