With my over 25 year experience in the healthcare field, from reception, collection, billing, coding, business office management and practice management I have a lot to offer any medical practice that needs help looking at their revenue cycle and bringing their AR down. I am an AAPC Certified Coder, Certified Rheumatology Coder and Certified Physician Practice Manager and love to work with individuals as well as groups.

Independent rheumatology/endocrinology practice with 3 MD's, 1 FNP, 14 chair infusion suite and an in-house imaging department including extremity MRI and DEXA

Supervisor for Business Office, Reception and Medical Records with a focus on Rheumatology and Endocrinology coding and billing.

I am responsible for directing and coordinating the overall functions of the Business Office to ensure maximization of cash flow while improving patient, physician and other customer relations. Among my main functions: • Plan and direct registration, patient insurance, billing and collections and data processing to ensure accurate patient billing and efficient account collection. • Manage the Business Office including annual planning and develops monthly status reports.• Review current status of patient accounts to identify and resolve billing and processing problems in a timely manner. • Establish and implement a system for the collection of delinquent accounts ensuring third-party payers are contacted.• Establish and recommend credit and collection policies. Makes recommendations for improvement.• Solve difficult payment and associated business office problems. Audits problem accounts.• Maintain contacts with medical records and other departments to obtain and analyze additional patient information to document and process billings.• Develop and implement new procedures to improve the quality and quantity of work processed; ensure policies are communicated and administered consistently.• Develop and oversee business systems and works with information technology to ensuretimely and accurate implementation.• Assist in developing, implementing and administering annual capital budget and initiate corrective action to significant variances.• Supervise, train, orients and evaluate performance over assigned personnel. Recommend merit increases, promotions, disciplinary actions.• Maintain knowledge of and comply with established policies and procedures including government, insurance and third-party payer regulations.

Instructor for basic medical billing

Coding outpatient surgical procedures, consultations and hospital admissions for multi-specialty clinic