About Christopher Parrella

Christopher is a nationally recognized expert in healthcare reimbursement, audits, payment suspensions, compliance, coding, documentation, overpayments, and Medicare/Medicaid policy.

A much sought-after speaker, Christopher has written numerous articles on matters relating to billing and coding, corporate integrity agreements, the False Claims Act, managed care contracting, and navigating healthcare fraud investigations.

He currently serves on the following organizations:

Legal Advisory Board of the American Academy of Professional Coders.

Physician Services, Auditing and Compliance Committee of the American Academy of Professional Coders.

Editorial Advisory Board of Family Practice Coding Advisor.

Ethics Committee of the American Academy of Professional Coders.

He participated in developing the national certification examinations for the American Society of Health Informatics Managers (AHIM) and the AAPC’s Certified Professional Compliance Officer designation.

Christopher is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC). CPCs are recognized as the “Gold Standard” for medical billing and coding.

He is a Certified Professional Compliance Officer designated by the AAPC.

Christopher also holds a certification in Healthcare Compliance by the Health Care Compliance Association of America (HCCA).

Christopher works extensively with clients to develop business strategies that address the complexities of the current healthcare environment. He assists in developing compliance policies in accordance with various state/federal settlements following government investigations.

He has worked with our clients on some of today’s most pressing healthcare concerns relating to billing and coding, healthcare audits, payment disputes, HIPAA, facility license disputes, corporate integrity agreements, and fraud and abuse.