Tarrin Degrate

Leads enterprise transformation, governance, and operational performance across hospital and professional coding, CDI, charge capture, provider education, documentation quality, reimbursement optimization, and regulatory compliance for a multi-facility pediatric health system. Directs a 46-FTE organization and advises executive leadership on priorities, risks, opportunities, and measurable outcome

Teaches healthcare statistics, data management, business intelligence, analytics, coding, compliance, and HIM leadership.

Directed coding and CDI transformation, quality, productivity, provider education, and performance improvement across hospital and professional services. Facilitated cross-functional alignment among Coding, CDI, clinical leaders, Finance, IT, Patient Financial Services, and Patient Access to improve clean claims and reduce documentation and billing defects.

Analyzed large claims, pharmacy, laboratory, and HEDIS datasets using SQL, Excel, QlikView, data mining, statistical modeling, and root-cause analysis. Developed reporting solutions, supported predictive intervention analytics, managed data warehouse changes, and converted findings into strategic recommendations and operational improvement plans.

Led multi-facility CDI transformation across four hospitals, assessing documentation quality, provider engagement, workflows, QA, analytics, financial performance, and operational improvement opportunities. Advised hospital and physician leaders on documentation strategy, compliance, clinical representation, performance priorities, and reimbursement outcomes.

Led client-facing ICD and CPT audits, denial analysis, appeals, corrective-action planning, education, and compliance reviews across hospital and professional coding environments.

Designed and led client-facing risk-adjustment quality transformation, including operating standards, coder and client scorecards, compliance controls, training, and performance reporting across HCC, ICD-9, ICD-10, outpatient, and professional coding.

Led coding compliance, annual audit planning, quality reviews, trend analysis, rejected-claim remediation, internal controls, and executive reporting across high-risk revenue cycle and privacy areas. Designed, built, tested, and optimized Epic Care Everywhere, MyChart, and Release of Information solutions, serving as liaison among HIM, IT, clinical, and operational stakeholders.

Provided compliance consulting, focusing on coding compliance, audit planning, and internal controls across high-risk revenue cycle and privacy areas.

Managed complex Epic implementations, workflow redesign, training, adoption, and issue resolution against project milestones and regulatory requirements.

Managed the Charge Description Master, regulatory reviews, charge audits, claim edits, denials and appeals, revenue integrity assessments, and charge reconciliation across Epic, Cerner, Siemens, MEDITECH, and McKesson.

PhD in Engineering Management, incoming Spring 2027.

Master of Science in Business Intelligence and Analytics.

Master of Business Administration.

Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management.

Associate of Applied Science in Health Information Technology.