Adriane L.

Wallace, LPN
1033 100th Street, Niagara Falls, New York 14304
Mobile: (716) 423-3651 Email: drina2009@gmail.com

Objective: To secure a position as a recent Health Information Management graduate

QUALIFICATIONS:

Coding and Reimbursement:

Keeping up-to-date on regulation changes effecting coding and reimbursement
Knowledge and hands-on experience pertaining to:
- Coding Guidelines
- Medicare and Medicaid covered diagnosis
- Outpatient coding including observation, ambulatory surgery, emergency, ancillary
- Accurate coding in ICD-10-CM and CPT
- Coding diagnostic codes, procedural codes, E/M leveling, injections/infusions
- Principal diagnosis, code sequence, and POA indicators
- The physician query process

Health Information Systems:

Direct knowledge pertaining to personal health records and identifying organizations legal health
record
- Evaluating and updating content and structure of the health record
- Utilizing appropriate healthcare data sets and clinical vocabularies

EHRs:
Training, maintaining, and identifying legal issues related on the EHR
- Ensuring privacy and confidentiality policies and procedures are in place and adhered to
- Ensures tools are available to assist in implementation of the best HER

Privacy/Confidentiality, Quality, and Statistics:

Knowledgeable in abstracting information found in health records and analyzing the data
-Using secondary data sources and monitoring healthcare statistics appropriate to practice setting
-Compliance with all state and HIPAA laws relating to privacy, confidentiality, and releasing
patient records
- Setting up data collection, reporting, and presentation of studies

Organization:
Continuing education requirements
Internal training on key areas of HIM including coding, reimbursement, CMS
` regulations, and Meaningful use Standards
- Knowledge in implementing and following policies and procedures appropriate to
practice setting
-Forms design and analysis

Technology
- EMR Experience: Cerner, NextGen and Meditech
- Knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint
- Encoder Experience: Quantum and 3m Encoder
Nursing Experience
2015-present Sykes, Amherst, NY
Quality Assurance Specialist
Review health related documentation for diabetic customer service agents
Provide feedback and support to customer agent staff
2011- 2015 Lifetime Health Medical Group, Buffalo, NY
Physicians office, Pediatrics, Urgent Care
Immunizations, vaccinations, EKGs, triage
PCMH and Meaningful Use
Clinical Coding
Scheduling LPN shifts and ordering supplies
2009 - 2011 Northgate Healthcare Facility, North Tonawanda, NY
Responsible for the direct care and treatment of geriatric and rehabilitation patients
including but not limited to:
Dispensing of medications, monitoring vital signs, administering
oxygen therapy, wound care, application of dressings, tracheotomy care
Nasopharyngeal and oral suctioning, insertion of catheters,
care of colostomy, Jackson-Pratt drains, and collection of samples
Developed and implemented nursing care plans, supervised patient admissions and
discharge procedures
Directly supervised certified nursing students and oversaw CNA duties, ensuring strict
adherence to care plan guidelines
Trained and supervised CNA personnel in all areas of daily procedures for patient care
Provided in-service training in the prevention of transmitted infections
Assisted staff nurses with initial assessments of patients upon admissions
Documented and reported patients conditions and other matters of concerns requiring
immediate attention
Controlled the dispensing and securing of narcotics
Enforced regulations requiring witness counting and charting of medications during
shift changes
Nurtured and promoted effective lines of communication and accurate charting
procedures
Precisely updated computerized patient data
Acted as liaison between patients, family members, nurses, and physicians to address
problems requiring immediate and/or long-term resolution
Education
Niagara Falls High School, Regents Diploma, 2003
Certified Nursing Assistant, Our Lady of Peace Nursing Facility, 2004
Orleans Niagara BOCES, Licensed Practical Nurse Program, 2008
Orleans Niagara BOCES, Phlebotomy Certification Program, 2008
Niagara County Community College, Associates Degree 2011
Medaille College, Health Information Management, 2014-2017
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Internship in HIM Department 2017
Licenses and Certifications
New York State Licensed Practical Nurse, 2008
New York State Phlebotomy Certification, 2008
New York State BLS Certified, 2015