Cheryl Avila

Data Entry, Billing medical claim forms for various company accounts, Reconciling of company accounts, Correction of demographic information for mailing statements to patients

Along with Decorating for birthdays,meetings and events such as Retirement parties. catering quotes, worked with purchasing orders, invoices , receipts, ordering supplies, use of office equipment,emailing various departments for confirmation of usage of services from vendors

Insurance Verification, Authorizations and Referrals, Data Entry, Collections, Billing, Reconciling of company accounts, correcting edits on Task Manager, working with Novitas, and Medicaid claims as well as commerical insurances and workmen's compensation claims, Southwest Transplant, University Transplant,creating visits for different departments pathology,radiology, anesthesia, worked with Tenet portal and Cerner portal as well. Obtained medical documentation from hospital portals for billing purposes.

• Insurance Verification, Referral and Authorizations, Data Entry, Clinical Liaison, Billing, Referral Management System, Reconciling of company accounts. Referral and Authorizations, Data Entry, Clinical Liaison, Referral Management System, Scheduling appointments for medical procedures at University Medical Center, El Paso Children’s Hospital and Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus, scheduling interventional radiology invasive procedures. Such as portacaths, thoracentesis, paracentesis, ultrasound guided procedures, and Ct guided procedures.

• Referral Management System, Insurance Verification, Authorizations and Referrals, Data Entry, Collections, Billing, Clinical Liaison

• Knowledge of Centricity System Use of Cerner System Financial Status Classification for correct knowledge on how to correct billing insurances Verification of health insurances Medicare, Medicaid, PPO, HMO, and private insurances Obtaining Authorizations and Referrals for Hematology/Oncology Use of TES and Bar System on Centricity Business Data entry for Newborn Labor and Delivery Consultations, Inpatient and Outpatient Observation and PICU charges Release of Medical records Requesting medical records from El Paso Children’s Hospital and University Medical Center Training several employees on new system.

• Insurance verification, Billing, Denials, Coding and Reimbursement, Corrected claims at header status, Corrected financial classification status Ekgs, Office visit, Consultations, Procedures

• Kept track of all Hospital patient medical charts, prepared medical chart for audits for Texas Cancer Registry, Disability Claims, In charge of the whole HIM Department, worked with little to no supervision with HIM Director from Plumcreek Speciality Hospital sister facility out of state, Provided vital information for reimbursement of DRG from insurances such as: Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and many other private and commercial insurances

• Collections for outstanding accounts Helped with secondary insurance claims in regards to medical billing Helped with appeals, write-offs and other billing support.