Amber Elizabeth Hurtado
San Antonio,TX
Summary
I am seeking a rewarding opportunity in a well-respected company where I can enhance my knowledge, skills, and expertise. My goal is to work as a medical assistant, utilizing my exceptional time management abilities to provide top-notch assistance to both doctors and patients. I am a highly organized and diligent individual who is eager to learn and develop alongside experienced medical professionals. I possess effective communication skills and have the capability to assist individuals from diverse economic, social, and cultural backgrounds. Additionally, I bring strong organizational and computer technical skills to the table, along with excellent interpersonal communication abilities. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Patient Care Coordinator
True Health Connect
05.2023 - Current
- Currently as a medical assistant I work for true health connect through Spine and Pain center of San Antonio engaging patients by enrolling them in Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) programs are offered by various local healthcare providers and third-party services, primarily aimed at Medicare beneficiaries. These programs coordinate care, provide ongoing support, and manage chronic conditions to improve patient outcomes. By doing so using care coordination and value based care quality measures to assist the patient when reaching out to them regarding their pain mobility and daily activities and sleep.
Certified Medical Assistant
Zima medical group
06.2024 - 05.2025
- Assisted physicians and nurses in providing patient care, including taking vital signs, collecting specimens, and administering medications
- Managed patient scheduling and ensured timely appointments for efficient workflow and assisted with outgoing referrals.
- Maintained accurate medical records by documenting patient information, test results, and treatment plans
- Prepared examination rooms by sterilizing equipment and ensuring availability of necessary supplies
- Educated patients on medication instructions, post-treatment care, and preventive measures to promote overall wellness
Care Coordinator
Panoramic Health
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Consulting with patients on their health conditions and current treatment
- Educating patients on their conditions and discussing medication and treatment options
- Working with other health care professionals to devise a care plan for each patient
Registered Medical Assistant
The Ear institute of Texas
07.2022 - 03.2024
- Perform expert leadership skills in management of staff and coordination of patient care activities. Work collaboratively with all healthcare providers and non health care providers. Serves as a mentor and role model for all staff. Reports to a Nurse Manager, Nursing Director or Administrative Director.
Medical assistant
Favorite health care staffing
01.2022 - 07.2022
- Cardiology clinical medical assistant: Prepped charts and clinical notes for the providers scheduling cardiac procedures and getting insurance authorization prior to the patient getting the procedures done. Prepped and reminding patients about their labwork. Lots of ekgs and documenting and spending time on the phone with patients.
Medical Assistant and Medical Billing and Coding Front and Back Office
BHS Physicians Network MedFirst Primary Care
10.2021 - 12.2021
- -Left due to the distance I was driving home two hours everyday.
- Back office medical assistants conduct basic clinical duties for doctors and nurses in a physician's office, hospital, or other medical facility.
- In this role, you bring patients back to the exam rooms, take and record vital signs, and ask patients questions about their symptoms, concerns, and medical history.
- Front office medical assistant, it's your job to greet patients when they arrive, provide them with the necessary forms to fill out before their appointments, verify patients' insurance information, and help schedule appointments.
- You also do filing and other clerical work in the office. Part of being the front office medical assistant is doing the Medical billing that involved preparing billing claims and submitting them to insurance providers. Verify coverage and eligibility for medical services for the next day.Communicate with insurance providers and patients.
- Review patient bills and correct any missing or inaccurate information.
- Use a billing software to prepare and transmit claims.
- Collect unpaid claims and clear up discrepancies
Medical assistant
Axis Point Health Methodist Hospital and Methodist
03.2021 - 09.2021
- Children’s Hospital and Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital.
- July 2016-December 2019- San Antonio Texas
- Patient Care Technician III and Unit Secretary, Neurotelemetry, Neurosurgical ICU and Neuro Progressive Care Unit Emergency Room Technician, Transplant /Unit
- Secretary/Patient Care Tech
- Duties include making charts often called admitting when we receive a new patient we send the tele tracker sheets to the monitor tech so that way the right box is monitoring the right patient's submitting orders whether telephone or written. Anything that we can do for the nurses and or the charge nurse we do.
- Input orders given to us by the RNs on the unit or new orders given to us by the physicians to input into Meditech for the patient based on the provider that wrote the order or the nurse that took the order from that specific provider, PCT’s in the emergency rooms assist nurses and providers with treating patients on the floor; they perform a variety of delegated basic patient care services related to common nursing functions and activities of daily living under the supervision of the registered nurse in a complementary and assistive role.
