Experience

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  Valley ent associates

  Feb 2008 - Feb 2014

  Billing charge entry and surgical authorization specialist

  Billing charge entry for 3 otolaryngologists for both office visits and surgeries. Authorizations for all surgical procedures and insurance verification for deductible and copay amounts. Balancing of all daily monies and bank deposits. Started in 2008 doing check in and check out, chart prep (as we were not yet on EMR) filing, patient payment posting. I worked on collection calls and set up payment arrangements according to company guidelines. We used Centricity and Chart Logic. Worked out of the Mesa office for over 4 years then transferred to Scottsdale location for a little over 1 year. Show less

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  Allergy, asthma and immunology associates, p.c.

  Mar 2014 - Feb 2015

  Billing charge entry and collections

  Billing charge entry for allergists and one nurse practitioner. Billed for office visits, injections, immunotherapy and serums. Responsible for monthly production spreadsheets for all of the above, aging reports to work on past due accounts, calling patients to work those accounts and try to set up payment arrangements if unable to receive payment at time of call, transferring accounts to collections when necessary, reading and understanding EOB's as all patient billing inquiries were handled by me. We used Intergy, EMR and Excel for the spreadsheets. Show less

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  Desert vista medical associates

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

  Medical billing specialist

  Full cycle medical billing for hospitalists, home health providers, skilled nursing facilities, one mobile podiatrist and primary care physicians (Scottsdale Primary Care). Duties included all billing charge entry, insurance and patient payment posting, electronic and paper claim filing (HCFA), reopening claims with Medicare for corrections, file rejected, reprocessing denied claims, transferring delinquent accounts to collections (TransWorld), any and all billing inquiries. We used Centricity and EMR, and access to Banner Health Portal and Scottsdale Health Portal for verification of patient demographics and medical records. Show less

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  Sonoran allergy & asthma

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2016

  Front office manager

  Front Office Manager in charge of overseeing all employees and ensuring provider is satisfied with her assistance. Maintaining schedules, office equipment, supplies, patient needs, billing, appointments, payroll, opening and closing office, light accounts payable/receivable, employment termination, interviewing and hiring.

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  Seeking employment in medical office

  Jan 2017 - now

  Medical front office/billing/supervision

  Joining a stable team to utilize my experience to my full potential

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  Mckesson specialty health

  Nov 2018 - Jun 2019

  Insurance specialist

  Full medical and pharmacy benefit investigations. Pull cases from a "queue" from case managers, calling all range of insurances around the country obtaining benefits, entering the benefits into the computer. We researched benefits to assist patients needing very costly medications for Cystic Fibrosis. I was hired through an agency and this was a contract position that ended