Regina Gale Weber
Hai Al Falah Street
Riyadh 11695
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(+996) 561836423
regina@medformatix.net
Personal
Place of Birth
Date of Birth
Marital Status
Memberships
Personal Interests
Objective
Covington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
July 23, 1958
Single; Mother, two children
American Women of the Eastern Province (AWEP)
Federation of American Women Clubs Overseas (FAWCO)
Fencing, Belly Dancing, Literature, Cinema, Cultural-Life
To be a team member in an institution using my Health Information Management
professional background. Looking for leadership opportunities to organize, advise,
teach, and motivate.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2011
2011 to 1993
1986 -1981
Regina G. Weber
MedFormatix / Excellence Health Institute, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Senior Coding Consultant, ICD-10-AM partnering with HIM Australia Association
Medical Controlling Department, by Clinic Oberberg, 51643 Gummersbach, Germany.
2010 to 2011
Kreiskrankenhaus Waldbröl, 51545 Waldbröl, Germany.
http://kkh-waldbroel.de/
ICD-10-GM Coder - Current departments are Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Surgery,
Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, and Internal Medicine. Coverage for my colleagues in Cardiology
and Intensive Care. Case discussions with Insurance Medical Auditors.
1993-2010
Kreiskrankenhaus Gummersbach GmbH, 51643 Gummersbach, Germany.
http://www.kkh-gummersbach.de/
ICD-10-GM Coder - Proofing, documenting, and monitoring computerized entry of ICD-10-GM
diagnoses and OPS codes. Departments included Obstetrics and Gynecology. Coverage for my
colleagues in Ears/Nose/Throat, Pediatry, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Oncology, and General
Surgery. Teaching and advising doctors in coding guidelines, G-DRGs, encoder program usage of
DIACOS-ID and EHR (TietoEnator®) ITB-iMedOne. Proofing, documenting, and monitoring
problems in Quality Assurance (QS) and Perinatology formula (PN-Doc.) from BQS computerized
documentation. Implemented indexes for standardized coding. Proofing admission and discharge
reasons and length-of-stay. Assignment and optimizing of G-DRGs. Querying doctors for coding
plausibility and medical audits till April 15th, 2010. Compliance and quality management
knowledge. Coding pilot project began February 1 st, 2007. Tumor Registrar (Breast Cancer)
project began September 4th, 2008 to March 31st, 2010. Experience in organization management.
Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood, Kentucky, U.S.A.
1986-1985
Medical Record Processor I and II- Promoted to Level II after ART certification. Responsible
for assembling, analyzing, coding with ICD-9-CM for all medical departments and usage of the
DRG grouper. Abstracting discharge charts. Other responsibilities include retrieving medical
records, releasing information, telephone, filing, chart count and physician suspension. Updating
the IBM terminal digital chart locator.
1985
Medical Transcriptionist by Saint Luke Hospital, Florence, Kentucky; U.S.A. (on-call)
1985-1982
Medical Transcriptionist - Medical Records Department, responsible for transcribing history and
physical reports, operative reports, EEG´s, EKG´s, consultations, discharge summaries, and
miscellaneous reports. Printing daily logs on the Wang Word Processor System.
1982-1981
Pathology Secretary- transcribing biopsy, necropsy, and bone marrow reports. Typed
correspondence for three pathologists. Responsible for typing laboratory manuals, sending out and
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1981-1979
receiving slides from other institutions or referring physicians, logged essential pathology and
histology data.
Medical Assistant by Dr. James F. Siles, M.D., Covington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Responsible for typing, bookkeeping, telephone, completing insurance forms, assisting in patient
care. Conversed with pharmacologists per physician orders to ascertain type of drug and dosage to
be given patient.
EDUCATION
2011 - 2008
Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.
Graduation Date: April 2011
Project Management Certification, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Completion Date: December 2009
Present - 2008
German Health Information Management Certification, (DVMD/GMDS)
Project: Tumor Registrar - Breast Cancer Center
Expected Completion Date: September 2012
2007 - 2002
Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. Health Information Management Administrator
Program (Internet Based Program – Distance Learning)
Completion: Bachelors of Science in Health Information Management Administration
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)
Exam Center: September 2008, Hamburg, Germany
2003 - 2001
Health Information Management Association of Australia Ltd., ICD-10-AM Introductory and
Intermediate Coding Course
1993 -1988
The Pennsylvania State University; University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
German Language Correspondence Course
1986
The Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Registered Record Administrator (RHIA) - Completion: 12 credit hours
1985 -1982
Cincinnati Technical College; Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Accredited Records Technician (RHIT)
Completion: Associate Degree of Applied Science
Acknowledgement by:
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Exam Center: The Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Deutscher Verband für Medinizinisher Dokumentare (DVMD) in 1993
1985
1981-1977
Northern Kentucky University; Highland Heights, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Secretary - Completion: 52 credit hours
1979 -1978
Northern Campbell County Vocational-Technical; Highland Heights, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Medical Transcriptionist - Completion: Certification in 7 months
1976 -1973
Simon Kenton High School, Independence, Kentucky, U.S.A
Completion: Grade 12
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Deutscher Verband für Medizinischer Dokumentare e.V. (DVMD)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie, und Epidemiologie e.V. (gmds)
Health Information Management Association of Australia Ltd (HIMAA)
International Federation of Health Records Organization (IFHRO)
National Cancer Registrars Association (NRCA)
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