Can we get to know each other?

I know we are so very busy, sometimes I feel isolated. But can we get to know each other?

Maybe a two sentence introduction with something interesting (or 2) about you.

perhaps you should start...

Is there something special between you and feet? Is this a 302.81?

How did you know?

I confess. Anyway, I'm specializing in skin and bone codes (podiatry, orthopedics, etc.)

Getting to know you

Hi,

I am from Port St. Lucie, Florida and work for a Medical Group that employs all different specialities. I code - 4 general surgeons, 3 general/vascular surgeons, and 1 thoracic oncology surgeon and I love what I do.

Monika Liddle, CPC, CGSC, PCS

Getting to know you

Hi! I am Donna from Columbus, Ohio. I work for 2 Thoracic Surgeons. I have 24 years of billing and coding experience in differant specialty fields. I also love what I do.

Have you figured out I'm a doctor?

I am a general internist and HIV specialist. Our docs all code our own stuff (although primary care is tons easier than surgery) I heard Betsy Nicoletti give an awesome lecture at a conference and thru email she told me about this site. I work as a Medical Director of case Management at my hospital so know some about the billing side of hospital activities. We have an EMR in the office, eClinicalWorks. Hope I can contribute; I know I will learn from all of you.
Ron H

Charlene Burgett

I been a manager/administrator for 24 years and have worked in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine and Family Practice. I am a transplant from the Chicago suburbs to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1995. I wear all hats in the practice. I am working on my Doctorate of Business Administration. I love to share knowledge.

Charlene Burgett,MS-HCM, CMA(AAMA) ,CPC,CCP, CMSCS,CPM
Administrator, North Scottsdale Family Medicine
POMAA National Advisory Board
charlene_burgett@ yahoo.com
Invite me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin .com/in/charlene burgett
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter. com/CharleneBurgett

Can we get to know each other

Hi I am Donna in Dallas, Texas. I am the billing supervisor for the Nephrology group. We have about 16 Dr's. We are a teaching facility.

Getting to Know You

I have 17 years working in healthcare and I have been working in radiology for 9 years. I specialize in coding, auditing and education for interventional and diagnostic radiology services. I work with hospitals, radiologists and imaging centers.

Stacie L. Buck, RHIA, CCS-P, RCC, CIC
President & Senior Consultant
RadRx

My turn

I have been a coder since 2002 with the County, after being a medical records clerk for two years.

My background is research and resource development.

I am also on the labor/management committee for coders for about 7 years now.

Getting to know eachother

Hello- I work for a Hem/Onc office in Syracuse, NY... I am one of about 15 billers, but I am the only CPC. We have 13 docs, 10 HemOnc docs and 3 Rad/Onc docs and 17 NP's. I love every part of my job! Nice to meet everyone : )

Can we get to know each other?

I too am an MD, pediatrician staring my 30th yr in practice. I started out coding my own charge slips and have never stopped. I like all my coders, both at the clinic and at the hospital.

Hi

I am Mandy! I work for a spine group of 10 doctors and i am learning! I am so in need of a spine friend! I love my job, however it is very challanging! I am here to learn alot and I am sure I will ask alot of questions!!!!!! I am located in Shreveport, la

spine friend

I'm here for you Spinegirl. Any thing that has to do with the bones is my specialty!

Can we get to know each other?

Hi, I am a Chargemaster Analyst and Medicare Compliance Specialist. I have been in the industry since 1985 (showing my age). I was excited to learn about this website and see the interview with Betsy Nicoletti on the Nimbus Health blog.
Terry Byrne, CPC, FCS. Terry Byrne, CPC, Inc.

New User

Congratulations, looks like you may have a popular site. It's good to see familiar names among the responders. Have you thought of a facility component or should we just start a discussion group?

Chargemaster Management is our specialty and would be happy to meet others who have the same interests.

Ken Wolfgang, Chargemaster Maintenance Services

Facility component

We'd love to have a facility component, and I'm open to ideas about how to do it. There are often questions related to facilities, and it would be great to have articles, as well.

Bill Lahs

I started medical billing in Beverly Hills, Ca for a Pulmonologist. I have been in an internal Medicine/Occupational Health office now since I moved back to Maryland in 2005.

can we get to know each other?

