Christa Cox

Background

About Christa Cox

I started out on the insurance side of health care, first in customer service and then as a dedicated claims and benefits unit specialist. I eventually went into nursing, working directly with patients and families for over three years and care coordination for over 7 years. I enjoyed my position as Clinical Evaluator reviewing inpatient hospital, inpatient psych and initial and concurrent clinical reviews for acute and subacute rehab cases for Medicare replacment plans. This role also included composing/issuing MD continued stay denials including NOMNC,s, DENC's, continued stay for psych, inpatient rehab, LTACH and initial inpatient hospital admissions. I then managed clinical updates for 8 skilled nursing facilities throughout the Midwest for post acute stay admissions and continued skilled stay reviews. Currently, I review post acute cases for continued stay determinations for multiple healthcare insurance plans, in multiple states, for Skilled nursing facilities stays, LTACH and IRF stays for both Medicare and commercial products.