Biography:

Carol Hoppe, CPC, CCS-P, CPC-I has 15 years of experience auditing Evaluation and Management (E/M) services and training physicians on E/M documentation guidelines.

As a healthcare consultant, Carol Hoppe focuses on helping medical practices with billing, coding, documentation, and practice management solutions. Having been in healthcare for more than 25 years, she has worked with hundreds of different specialty and primary care physicians. Carol provides billing, coding, and compliance audits and education for physicians and staff. She has extensive hands-on practice experience in transcription, billing, collections, office management, director roles, and consulting services.

Carol holds a BS in Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University, where she graduated with honors, Summa Cum Laude. She is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) and a Certified Professional Coding Instructor (CPC-I) through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and a Certified Coding Specialist-Physician-Based (CCS-P) through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).