PROACTIVE MEDICAL REVIEW CONSULTING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Clinical Consultant
- Expert
- Registered Nurse With 30 Years of LTC
Angie is a Registered Nurse with 30 years of LTC experience including in Nursing Administration as DON and as Clinical Consultant for over 20 years for multi-facility organizations. Angie's expertise includes development of policies and procedures, implementing effective staff development programs, QAPI, and Infection control. Angie serves clients as part of Proactive's mock survey team, and has extensive survey management experience including writing Plans of Correction (CMS 2567) and Allegation of Compliance for IJ's. Angie promotes clinical and regulatory compliance through services including interim DON, interim MDS coordinator, MDS coding validation and supportive documentation chart audits, and staff education.
Angie is an expert user of PointClickCare™ and assists clients with software implementation/training for clinical modules, CRM, Document Manager, Carequality, eMAR, POC, and IMM (Integrated Medication Management), as well as Relias Learning Software with projects such as creation and implementation of training plans and monitoring reports.
Job Titles:
- Physical Therapist
- Clinical Consultant
Christa is a Physical Therapist with 18 years of experience in long term care and rehabilitation management. She has a passion for working with the geriatric population and has presented educational programs related to geriatric falls prevention, restorative nursing, evidence based practice, and maintaining functional mobility. She serves Proactive Medical Review as a clinical instructor, quality assurance leader, auditor and medical review response coordinator.
Job Titles:
- Board Certified Gerontological Nurse
- Clinical Consultant
Eleisha Wilkes is a Board Certified Gerontological Nurse and AANAC certified MDS consultant with over twenty years of experience in long-term care. She has significant experience as a Director of Nursing, Case Manager, and Resident Assessment Coordinator with extensive responsibility and success in driving QA in the areas of person-centered assessment and care planning through effective systems, staff development, and interdisciplinary team collaboration. She has presented educational programs related to PDPM transition success, MDS accuracy, effective care planning, Competency-Based Staff Development, and Restorative Nursing Programs. Eleisha serves as a clinical consultant providing auditing, clinical training, and project development services.
Emily King has served the geriatric community in multi-site therapy leadership positions and as a clinical educator. She is skilled in assisting nursing facilities and outpatient therapy clinics to improve clinical documentation for measurable error rate reduction under medical review through training and constructive chart review feedback. Her background includes extensive geriatric clinical program development. Awarded the 2016 IHCA Foundation Scholarship for Dementia Care, she is a Certified Alzheimer's Disease Dementia Care Trainer. Her passion is educating caregivers on creative techniques to enhance the lives of those living with dementia, and she has presented extensively on person centered care, quality of life, and applications of current dementia research.
Job Titles:
- Registered Nurse
- Director of Legal Nurse Consulting
Janine is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years' experience in long term care, working in all nursing capacities from Nursing Assistant and Charge Nurse, to MDS Coordinator, Staff Development Coordinator, ADON and DON. She is MDS Certified through AANAC, and is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. Her background includes serving as a Corporate Nurse Consultant, and the Director of Clinical Services for a multi-facility, multi-level of care organization. Janine serves as a founding member of the Kentucky RUG Task Force Committee, and has served on the Case Mix Appeals Panel and IDR Panel as a provider representative, as well as serving on the Kentucky Medicaid Technical Advisory Committee. She has extensive experience in the RAI process, clinical documentation, legal nurse consulting, restorative nursing programs, fall management, QAPI, and infection control, and has provided training on these topics for State and National organizations.
Job Titles:
- Registered Nurse
- Clinical Consultant
Jessica is a Registered Nurse with 17 years experience in long term care. Her background includes significant experience as a reimbursement specialist for a large long-term care organization, providing education and support to those facilities over multiple states. She has served as a subject matter expert in the areas of Medicare and clinical reimbursement, developing and authoring courses for a major healthcare learning management system/education provider. She has extensive experience with medical auditing and compliance, and has collaborated with leadership teams in the development and implementation of restorative programming, QAPI, and Quality Measure improvement. Jessica has presented extensively on Medicare regulations, RAI process, PPS reimbursement, and Case Management.
Job Titles:
- Registered Nurse
- Clinical Consultant
Kristen is a Registered Nurse with over nineteen years of long term care experience. She has experience as a Regional Clinical Reimbursement and Nurse Consultant, Director of Nursing and Resident Assessment Coordinator.
Job Titles:
- Director of Regulatory Services
- Registered Nurse and Nursing Home Administrator
Shelly is a Registered Nurse and Nursing Home Administrator with experience serving as Director of Nursing, Administrator, and as a multi-site Corporate Nurse Consultant. She holds AANAC's QAPI Certified Professional (QCP) credential. She is a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and earned a Certificate in Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care. She is a skilled coder and an AHIMA approved ICD-10 trainer. Shelly specializes in not only identifying SNF regulatory compliance risks, but in supporting SNF leadership in implementing the practical, real life solutions that drive performance improvement and quality outcomes. Shelly coordinates Proactive's active Phase 1-3 Requirements of Participation facility partnership project teams and leads 5 Star improvement projects. She has presented extensively on survey preparedness, facility assessment, QAPI, Achieving 5-Star QMs, and implementing effective interdisciplinary systems.
Job Titles:
- Director of Audit Services