Dana Licata Prevost
Mandeville,LA
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Credentialing Specialist
Advantage Medical Professionals
11.2021 - 02.2024
- Talk, text, and email with nurses to collect credentials
- Verify nursing license through Nursys website and primary source verification
- BLS certificate and ACLS certificate verification through American Heart Association website
- Input data on third party website to run background, verify education and employment report and set up drug screen
- Collect immunization records and physical
- Assign nurse comprehension tests and modules
- Assign documents in panda doc and upload in various systems
- Keep track of expiration dates of credentials and let nurse know when they need to renew
- Upload credentials in VMS systems or make employment credential packet for facilities
- Input nurse's tax information for W-4 and bank account information for direct deposit
- Keep Excel spreadsheet each week for nurses starting contract.
Medical Secretary/Front desk Check In/Medical Billing/Insurance Specialist and Collections and Medical Assistant
Tchefuncta Urgent Care
01.2020 - 11.2021
- Greet, check in and check out patients
- Collect co-pays, deductible and coinsurance
- Collect and update all required demographic data
- Verify insurance online or by calling insurance company
- Scan insurance cards and ID cards
- Investigated with billing company to figure out why a claim was not being paid
- Sent patient records to workers’ compensation companies and monitored when claim was paid
- Sent patient records to lawyers and collected fee from lawyers to the urgent care for records
- Collect payment for outstanding balances/sent accounts to collection agency
- Prepare new patient packets
- Assisted doctor with select patient care when needed, took blood pressure and temperature
- Put patients in patient rooms when needed and assisted with patients in wheel chairs
- Completed opening and closing procedures and balanced the money box.
Teacher Assistant
Covington Montessori School
09.2019 - 01.2020
- Assist teacher with Montessori classroom activities
- Assist in car line arrival and dismissal
- Monitor and assist children at lunch time and on the playground
- Help with lesson preparation such as making copies, laminating and cutting things out.
Special Education Aide II and Long term paraprofessional substitute teacher and regular education substitute
St Tammay Parish Public Schools
02.2014 - 09.2019
- Implemented lesson plans using many teaching techniques and manipulatives
- Implemented PCI reading intervention lessons
- Implemented de-escalation behavior techniques
- Handled children using non crisis intervention techniques
- Assisted children in the cafeteria and monitored on the playground
- Assisted children in adapted PE
- Assisted in car line arrival and dismissal
- Helped with lesson preparation such as making copies and cutting things out
- Implemented lesson plans using many teaching techniques and manipulatives
- Handled children using NCI intervention techniques
- Trained with CAAB team dealing with children with behavior difficulties
- Assisted children in the cafeteria and monitored on the playground
- Awarded Substitute of the Year for 2014-2015
- Maintained classroom discipline and order
- Monitored playground
- Assisted in car duty.
Preschool Teacher
Aurora Methodist Mother's Day Out
01.2009 - 08.2009
- Took care of infants to one year old children
- Bottle fed infants and fed older children in high chairs
- Changed diapers
- Engaged children in play activities
- Summer program with three year old children
- Assisted with arts and crafts projects
- Monitored children on the playground.
Preschool Assistant Teacher and substitute teacher
Archdiocese of New Orleans Catholic Schools
08.2003 - 01.2009
- Assisted teacher with implementation of lesson plans
- Did lesson preparation such as cutting out, laminating and making copies
- Assisted children during center time
- Monitored children during cafeteria time and during all pull out times
- Monitored children during recess and during time in church.
Aviation Insurance Claims Secretary
Phoenix Aviation Managers, Inc.
06.1997 - 05.1998
- Answered telephones and greeted clients
- Made appointments for rented cars for claimants
- Made copies and files
- Data entry of claims in system
- Assisted with general liability claims for airports insured
- Hired third party investigators to do on scene investigations
- Assisted claims manager in office meetings with personnel
- Transcribed manager's recorded notes.
Medical Office Secretary, Medical Billing Specialist and Insurance Billing Specialist
Alfredo Vichot, M.D.
01.1989 - 01.1994
- Answered telephones and made appointments
- Greeted patients and made copies of their insurance cards
- Made copies and files
- Data entry of ICD-9 and CPT codes for billing
- Put patients in rooms
- Put patients on diathermy machines
- Did billing and collection notices
- Collected co-payments.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA12.1996
Real Estate License -
Donaldson Real Estate School
New Orleans, LA08.1986
High School Diploma -
Ursuline Academy
New Orleans, LA 05.1986
Skills
- Medical Credentialing and administrative experience
- Proficient in Adobe, Word, Outlook, Excel
- Secretarial, Insurance billing and collections experience Able to multi-task efficiently and work independently
- Familiar with medical terminology and insurance claims terminology
- Effective de-escalation behavior techniques, friendly and calm
- Teaching experience adapting teaching methods to students’ needs
- Handled general airport insurance claims
- HIPAA Compliance
- Provider enrollment
- Background Checks
- Data Management
- Document Review
Timeline
Credentialing Specialist
Advantage Medical Professionals
11.2021 - 02.2024
Medical Secretary/Front desk Check In/Medical Billing/Insurance Specialist and Collections and Medical Assistant
Tchefuncta Urgent Care
01.2020 - 11.2021
Teacher Assistant
Covington Montessori School
09.2019 - 01.2020
Special Education Aide II and Long term paraprofessional substitute teacher and regular education substitute
St Tammay Parish Public Schools
02.2014 - 09.2019
Preschool Teacher
Aurora Methodist Mother's Day Out
01.2009 - 08.2009
Preschool Assistant Teacher and substitute teacher
Archdiocese of New Orleans Catholic Schools
08.2003 - 01.2009
Aviation Insurance Claims Secretary
Phoenix Aviation Managers, Inc.
06.1997 - 05.1998
Medical Office Secretary, Medical Billing Specialist and Insurance Billing Specialist
Alfredo Vichot, M.D.
01.1989 - 01.1994
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of New Orleans
Real Estate License -
Donaldson Real Estate School
High School Diploma -
Ursuline Academy
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