PRESIDENT

Connie Demeulenaere 

Connie is the Director of Reimbursement Services for Therapeutic Rehab/Universal Michigan LLC.  For the past eight years she has worked in this role as reimbursement Director managing the billing /collections aspects for the company along with all legal/litigation claims as they related to the Michigan No-Fault arena.  She also contributes to certain Human Resource positions along with Operation roles.   Prior to this she has an extensive background in Marketing specifically as it relates to the field of Neurorehabilitation.  Connie’s entire career has been focusing on the Michigan No-Fault arena either on the Insurance side and currently on the provider side.  She enjoys spending time with her husband of 20 years Perry.  Her two beautiful daughters along with her stepchildren and six grandchildren with one more on the way!

DIRECTOR of CHAPTERS

Analiza S Mejia-Urias, CPB, CPC, CH-CBS

Analiza S Mejia-Urias is the Revenue Cycle Manager at Catherine's Health Center.  She was previously the Director of Reimbursement for Cherry Health. Analiza has 29 years of Multi-specialty billing as in Family Practice, and Transplant billing, with the last 22 years specializing in Multi-specialty in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)  which consists of billing for Internal Medicine, Family practice, Ob-Gyn, Pediatrics, Optometry, Dental, Behavioral Health, Physical Therapy, Dermatology, Radiology, SUD and Methadone.

Analiza is very detailed, dedicated, and mission driven. She loves billing due to the challenges and daily learning that it brings.

DIRECTOR of SPECIAL EVENTS

Jill Young, CPC, CEDC, CIMC  

Jill brings with her over 35 years of medical experience. This includes a diverse background in all areas of medicine from clinical to billing and she has worked with many physician specialties. Her consulting company provides auditing and the usual consulting services but additionally provides both education and training from front office to back.

SECRETARY

Cindy Micho, BSA, MSA, CPC

I started my Healthcare adventure as a Medical Assistant having obtained an associate in applied science degree. I have over 30 years experience in the healthcare industry. After several years of working as a Medical Assistant I returned to college to earn a Master of Science Administration. I discovered my heart was really in coding and education, so I returned. I have experience with medical billing, medical chart review, claim resolution and coding. I am currently employed with CMU Medical Education Partners. After 18 years with HealthPlus of Michigan I joined the CMU team. I have been with CMU for 3 years. I have experience in the following specialties: Family and Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, General Surgery and Wound Care. I am a member of AAPC and hold CPC credentials. I look forward to being a part of this dynamic group.

EAST CHAPTER OFFICER

Michelle Pierson, CMRS, CMCS 

Michelle has worked for Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon D Gary Wolford DDS since 1996. She started in the office as his receptionist and through the years has worked to become the surgical scheduler, referral specialist and insurance credentialing liaison. In 2014, she became the office insurance biller/coder and one year later the office manager as well. Michelle has been a part of the Michigan Medical Billers Association for over 8 years! In 2017, she completed the CMRS course and during the 2020 COVID shutdown completed the CMCS course. Michelle looks forward to serving the members of MMBA as the East Michigan Co-Chair!

MID MICHIGAN CHAPTER OFFICER

Jill Young,  CPC, CEDC, CIMC

Jill brings with her over 35 years of medical experience.  This includes a diverse background in all areas of medicine from clinical to billing and she has worked with many physician specialties. Her consulting company provides auditing and the usual consulting services but additionally provides both education and training from front office to back.

NORTHEAST CHAPTER OFFICER

Cindy Micho, BSA, MSA, CPC 

I started my Healthcare adventure as a Medical Assistant having obtained an associate in applied science degree.  I have over 30 years experience in the healthcare industry.  After several years of working as a Medical Assistant I returned to college to earn a Master of Science Administration.  I discovered my heart was really in coding and education, so I returned.  I have experience with medical billing, medical chart review, claim resolution and coding.  I am currently employed with CMU Medical Education Partners. After 18 years with HealthPlus of Michigan I joined the CMU team.  I have been with CMU for 3 years.  I have experience in the following specialties: Family and Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, General Surgery and Wound Care.  I am a member of AAPC and hold CPC credentials.  I look forward to being a part of this dynamic group.

