BETH BROWNE, RN, MSN, NP, CCS
Sr. Clinical and Reimbursement Consultant

ROLE
Beth is an essential member of our medical device reimbursement team - offering a breadth and depth of clinical insight that frames projects in a realistic context and improves client success rates.

STRENGTHS
Known as a highly creative problem solver, Beth is resourceful in researching Medicare and commerical payer policies and is collaborative in developing winning reimbursement strategies.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Over the past two decades, Beth has played multiple roles in the healthcare industry - as a clinician, administrator and consultant. Her clinical experience is diverse - spanning critical care, emergency medicine, primary care, public health, cardiac rehabilitation and invasive cardiology. And after years in hospital administration, she understands first-hand the intricacies associated with the reimbursement process.

As a consultant, Beth has developed coding and reimbursement research assessments and recommendations, fostered relationships with commercial insurance payers, prepared and submitted coding applications, and functioned as a liaison with CMS. She has also been instrumental in developing and managing reimbursement call centers.

CREDENTIALS
A registered nurse and board certified nurse practitioner, Beth received an MS from the University of Colorado and a BS from Thomas Jefferson University. Beth is also an AHIMA Certified Coding Specialist and is currently a 2010 Coding Advisory Board member with MediRegs. http://www.mediregs.com/users/cab

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