Biography:

Barbara J. Cobuzzi: is owned by CRN Healthcare Solutions, which provides value-added provider consulting services. She holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from New York University. She holds certifications from the AAPC as a CPC (certified physician coder), COC (certified hospital outpatient coder), CPC-P (certified payer coder) a CPC-I (certified coding instructor), and a CPCO (certified professional compliance officer). She also holds a specialty certification in Otolaryngology (CENTC). Ms. Cobuzzi is a past member of the AAPC National Advisory Board and their Executive Board. Ms. Cobuzzi owned Cash Flow Solutions, a medical billing company, for 13 years, where practices received high value-added coding and billing services before she closed the billing company and entered full-time consulting. Barbara provides litigation support as an expert witness for providers and payers. Barbara is a speaker for many local and national organizations. Barbara Cobuzzi is also the Consulting Editor of Otolaryngology Coding Alert.