JulietB.Ugarte HopkinsMD

Summary

• Leader in health care quality and management with particular focus on Inpatient care and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule. Board-certified by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians with Physician Advisor sub-specialty designation. President of the the American College of Physician Advisors (ACPA), multi-year co-chair for the ACPA National Physician Advisor Conference, past board member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Case Management Association (ACMA), and Editorial Board member/content contributor for RACMonitor.com.
  
  Demonstrated skill working in the arenas of medical case managment, physician education, and Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI). Experienced in print and online media as author and proof-editor. Graduate of the Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and the Pediatric Residency at Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital.
  
  Wife and mother of four, lover of travel and the outdoors, aficionado of all things unicorn, Pegasus, and Wonder Woman.
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