Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Patient Appointment Coordinator/NeuroSurgery
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
08.2023 - Current
Obtain, verify, and input demographic, insurance and referring physician information as required
Document messages electronically using appropriate medical terminology, triage calls per protocol and assist callers in a manner
Page and message providers
Answer 20-40 calls daily
Schedule follow up appointment’s and verify appointments
Provides patient activity coordination, patient flow direction and problem solving
Acts as a patient advocate and serves as a liaison between the assigned department and other hospital departments
Typical duties may include monitoring of daily operations, appointment coordination, organization of paperwork, computerized order entry, telephone triage and coordination of patient encounter information.
Referral Specialist/ Care coordinator
TCA Health
Chicago, Illinois
06.2022 - 08.2023
Schedules referral appointments for the patients at the referral specialties/facilities
Whenever possible, appointments are made with patient present
Provides patient referral information to the referred facility in accordance with the patient’s insurance plan
Maintain a current and up-to-date knowledge with health care plans to accurately make physician referrals to patients according to their carrier
Assist patients on requirements of their particular plans e.g
HMO, IPA and identify alternative resources if needed.
Scheduler
Borland Groover
Jacksonville, Florida
09.2019 - 10.2020
Speak with customers over the phone in order to schedule, cancel and reschedule office visit procedures and telemedicine appointments
Explain briefly to the patient what their procedure would consist of
Transfer calls to needed departments
Verify demographics and insurance information
Assist patients with questions or concerns
Send messages to the patient’s provider and team
Answer between 100-180 calls per day
Clarifying if we have received the patient’s referral and verifying what the patient needs to be seen for
Outbound calling to patients with active referrals to see if they would like to be scheduled
Procedure scheduling.
Medical Assistant
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center
Olympia Fields, IL
09.2017 - 09.2018
Administrative duties include answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing the patient's medical records, and scheduling appointments
Creating referrals, doing prior authorizations, calling in prescriptions and explaining how to use new medications that were given to the patients
Clinical duties include taking medical histories, demographics, vital signs, injections for pediatric and internal medicine, assisting with pap smears and education on birth control
Assisting the psychiatrist with the Teladoc and doing vital signs for the patients
Preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and spinning bloodwork
Assisting the physician during exams preparing and administering medications as directed by the physician
Patient Care Coordinator/Patient Access Representative at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital/SLU HospitalPatient Care Coordinator/Patient Access Representative at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital/SLU Hospital