Medical Billing/Follow up Specialist Resume

Desired Industry: Billing	SpiderID: 12989
Desired Job Location: Indianapolis, Indiana	Date Posted: 5/27/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 06/15/07
Desired Wage: 35,000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel:
Highest Degree Attained: High School/Equivalent	Willing to Relocate: Undecided

Objective:
To do the best I can for the company that chooses to employee me. To innovate and stream line where I can to make things more effiecient, catching errors, bomb outs and other problems. To obtain a challenging and rewarding career that would provide additional management experience. Furthermore, in search of an environment capable of expanding knowledge and seeking to benefit from an adaptable and responsible employee.

Experience:
I have worked in medical billing for almost nine years. I have experience in Medicare, Medicaid, Risk Based Medicaid, Anthem, Sagamore, Work Comp, comericial and other insurances. I am update on HIPPA compliance. For the last several years I have been working follow up. Working with insurance companies to get claims paid. Spotting trends and other problems to make sure that the claims are paid in a timely and efficient manner.

Education:
Graduated from Brown County High School in Nashville, IN.

Affiliations:
In shcool I received my varisity letter in track and basketball. I currently belong to the American Legion in Beech Grove, IN

Skills:
Fair and equitable disposition; rational approach to problem solving; able to handle stress and pressure; calm and tactful in difficult situations; flexible and open to new ideas and challenges; respected by (and respectful of) persons with whom I work; organized and efficient; good with detail; able to work well with people and groups; work well without supervision; very computer literate; conducted in-service training; supervisory skills; highly dependable.

Additional Information:
Account Follow-Up Specialist
�X Call patients to get information on insurance or to set up payment arrangements.
�X Search through reports and contact insurance companies for payments.
�X Find trends where claims could have been denied due to electronic failures, possible credentialing problem with the doctor or group, or large numbers of claims unpaid by a single insurance company.
�X Work claims that are sixty days and older to get revenue in for the client office.
�X Worked extensively in the customer service department, and have been successful at setting up contacts with insurance companies as to better serve the patients and the clients.
�X Initiated and been exclusively responsible for setting up user IDs and passwords for insurance companies�� web pages. The use of the web saves valuable time as the employee does not have to wait on hold to check on a claim.
�X Also implemented new forms and letters to be used office-wide; from ordering emergency room reports to sending reviews to insurance companies.
�X A great deal of experience in entering charges into the system as well

Reference:
Jen Yeager (317) 979-7889

Theresa Halbrook Account Follow-Up Specialist (CIPROMS, Inc.); formerly Customer Service Supervisor (ETS) (317) 242-9206

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Candace Blevins Fox
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City: Indianapolis	Fax: -
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