Simone F. Thomas, founder and president of Empire Healthcare Consulting, is a Medicare Risk Adjustment Analyst, college professor, and self-published author who uses her unique experience to provide consultation in the areas of physician education, compliance, and clinical documentation improvement. Prior to Empire Healthcare Consulting, Simone became founder and president of Higher Learning Through Education Inc., a medical coding education company. She has lectured extensively on the subject of medical coding and is also the author of the CCA Exam Review Guide, 2012/2013 Edition and the Phys...