Professional experience
Affordable Management Consultancy LLC
Jan 2019 to date – Medical Coder
l Accurately assigning ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS code(s) and sequence diagnosis, procedures and supplies per patient medical record.
l Resubmission of rejected or partially rejected claims with genuine justification
l Assignment of complete, accurate, timely and consistent ICD-10-CM and CPT codes
l Ensuring coded data accurately reflects service provided, based on documentation, guarding against fraud and abuse.
l Reviewing and abstracting relevant clinical data/medical records to select and sequence the appropriate ICD-10-CM diagnosis
l Informing and/or following-up to doctors/healthcare assistants incomplete or blank medical records whenever needed
l Responding to queries from the reception/doctor’s clinic regarding insurance coverage and coding
l Contacting providers to train and update them with correct coding information
l Accurately following coding guidelines and legal requirements to ensure compliance with federal and state regulatory bodies
ReachOut Mbuya HIV/AIDS Initiative (Kampala, Uganda)
Aug 2013 – Apr 2014: Senior Nurse Clinician/Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Officer
· Preparing consolidated progress reports for the medical department to submit to senior management.
· Regularly reviewing M&E and management information systems of ReachOut, identifying where support is needed
· Developing feasible and effective discussion events where M&E data are analysed and corrective actions be agreed upon
· Designing formats and procedures for operational monitoring
· Ensuring security and confidentiality of ReachOut data
July 2011 – Aug 2013: Senior Nurse Clinician/Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Team Leader
· Collaborating with other medical department sections to plan, draw and implement patients with their adherence to antiretroviral therapy
· Working with other support departments to ensure a good record of patient contact of those on ART for good follow up
· Conducting regular refresher trainings for patients and their supporters on ARVs
· In collaboration with the lab technologist, ensure clients eligible for ART are initiated
· Working with other medical department section supervisors to ensure SOPs are designed and implemented
· Participating in research conducted in the medical department
· Compiling timely ART reports and ensuring ART registers are updated on a daily basis
· Writing timely reports to Reach Out donors
· Building capacity Reach Out clinicians and taking a key role in trainings
· Supervising nurse clinicians and other trainees
July 2009: Nurse Clinician
· Conducting clinic consultations; taking history, clinical observations, examining and treat minor illnesses.
· Carrying out weekly and emergency home and hospital visits for Reach Out patients.
· Providing information to patients through health education to reduce their vulnerability to diseases
· Organizing clinic for effective delivery of services
· Ensuring timely referral of patients having major illnesses
· HIV awareness and sensitisation of communities
· Training health workers from other institutions and communities
· Drawing and implementation of work plans for the clinic
Voluntary Service
· May 2009 to July 2009; Nurse Clinician – ReachOut Mbuya HIV/AIDS Initiative
· November 2008 to April 2009; Registered Nurse – Bugolobi Nursing Home
Computer skills: Basic skills in Microsoft Office Package, Internet, Email and Web Browsing.