Shelley Garrett has more than 20 years of healthcare experience.  Her experience includes working directly for the Medicare program, in single and multi-specialty physician offices and hospital settings, serving as a compliance officer, consultant, and instructor.  She has served as the Director of Socioeconomic and Member Advocacy for an international medical specialty society.  She has established and instructed a national certification program , has written numerous articles and program manuals on coding, billing, compliance, and governmental regulation and served as the staff liaison to both the AMA CPT Editorial and Relative Value Update Committees.

In addition to being a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) she is also a Certified Medical Coder (CMC), Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM), and a Certified Medical Insurance Specialist (CMIS) through Practice Management Institute (PMI).