Felisha Bochantin has been in the medical coding industry since 1994. She currently holds a bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration. Felisha is a Certified Professional Medical Coder, Certified Professional Medical Coder- Hospitals and a Certified Professional Medical Coding Curriculum Instructor, and is a member of the AAPC and AHIMA. She has an extensive background in teaching a variety of medical billing and coding core courses as well as general education courses. Her experience includes: administrative billing, correct coding and compliance auditing for inpatient, and outpatient and physician offices. Felisha has instructed and designed core curriculum for medical coding certification programs. In addition to her adjunct teaching schedule, she is employed full time by a large health care payer.
LaTisha Cottingham has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She has six years of teaching experience in the field of medical billing and coding and Medical Assisting. Currently she is employed as an HIM Analyst for a Long-Term Care establishment that is based out of Alabama. Previously she was employed as the lead instructor for the Allied Health Department for a local career institute. LaTisha's field of expertise is in the area of physician-based inpatient coding and Emergency Department coding. The certifications that she holds are: a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), a Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA). In preparation for ICD-10-CM LaTisha received her ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer Certification from American Health Information Association (AHIMA) where she is currently a member. LaTisha is a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and the National Healthcare Association (NHA) where she is a test proctor.
Ms. Dalgleish has worked in medical office administration, including billing and coding, for over 30 years. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems and a master's degree in Leadership. She is an AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer and is a member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM). She owns her own consulting firm, AnnGrant Education Services, Inc. She is currently completing a textbook on the new ICD-10 coding system and is completing a bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management with a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) certification.
LaTrisha Howard has over 10 years experience in the healthcare industry. Ms. Howard has expertise in coding Inpatient, Outpatient, and ER medical records. In addition to Ms. Howard’s experience in coding, she has experience in chart auditing and physician education.
She is currently working as an ER Coder/Auditor for a physician billing and consulting service, and currently holds the CCS and CPC certification, as well as being a member of AHIMA and AAPC.
Mrs. Shonda Miles is a Certified Professional Coder, Certified Professional Medical Auditor, and holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration, Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Management).
Shonda Miles has over 6 ½ years in the healthcare industry. Mrs. Miles has expertise in coding and chart auditing Inpatient, Outpatient, and ER medical records. She is a member of AAPC, NAMAS and ACHE. She is currently employed with a university hospital as a Compliance Auditor.
Shonda Miles currently teaches in the Administrative Medical Specialist and Medical Billing and Coding Programs. She resides in Shreveport, LA with her husband, Dameon and three sons.
April Raines currently teaches in the Administrative Medical Specialist and Medical Billing & Coding Programs. She resides in Albany, Georgia with her husband, Gabriel, and two sons, Justin and Jordan.
April attended Albany State University where she earned a BS in Allied Health Sciences and Healthcare Administration. She later received an MBA in Healthcare Management from American Intercontinental University.
During her role as Business Office Manager at the Phoebe Cancer Center, she received her Certification from the Healthcare Financial Management Association in Patient Accounting. Her professional experience includes management of Patient Access, Medical Records, and Patient Accounting/Business Office functions.
April is a member and Co-Chair of the Georgia Society of Clinical Oncology Administrators’ Association, National Association of Healthcare Executives, and Oncology Nursing Society.
In addition to her service at the Phoebe Cancer Center and ed2go, April is also adjunct faculty at University of Phoenix and Anthem College. In her free time, April enjoys reading, shopping, traveling, and spending time with family and friends
Nancy Smith credits medical terminology with providing all of her career opportunities since 1982. After graduating from college in 1976, she taught business courses in Philadelphia for 4 years while her husband completed medical school. When her husband was recruited by a rural community hospital, he found himself without a suitable pool of candidates to run his new office. Nancy studied medical terminology and became his office manager in 1982.
Several years later, they relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and her experience with medical terminology led to more career choices. She worked as a medical transcriptionist and then was hired to establish a medical assisting program at a local vocational school. After teaching the coding and billing courses for several years, Nancy left that position to teach medical terminology at a minimum security women’s prison, a local hospital, and a night program at a community college.
In 2000, Nancy was once again teaching billing and coding courses when she decided to take a position in patient registration with one of Pittsburgh’s leading trauma centers. This position led to an offer from a digital transcription company to help train new clients.
In 2007, Nancy was hired by a CMS subcontractor to audit medical records for reimbursement, and she holds this position currently. For this position, Nancy also obtained a national coding certification. Through all of these career moves, Nancy credits her knowledge of medical terminology as the most important factor in allowing her to secure each position and succeed at the job She is passionate about showing others how medical terminology can provide a lifetime of job opportunities in a wide range of career paths.
Marguerite Spence has served as a Health Information Specialist since 1997. She is currently a corporate compliance auditor at a medical center in New York. Ms. Spence simultaneously operates a consulting company where she hires consultants for professional training of medical staff and offers a workshop regarding guidelines and regulations for documentation and coding. Ms. Spence also teaches CPC prep classes at the City University of New York.
Ms. Spence is a certified professional coder. She is a member of AAPC and AMBA.
Ms. Spence is admired by students, doctors, and administrators for her knowledge, skills, and training methods. She is also the proud mother of a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Morgan State University.
Lydia S. Stewart, RN, BSN received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La. Lydia currently serves as the Revenue Cycle Manager at a large regional medical center in Northeast Louisiana. Lydia has been a Registered Nurse for 23 years, 15 of those years specializing in Critical Care Nursing and supervision.
Lydia has mentored hundreds of nurses throughout the course of her nursing career. She is responsible for Medical Audits, Charge Capture, and governmental compliance audits and reviews. She performs revenue cycle fundamental and charging education to department directors and hospital staff. Lydia collaborates with the business office to rectify billing edit issues. She performs managed care reviews for accurate payment. Lydia also serves as an independent chargemaster and reimbursement consultant to area outpatient service centers. Lydia is a member of the Louisiana Medical Auditor Association and HFMA.
Lydia enjoys reading, spending time with family, elderly parents and brilliant Boxers Venus and Pluto. She resides in Monroe, La. with her husband and son.