Nicole Cope

Nicole Cope is a Certified Professional Coder with over 13 years of healthcare experience. She focuses on disputes, investigations, and litigation support with specialties in healthcare operations, charging and reimbursement methodologies, and medical record and transactional reviews. Her clients include provider-based organizations, payors, and respective counsel.

Nicole has served in leadership and analytic roles related to hospital revenue integrity, patient financial management, and quality and risk management. Her healthcare experience is in inpatient, outpatient, therapy, infusions, emergency, ambulance, and physician practice settings covering professional and facility areas. She also has experience in ancillary services, such as lab, diagnostic imaging, durable medical equipment, and supplies.

Prior to joining Stout, Nicole was the Revenue Cycle Business Partner at St. Luke’s Health System, identifying and addressing gaps in facility accountability, processes, procedures, and problem resolution regarding revenue cycle functions.