I am a solo family practice doc in Florida, 20 years and still learning all I can about billing and coding to capture the best and most revenue, I accidently happened to find this site and think it is amazing, looking forward to learning and hopefully contributing at some level due to many years of mistakes along the way.. I have already learned tons in just a few hours on this site. Thanks all.

Getting to know eachother...

Hello- I am in Syracuse, NY and I work for a Hematology/Oncology office, I have been doing billing since 1999 and a CPC since 2005. We are a "one-stop shop" at our facility from labs, to office visits/new consults, MRI, CT/PET scans all the way to Radiation Therapy and Cyberknife. I am one of 2 coders here and trust me... they keep us VERY busy : ) Nice to meet everyone

Hello

Hi, I had a medical billing service for 10 years working from home, multi-specialty. I gave that up due to personal repsponsibilities. Now I teach people how to start their own company and also am working on a remote coding contract. I also teach medical coding and billing part time at a local technical school. Oh yeah, and I like to do consulting and E/M audits when possible. My next goal is to get into inpt coding and take the CCS exam. My youngest daughter is getting married in october and I will have more time to accomplish all of this I hope. Good meeting you all. Robin Sewell CPC MCS-P

New Billing service

Hello Nonie,

as you told that you teach people how to start a new billing. Actually I was looking someone like you. so please email your contact details at my personal e-mail ID : pchauhan@ymail.com so that I can discuss with you further.

As a short introduction, I'm in india and working fo a billing company since last 4 years and have expertise in outsourced AR-Collection of Anesthesia, Physical therapy, OB/GYN, opthalmology, surgery and multispeciality.

Thanks you in advance.

Contact information-Robin Sewell(nonni)

ATTN: Robin Sewell..May i have your contact information

Thanks
Kim

Neurology

I am a practice manager for a neurology clinic in Indiana. We're so varied on this board, aren't we?

getting to know eachother

Hi, my name is Aliza. I work for a busy Orthopaedic practice in Pennsylvania. We have an Osteoporosis center, MRI, Podiatry and physical therapy. I embrace all Ortho coders out there who can make my life a little easier. Nice to meet everyone.

Getting to know you

Hi
My name is Beth and I work for a 5 doctor orthopaedic practice in Bethlehem, PA. I have worked here for 21 years. Our office manager was our coder, she passed away and I was given the job of surgical coding which I have been doing for the last 5 years with the help of my doctors. I hope any questions that I ask are not considered stupid. Thank you in advance for any help. Hoping to get to know a lot of you.

Hi

I am a new biller for a primary care office in Albq. NM. I have worked in insurance doing claims auditing and applying denial edits for Medicare and Medicaid for just over 1 year, and claims processing for a dental ins. claims before that for 1 yr. I am learning CPT coding, so I am new to this field.
I happened upon this site while looking for information to take with me to my new job, and I think I have found a valuable resource. :) I hope I can help with what I know as well as take answers with me, so thank you for this website!
-Melanie

HI! I'm Charisse

I'm a Medical Coder that resides in Las Vegas (Jobs are sarce, but my knowledge isn't), I'm orignally from the San Francisco, CA (Bay Area) been coding about 5 yrs but always love the challenges and learning new Medicare and otehr coding guidelines as I here to learn from other methods, experience, and other areas that I may lack to increase skill knowledge of these challege but wonderful career in the Healthcare field.

P.S. I forgot to add that my jobs skills include Claims Examiner/Adjudicator/Processor , Medical Biller, Call Center Sr Manager, Coding Auditor.as I work for some of the biggest insurance Co's ( Anthem, AEtna, PacifiCare, HealthNet, Kaiser Permanente)

Nephrology

Hi, I am Marcia i worked for a 7 doc Nephrology group.My backgroud is in general and trauma surgery,Family Practice and ortho.

I am..

Hi I am Samantha and I do ortho and obgyn.

Me..

Hi..

I'm from India and handeling outsourced billing (AR-Collection) for provider contracted with our billing company. I've only 5 years experience and working experience in Anesthesia, Physical therapy and OB/GYN etc. I'm not expert in coding but can help you issues regarding AR and insurance f-up etc.

Getting to know you...

