Paula
Demby,
RHIA,
CHC
Day
Egusquiza
Tracey Goessel, M.D.
Kozie Phibbs
Anita Rapier, RHIA, CCS
Earl
Reber
Randy Stembridge
Paula
Demby,
RHIA,
CHC
Paula
Demby,
RHIA,
CHC
is
currently
a
Coding
Compliance
Manager
at
CHAN
HealthCare
Auditors
where
she
serves
as a
Compliance
Auditor
responsible
for
performing
Medicare
coding/documentation/billing
compliance
reviews
for
acute
care
facilities,
physicians
services,
and
other
health
care
settings,
along
with
development,
education,
and
training
for
clients
across
the
country.
Before
joining
CHAN,
Demby
served
as
HIM
Director
at
Trinity
Medical
Center
in
Birmingham,
AL.
Demby
has
over
twenty
years
of
experience
in
the
Health
Information
Management
profession
working
in
Hospital
Operations
and
Compliance
Auditing
in
various
healthcare
settings;
Rural
Hospital
Corporations,
For
Profit
and
Not
for
Profit
Hospitals,
as
well
as
Veterans
Administration
Hospital
in
Birmingham
and
Nashville.
Demby
currently
serves
as
President
Elect
of
the
Alabama
Association
of
Health
Information
Management.
She
served
as
President
of
Middle
Tennessee
Health
Information
Management
Association
and
member
THIMA
Board
2006-2008.
She
is
the
recipient
of
the
2008
Champion
Award-
Tennessee
Health
Information
Management
Association
(THIMA)
and
2007
Mentor
Award
-Tennessee
Health
Information
Management
Association
(THIMA).
In
addition,
Demby
has
been
a
presenter
for
the
Tennessee
&
Alabama
Association
of
Health
Information
Management
Annual
Meetings.
Demby
received
a
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
in
Health
Information
Management
from
the
University
of
Alabama
at
Birmingham
in
Birmingham,
AL.
Day
Egusquiza
Day
Egusquiza
brings
over
30
years
experience
in
health
care
reimbursement,
hospital
business
office
operations,
contracting
and
compliance
implementation.
Additionally,
her
experience
includes
eight
years
as a
Director
of a
Physician
Medical
Management
billing
service
and
most
recently
completed
an
integrated
business
office
between
a
hospital
and
a
large
physician
clinic.
She
has
been
an
entrepreneur
in
hospital
and
physician
practice
accounts
receivable
management
and
a
leader
in
redesigning
numerous
organizations.
Her
work
includes
providing
guidance
as a
compliance
&
APC
educator
while
providing
operational
insight
on
the
revenue
cycle
impacts
of
RAC/Medicare
Recovery
Audit
Contractors.
Additionally,
she
has
been
instrumental
in
researching
and
preparing
national
education
on
the
impact
of
the
Prescription
Drug
Benefit.
Day’s
strength
is
her
ability
to
‘operationalize’
complex
regulations
into
teachable
components.
Ms
Egusquiza
is a
nationally
recognized
speaker
on
continuous
quality
improvement
(CQI),
benchmarking,
redesigning,
reimbursement
systems
and
implementing
an
operational
focus
of
compliance-
both
in
hospitals
and
practices.
She
has
been
on
the
AAHAM
National
Advisory
Council,
HFMA
National
Advisory
Council,
is a
past
President
of
the
Idaho
HFMA
Chapter
&
recently
received
the
Lifetime
Achievement
Award.
She
has
been
highlighted
in
JCAHO’s
Six
Hospitals
in
Search
of
Excellence,
Zimmerman’s
Receivable
Report,
HFMA’s
HFM
and
Patient
Account,
AHIA
Prospective,
and
numerous
healthcare
newsletters
along
with
a
contributing
author
to
2006
Health
Law
and
Compliance
Update.
She
received
the
Idaho
Hospital
Association
“Distinguished
Service
Award”
for
her
legislative
work
and
training
on
new
indigent
law.
Attendees
at
HFMA’s
ANI
rated
her
in
the
top
25%
for
each
year
she
has
presented,
earning
her
the
‘Distinguished
Speaker’
award.
Her
greatest
accomplishes
are
her
four
wonderful
children
and
her
eight
fabulous
grandchildren.
What
makes
her
unique?
She
has
been
in
the
trenches
with
us!
Tracey Goessel, M.D.
Formerly a member of the surgical faculty at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr.
