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United States

Austin, Texas, United States

Chesterfield, Missouri

Chesterfield, Missouri

Maryland Heights, Missouri

• Manage contracting for independent physician practices and multi-specialty groups throughout the Missouri & Illinois Market.
• Evaluate and negotiate contracts in compliance with company contract templates, reimbursement standards, and other key process controls.
• Work closely with internal departments to provide swift resolution to nonstandard contracting and credentialing inquiries.
• Establish and maintain strong business relationships with Hospital, Physician, and Ancillary providers.
• Travel within assigned territory to discuss any changes or identified trends as they relate to contractual agreements and market trends.

Hazelwood, Missouri

• Performed fee schedule analysis and generated proposals to prospective health plans by cross-referencing current CMS reimbursement based yearly reductions.
• Enrolled regional services branches with national agreements through addendums to current contract language.
• Triaged requests for assistance with credentialing and contracting support from various departments across the organization ranging from accounts receivable to order processing.
• Traveled to HME state association meeting and worked along side other DME providers to resolve order processing and claim issues while simultaneously building relationships for future business.

Hazelwood, Missouri

• Responsible for leading 6 direct reports including 3 supervisors managing 23 indirect reports.
• Accountable for managing over 20 million in open receivables.
• Effectively work with company’s sales force, operations team, and insurance companies to resolve payment trends and issues to satisfy delinquent receivables.
• Perform weekly operations calls with service branches to effectively identify and resolve frontend-billing issues to optimize backend reimbursement.
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures for urological supply business.
• Deliver ongoing training for staff on effective collection tactics and ever-changing payer guidelines.

Chesterfield, MO

• Effectively manage requests from physicians and administrators on a daily basis regarding process improvement, data analysis, and support services.
• Create monthly reports in Microsoft Excel for clients providing account detail and summary.
• Ensure compliance for all accounts particularly regarding federal and state guidelines.
• Collaborate with all internal departments to maximize client profitability and satisfaction.

Wildwood, Missouri

• Responsible for managing monthly revenue for 21 outpatient surgery centers and over 9 million in collective revenue.
• Direct supervisor for over 30 accounts receivable representatives.
• Facilitated weekly operational meetings to discuss process improvement and implementation of standard operating procedures to increase productivity and accountability.
• Compiled weekly reports through the use of Microsoft Excel to isolate areas of improvement and analyze client efficiency.

Wildwood, Missouri

• Oversight of three outpatient clinics specializing in pain management.
• Consistently exceeded monthly goals set by executive management.
• Generated ad hoc reports for management through Excel to resolve global claims issues.
• Quantified accounts receivable trends on a weekly basis while working with insurance companies and patients to resolve outstanding medical claims.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Associate'S Degree, Art/Art Studies, General

Certified Emt, Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (Emt Paramedic)

Completed certification with the National Registry in January of 2010.