Minnette Terlep, Vice President of Business Development and Amphion’s Chief Compliance Officer, is a nationally recognized expert in the field of coding, casemix analysis, and health information management.

Prior to joining Amphion, Ms. Terlep merged her company, MT Associates, with UASI in 1997 for the purpose of introducing and marketing her coding compliance and casemix analysis software, QC-Suite®. While with UASI, Ms. Terlep held the position of Senior Vice President, responsible for bringing new products and services to the company, developing business alliances, and overseeing the health information management, coding, and education divisions.

Ms. Terlep has held several other senior management positions including Assistant Vice President of Clinical Operations at Hospital Corporation of America, and Director of Health Information Management and Quality Assurance at St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet, Illinois.

She also served as the Director of the Central Office on ICD-9-CM at the American Hospital Association and was one of the four members of the Cooperating Parties, along with a representative from HCFA, NCHS, and AHIMA, responsible for developing, approving and publishing official coding guidelines.

Ms. Terlep is a member of the American Health Information Management Association, and the Wisconsin Health Information Management Association. She is the 2001 recipient of the AHIMA Triumph Achievement Award in recognition of developing coding compliance and casemix analysis software.

A frequent speaker at state, regional, and national health information management association meetings, Ms. Terlep has also authored articles on health information management, casemix analysis, and coding.

Due to Minnette's impressive background and resume, she commands credibility and respect from her many HIM audiences. Always in demand, she selects her presentations carefully and keeps current with her topics and workshops. Post-seminar evaluations are very high when Minnette is the speaker!