Laura LovettLaura offers a range of expertise in the area of Professional Service Coding, Auditing, and Education. She is highly experienced in working with multiple specialties, ranging from primary care to a variety of surgical specialties and nearly everything in between. She has worked as a Professional Coding and Documentation Auditor and Educator for a variety of provider types including private practices, teaching facilities, rural health, and hospital based practices, in several states and with a variety of payors, and has experience in coding inpatient, outpatient and surgical procedures.Having worked extensively in the daily functions of physician practices, Laura has a strong understanding of the day-to-day workings of a busy practice and strives to help providers and staff streamline processes to ensure that the workflow is efficient and that the practice is capturing the required information to ensure accurate and appropriate payment for services render. She has helped develop policies and procedures related to coding, documentation and auditing, as well as designed and created documentation templates for streamlined coding processes. Additional experiences include active involvement in the set-up of a new Urgent Care facility from the ground-up for a regionally integrated health care delivery system, participant as a member of a hospital-based RAC Team and on an ICD-10 implementation team. Laura has authored/published a number of newsletters, flyers and educational material designed to assist providers and their support staff. She is a sought after speaker on documentation, coding and billing related issues, having presented at numerous national and state level healthcare association meetings. |
