Stay ConnectedNot Elsewhere Classified is a podcast where we create conversations and share stories with individuals in the medical coding, health information technology, and clinical documentation integrity community.
This podcast is hosted by Brian Cui, RHIA, CDIP and presented by MedicalCodingGeek.com
Jim Zelem is a former VP of Operations who transitioned to be an effective leader that coached many successful teams. Jim started his career as a simple factory worker who held many positions such as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineer as he worked his way up to VP. Jim currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin. He loves sports as he officiated high school football for 18 years. Jim still remains active as he volunteers for the Red Cross and the Senior Center. He enjoys walks in the woods, swimming and golf. Jim strongly believes that experience is a great teacher as it helped him throughout his career. He believes his experiences in leadership and teamwork can definitely help others. Jim created a blog site “urjustanumber.com” to share these experiences and has opened the blog site for others to tell their story as well. Additionally, Jim has written a book “Stepping Stones of Leadership” that lists some essential steps that he believes will guide you on becoming an effective leader. Every step is supported by stories of his own personal experiences. He is presently working on his next leadership book with more stepping stones. Jim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-zelem-bab0963/ Jim's Blog: https://urjustanumber.com/ Jim's Book: https://urjustanumber.com/products-available/ Dr. John Zelem is a Board-Certified general surgeon with more than 25 years of clinical experience, has transitioned out of clinical practice into Healthcare Executive Leadership. As a previous Vice-President, he has over 13 years of experience in compliance, utilization management/review, federal regulations, sales, account management, and many other aspects of healthcare. He has extensive experience in quality assessment and improvement, with emphasis on case management, physician and hospital executive education for a variety of topics including Medicare and Medicaid compliance and regulations, medical necessity, Recovery Audit Contractors, utilization review, denials management, and length of stay. He has attained a passion for improving physician documentation and has extensive experience in developing new and improving existing physician advisor programs. He has recently developed a revolutionary new concept utilizing a holistic approach to “Utilization Management 360”. He is now the President and Owner of Streamline Solutions Consulting, Inc. offering services to evaluate, and improve many of the above aspects of healthcare. In addition, Dr. Zelem is a renowned industry author who has published many books and is a well-known motivational speaker and presents often to professional and public/patient audiences on health and wellness, personal development, and leadership and success. Dr. Zelem on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-zelem/ Streamline Solutions Consulting: https://www.streamlinesolutionsconsulting.com/ Utilization Management 360: https://www.streamlinesolutionsconsulting.com/utilization-management-360/ Use coupon code GEEK when you go to MagicSpoon.com Make a plan to vote and vote informed with BallotReady.org Learn more at MedicalCodingGeek.com
Jordan Johnson is the Director of Data Science at Legion Healthcare Partners. He has over 12 years of advanced healthcare experience, with extensive focus in clinical, operational, and administrative oncology. He is a content expert in oncology billing, revenue cycle, finance, documentation, coding, and compliance. He also provides his expertise on operations, alternative payment models, health policy, physician employment models, workplace culture/leadership and healthcare quality. He has created several industry leading software solutions including analytic value identification and visualization tools. He is first and foremost a patient advocate and has served on many committees and drafted legislation to increase patient safety, quality, and value. Most importantly he is a patient advocate and care giver, having a very personal connection to Cancer through the diagnosis, treatment and passing of both parents. Jordan does not believe in status quo in the current workflow, agenda nor operations within cancer care. Rather he believes that healthcare and oncology models are changing and with the proper guidance, education, and analytics, one can ensure quality while maintaining financial and clinical viability. Though these changes will be challenging they must be viewed as an opportunity. He is committed to putting action in defining value and quality. As a consultant Mr. Johnson has tested the tools, education, theories, and integrations with 300+ clients for various strategic plans at rural facilities, systems/networks, and providers. He is also committed to mentoring and creating leaders that can make an impact. This was the foundation behind www.legacybyimpact.com
Jordan Johnson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-johnson-msha-impact-7bb49441/
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Jordan Johnson is the Director of Data Science at Legion Healthcare Partners. He has over 12 years of advanced healthcare experience, with extensive focus in clinical, operational, and administrative oncology. He is a content expert in oncology billing, revenue cycle, finance, documentation, coding, and compliance. He also provides his expertise on operations, alternative payment models, health policy, physician employment models, workplace culture/leadership and healthcare quality. He has created several industry leading software solutions including analytic value identification and visualization tools. He is first and foremost a patient advocate and has served on many committees and drafted legislation to increase patient safety, quality, and value. Most importantly he is a patient advocate and care giver, having a very personal connection to Cancer through the diagnosis, treatment and passing of both parents. Jordan does not believe in status quo in the current workflow, agenda nor operations within cancer care. Rather he believes that healthcare and oncology models are changing and with the proper guidance, education, and analytics, one can ensure quality while maintaining financial and clinical viability. Though these changes will be challenging they must be viewed as an opportunity. He is committed to putting action in defining value and quality. As a consultant Mr. Johnson has tested the tools, education, theories, and integrations with 300+ clients for various strategic plans at rural facilities, systems/networks, and providers. He is also committed to mentoring and creating leaders that can make an impact. This was the foundation behind www.legacybyimpact.com
Jordan Johnson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-johnson-msha-impact-7bb49441/
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Brian is currently a CDI specialist at Penn Highlands Healthcare, in DuBois, Pennsylvania. Simpson has been a registered respiratory therapist for 28 years, spending a large portion of his career involved in acute care, non-invasive cardiology, pulmonary and cardiac rehab. He received his BS in Respiratory Care from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a MS in Exercise Science. Simpson transitioned into CDI after experiencing health issues, but has enjoyed every day for the last four and a half years as a CDI specialist. Brian is currently a member of ACDIS, AHIMA and AAPC. Although there is no local ACDIS chapter in his home in western PA, he has recently joined the Central Pa chapter and is looking forward to attending future meetings.
