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Kimberly has over 30 years of clinical, management and consulting experience in home health and hospice clinical operations, regulatory compliance, risk management and survey readiness.
Kim has extensive experience assisting clients with federal and state government audits, appeals and Office of Inspector General (OIG) Independent Review Organization activities as well as providing overall compliance and regulatory consulting services.
Kim has worked with provider agencies over many years to provide CMS state survey and deemed status CHAP, ACHC and Joint Commission accreditation survey readiness support, education and plan of correction follow up.
Kim has served as a state survey agency and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Independent Consultant to monitor regulatory compliance activities for home health and hospice providers under CMS and state survey agency Consent Orders.
Kim is nationally recognized and highly respected by state, federal and industry leaders and has served as a liaison to state and federal regulatory agencies and legislators to facilitate collaboration regarding issues affecting the home care and hospice industry.
Kim currently serves as a member of the Regulatory Committee of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the Hospice Quality Committee for the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC). She is also a member of the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home, where she previously served as the VP for Clinical & Regulatory Services.
An AHCC-accredited home care coding specialist (HCS-D) and certified OASIS reviewer (COS-C), Kim earned her B.S. degree in nursing from Southern Connecticut State University, and her M.S. degree in nursing administration from the University of Connecticut (UCONN), where she has also served as adjunct faculty for the School of Nursing.
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