Diskriter Announces New Director of HIM Rehabilitation Services

Diskriter recently announced that Patricia Trela, RHIA, will fill the newly created position of director of HIM rehabilitation services.

With more than 25 years of management and consulting experience in the healthcare industry, Trela spearheaded the initial start-up for three large acute care rehabilitation hospitals, including their individual designs, development, and implementation of policies, procedures, and processes. She was a member of the original 11-member task force that developed the functional independence measure and the minimum data set for the uniform data system for medical rehabilitation, an integral part of Medicare’s prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities.

Since 2001, Pat has conducted more than 30 AHIMA / HIMA educational seminars surrounding rehabilitation coding, compliance, documentation, and reimbursement. In addition, she is the facilitator for the Coding Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Community of Practice and affiliated with the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, as well as the AHIMA, and the Massachusetts Health Information Management Association.

Source: Diskriter Inc

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