CURRENT POSITION:
Medical Case Manager Preferred Case Management, LLC
CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
Medical case management of Auto No Fault, General Liability, Workers’ Compensation, and Health claims.
Case coordinator and liaison between clients, employers, providers and attorneys
Case load activities include multiple trauma, brain and spinal cord injuries, orthopedic and soft tissue injuries
Medical record analysis to determine appropriate medical care and relationship to incident
EDUCATION:
Grace College, Indiana Associate Degree in Nursing 1986
CERTIFICATION:
State of Michigan Registered Nurse
Certified Case Manager #05153
Member of ACCM - July 2007
SPECIALIZED TRAINING/EXPERIENCE:
Executive Training and Experience:
Medical/surgical, neurological, rehabilitation, geriatric, hospice, home care, private duty services (program development)
Seminars:
Difficult Conversation End of Life Issues
Assessing and Documenting Competency
Living with Grief
Principles of Wound Care
Hospice Training
NARPPS
Return to Work Issues in Work Compensation
Rehabilitation Nursing 3rd Edition
MIARP Fall Conference
CCMC Role & Function Study
7th Annual DeVel Pediatric Lecture Series:
Emotional Needs of Teenagers in the Health Care System
Disease Management Digest
In Search of a Good Night’s Sleep Coping with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Rehabilitation Nursing, 3rd Edition
New Horizons in Medicine Neuropsychology Testing Updates & Stem Cell Implants
10th Annual DeVel Pediatric Lecture
Series: Concussion injury in children & teens. Risk Prevention and Management for the Young Athlete
CMSA 17th Annual Conference & Expo
WORK HISTORY:
Preferred Case Management LLC - 1999 to Present
SeCure Care Network 1998 to 1999, Clinical Supervisor, Private Duty/Home Health Aides
SeCure Care Network 1992 to 1998, Staff Field Nurse, Hospice Program Coordinator
SeCure Care Network 1987 to 1989, Staff Field Nurse (Case Manager)
United Memorial Hospital 1987, Medical/Surgical Nurse
Blodgett Memorial Medical Center 1982 to 1987, Medical/Surgical Float