Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC, AAPC Fellow

President & Senior Consultant

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Hospice & Palliative                        Rheumatology

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Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC has over 30 years of health care experience and founded Acevedo Consulting in 2000. Her CENTC designation was bestowed on her as she served on the AAPC Steering Committee that wrote the ENT coding examination.  She has a particular expertise in chart audits, compliance & education relative to physician documentation and coding.  Jean has also been an expert witness in civil litigation and an investigative consultant for the DOJ and FBI in Federal fraud cases having been officially designated by the courts as an expert in physician documentation and coding.

 

Recognizing physician reimbursement is moving from a pure “fee for service” model to one reimbursing for quality and value, her firm is helping physician organizations understand the rules and nuances of diagnosis coding and its impact on Medicare Risk Adjustment (MRA) coding.

 

Jean was an instructor at Florida Atlantic University where she taught the regulatory compliance modules of FAU’s Certificate in Medical Business Management program for 15 years, and a member of several Coding Institute Editorial Advisory Boards. Jean has been a Participant in CMS’ Medicare Provider Feedback Group, CMS Division of Provider Information Planning and Development since 2007 and is a member of the Jurisdiction 9 MAC’s Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Group.  She  has been an annual guest lecturer on documentation and reimbursement at FAU’s DNP program since 2015.

 

She is a frequently sought after speaker as she possesses the unique perspective of avoiding risk and liability while optimizing reimbursement in our highly regulated health care industry.

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