Served as a medical and administrative assistant in pain management. Other responsibilities include:• Serve as quality control specialist directing messages between 4 providers at 3 office locations, receptionists, and patients to ultimately provide the providers with the most detailed information for decision-making.• Solely responsible for preparing, submitting, and follow-up on insurance prior authorizations for various medicines, including writing appeals when necessary, and coordinating with pharmacies.• Solely responsible for performing quality reviews when patients are requesting refills to ensure their requests are compliant with state law and company policy. • Scheduled patient appointments, patient check-in to include vital signs and medication reconciliation.• Communicated with other medical facilities; facilitated/processed secure messaging with the patient and team; and notified patients of appointments.• Assisted in the procedure room by running the C-ARM, preparing the patient for various procedures under X-ray for the provider, and preparing the procedure room to including setting up the sterile field, and placing medications out for the provider to use.• Utilized a tracking system for follow up care such as Return to Clinic Orders, consults, tests, etc.• Monitored pre-appointment requirements to assure readiness for patient visit/procedure (e.g., X-ray, lab work).

Serve as sole pharmacy technician for a small independent pharmacy and fill in for the front-end manager who oversees the check-out counter. Other responsibilities include:• Works with patients, medical providers, and team members to provide access to care and meet the needs of customers and their family members via various available contact modalities to include but not limited to telephone calls, messaging and text messaging regarding a broad range of topics, including medication refills/renewals, basic billing inquiries, and procedural pharmacy activities.• Routinely reviews computer medication profiles for therapeutic duplication, prescription non- compliance and allergies/drug reactions. Transfers identified patients to a pharmacist or supervisor, for further evaluation, if needed.• Processes and submits 150 patient requests daily for new prescription orders and renewals (including controlled substances) into the computer accurately, thoroughly and in a timely manner. Uses approved Pharmacy Service protocols when appropriate to satisfy patient medication requests. Check staging area to ensure medications are not missing for compliance packaging refills.• Consistently documents patient contact and call resolution in Pioneer pharmacy software (and the EMR as applicable) to include but is not limited to what was requested, what action was taken and any other information which may be pertinent during future research. Assists in the documentation of medication variances.• Responsible for ordering all bottles/vials for dispensing medications. Reconcile incoming supplies against invoices and place pricing labels on each product and move to proper shelf location.• Assist the with vaccine clinic by scheduling patients, taking vital signs before and after injections, and providing required legal documentation regarding each vaccine. Document lot numbers /series, travel disclosures, and other required documents for vaccines required for travelers.

Served as a patient care coordinator for a durable medical equipment provider. Other responsibilities include:• Assisted the Team Lead and Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Team in distribution of pain management devices both locally and nationally.• Served as a liaison to patients and clinicians with regard to selection, prescription, education, and acquisition of devices; and furnishing resupply resource information for peripheral items.• Verified accuracy of prescriptions in order to make certain that proper devices were selected for the patient.• Authorized the purchase, replacement, and/or repair of devices.• Maintained continuous liaison with manufacturer to receive educational product updates.• Assisted patients with verifying insurance eligibility, explanation of benefits (EOB), and compliance surveys.• Provided continuous customer support and customer training on DME.

Served as a medical assistant performing pre-employment drug testing, as well as pre-shift temperature screening to ensure the health and safety of plant employees during the construction of the Shell ethylene cracker plant located in Monaca PA. Other responsibilities include:• Performed oral testing of employees for drug and/or alcohol. If oral sample was positive or inconclusive, I monitored the submission of urine samples, following chain of custody protocols for submission to formal laboratories.• Explain drug testing procedures and distribute collection materials to individuals.• Breath Alcohol Testing (BAT) certified.• Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) with AED.

Instructional Aide/Paraprofessional, working with Special Needs individuals, teaching daily living skills, independence, coping, boundaries and how to transition day to day.

Served as an employment specialist/job coach assisting adults with disabilities reach their Individual Support Plan (ISP) goals, focusing on community integration, job coaching, and daily living skills. Other responsibilities include:• Assisted clients to identify and manage personal, psychological and interactive problems, learning disabilities, and behavioral problems associated with occupational, school, family, and/or personal adjustment.• Took behavioral case notes to assist program specialists assist with updating ISPs. Worked closely with other staff to synchronize efforts across the continuum of care. Provided monthly reports.• Worked with highly complex cases in which individuals are severely impacted by mild to moderate intellectual disabilities such as autism and Down’s syndrome, and to include factors such as history of trauma and/or co-occurring conditions.• Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) with AED and served on the Safety Committee.

Served as a medical assistant in pain management, pulmonary, critical care, and sleep specialty areas. Other responsibilities include:• Scheduled patient appointments follow-up testing, patient check-in to include vital signs and medication reconciliation.• Administered flu shots and asthma injections; performed pulmonary function tests.• Contacted drug representatives/companies to assist patients with getting qualified or registered for drug assistance programs.• Communicated with other medical facilities; facilitated/processed secure messaging with the patient and team; and notified patients of appointments.• Utilized a tracking system for follow up care such as Return to Clinic Orders, consults, tests, etc.• Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) with AED.• Monitored pre-appointment requirements to assure readiness for patient visit/procedure (e.g., X-ray, lab work).

Medical Assistant duties to include patient history, vital signs, assisting with procedures

-Medical Assistant duties to include patient history, vital signs, assisting with procedures.

Medical Assistant duties to include patient history, vital signs, assisting with procedures.

Medical Assistant duties to include patient history and needed pretests such as visual acuities, visual fields, duties also included contact lens management ranging from placing orders to patient instruction.

Medical Assistant duties to include patient history, vital signs, assisting with procedures, and backup technician doing Fluorescein Angiograms.

Medicare and Medicaid billing clerk, data entry, collections

duties to include patient history, vital signs, assisting with procedures.

detailed patient histories, visual acuities, pressures, visual field testing, assisting doctor with review of charts.

Medical Assistant, (optometric assistant and ophthalmology assistant)-Optical experience including: adjusting and dispensing of glasses and frame selection, responsible for patient "work up" and history taking.-Contact Lens Manager: in charge of ordering and dispensing contact lenses. Proficient in use of Humphrey Field Analyzer; Humphrey Lensometer, and Humphrey Automated refractor.

Secretarial duties/data entry, Subaru and Toyota warranty claim processing.