Brian Simpson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-simpson-ms-rrt-ccds-cdip-ccs-ccds-o-crc-193553175/
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Brian is currently a CDI specialist at Penn Highlands Healthcare, in DuBois, Pennsylvania. Simpson has been a registered respiratory therapist for 28 years, spending a large portion of his career involved in acute care, non-invasive cardiology, pulmonary and cardiac rehab. He received his BS in Respiratory Care from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a MS in Exercise Science. Simpson transitioned into CDI after experiencing health issues, but has enjoyed every day for the last four and a half years as a CDI specialist. Brian is currently a member of ACDIS, AHIMA and AAPC. Although there is no local ACDIS chapter in his home in western PA, he has recently joined the Central Pa chapter and is looking forward to attending future meetings.
Brian Simpson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-simpson-ms-rrt-ccds-cdip-ccs-ccds-o-crc-193553175/
Renown for his successful track record of acquiring Healthcare and Information Technology industry-leading talent, Bertram Lansiquot was the highest performing recruiter at the largest Health Information Management staffing vendor in the United States. During the competitive ICD-10 medical coding implementation, Bertram and the recruiters under his leadership were able to fully staff every medical coding opening and grew headcount over 500% within 8 months. Seeking to assist more employers find great talent, he founded Renown Talent and started the #AskARecruiter video series. The video series geared toward providing guidance to new and tenured professionals get hired, promoted, stand out from their peers, and be more knowledgeable about the HIM job market.
Bertram Lansiquot on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertramlansiquot/
Renown Talent: https://www.renowntalent.com/
Renown for his successful track record of acquiring Healthcare and Information Technology industry-leading talent, Bertram Lansiquot was the highest performing recruiter at the largest Health Information Management staffing vendor in the United States. During the competitive ICD-10 medical coding implementation, Bertram and the recruiters under his leadership were able to fully staff every medical coding opening and grew headcount over 500% within 8 months. Seeking to assist more employers find great talent, he founded Renown Talent and started the #AskARecruiter video series. The video series geared toward providing guidance to new and tenured professionals get hired, promoted, stand out from their peers, and be more knowledgeable about the HIM job market.
Bertram Lansiquot on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertramlansiquot/
Renown Talent: https://www.renowntalent.com/
Jacqueline has over 10 years of experience in Revenue Cycle Management. She has a demonstrated history of working with different medical specialties including, inpatient/outpatient services, DME, mental health, and therapy. She also has a profound knowledge of billing, coding, auditing, consulting, and allied health teaching. Currently she’s an adjunct instructor for a college in Chicago, is the owner of TaylorMed Health (a medical consulting company), and CEO of the nonprofit COBHIM. She is also a guest host/interviewer on this episode of the NEC podcast! To find out more about COBHIM (cobhim.org) reach out to Jacqueline on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-taylor-rhit-ccs-48526517/ Support the NEC podcast by checking out our partners: https://www.medicalcodinggeek.com/partners
Jacqueline has over 10 years of experience in Revenue Cycle Management. She has a demonstrated history of working with different medical specialties including, inpatient/outpatient services, DME, mental health, and therapy. She also has a profound knowledge of billing, coding, auditing, consulting, and allied health teaching. Currently she’s an adjunct instructor for a college in Chicago, is the owner of TaylorMed Health (a medical consulting company), and CEO of the nonprofit COBHIM She is also a guest host/interviewer on this episode of the NEC podcast! Jacqueline on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-taylor-rhit-ccs-48526517/ Support the NEC podcast by checking out our partners: https://www.medicalcodinggeek.com/partners
Natasha C. Miller also known as The Medical Mompreneur is an Entrepreneur, Health Information Educator, Consultant, Author, Speaker, & Coach to inspire and motivate moms and women to achieve their mission on entrepreneurship and help empower women through educating them through obtaining a certification that allows them to work from home while being able to provide for their families. She published her first book, “Faith for the Mompreneur” in 2018. Natasha C. Miller is the Founder & CEO of NCM Healthcare.
Natasha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-miller-ms-rhia-cpc-cpb-cpc-i/
Natasha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medicalmompreneur/
Natasha's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/medicalbillingcodingcareersformoms/
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