Meet Famey Lanora Lockwood

TE-AR Healthcare Consulting is led by Famey Lockwood, a healthcare professional with experience in clinical nursing, health information and informatics, electronic records and business intelligence. She draws on her broad clinical nursing and payer experience of data analysis and reporting, documenting policy and process, medical record review, and direct patient care to collaborate with and support stakeholders in delivering health and healthcare.

Famey is a Registered Nurse with a BSN degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is licensed in the state of Virginia. In 2012, she completed the Master of Science in Health Informatics degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

She is a mentor and leader for others in Nursing and the Information and Informatics profession. Leading with efficacy and a focus on integrity and reliability, she empowers each individual to work at their highest level.

My Story

My career started with hands-on nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where I obtained my BSN, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, then on to the USAF – Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX, Grady Hospital and Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. The clinical experience gave me the background to transition to the business and technical aspects of healthcare where I learned and supported individuals in care management, information technology, medical systems, and claims reimbursement – where the full lifecycle of meaningful healthcare came to light..

The reimbursement environment has changed from one where the provider and payer were antagonistic to each other to the environment today where both support Value-Based Care (VBC) and work toward sharing data for the benefit of the patient. Insights -- - "Accurately paid claims equal fewer appeals."

Today I work as a Clinical Data Analyst applying my nursing knowledge and clinical experience along with healthcare business acumen, to validate and interpret the meaning of Data – medical record data, monitoring and wearable devices data, and social and demographic data. Writing functional documents, guidelines, processes, and gap analysis fill in "the spare moments."

Communicating with and supporting professionals are the fun-parts of my workday >>> Database Developers, Researchers, Innovators, Nurses, and Informationist and Informaticist professionals.

I am proud of my career journey in healthcare as a Registered Nurse and am glad to mentor other professionals starting their career. The opportunities for health and wellness – locally and globally – are abundant and I commitment to being an active participant in this environment.

Certifications

American Health Information Management Association | AHIMA

CHDA – Certified Health Data Analyst; Analyze provider and claims data to support the continuum of care. http://www.ahima.org/certification/chda
CCS – Certified Coding Specialist; Coding medical conditions and treatment for inpatient, institutional services. http://www.ahima.org/certification/CCS
CCS-P – Certified Coding Specialist– Physician; Coding medical conditions and treatment for outpatient services, professional services, medical devices and supplies. http://www.ahima.org/certification/ccsp
ICD-10 Approved Trainer – Apply specific knowledge to educate Health Information Professionals to educate and train others in ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. https://ahima.org/education-events/education-by-product/train-the-trainer-programs/

License

Registered Nurse in the State of Virginia | multi-state license authorized to work in 40 states

Affiliation and Membership

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) -- AHIMA http://www.ahima.org/
Virginia Health Information Management Association (VHIMA) -- https://www.vhima.org/
Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) -- https://www.himss.org/
American Nurses Association (ANA) -- https://www.nursingworld.org/
Virginia Nurses Association (VNA) -- https://virginianurses.com/