Jill Olmstead is an Adult Nurse Practitioner at Providence St. Joseph Health. She has practiced as an NP for over 15 years specializing in gastroenterology. Her practice includes evaluating and managing new patient GI consultations, follow-up visits and diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopies. She developed a passion for understanding the language of coding and became credentialed as a certified coder, a clinical documentation improvement specialist and risk adjustment coder. This led to developing the role of a Provider Liaison in Revenue Cycle which included assisting with organizational implementation of ICD-10CM and CPT/ICD-10CM coding education for multi-specialist providers. She previously served on the ASGE Reimbursement Committee and currently serves on the ASGE APP Committee. She received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from UC Irvine, Master of Science degree in Nursing from California State University in Long Beach and her BSN from Alfred University in New York. She has been published in Gastroenterology Nursing, the Journal for the American Academy for Nurse Practitioners and the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. She is a new column editor for specializing in coding and billing topics for The Nurse Practitioner journal. Jill is a Past President of the California Association for Nurse Practitioners, Past President for the American College of Nurse Practitioners and Past President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Scholarships and Grant Foundation.