President Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies LLC

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About

Melody W. Mulaik, MSHS is the President of Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies LLC a national consulting firm that serves healthcare systems, physician practices, billing companies and other industry stakeholders. She is a frequent speaker and author for nationally recognized professional organizations and publications. Melody's areas of expertise include coding and compliance, management engineering, and operations improvement and she is nationally recognized for her extensive compliance expertise.

Melody often speaks at national conferences on many topics including Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology coding, Internal Audit Program Development, Coding Compliance and other healthcare compliance issues. Recent speaking engagements include AHRA: The Association for Imaging Management, Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Melody is the AHRA liaison to the American College of Radiology (ACR) Economics Commission and her firm RCCS serves as the CPT and RUC Advisors for the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).

Melody is a frequent author for national publications and writes the bi-monthly coding column for AHRA’s Radiology Management. Her work has also appeared in RT Image, Imaging Economics, Radiology Today, and Radiology Business Journal. Melody co-authored Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies’ Coding Guides for Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology.

Melody holds a Master of Science in Health Systems (MSHS) degree and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE) degree, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), in Atlanta, Georgia. She also holds the professional certification of Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Radiology Certified Coder (RCC), and Radiology Certified Coder – Interventional (RCC-IR). Melody has achieved Fellow status with the AHRA (FAHRA) is a recipient of the prestigious AHRA Gold Award for her organizational and industry contributions.