ANDREA M. GOINS, RHIT

**** ********* **. ~ Knoxville, Tennessee 37921

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EDUCATION:

TUSCULUM COLLEGE

Bachelors of Arts, Organizational Management

ROANS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

AAS, Registered Health Information Management

Certification: Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

K-force Knoxville, Tennessee

2011- Present

Coding Consultant

Coding for companies that have a backlog and need help catching up.

Types of Coding are Clinics, Emergency Room with Injection and Infusions etc.

UASI Knoxville, Tennessee

Coding Consultant 2009-Present

Coding for companies that have need for a Registered Coder

Types of Coding are: Clinics, Professional Fees for Physician based,

Emergency Room.

Comforce Knoxville, Tennessee

Coding Consultant 2009-Present

Coding back logs or helping out facilities in need of a Registered Coder.

Types of Coding are: On site Emergency Room, Remote ER’s

National College Knoxville, Tennessee

Professor 2008 – Present

Introduction and Advanced Coding of ICD-9-CM.

Introduction and Advanced Current Procedural Coding.

Introduction and Advanced Medical Insurance Billing and Medicare and Medical Reimbursement.

Introduction and Advanced Medical Office Procedures and Medical Office Finance.

Woods Memorial Hospital Etowah, Tennessee

Coder/Analyst/Auditor 2008 – 2009

Code outpatient, ER, observation, reference labs, day surgery and some inpatient experience.

Implemented the updated Evaluation and Management System.

Updated the areas that weren’t being billed correctly.

Suggested ways to become more efficient with possible updates.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Knoxville, Tennessee

Coder/Analyst/Auditor 2000 – 2007

Coded different types of accounts mostly Outpatient and some Inpatient.

Worked with the billing staff to keep insurance denials and accurate patient billing to a 3-7 day turn around time.

Researched ways to always improve revenue and worked with physicians on ways to improve documentation and have a greater return on services rendered.

Team Health / Alcoa Billing Alcoa, Tennessee

Medicare Coder/Emergency Room Coder 1998 – 2000

Assigning The Correct Evaluation and Management Levels

Assessing Patients Quality of Care

Assigning the correct ICD-9CM and CPT codes

References available upon request.

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