Regulatory Specialists

Kimberly A. Hoy, JD, CPC, is the director of Medicare and compliance for HCPro. She is a lead regulatory specialist and lead instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp®—Hospital Version and Medicare Boot Camp—Utilization Review Version. She is also an instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp—Critical Access Hospital Version. Hoy is a former hospital compliance officer and in-house legal counsel, and has 15 years of experience teaching, speaking, and writing about Medicare coverage, payment, and coding regulations and requirements.

 

 

 

Teri Rice, RN, MSN, MBA, MHA, CHC, is the lead instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp®—Critical Access Hospital Version and Rural Health Clinic Version and an instructor for the Medicare Boot Camp—Utilization Review Version. She is a regulatory specialist for HCPro’s Medicare Propel Advisory Services, providing guidance on coverage, billing, and reimbursement. A nurse with extensive experience in compliance, Rice has assisted an acute care hospital with documentation integrity, internal auditing, charge capturing, and education. 

 

 

 

  

Amy Inch, COTA, CPC, CPMA, is an instructor of HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp—Physician Services Version as well as the Medicare Boot Camp—Denials and Appeals Version. She has over 25 years of experience in healthcare, primarily in the roles of senior and lead investigator as well as lead investigations trainer with a Medicare Unified Program Integrity Contractor. Inch has conducted extensive policy research and data analysis in the development of successful investigations. She has also created and delivered education on a variety of Medicare and Medicaid topics to investigators, analysts, medical reviewers, and law enforcement.

 

 

 

Yvette DeVay, BS, MHA, is a regulatory specialist for HCPro. She develops content for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp®—Physician Services Version, Appeals and Denials Version, and Federally Qualified Health Center Version and is an instructor for the Medicare Boot Camp—Hospital Version and Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Version. DeVay has over 25 years’ experience, with extensive tenure as a professional/outpatient coding consultant. She has wide-ranging knowledge of Medicare coding, billing, and compliance issues.

 

 

 

Judith L. Kares, JD, is an expert in Medicare rules and regulations and is an instructor for HCPro's Medicare Boot Camp-Hospital Version®. She spent a number of years in private law practice, representing hospitals and other health care clients, and then as in-house legal counsel prior to beginning her current legal/consulting practice. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix, where she teaches courses in business and health care law and ethics.