NORTHERN MI CHAPTER OFFICER

Cindy Hartline, CPC, CPMA

Cindy is a graduate of Baker College in Cadillac. She started her billing career with an externship at Northern Billing Specialists and has been employed there ever since. She is now the coding specialist. Cindy has over 11 years experience in billing and coding. She is also an adjunct instructor at Baker College of Cadillac for the Medical Insurance Specialist program and has been since 2013. She is also an auditor for MACS, a member of AAPC, and a member of NAMAS. Cindy holds certifications as a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) and a Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA).

NORTHERN MI CHAPTER OFFICER SECRETARY

Sue Johnson, CPC

Sue is a certified professional coder, dual certified by both AAPC and MMBA, and has been in the billing arena for 30 years. She started out in cardiology at a local group in Traverse City Michigan. She has been the Billing Supervisor for Physical Medicine Associates of Northern Michigan for the last 22 years. She's been on the board for our local AAPC chapter in past years as the Vice President. She always enjoys the MMBA seminars and always learns new information when attending them. She loves the networking that happens when one attends and thinks it is important to stay on top of the ever-changing world of billing and coding. She is looking forward to helping others with this task as a board member of MMBA. For that reason, she's very excited to be the Chapter Secretary for the Northern Chapter.

SOUTHEAST CHAPTER OFFICER

Selena Richardson, CPC, COC, CPMA, CRC  

Graduated from Northwestern High School.  Received my Bachelor of Science degree from Wayne State University.  I continued to invest in education receiving credentials from the American Academy of Professional Coders.  (AAPC)   Certified Professional Coder-CPC, Certified Outpatient Coder-COC, Certified Professional Medical Auditor-CPMA, and the Certified Risk Adjustment Coder-CRC.

Employed with Henry Ford Health System, where I intended to work for the summer only.  There I met and married my husband of 37 years.  We have one daughter and one grandson. 

At HFH I was fortunate enough to move through many departments each move upgrading my position.  I began in the Nursing department, to Communications, to Admitting, to Transplant Surgery to Revenue cycle and finally to Business Integrity.  It was in the Department of Transplant Surgery I was introduced to medical coding.  As a coder, I coded and billed surgical procedures and office visits for General, Vascular and Trauma provided professional services for the Surgical specialties with specialization to Vascular and General Surgery. My last department was with Business Integrity, as a Compliance Specialist.   In Business Integrity I used the laws affiliated with a health care system. I retired in 2019 after 44 years, of those years the last 25 was dedicated to coding, and education.  I continue to support my local chapter attending the monthly meetings and other coding and billing organizations webinars.  

WEST MI CHAPTER OFFICER

Luisa Ortiz, BSBM, MBA-HC

Luisa Ortiz was born in Chicago, Il.  she graduated from Central High School in 1985.  Soon after, she began her undergrad at DeVry Institute of Technology in Chicago, Il. Because of personal reasons, she was unable to finish her undergrad, but able to attend and receive certification on Medical terminology, Medical administration and Medical billing from Wright College.  She has worked in the medical field for over 30 years.  She started as a medical clerical and biller for a specialist in Chicago, Il.  After moving back to Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1992, she worked for Blue Care Network as a claims adjudicator, while they were transitioning to a more sophisticated system.  Later she worked within the reimbursement department of a large Federally Qualified Health Center in West Michigan for many years, and now with Molina Healthcare for over 10 years.  Realizing the importance of education, and setting the examples for her children, she decided to continue her education, where she received her BS in Business Management, and MBA in Healthcare.  Her higher education became a focus in providing information to the communities about healthier habits, shared during the health fairs and events she volunteers for.