Bonnie Peters is a Managing Director in the Clinical Economics practice in Berkeley Research Group’s Baltimore office. She has over 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She provides healthcare advisory services in clinical documentation improvement (CDI), physician professional fee coding, and auditing and physician practice management. She is a noted speaker and has most recently spoken nationally on CDI. She is an AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer and functioned as the project manager for a large health system’s transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS.

Ms. Peters has implemented numerous CDI initiatives across the United States. She has trained, mentored, and coached clinical documentation specialists on the concepts of IPPS (inpatient prospective payment system), DRG reimbursement, appropriate and compliant documentation, severity of illness, and risk of mortality in the acute care setting. Ms. Peters has experience with MS-DRGs and APR-DRGs. She has broad experience with professional fee coding, billing, and documentation. Her areas of specialization include ophthalmology, internal medicine, family practice, neurology, and a variety of surgical specialties.

Education

University of South Carolina
B.S., Business Administration, 1986 (magna cum laude)

Employment History

Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Director
2006 - 2011

HP3
Director
2002 - 2006

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Senior associate
2000 - 2002

QuadraMed Corporation (formerly Cabot Marsh)
Senior consultant
1998 - 2000

HealthCare Consultants of America
Senior consultant
1997 - 1998

Honors

Client Service Hall of Fame
Navigant Consulting, Inc., 2010

Customer Satisfaction Award
HP3, Inc., 2003

Medical Assistant of the Year
American Association of Medical Assistants - Catawba County Chapter, 1977

Credentials

American Academy of Professional Coders
CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I

American Health Information Management Association
CCS-P, CDIP

New Mexico Health Information Management Association
CCS-P, CDIP

American Association of Clinical Documentation Specialists
CCDS