Medical Health Information Management
Resume:
Nancy Jean Fournier, CCS
Email: **************@***.***
Phone (Mobile): 512-***-**** (main contact number) 11902 Barrington Way
Phone (Home): 512-***-**** Austin, Texas, 78759
SUMMARY
Established career as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS); background consists of extensive medical education with 12 years of established coding expertise in acute/sub-acute setting with specialty in DRG Analysis and Clinical Documentation Improvement.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Corporate Coding Specialist February 2006 – June 2010
Solara Healthcare Corporation, Westlake, Texas (Corporation bought out 2011)
Performed Concurrent, Discharge coding of Diagnoses and Procedures per AHA Coding
Standards and ensured accurate assignment of MS-DRG.
Performed Clinical Documentation Reviews and facilitated improvement by working
with Case Managers.
Developed and facilitated the implementation of Standardized Queries.
Provided Coding and Clinical Documentation Education to Clinical and Medical staff
as needed.
Corporate Regional HIM Director October 2002 – October 2005
Cornerstone Healthcare Corporation, Austin, Texas (Corporation in Austin bought out in 2005)
Supervised Coders to ensure ICD-9 Diagnoses, Procedure Codes accurately assigned
per AHA Coding Standards.
Developed and facilitated the implementation of Standardized Coding
Queries.
Performed DRG and Clinical Documentation Audits.
Reviewed and Appealed Claims denied by CMS based on coding assignment and/or
documentation noted by Physician(s).
Developed and Implemented HIM Policies and Procedures and worked with Clinical
staff to benchmark Coding and Documentation Indicators to improve areas of
delinquencies.
Prepared and provided Coding/Clinical Documentation Improvement Presentations to
Clinical and Medical staff.
Assisted with JACHO surveys, and provided and provided coding support to regional
hospitals as needed. Served as interim HIM Director in 2005
INPATIENT CODING SPECIALIST January 2000 – September 2002
LifeCare Specialty Hospitals of Dallas & Fort Worth, Texas
Coded charts per AHA Coding Standards and ensured accurate DRG assignment.
Developed and implemented Physician Queries.
Abstracted and reported Cancer Registry Data to Texas Tumor Registry as mandated
by State Law.
CERTIFICATION
Certified Coding Specialist (CCS): No. C14783: September 2002
EDUCATION
Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1979: Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas, 1981-1984: Post-BA Coursework: Chemistry/Human Biology; Graduate coursework in Pathogenic Microbiology and Pathophysiology.
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas, 1984-1986
Tarrant County College, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2000: In-patient Coding Education
Coding Education Seminars 2011-12: Federal Register 2012Coding Updates, ICD-10, EMR,
RAC, and Clinical Documentation Improvement
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AHIMA: American Health Information Management Association
TXHIMA: Texas Health Information Management Association
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