JEAN JUREK, MS, RHIA, CPC

Jean has over 25 years of experience in medical coding and the health information profession. She is an Associate Professor in the Health Information Technology Program at Erie Community College. Her primary responsibilities include teaching all medical coding courses, billing courses, on-line course development, and instruction in quality management, computer applications and health care statistics. As a consultant, she also is able to continue with “hands on” experience in medical coding and auditing. Her work consists of medical coding for a variety of health care providers, conducting medical coding audits and education for health care providers in documentation and coding issues.

Jean has served as president of the Health Information Management Association of Western New York (HIMAWNY), and received their Distinguished Member Award in 2005. Recently, Jean has served as Education Director and Finance Director for the New York Health Information Management Association (NYHIMA). Currently Jean is the NY Community Education Coordinator for the Personal Health Record (PHR) campaign sponsored by AHIMA. She is also a participating member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), and UNYPHIED (Upstate New York Professional Healthcare Information and Education Demonstration Project).

Her Master’s Degree was awarded from the State University of New at Buffalo, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in 2000.

STACEY MOSAY, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC-H, CMRS

Stacey has over 15 years experience in health information management, including working as director of medical records for a multihospital health system and in coding, quality improvement, business office management, medical staff credentialing, regulatory compliance, reimbursement analysis, and physician office consulting. She served five years as the Medical Record Coder Program Coordinator for the academic Coding Certificate program in the Division of Allied Health at Trident Technical College. She is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Health Information Management. She served as chairman of the CCA test construction committee for AHIMA from 2006-2007. She is a registered member of the American Health Information Management Association and the American Academy of Professional Coders. She is a member of the Low Country Coders Association, the Palmetto Coder Association, AHIMA’s Assembly of Education, American Medical Billing Association, Healthcare Billing and Management Association, and a participant in Low Country Coding Roundtables.

DAPHNE NERIS, CPC, CCS-P

Daphne has been in the healthcare field since 1984. She currently has her own consulting business and is an approved American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Instructor. Previously, she was the Compliance Auditor for the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale University’s School of Medicine, and the Manager of Clinical and Reimbursement Services at the School of Medicine. Her first years in healthcare were as the Clinic Manager for a large surgical group in Connecticut. She is one of the founders of the Connecticut Chapter of AAPC and is a past President. She has been an AAPC member since 1995, and a CPC since 1996. Daphne has spoken nationally at the AAPC National Conferences in Minnesota and Washington DC, and previously at the National Physician’s Coding Summit in Las Vegas. She is a member of the Connecticut Medical Group Management Association (CMGMA) and the Connecticut Women in Healthcare Management Association (CWHCM), serving on their Career Development Committee. Daphne also has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New Haven and majored in Financial Accounting.

CYNTHIA NEWBY, CPC

Cynthia has developed and written text programs for McGraw-Hill for over seventeen years. Her publishing career began with McGraw-Hill in New York, where she was employed for 15 years, first as a copyeditor trainee, last as Executive Editor, Business & Marketing/Office Technology Group, Gregg Division. Before founding Chestnut Hill Enterprises in 1990, Cynthia was vice president for product marketing at Dialogue Systems, Inc., in New York. She is certified as a professional coder by the American Academy of Professional Coders, and is a graduate of Hood College.