Contact Info:
Chanute campus - Rowland Bldg, Office 331 - Office Ph: 620.432.0323 jbrown@neosho.edu
Office Hrs: M-TH 9-3 or by arrangement; available virtually via Zoom
Faculty Experience:
Neosho County Community College - Director of Health Information Technology
2018 - Present
Neosho County Community College -Assistant Director of Health Information Technology
2008 - 2014
Neosho County Community College -Adjunct Instructor
2014 - 2018
Carl Albert State College - HIT Program Director
Allen Community College - Adjunct Instructor
Present
Southern Arkansas University Tech - Adjunct Instructor - Electronic Health Records
Education:
Champlain College
Master of Science in Law - December 2013
Stephens College
Bachelor of Science in Health Information Administration - May 7, 2011
Hutchinson Community College
Associates of Applied Science in Health Information Technology - May 11, 2007
Credentials:
Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), 2011 (AHIMA)
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA), 2009 (AMT)
Allied Health Instructor (AHI), 2019 (AMT)
Health Information Technology Certified Manager-Physician Practice(HITCM-PP), 2023 (PAHCOM)
Certified Professional Compliance Officer(CPCO) 2021 (AAPC)
Certified Documentation Expert-Inpatient(CDEI), 2022 (AAPC)
Certified Professional Biller(CPB), 2020 (AAPC)
Certified Medical Reimbursement Specialist(CMRS), 2019 (AMBA)
Certified Medical Coding Specialist(CMCS), 2019 (AMBA)
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), 2007 (AHIMA) superseded
Emergency Medical Technician Basic & Intermediate (EMT-B / EMT-I), 2006 (NREMT, KSBEMS)
Certified Nurses Aide/Certified Medication Aide (CNA/CMA), 1993/1994 (KS)
Career Experience:
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority - Durant Regional Medical Clinic Durant, OK
HIM Department Supervisor November 2016 - June 2018
Netscript, Inc
HIM Department Director - Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada MO and Coffeyville Regional Medical Center 2014-2015
Sunflower Consulting
Long term care HIM consultant - 6 years
Wilson Medical Center
Health Information Management - RHIA (transcription/coding) - 21 years
Bert Chronister, M.D.
Medical Transcription - 13 years
Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
Medical Transcriptionist - 2 years
F. Allen Moorhead, Jr. M.D.
Patient Affairs Coordinator - 7 years
Golden Living Center
Certified Medication Aide/Medical Records - 7 years
Professional/Volunteer Activities:
Kansas Health Information Management Association
Recognition Committee Chair - 2018 - present
Programs Committee - Past Chairperson 2006-2008, member 10 years
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
Joplin Chapter - Secretary 2024-present
Kansas Academic Advising Network (KAAN)
Vice Chair, Chair, Past Chair - 2020-2023
Business Professional Women (BPW)
Young Careerist 2006; Chanute Chapter - Vice President, current
American Health Information Management Association
Multiple national committees including Merit Scholarship, CCE, RHIT Exam writer
Phi Theta Kappa
Member - Volunteered time following Hurricane Katrina
Kansas Guardianship Program
Volunteer Guardian/Conservator since 1999
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice
Publications/Presentations:
Why Social Determinetns of Health Matter, October 14, 2023 Central Plains Society AMT Scientific and Business Meeting.
When Phlebotomy Goes Bad, July 2023, American Medical Technologists National Convention (AMT)
Beyond the Background Check, October 1, 2022 Central Plains Society AMT Scientific and Business Meeting.
Should I Stay or Should I Go, 2019 article, Central Plains Society AMT Newsletter.