Hello, my name is Bill and I do coding for an internist that specializes in Infectious disease in Rockville, Maryland. We also have a Occupational Health office that I do the Workers Comp billings. Finally I do the billing for our Travel Clinic (vaccines only). Before moving to MD five years ago I worked for an internist and Pulmonologist in Beverly Hills, CA for 11 years.

Can we get to know each other?

Hi,
I have over 33 years of experience in both hospital and physician billing, coding, reimbursement and claims management, specializing in Medicare requirements. Currently, I am an independent consultant and have been an instructor for the past five years in the medical billing and coding program at a technical college in Atlanta. I served as the Medicare specialist at a large hospital system in Atlanta for 23 years, and was a physician audit supervisor for another hospital system. Dorothy D. Steed, CPC-H, CHCC, CPUM, CPUR, CPHM, ACS-OP, CCS-P, CPC-I, CEMC, CFPC, RCC, RMC, PSC, FCS, CPAR

Getting to know you

Hi - I work for a Retina Specialist practice in KS, we have 7 doctors. I have 14 years medical experience, but only 4 in billing/coding. I feel so lost sometimes, but keep prodding along. You all have been a big help and I appreciate any feedback. Are there any other billers/coders for retina specialists on this site? If so, we really need each other and I have a lot of questions... LOL Have a great day and Happy Fall to you all.

Greetings!

Hi, my name is Annette. I am from the Atlanta, GA area. I have over twenty years of coding/billing experience. I have worked in the past processing claims with a Medicare carrier. I've worked with DME companies, OB/GYN, Primary Care (to include labs & radiology), and now ENT, Allergy, Audiology, DME and Sleep Studies. I held a CPC credential back in 2001 and again in 2009 passed with the AAPC. Look forward to sharing my knowledge and as well, gaining from others with their past experience.

New Coder

Hi
My name is Karen. I am new to billing and coding, only 1 yr. experience. I just passed the aapc exam in May so I am CPC-A. I work for a billing company in MI doing mostly A/R, denials and rejections. Our coding staff lacks experience so we are always questioning whether the procedures have been coded correctly and if the correct modifiers were used. We find that we usually disagree on how procedures should be coded and since no one has experience we never know who is correct. This is how I found this site. I search different websites to find answers to the procedures we disagreed on during the week. Looks like this site will be very helpful. Glad to be here.

Gajendraprasath

Hi All,

I am Gajendraprasath currently working at MediGain, Inc, operation in Sri Lanka & HQ in Dallas, TX. Working here for nearly 2 years now. Been as a Biller, Coder, Poster, Collector, & An Account Manager for several providers.

Coming from a Medical Transcription based and holding a certification in Medical Transcription. I have completed my ABE-UK Business Management and currently going through my Bacholer in Business Administration.

Being in the healtghcare field for about 4 years now.

It is time to know people...

gajendran@medigain.com
gaje_gp88@hotmail.com
Gajendraprasath Nagaraja - Facebook

Nice to meet you all.

My name is Cassie. I have been in the medical coding and billing field since 2006. I have worked at an independent lab in Illinois for the past 4 years. We specialize in patholgy and I spend a majority of my time reading pap smear and biopsy reports. I am still very new at all of this so I love reading all your posts and responses. The medical field is always growing and everyone can benefit from learning something new everyday.

Hi

I work for a large billing compnay. I have worked in health care for
17 years in some form or another. I code for a spine surgeon currently and do billing for cardio, ortho., Plastic surgeon, pcp.
i have done vascular, ent, retina, and mental health :)

Getting to know you

I have 35 years in billing, coding, reimbursment. Was a Medicare specialist on the facility side for more than 20 years. Now perform chart reviews for physicians and hospitals for billing, coding & documentation accuracy as well as consult for several entities and write for some publications. Also teach in 2 technical colleges in the Atlanta area.
Dorothy Steed
CPC-H, CHCC, CPUM, CPUR, CPHM, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC, CFPC, RCC, RMC, ACS-OP, CCS-P, PCS, FCS, CPAR

can we get to know each other

Hello,

My name is Richard, and I work for Mercy Hospital in Iowa. I code all different outpatient charts which I love to do, because it gives me a great coding variety which I never had before. I enjoy this forum very much. I ahve learned a great deal from asking questions, and reading other question\answers that coders post on this site. I truly believe it takes somebody special to be a coder these days.