Career Highlights
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Auditing and training coders for both inpatient and outpatient coding
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FWAE – clinical investigator for facility outpatient appeals
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AHIMA – approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer
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Clinical documentation improvement specialist for risk adjustment (HCC) services
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Certified documentation improvement practitioner (CDIP)
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Certified professional medical auditor (CPMA)
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Certified coding specialist (CCS)
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Certified risk adjustment coder (CRC)
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Brandy Obenski is a Coding/Auditing expert at SunHawk Consulting, LLC. Ms. Obenski is certified by the American Academy of Professional Coders as a certified professional medical auditor (CPMA) and a certified risk adjustment coder (CRC). She also holds certification from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as a certified documentation improvement practitioner (CDIP) and a certified coding specialist (CCS). She is also an AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer.
Ms. Obenski was employed by United Health Group/Optum as a concurrent coding reviewer and documentation improvement specialist for a Medicare Risk Adjustment program. She is currently working in payment integrity as a senior recovery and resolution analyst doing clinical/coding investigating for fraud, waste and abuse of outpatient facility claims.
Brandy previously functioned as an auditor and coding trainer for Kaiser Permanente. She performed coding for a specialist in digestive health. She was also certified as an inpatient coder for an outsourced revenue cycle management, medical coding and billing and healthcare analytics company.
Ms. Obenski has experience and is proficient with multiple EMR software programs. She is familiar with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, CPT/HCPCS coding, ICD-10-CM coding, ICD-10-PCS coding, risk adjustment, MS-DRG and APR-DRG, CMS 1500 and UB claim forms, Medicare CCI edits, etc.
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SunHawk Consulting specializes in professional consulting services and has a team of highly skilled subject matter experts with substantial backgrounds in:
* Healthcare Compliance: Statistical Sampling, Medical Coding Audits, Healthcare Compliance Programs, Evaluation of Compliance Programs and Risk Assessments, HIPAA Compliance Risk Assessments & Training, Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) Board Advisor, Independent Review Organization (IRO) Services, Interim Healthcare Compliance Support, Physical Security Assessment, Design and Implementation of Sunshine Act Compliance Programs, Enterprise Risk Management Optimization, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) System Support, Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Implementation, Outsourced Audit Function Support, Medical Risk Adjustment Compliance (Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial), Policy, Procedure, Internal Control Development and Evaluation, FedRAMP Compliance;
* Corporate Investigations: Fraud Investigations and Forensic Accounting, Anti-money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Know Your Customer (KYC), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Third-party Due Diligence;
* Corporate Compliance: Evaluation and Design of Corporate Compliance Programs, Interim Compliance Support, Compliance Risk Assessments, Physical Security Assessment, Enterprise Risk Management, Private Equity Governance, GRC System Support, Audit Function Support, Fraud Risk Assessments, Investigations Program Assessment and Enhancements, Qui Tam Investigations, Hot Line Support;
* Litigation Disputes: Complex Litigation and Disputes, Mergers and Acquisitions: Regulatory Due Diligence, Expert Witness, Statistical Analysis, Healthcare Payment Disputes, Litigation Support, Physical Security Assessment, Neutral Party Data Analysis.