Cna
HUEBNER CREEK HEALTH AND REHABILITATION
01.2020 - 08.2021
- ~ Night Shift and weekends) 2nd Job
- Assist patients on long term and rehab sides with physical therapy and occupational therapy based on doctors’ orders. Doing basic care bathing and showering assisting with activities of daily living and toileting and whichever they may need help with along with answering the calls lights assigned to us.
- Notifying nurses when they need pain medication and other things.
- Health Resource Coordinator- Contract ended we finished alot sooner than expected still had my weekend job as a CNA then I moved from medical center to blanco rd.
- Medical Assistant and Medical Billing and Coding
Cna/resident Assistant/medication Aide/ Patient Care Assistant-sodalis Assisted
LIVING AND MEMORY CARE
06.2015 - 06.2016
- - Left due to moving to the San Antonio medical center area.
- Resident Assistants would perform a variety of basic patient services related to the plan of care submitted by physician or Registered Nurse, resident assistants would do wellness check rounds every two hours throughout the night and
- Changing bed linens and answering call lights assist with walking patients and making sure they are in bed and not on the floor and in the memory care unit we have toilet every two hours and check them every hour there more at risk for fall
- Throughout the shift we would chart everything that was done with the patient's vitals and activities of daily living. Assisted with giving medications in the morning and assessing the residents, listening to their breath sounds and bowel sounds and documenting each resident every shift.
Cna/patient Care Assistant
HOSPICE/HOME HEALTH AIDE, PRIVATE DUTY HOMECARE AA, SENIOR CARE SERVICES
11.2014 - 06.2015
- The Patient Care Assistant performs a variety of delegated basic patient care services related to common nursing functions and activities of daily living under the supervision of the registered nurse in a complementary and assistive role.
- Assists the nursing staff in providing patient care. Consistently assists the patient care team with maintaining a clean, well-organized, adequately stocked, and safe patient environment.
Lab Technician
Urgent Care Clinic
05.2011 - 11.2014
- Drawing blood from patients using venipuncture using butterfly needles or regular needles accessing veins to draw blood for certain tests based on the doctor's orders.
Education
Associate's degree - Medical Assisting
Phlebotomy career training
Michigan10.2021
Associate's degree - Healthcare Management
San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX05.2017
Skills
- Athenahealth
- Administrative experience
- Organizational skills
- Front desk
- Supervising experience - Supervising experience (1-2 years)
- Nursing
- Vital signs
- Customer service
- Memory care
- Microsoft Office
- Filing
- Senior care
- Hospice care
- Public speaking
- Medical scheduling
- Laboratory experience
- Bilingual
- Management
- Home care
- Medical office experience
- Time management
- Clerical experience
- ICU experience
- Cleaning
- Productivity software
- Leadership
- Hospital experience
- EHR systems
- Blood sampling
- Venipuncture
- Writing skills
- Meditech
- Medical coding
- Driving
- ADLs
- Data entry
- Phone triage
- Medical imaging
- Presentation skills
- Patient monitoring
- Stocking
- Medical administrative support
- Clinical laboratory experience
- Negotiation
- Communication skills
- Electronic health records (EHR) management
- Medical billing
Certification
Certified Medical Assistant
Languages
Bilingual
Timeline
Certified Medical Assistant
Zima medical group
06.2024 - 05.2025
Care Coordinator
Panoramic Health
03.2024 - 06.2024
Patient Care Coordinator
True Health Connect
05.2023 - Current
Registered Medical Assistant
The Ear institute of Texas
07.2022 - 03.2024
Medical assistant
Favorite health care staffing
01.2022 - 07.2022
Medical Assistant and Medical Billing and Coding Front and Back Office
BHS Physicians Network MedFirst Primary Care
10.2021 - 12.2021
Medical assistant
Axis Point Health Methodist Hospital and Methodist
03.2021 - 09.2021
Cna
HUEBNER CREEK HEALTH AND REHABILITATION
01.2020 - 08.2021
Cna/resident Assistant/medication Aide/ Patient Care Assistant-sodalis Assisted
LIVING AND MEMORY CARE
06.2015 - 06.2016
Cna/patient Care Assistant
HOSPICE/HOME HEALTH AIDE, PRIVATE DUTY HOMECARE AA, SENIOR CARE SERVICES
11.2014 - 06.2015
Lab Technician
Urgent Care Clinic
05.2011 - 11.2014
Associate's degree - Healthcare Management
San Antonio College
Associate's degree - Medical Assisting
Phlebotomy career training