Goessel has served as medical director for utilization review firms as well as
physician-owned integrated delivery systems. In her prior experience with
Medicare risk products, she brought Medicare bed days from 2300 to 1200 in less
than a year, by initiating a program integrating utilization management and
hospitalists. She has overseen a physician panel reviewing 600,000 covered
lives with commercial bed days of less than 170, as well as headed the research
and development department of a major medical software firm. She developed
clinical guidelines applied in the utilization management of over 4 million
lives, and has developed Disease Management software. Most recently, she heads
FairCode Associates, a physician-based DRG audit firm that also specializes in
coding query software and physician documentation education programs.
Kozie Phibbs
For
more
than
35
years,
Kozie
has
been
working
in
the
Health
Information
Management
Profession.
She
has
held
numerous
positions
which
include
a
former
Coder,
DRG
Reimbursement
Specialist,
Co-owner
of a
Contract
Coding
Company
and
Corporate
Director
of
HIM
for
an
enterprise
health
system
in
Northern
Virginia.
Kozie
is
the
Carolina’s
Regional
Territory
Sales
Manager
for
Digital
Voice
Systems
out
of
Tampa,
a
partner
of
Dolbey,
as
well
as
their
Computer
Assisted
Coding
Product
Specialist.
She
has
served
on
the
North
Carolina
HIMA
Governance
Board
for
the
past
5
years
and
is
currently
the
President
of
the
Charlotte
Region.
More
recently,
she
has
done
numerous
national
speaking
engagements
and
served
on
several
CAC
Task
Forces
for
AHIMA,
as
well
as
co-author
several
articles
which
were
published
this
year
in
the
Journal
for
AHIMA,
including:
-
Ready, Set, Automate……….
-
AHIMA CAC Practice Brief - 2010 Revision
-
Transitioning Coding Professionals into New Roles in a Computer Assisted Coding Environment
-
Show Me the Benefits: Capabilities of CAC Products
Anita Rapier, RHIA, CCS
Anita
Rapier
is
the
managing
editor
and
senior
coding
consultant
for
the
American
Hospital
Association’s
Coding
Clinic
on
ICD-CM.
Rapier
I
responsible
for
developing
educational
material
for
Coding
Clinic
and
has
over
30
years
of
experience
in
Health
Information
Management
(HIM).
She
has
held
several
positions
in
HIM,
involving
coding
education,
quality
and
compliance,
hospital-based
outpatient,
acute
care
and
long
term
care
settings.
Ms.
Rapier
has
presented
numerous
educational
seminars
and
authored
articles
on
coding
and
compliance.
Ms.
Rapier
is
also
an
independent
health
information
consultant
specializing
in
hospital
and
physician
coding,
quality
assessment,
and
compliance.
Earl
Reber
Executive
Director,
eProtex
Earl
leads
all
operational
and
growth
activities
for
eProtex,
the
nation’s
first
network
medical
device
security
company.
In
his
role
as
eProtex
executive
director,
Earl
leads
a
team
of
experts
in
custom-crafting
solutions
to
each
client’s
business
and
regulatory
challenges.
With
over
30
years
in
the
development
of
healthcare
organizations,
Earl
has
served
as
the
CEO
of
Nurse
Aide
Training
Center,
Inc.,
COO
and
General
Counsel
to
the
RCS
Companies,
and
in
various
director
and
respiratory
therapist
positions
in
five
Midwest
hospitals.
Throughout
his
career,
Earl
has
always
emphasized
the
importance
of
educating
customers
to
help
them
make
the
best
informed
decisions
possible.
Earl
earned
his
Associates
degree
in
Respiratory
Therapy
from
Oakland
Community
College
in
Southfield,
Mich.,
and
his
Bachelors
degree
in
Business
Administration
from
Siena
Heights
University
in
Benton
Harbor,
Mich.
In
1994,
Earl
received
his
Doctorate
of
Jurisprudence
from
Indiana
University
in
Indianapolis,
Ind.
He
is a
member
of
both
the
Indiana
State
Bar
Association
and
the
Indianapolis
Bar
Association.
Additionally,
Earl
has
served
as
adjunct
professor
and
member
of
the
board
of
trustees
to
Siena
Heights
University,
and
advisory
council
member
for
Ivy
Tech.
He
has
lectured
nationally
on
topics
ranging
from
Arterial
Blood
Gas
Interpretation
to
Total
Cost
of
Ownership.
Randy Stembridge
Native
of
Birmingham,
AL.
Livingston
University.
Baptist
Health
System,
Birmingham
- 12
years.
Infirmary
Health
System,
Movile
- 9
years.
Director
of
Employee
Relations
for
IHS
