Biography:

Jan Rasmussen, PCS, ACS-OB, ACS-GI – As a healthcare consultant, Jan has more than 45 years of experience in physician billing, reimbursement, and compliance. Jan is currently the owner of Professional Coding Solutions, a healthcare consulting firm. She has been a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) since 1992. As a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), Jan previously served on their Advisory Board as the liaison to the AMA, has been a speaker for the AAPC annual conference as well as contributed to the development of the original AAPC’s independent study, university education programs, and proficiency tests. In 1994, she was honored by AAPC as Networker of the Year.  Jan was also a Regional Governor for the American College of Medical Coding Specialists (ACMCS), serving as Chair of the Ethics committee and an Examination committee member.

As a physician consultant, she has participated in physician coding and documentation reviews, including OIG government PATH and Campus audits, and designed and conducted physician coding seminars nationwide. She has been a guest speaker for several conferences sponsored by United Communications, Inc//Decision Health, AAPC, and Coding Institute Specialty Conferences.

In previous consulting positions, she was responsible for developing and conducting basic and intermediate seminars. She advanced ICD-9-CM and CPT, teaching physician guidelines and special workshops for OB/GYN, Orthopedics, Urology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, ENT, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, and Evaluation and Management. As an educator, she has taught E/M documentation and auditing to physicians and coding audiences since 1992, when RBRVS was first implemented.

Jan has also worked for several major health insurance payers in Wisconsin, was a coding advisor to the WPS Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee, and served as the coding and reimbursement coordinator for a 37-provider, staff model HMO clinic.  As the coding and reimbursement coordinator, Jan was responsible for physician office, hospital, surgical, and nursing facility coding, charge ticket development, fee development, reimbursement analysis, claims analysis, and physician education.