With a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, Arnold has been able to establish one of the most successful consulting, auditing, and staffing firms for hospitals, medical groups, physicians, and other types of healthcare organizations in Southern California and various parts of the nation.

 

Trained as a Physician in the Philippines, he has over 25 years of coding and auditing experience. Arnold has multiple Medical Coding credentials issued by both the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). From the AAPC, he hold the Certified Professional coder (CPC), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H), and Certified Professional Coder-Instructor (CPC-I) credentials. The CPC-I designates him as an approved Professional Medical Coding Instructor through the AAPC.

 

Through AHIMA he hold a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) credential. Arnold is in the forefront for the conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10. He is an AHIMA Approved ICD-10/PCS Trainer, and has been active in making preparations for classes on not only ICD-10, but Anatomy & Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology. He is also a Certified Healthcare Compliance Consultant (CHCC) and has conducted numerous coding audits nationally. 

 

Arnold also serves as Program Director of Tri-County Allied Health School. Being a medical school graduate from the Philippines and having worked in the medical coding industry for several years, he has been able to transform that experience into a comprehensive learning program to help others begin their own careers as a Healthcare Professional.

 

Ester has over 25 years of healthcare experience starting from her years of critical care nursing to her later work as a Nurse Practitioner in nephrology. She served for many years as a RN before pursuing her Master's Degree in Nursing from the UCLA. She then became a Certified Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

 

As AE & Associates, LLC begain to grow exponentially, Ester advanced from her role as a Nurse Practitioner and assumed the position of CFO of AE in 2005.

 

Ester is also a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) through AHIMA and is the Adminssions Director of Tri-County Allied Health School, the educational arm of AE. Ester works collaboratively with Arnold Ardevela to successfully direct the company's daily operations.

 

 

Nancy is a leader and result-oriented professional with a rich background in Health Information Management. Upon receiving her RHIT credential she started her consulting firm in 1985 to 2003 serving acute care hospitals, long term care facilities and clinics. In addition to her consulting Nancy was a Director of Health Information Management for over 30 years in various acute care hospitals. Besides medical records, she has overseen other departments such as transcription, cancer registry, admitting, medical library, quality improvement/risk management, case management and she has served as compliance privacy officer.

 

Nancy later retired as a Director but continued consulting until 2008. In 2009, she joined the team at AE & Associates, LLC as their HIM Consultant. She is also an Advisory Board member of Tri-County Allied Health School.

 

David has over 22 years experience selling healthcare consulting services to Senior Healthcare Administrators and Healthcare Management Professionals. Traveling nationally for many years, the services he sold along the way include: Medicare compliance audits, managed care contract compliance reviews, charge description master reviews, contract coding, outsourcing, and data processing. Additionally, he has been involved in staffing, field sales training for new associates, design of marketing materials, and sales exhibits.

 

 

A part of the medical industry in his early days working with pathologists when he was 16, Gary joins us with vast experience in the professional world with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Area Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. After completing his studies at UCLA, he spent time in international commerce assisting with the procurement and rehabilitation of aircraft for the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation of Taiwan before venturing into commercial real estate, public service, and eventually law school. 

 

In 2009, Gary graduated in the top percentile of his class and earned his Juris Doctor from Southwestern University, School of Law. Gary is tasked with ensuring that AE & Associates, LLC is in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, business development, and outreach.

 

In his spare time, Gary can be found volunteering his time with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles handling cases and staffing legal clinics for the indigent.