Suzan Hvizdash, CPC, CPC-PC
- Suzan's Bio:
- With over 15 years of health care experience, I am the Senior Auditor at the CRN institute auditing offices around the country and providing education and feedback based on those audits. I've been a guest lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh speaking to undergraduate HIM students on E/M documentation and the use of physician extenders. I also have student interns with me during the summer months. My passion for teaching began when I accepted the position as the Medical Billing/Health Claims Examining instructor at an adult vocational school. I've taught terminology, anatomy, CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-9 coding, and forms completion. I've been a billing coordinator, Medicare insurance supervisor for two national pharmacies and the Senior Reimbursement Supervisor for a national home infusion company. I am also the Physician Education Specialist for the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. I teach over 180 surgeons, physician extenders, and staff on compliance issues, HIPAA, EMTALA, and most importantly, proper documentation of E/M services. My teaching environments include grand rounds lectures, small round table discussion groups, one-on-one training, clinic shadowing, and teleconference sessions.
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Suzan's 15 years of experience includes 7 years of teaching. She is the Senior Auditor at the CRN institute auditing and educating offices around the country. She is also the Physician Education Specialist at UPMC's Department of Surgery. She teaches surgeons, physician extenders, and staff on compliance and documentation issues.