MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CPC, CPCO, CRC, CEMC, CHONC Director of Education, AAPC Leonta "Lee" Williams, is director of education at AAPC. She has more than 18 years of health information management experience as a coding director, auditor, educator, trainer, practice manager, and mentor.
Leonta (Lee) Williams is currently the Director of Coding at a large physician organization in the southeast. Lee has over 15 years of experience working in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. Some of her professional roles have included coder, auditor, practice manager, educator, and trainer. Lee has presented at national healthcare conferences, private healthcare training organizations, and has frequently contributed articles to healthcare publications. She currently serves on a number of Boards including Georgia Health Information Management Association (GHIMA) and the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). Lee has a B.S.
Leslie is currently Director of Compliance Audit at Waud Capital Partners and as a Coding Instructor at Rutgers University. She has more than 13 years of experience in outpatient coding, auditing and compliance, and coding education. Leslie prides herself in being able to present very complex coding and documentation regulations in a simplified manner.
Leslie was a Practice Manager in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from 1986 to 2016. She was a Program Advisor for CareCredit, working with various healthcare professionals for ten years.
Leslie received her CPC from the American Academy of Professional Coders in 2002 and recently obtained a CMCS, Certified Medical Coding Specialist from American Medical Billing Association (AMBA) in 2019. Since 2004, her career focus has consisted of multi-specialty documentation, coding, billing and contract audits for educational purposes, internal benchmarking and complex legal reviews, fee scheduling and audits.
Before practicing law, Lester worked for 10 years as a Hospital COO/CEO giving him a unique perspective when helping his healthcare clients. He is certified in Health Care compliance and Board Certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar.
Lewanda Tehee, CCS, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CPMA, is the Outpatient Coding Supervisor for a multi-specialty health system that employs 150+ providers. She codes and audits for Urgent Care in addition to other specialties, including ambulatory surgery, ED, orthopedics, podiatry, and ob/gyn.
Lin Walker is a healthcare accounting expert and Accounting Services Manager at CFO Services Group, a firm that specializes in managerial accounting for small businesses.
Linda Baumann is a partner at Arent Fox LLP and heads the Washington, DC office of the health care group. She concentrates her health law practice on matters involving fraud and abuse, government and internal investigations, compliance and Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement. She counsels clients nationwide on False Claims Act cases, the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute and regulatory compliance.
Linda is a Senior Managing Consultant and Compliance Officer at Medical Revenue Solutions - a medical consulting firm. She has 32 years of healthcare experience working in varying environments from a medical practice and hospital, to her current role at a nationally recognized consulting firm.