Bhavita Patel Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

• Responsible for the operations of the billing department, encompassing medical coding, charge entry, claims submissions, accounts receivable follow-up, claims audit and reimbursement management.• Serves as the practice expert and go to person for all billing and revenue cycle functions and acts as front line leader to answer staff questions and prioritize follow-up efforts.• Analyze billing and claims for accuracy and completeness; submit claims to proper insurance entities and follow… Show more • Responsible for the operations of the billing department, encompassing medical coding, charge entry, claims submissions, accounts receivable follow-up, claims audit and reimbursement management.• Serves as the practice expert and go to person for all billing and revenue cycle functions and acts as front line leader to answer staff questions and prioritize follow-up efforts.• Analyze billing and claims for accuracy and completeness; submit claims to proper insurance entities and follow up on any issues to ensure timely processing of claims for optimal resolution.• Audit current procedures to monitor and improve efficiency of billing and collection operations by analyzing trends impacting charges, coding, denials and account receivable.• Created and tracked balancing reports with data pertaining to department’s operations of cash goals in balancing, number of claims imported and exported on daily basis, reconciliations of monthly AR • Assists billing office personnel, which includes work allocation, training for new and existing billing staff, problem resolution and make recommendations for personnel actions; motivates employees to achieve peak productivity and performance.• Achieved Certificate of Appreciation for server upgrade implementation and testing and auditing of the processes with Information Technology• Increased reimbursement by coding and posting charges for various physicians to include office visits, hospital rounds, surgical coding and Charge entry.• Designed and executed key strategies to drive collection of earned reimbursement• Working knowledge of CPT and ICD9-10 codes, DRG, UB04, HCFA 1500 claim forms, medical terminology.• Able to perform charge review, claim submission, claim follow-up, payment posting and patient statements• In depth knowledge of preparing appropriate claim documents• Proficient in assigning appropriate medical codes to diagnosis and services• Created and delivered monthly accounts receivable reports to doctors Show less