Danielle Ortwine
Danielle Ortwine, CPC
Danielle Ortwine is a Senior Associate at Epsilon Life Sciences. She brings over 20 years of experience in healthcare compliance, coding, reimbursement, and clinical documentation improvement. Danielle specializes in federal and state coding compliance evaluations, full-spectrum revenue cycle management, and payer-provider dispute resolution.
Throughout her career, she has supported healthcare organizations through complex audits, reimbursement reviews, and litigation engagements. Her revenue cycle expertise includes front-end charge capture assessments, mid-cycle coding and documentation integrity, and back-end denial management and appeals strategy. Danielle has led reviews of billing workflows, payment variances, utilization patterns, and contractual reimbursement compliance across multiple specialties, including orthopedics, pediatrics, urgent care, neurology, behavioral health, and physical therapy. She has also served as a trusted advisor to counsel and executive leadership on compliance risk mitigation, documentation integrity, and revenue cycle performance improvement.
Her background includes leading multidisciplinary teams in compliance reviews, education programs, audit remediation, and revenue cycle optimization initiatives. Danielle has extensive experience with expert witness preparation, payer-provider dispute analysis, and regulatory due diligence for both providers and payers. Her work often focuses on identifying the root causes of denials, assessing coding and payment policy alignment, and strengthening operational processes to enhance financial and regulatory outcomes.
Danielle is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) and holds a Medical Coding and Billing Certification from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. She is an active member of the American Academy of Professional Coders and the Richmond Chapter of Certified Professional Coders.