Overview
Bonnie Peters is an Associate 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
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
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Affiliations
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
