Optimizing Revenue Across Inpatient and Outpatient Settings

Raemarie Jimenez, a nationally recognized speaker and thought leader with over 30 years of healthcare industry experience, serves as President, Membership and Content at AAPC, supporting over 275,000 members across more than 50 countries. She has shaped industry standards by aligning membership, product, and content strategies to enhance professional success. As AAPC’s first Chief Product Officer, she led product strategy for certification exams, distance learning, and education licensing. A coding liaison to the AMA CPT® Editorial Panel, Jimenez contributes to refining healthcare coding standards. Her career includes leadership roles at a large healthcare system and an education organization, where she advanced billing, coding, education, and client services. Dedicated to empowering the healthcare workforce, she emphasizes authenticity, empathy, and collaboration to improve patient care and satisfaction.

Stephani Scott has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry working closely with physicians and staff in Health Information Management. She has worked in a variety of settings including hospitals, long-term care, large multispecialty physician practice, and EHR software design and development. Scott was a part owner of a consulting company for many years providing services in best practices for physician practice management services including coding and documentation audits, compliance, and revenue cycle management. She has extensive experience in inpatient and outpatient auditing and coding compliance. Throughout her career, Scott has enjoyed teaching E/M coding, compliance, and EMR utilization to many physicians and staff locally and nationally.