CURRICULUM VITAE

VALERIE V. PARISI RN CRRN CLCP

OFFICE ADDRESS:

109 Windsong Drive, Doylestown, PA 18901

OFFICE PHONE:  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

2004  Certificate Program- University of Florida Geriatric Care Management

2011  Certificate Program- PPAI Professional Patient Advocate

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.
• Care management services for families/trust companies/financial planners
• Telephonic and on site pediatric care management

• 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
• Approved vendor for the US Department of Justice, Federal Vaccine Program
• Medicare Set Aside Allocations
• Continuing Education Services for Nurses, Case Managers, and Families/Patients
• Services provided as a subcontractor to the following rehabilitation companies: Rehabilitation Planning (1997-present), Susquehanna Rehabilitation (1999-present)
Life Care Associates (2000-present), The
Assist Group (2007-2008)

1984-1998 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

1983-1984 Pediatric ICU Nurse- Hahnemann University Hospital

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

1981-1983 Pediatric/Adolescent Floor- Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital

• Charge nurse on night shift

1980-1981 Transitional Nursery- Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania

• Primary care of sick neonates.

LICENSURE:

Pennsylvania RN – 239802-L

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

8/98
Renewal 8/13 CRRN (Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse)
Certifying Body- Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

6/00 CCM (Certified Case Manager)

10/02
Renewal 12/13 CLCP (Certified Life Care Planner
Certifying Body- Commission on Health Care Certification

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
International Academy of Life Care Planners
International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector
American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners
Case Management Society of America
Professional Patient Advocate Institute

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, 2004
Contributor for AALNC One Line Course, 2006- http://www.aalnc.org
Contributor for Principles and Practices of Legal Nurse Consulting- Third Edition- Medical Case Management Chapter, publication date 2010

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

Life Care Planning and End of Life Issues, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants National Conference, April 2008

Neuropsychological Evaluation, Continuing Education Institute, Procura Management, September 2009

Meet and Greet Panel, International Symposium on Life Care Planning, September 2009

Connections for Life After Brain Injury, Moss Rehabilitation, November 2009

Neuropsychological Evaluation, Continuing Education Institute, Procura Management, April 2010

Medical Cost Projections/Life Care Planning, Continuing Education Institute, Procura Management, May 2010

Cost Containment and Creative Billing Practices, Continuing Education Institute, The Hartford Insurance National Webinar, July 2010

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
2007 International Symposium on Life Care Planning
2008 AALNC National Conference
2008 CMSA National Conference
2008 International Symposium on Life Care Planning
2009 AALNC National Conference
2009 International Symposium on Life Care Planning
2010 International Symposium on Life Care Planning

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:

2005/2006
2006/2007
2007/2008- University of Delaware Legal Nurse Consulting Program- Instruction in Life Care Planning Portion of Core Curriculum

2005/Present Widener University- Mentorship Program Legal Nurse Consulting

2009/Present Continuing Education Institute, Presenter, Various Topics to Nurses, Case Managers and Adjusters

SELECTED COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

Volunteer, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America

Volunteer, Doylestown United Methodist Church