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Bellingham, Wa, Us

Bellingham Ambulatory Surgery Center

Responsible for verifying patients' insurance is current and active. Determines benefit eligibility, prior authorization requirements, establishes payment arrangements, assists patients with the registration process. Emphasis in patient education regarding their insurance plans and maximizing collections prior to the date of service. Researches and follows up on claims that have been denied or underpaid, including coding discrepancies using CPT and ICD-10 standards. Always looking for ways to increase productivity, efficiency, and compliance. Projects include creating and updating facility forms, maintaining safety compliance logs, provider credentialing, and reporting for our WA State Department of Health survey plan of corrections.

Bellingham Ambulatory Surgery Center

Assemble and maintain complete paper medical records according to established procedures. Organize and evaluate patient medical records. Review medical records for accuracy and completeness. Responsible for filing and retrieving medical records. Copy physician-dictated reports and comply with requests for copies of patient records from patients and other persons such as physicians, attorneys, and insurance companies, following departmental and federal release of information (ROI) policies to safeguard patient confidentiality. Locate records which have been checked out or are missing, ensure that any discrepancies are resolved in a timely, efficient manner. Oversee proper logging, packaging, storing, and destruction of archived medical records. Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives; continuous quality improvement objectives; and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards. Special projects as assigned, including collecting, maintaining, and organizing documentation pertaining to surveys and audits; provide coverage for other positions, including reception, insurance verification, and scheduling. Provide additional support to administration as needed.

Bellingham, Washington, United States

Responsible for all administrative aspects of scheduling hospital and ambulatory surgical center surgeries. Confirms demographic information, obtains appropriate medical records pertaining to upcoming surgeries. Codes upcoming surgeries using appropriate ICD-10 and CPT/HCPCS codes; verification of benefits; seeks prior authorization for provider and facility when required for surgery-related services. Manages surgical schedule, coordinates clinical schedule for 6 physicians at 3 surgical facilities plus clinic; including forecasting, adjusting, and accommodating for surgeons’ preferences and time off. Liaisons between providers, patients, clinical/facility staff, insurance carriers, social workers, and family. Optimizes patients' satisfaction, provider time, and facility utilization. Comfort patients by anticipating anxieties, answering questions, and informing patient of pertinent details. Reserve the necessary equipment with the surgery facility along with any special instructions. Cautiously navigate and adapt as necessary throughout COVID-19 pandemic.

Anacortes, Washington

Heath Information Management professional, working on a project to ease the transition to Meditech EHR for our clinics.Transcribe medical records from previous Magic and PCI software systems to new Meditech Expanse EHR. Use critical thinking skills to determine duplicates, anomalies, and miscoded information. Audit patient records to ensure continuity of care. Observe and document areas for future software updates to continually improve the quality of patient care. Interact with providers, administrators, managers, and staff to optimize usability of documentation system.

Anacortes, Washington

• Coordinate patient communication and public relations. Welcome patients to dental office in person, and using media as it best suits customer need, including phone, e-mail, Facebook, and text messages. Liaison between patients, support staff, dentists, vendors, and community. • Manage schedule of a vibrant dental practice that includes 6 treatment rooms, 3 doctors, 3 hygienists, and 4 dental assistants. 10-minute increments, 9-hour days, 5-day weeks. • Create written treatment plans for patients per dentists' recommendations. Procurement and documentation of insurance data and records from previous offices. Calculate patient and insurance financial portions. Translate benefit summaries into Dentrix software.• Interview patients to determine appropriate course of action for each case. Encourage and educate general public about dentistry as well as explaining need for specific procedures. Persuade patient compliance with dentists' recommendations to optimize their dental health.• Plan schedule to maximize profitability and productivity. Exceeded production goals for the practice for duration of employment. Provide wide range of administrative support, including copying, filing, faxing, maintenance of office machines, managing files, handling petty cash, and preparing deposits.

Anacortes, Wa

•Owned and operated a successful medical transcription business •Transcribed physicians' dictation into professional medical reports in a timely and efficient manner•Expert in deciphering challenging voices and terminology•Trained and managed a team of transcriptionists•Served local clinics with specialties including family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, neurology, physiatry, cardiology, dermatology, and ophthalmology•Built business from scratch, resourcefully utilizing skills in marketing, sales, accounting, grammar, and customer service

Anacortes, Wa

•Responsible for radiologic healthcare records•Entered physicians' orders to obtain x-rays•Greeted and checked in patients needing diagnostic imaging service•Organized, filed, and maintained thousands of patient records•Sent and received films between clinics and hospitals in an efficient, professional manner•Used investigative and deductive reasoning skills to locate films, and to determine whether aged patient records should be archived or remain active

Mount Vernon, Wa

•Responsible for accounts payable for an exciting, fast-growing, high-tech company•Entered invoices, processed expense reports, reconciled purchase orders and statements•Utilized Great Plains accounting software•Primary point of contact for hundreds of vendors for a company that depended on venture capitalist funding•Learned and utilized negotiating skills to de-escalate challenging situations with vendors•Managed positive relationships with vendors and employees, even during difficult times•Maintained a professional attitude and positive outlook amid situations that were sometimes difficult to navigate

Seattle, Wa

•Adjusted and accounted for records throughout the check processing system, providing customer service for banks and internal departments•Entered adjustment requests into proprietary software•Attention to detail proved critical to solving problems•Investigative and deductive reasoning skills developed to solve mysteries related to accounting inaccuracies in processing between banks

Greater Seattle Area

•Represented the bank as customers' first point of contact•Accurately handled high volumes of cash, checks, and payments in a fast-paced environment•Recommended and referred customers to other bank services

Education record

Explored university studies including psychology, French, biology, and advanced choir/voice

Education record

Running Start Program

Education record

Continued coursework toward associates degree, including speech and focusing on classes that prepared me for starting my medical.