Experiences at Michigan State University

Drank lots of coffee and spent many long nights at the Library! :)

Extracting information from operative reports, consultations, history/physical reports, discharge summaries, and progress notes and apply appropriate CPT, ICD-9 and HCPCS codes. Ten years of Surgery billing and coding experience including Plastic Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Hepatic/Biliary Surgery, Urology, Ob-Gyn, Ortho-Pediatrics, Trauma/ER billing, Wound Clinic and Surgery Office Clinical billing and coding experience....

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

B.A. in English

Earned a BA in Business with a Marketing Concentration.

Served as a leader in campus organizations, including the MSU Summer Orientation Progra for incoming freshmen, the Student Alumni Organization, the American Marketing Association, and Phi Mu Sorority.

While working on my Bachelor of Arts Degree I was on the Dean's List six semesters throughout college and recived a cash scholarship from Institute of Management Accountants based on outstanding academic performance.

Through my coursework I acquired comprehensive understanding of financial accounting, cost accounting, government and not-for-profit accounting, federal income tax accounting, and auditing through successful completion of critical coursework, which included successfully completing an auditing project that involved checking documents for accuracy, verifying file locations and generating a trial balance and financial statements.

I was a member of Michigan State University Accounting Club and served as a Member of Executive Board where I provided correspondence between the club and presenting companies, maintained the club's website, and chaired the Career Gallery Committee in 2003.

I was a Member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Management Accountants....

While at Michigan State I completed Accounting coursework that involved studying the role of corporate governance, financial statement analysis, and design of control systems to evaluate management's performance, database design, cost accounting, and international reporting standards.

Dean's List and Finance Association.

Became the first male in my extended family to earn a bachelor's degree. Proved to myself that when I put my mind to it I could learn to succed at anything.

I earned my B.A. in Communications while working full-time.