BDA Staff

BDA provides a select team of experienced clinical, coding and financial professionals with over 200 years of experience in the healthcare field.

Each client is assigned a designated team of Regional Directors. This team works in close partnership with each account to provide responsive and results-oriented support, training and assessment to assure optimal performance.

Maintaining Accuracy and Compliance in the Medical Record

Why is accuracy and compliance to accepted standards of documentation in the medical record important? The first and most important reason is to provide patients with appropriate care based on details provided in their medical record. This ensures optimal patient care and allows for excellent patient satisfaction. Another reason for ensuring accuracy and compliance in the medical record is to provide governmental agencies, and any other entity accessing the patient’s medical record accurate and complete information. With improved documentation, collections improve, the risk for unfavorable audit results decreases, and efficiencies are increased in the office with both staff and physician co-workers.

RSS | Published on Oct 29, 08

Cheryl L. Carr, COO- Chief Operating Officer

Cheryl Carr began her career in the healthcare industry over 23 years ago as an x-ray technician in an urgent care/occupational medicine facility. She earned a fast-track promotion into Regional Director of eleven medical practice sites in seven different states with a national occupational health provider.

RSS | Published on Jul 1, 08

Responsive and Results Oriented Support

Each client is assigned a designated team of Regional Directors. This team works in close partnership with each account to provide responsive and results-oriented support, training and assessment to assure optimal performance. *Video*

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David B. Dann, MHA, CEO

Prior to joining BDA in 1999, David Dann served in multiple leadership positions in a variety of Health Care organizations.

RSS | Published on Jun 29, 08

Joyce Ralstin, CPC, CCS-P, PMCC-Certified Instructor

As a Regional Director of Client Services with Bill Dunbar and Associates, (BDA), Joyce Ralstin has 25 years experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining BDA, Ms. Ralstin served as Billing and Coding Specialist for a large multi-specialty hospital organization employing over 200 physicians.

RSS | Published on Jun 1, 08

Janelle Frey, RHIT, CPC, CCS-P

Janelle Frey has over 20 years of health care experience with an emphasis on physician coding, documentation, billing and practice management. Janelle has worked as a Hospital Coding Specialist, a Physician Services Operations Coordinator, and as a Billing and Insurance Director.

RSS | Published on May 30, 08

Terri Scales, CPC, CCS-P

Terri Scales has over 14 years of health care experience with an emphasis on clinic management, coding and insurance billing, and State Specific Workers’ Compensation Regulation and Compliance. She is an experienced individual with a positive, results-oriented approach to documentation, coding, billing, and reimbursement.

RSS | Published on May 29, 08

Experienced, Certified, Professionals

We provide support, training and assessment.

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American Academy of Professional Coders

The American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) provides certified credentials to medical coders in physician offices, hospital outpatient facilities, ambulatory surgical centers and in payer organizations.

RSS | Published on May 3, 08

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