Christi Sarasin, CCS, CCDS, CPC-H, FCS is the Principal of a consulting practice based in Friendship, MD. With more than 29 years of experience in health information management and consulting experience she is a leader in healthcare compliance who specializes in:
Inpatient and Outpatient Coding Compliance and Operations Assessments
Forensic analysis of hospital coding and billing with claims data reconciliation for trend analysis of opportunity and risk
RAC risk assessments
Observation service reviews and process improvement analysis
Drug administration services auditing
DRG Validations, pre-bill and retrospective auditing
Interim Coding Supervisory Consulting
Clinical documentation improvement
Ambulatory Surgery and Emergency Department (facility component) Coding Reviews,
Coding Education In-services,
Ms. Sarasin is a recognized expert and frequent national speaker to healthcare providers on various subjects that include among others hospital compliance for observation services, drug administration services, the three-day rule, Qui Tam, DRG and ICD-9-CM coding and annual updates, APC and CPT coding and annual updates for hospitals.
Ms. Sarasin is an active member of:
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA),
Association for Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS),
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and
American College of Medical Coding Specialists (ACMCS).
Ms. Sarasin has earned the credentials of Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) from AHIMA, Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) from ACDIS, Certified Professional Coder-Hospital from the AAPC and Facility Coding Specialist (FCS) from the American College of Medical Coding Specialists.
Prior to establishing Sarasin Consulting Group, Ms. Sarasin worked as a healthcare consultant for three national healthcare consulting firms where she specialized in auditing, training and product development for coding and billing compliance. She was the technical editor for St. Anthony’s Outpatient Reference Manual, co-author for St. Anthony’s APG Implementation Guide, technical editor for St. Anthony’s APG Source Book, contributing editor to St. Anthony’s Gearing Up for APGs (Overview and Impact of your Operations and Impact of your Clinical Operations) and technical editor for St. Anthony’s HCPCS Alert Newsletter.
With over fourteen (14) years of experience at a 350-bed acute care hospital, Ms. Sarasin's hands-on experience in the various operational processes of a health information department has given her a broad perspective of the global medical record workflow processes and the outside influences that impact coding, reimbursement and compliance.