STEPHANIE G. ELLIS, R.N., CPC

Ms. Ellis started Ellis Medical Consulting, Inc. (EMC) in 1992. EMC specializes in coding chart audits, business office operational assessments, litigation support, reimbursement research, difficult/challenging coding questions, outsourced coding, coding/billing training and compliance programs for ASC facilities, physician practices, hospitals, IDTF radiology facilities, and clinics nationwide. Prior to starting her company, Ms. Ellis worked as a Fraud Investigator at the Tennessee Medicaid Program.

Ms. Ellis is an accomplished speaker and gives seminars around the country on such topics as ASC Coding and Billing Issues, Surgery Documentation Issues, E & M Coding and Documentation, Fraud and Abuse Issues, Nurse Practitioner/PA Billing, Medicare Denials, Specialty Coding, and Compliance Plans.

Ms. Ellis is on the Advisory Board of OR Manager magazine and HCPro’s former publication Ambulatory Surgery Coding and Reimbursement Insider Newsletter. She also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Coding Institute’s Outpatient & ASC Coding Alert publication. She writes numerous articles on compliance, coding and billing issues for national magazines (Outpatient Surgery Magazine, Becker’s ASC Review, AORN Magazine, OR Manager Magazine, AAPC, JustCoding.com, etc.) on a regular basis.  Ms. Ellis is an active member of the national Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and speaks at many of their meetings. She is also a member of the AAPC, AHIMA, MGMA, HFMA and AORN. She is a Board Member and past Treasurer of FASCA of TN, the Tennessee State Surgery Center Association.