Linda Duckworth has over 30 years of experience in healthcare, encompassing physician practice management, staff/physician education, and compliance. For the past 16 years, she has focused on the areas of audit, corporate and HIPAA compliance, and consulting. She has developed surgical and E/M audit programs for a multitude of specialty practices, as well as CME and CEU training courses for physicians and staff. She has authored articles for coding, reimbursement, and physician specialty industry publications and spoken at conferences on topics such as documentation, preparing for and responding to payer audits, correct coding, and compliance. Currently, she is a senior managing consultant and compliance officer with Soerries Coding & Billing Institute where she concentrates her efforts on regulatory issues and assists physicians with third-party payer challenges. She also sits on a local college advisory panel for those seeking degrees and certifications in healthcare.