She's a medical billing, coding, and healthcare compliance specialist serving as an expert witness with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare reimbursement systems, regulatory compliance, and medical record auditing, this expert’s work focuses on the evaluation of billing and coding practices within healthcare organizations, including compliance with Medicare and Medicaid regulations and healthcare documentation standards. The expert has more than 15 years of experience providing medical billing expert witness services.

Professional expertise includes auditing and reviewing medical records, coding practices, and reimbursement processes to evaluate compliance with federal healthcare regulations and payer requirements. Work in this area includes medical billing and coding audits, documentation reviews, and compliance program evaluations involving CPT coding, physician documentation, and reimbursement practices. Additional areas of specialization include due diligence reviews, corporate integrity agreement compliance activities, independent review organization engagements, and investigations involving Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse allegations, including matters related to Physicians at Teaching Hospitals requirements.

The expert has held leadership and management roles in healthcare compliance, coding, and documentation oversight. Responsibilities have included serving as a senior manager overseeing clinical documentation integrity and coding compliance engagements and as a compliance audit manager responsible for healthcare billing, coding, and documentation audits for healthcare organizations. Additional experience includes directing coding and charge entry operations for a large multispecialty physician practice affiliated with an academic medical center and providing independent consulting services through a healthcare compliance consulting practice.

Credentials include a Doctor of Medicine and a Master of Business Administration. Professional certifications include Certified Professional Coder, Certified Professional Coder–Instructor, Certified Professional Medical Auditor, Certified Risk Adjustment Coder, Certified Revenue Cycle Representative, and Certified Specialist Payment and Reimbursement. Professional affiliations include membership in the American Academy of Professional Coders and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.