CURRICULUM VITAE

VALERIE V. PARISI RN CRRN CLCP

OFFICE ADDRESS:             109 Windsong Drive

                                                Doylestown, PA 18901

                                                215-230-0141

DATE OF BIRTH:                  October 9, 1957

PLACE OF BIRTH:                  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:                 

1980                                                Thomas Jefferson University School of Nursing

POST GRADUATE TRAINING:

1997-2000                                    Certificate Program- University of Florida

                                                Life Care Planning

WORK EXPERIENCE:

September 1996- present            Rehabilitation Nurse Consultant- ValPar Consultants,Inc.

• Expertise in managing the medical aspects of disability including neonatal/pediatric brain injury, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, burns, amputations, multiple trauma, and orthopedic injury
• Life care plans for cases of catastrophic injury
• Expertise in determining the appropriate home care and facility based options for catastrophic injury and long term care.
• Medical-legal case review
• Utilization review projects including NCQA audits and bill audits

• Comprehensive case manager for cases of Worker’s Compensation and auto injury cases.
• Coordination medical care with insurance carriers and providers for maximal medical benefit.
• Ongoing evaluation of treatment for appropriateness and cost to prevent or shorten further disability
• Providing cost projections to estimate needed reserves in cases of work related and auto injury
• Bill audit and analysis including Act 6 and Medicare Set Aside Reports
• Services provided as a subcontractor to the following rehabilitation companies: Rehabilitation Planning (1997-present), Susquehanna Rehabilitation (1999-present)

Life Care Associates (2000-present)

• Home Health Care Nurse Case Manager- Visiting Nurse

Association of Greater Philadelphia

• Field nurse and case manager for adult med/surg, geriatric, and pediatric clients
• Supervised home health aides and LPN’s in giving care to homebound patients
• Knowledgeable of HCFA, JCAHO, and Managed Care regulations concerning skilled nursing care in the home.
• From 1990-1992 participated exclusively in the High Risk Infant Program
• Served on peer record review committee

• Pediatric ICU Nurse- Hahnemann University Hospital

• Developed polices and procedures
• Acted as preceptor for new staff

• Pediatric/Adolescent Floor- Thomas Jefferson University

Hospital

• Charge nurse on night shift

• Transitional Nursery- Hospital of the University of

Pennsylvania

• Primary care of sick neonates.

LICENSURE:

Pennsylvania                                    RN – 239802-L

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

8/98-8/03

8/03-8/08 Renewal                        CRRN (Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse)

                                                Certifying Body- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

6/00-6/05

                                                CCM (Certified Case Manager)                                                                                                Certifying Body- Commission for Case Management

10/02-10/05

10/05-10/08 Renewal                        CLCP (Certified Life Care Planner

                                                Certifying Body- Commission on Health Care Certification

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

Case Management Society of America

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector

National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector- Forensic Section

PUBLICATIONS:

Reviewer for Mosby Nursing Text Sure Fire Documentation

Contributor for Nursing Malpractice- Second Edition- Home Health Care Chapter- Publication Date 10/00, Second Edition, 11/05

Spinal Cord Injury: From Emergency Care to Home., Perspectives Vol 2 No. 4

Contributor for Principles and Practices of Legal Nurse Consulting- Second Edition- Medical Case Management Chapter

Contributor for AALNC One Line Course, 2006- http://www.aalnc.org

PRESENTATIONS:

Pediatric Home Care Case Study- Board of Trustees Meeting- Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia, 1987

Liability Issues in Managed Care- Independence Blue Cross, 1997

Liability Issues in the Age of Managed Care- Bucks County Bar Association, 1997

The Internet for Legal Nurse Consultants- New Jersey Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

Basic and Advanced Life Care Planning Issues- Panel Presentation- American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Pre- Conference presented April 2000

Topics: The Life Care Plan as a Case Management Tool, Interview Techniques, and Research. This has also been taped to use as an educational program for members.

IARP Grand Rounds, The Role of the Life Care Planner in Long Term Planning in a Worker’s Compensation Case Study- New Jersey Chapter of IARP, November 2000

Documentation Issues and Charting for the Future- Presented in Philadelphia, 2001 and 2002

HIPAA Issues for Case Managers- Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 2002

Roundtable- Widener Legal Education Institute, December 2003 and March 2004

Participating as Mentor to legal nurse consulting students with an interest in Life Care Planning- Widener Education Institute- 2004-present

Roundtable- Widener Legal Education Institute, April 2005

Life Care Planning and the Elderly Client, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants National Conference, March 2006

University of Delaware Legal Nurse Consulting Program, Mock Trial, July, 2006

Legal Issues in Home Health Care, presented at Bayada Nurses White Shoes Meeting, September 2006

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

1996 Medical-Legal Consulting Institute- Certificate Program

1997 AALNC National Conference

1997 Life Care Planning: Principles and Methodology

1997 CCM Preparation Course

1998 AALNC National Conference

1998 The McKenzie Method of Physical Therapy

1998 Disability Evaluation and Malingering- Inservice for Case Managers

1998 MCMC Case Management Conference

1998 MCMC Post Conference- Life Care Planning: Resources, Research, and Applications.

1999 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

1999 Ergonomics in the Workplace

1999 Life Care Planning: Putting it All Together

1999 Forensic Rehabilitation

1999 Life Care Planning for Multiple Disabilities-1999 Life Care Planning for Traumatic Brain Injury and Pediatric Brain Damage.

2000 AALNC National Conference

2000 Life Care Planning for Spinal Cord Injury

2000 Fifth Annual Life Care Planning Conference

2001 AALNC National Conference

2002 Mosby Advanced Case Management Seminar

2002 NJ Brain Injury Association Annual Conference

2002 Seventh Annual Life Care Planning Conference

2003 Medicare Set Aside Trust Program

2003 International Conference for Life Care Planning

2004 CMSA National Conference

2004 Overview of Geriatric Care Management

2005 Legal and Ethical Issues in Geriatric Care Management

2005 Medical and Health Considerations in Geriatric Care Management

2005 Life Care Planning Considerations for the Technology Dependent Client

2005 International Conference for Life Care Planning

2006 AALNC National Conference

2006 Life Care Planning Summit

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

2005/2006

2006/2007- University of Delaware Legal Nurse Consulting Program- Instruction in Life Care Planning Portion of Core Curriculum

2005/2006 Widener University- Mentorship Program Legal Nurse Consulting