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Overview
Work History
Education
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Dawn Hawkins

Angier,NC

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Revenue Recovery Specialist I

Knowtion Health
08.2021 - Current
  • Follows up on patient bills and claims to recover revenue
  • Works with business entities such as commercial health payers, governmental payers, veteran's benefits, third party administrators, some attorney contact and MVA contact
  • Analyzes information to identify root cause of denied or unpaid claims and determines next steps
  • Pursues and obtains information needed to overturn claims
  • Acts as intermediary between patient/consumers and third-party
  • Ensures appropriate timely filing guidelines are met for maximum reimbursement
  • Escalates complex, complicated or challenging accounts to Team Leads
  • Identifies and discusses root cause issues with Team leads
  • Maintains and updates account documents stored in document management system
  • Answers patients questions and advised them on their insurance coverage and benefits, if applicable.
  • Reviews voicemails and delegates out to other reps when needed.
  • Maintains QA score above 90 consistently

President

WRS Petsitting And Dog Walking
08.2020 - Current
  • Established in home pet care provider
  • Attention to safety
  • Practical Skills
  • Customer Service
  • Record Keeping
  • Experience working with animals
  • Give animals proper attention to promote secure environment in owner's absence
  • Exercises animals regularly with walks and rigorous play activities
  • Organizes full-service care for regular customers, including picking up and dropping off animals and client locations.
  • Responsible with owners home, and home security in their absence.
  • Maintains consist 5 star review and repeat customers

E

Patient Coordinator

Team Health - Access Nurse
11.2020 - 08.2021
  • Take initial incoming calls for triage and health information services, obtains demographic information and reasons to be called using specific guidelines
  • Class scheduling and physician referral duties
  • Handled telephone encounters with tact and professionalism
  • Screens calls to identify emergent calls
  • Screens non emergent calls and advised of timely call back.
  • Uses appropriate scripting to handle emergent and on emergent calls
  • Communicates issue of concern to management
  • Works independently and efficiently and recognizes and deals with priorities
  • Trained in additional responsibilities; paging and faxing
  • Quality call score of 99.6
  • Incentive qualified for score goals reached
  • Maintained confidentiality of all PHI

Medical Biller, Accounts Receivable

Highpoint Health Center
04.1994 - 08.2020
  • Maintained annual revenue of $2,000,000.00
  • Prepared billing statements for patients and verified correct diagnostic coding.
  • Oversaw daily Billing Department functions, including medical coding, charge entry, payment posting and reimbursement management.
  • Experienced in billing for Chiropractic, Physical Therapy and Mental Health.
  • Set up and maintained new electronic billing system ChiroTouch and clearinghouse Trizetto Provider Solutions.
  • Communicated with insurance providers to resolve denied claims and resubmitted it applicable.
  • Delivered timely and accurate charge submissions
  • Collected payments and applied to patient accounts
  • Successfully worked with secondary and tertiary insurances
  • Monitored and worked AR reports - Aging and Outstanding payments.
  • Worked effectively with medical payers such as Medicare, Commercial insurances ( HMO and PPO), MVA and Workman's Comp.

Medical Billing and Collections Specialist

Rebarber Family Chiropractic
04.2014 - 03.2015
  • Worked concurrently to full time position to help improve billing and collections
  • Executed billing tasks and recorded information in company databases
  • Followed up with appropriate parties to obtain prompt payments
  • Reconciled past due accounts
  • Performed targeted collections on past due accounts aged over 90 days
  • Worked effectively with Medical payers such as Medicare, Commercial insurances, MVA and Workman's Comp.
  • Processed billing calls and answered questions from patients and third-party carriers.

Education

High School Diploma -

South Brunswick High School
Monmouth Junction, NJ
06.1989

Skills

  • Organizational Skills
  • Multitasking
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Industry Knowledge
  • Adaptability
  • Decision Making
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Professionalism
  • Time Management
  • Attention to Detail
  • Customer Service
  • Ability to work remotely and independently

Timeline

Revenue Recovery Specialist I

Knowtion Health
08.2021 - Current

Patient Coordinator

Team Health - Access Nurse
11.2020 - 08.2021

President

WRS Petsitting And Dog Walking
08.2020 - Current

Medical Billing and Collections Specialist

Rebarber Family Chiropractic
04.2014 - 03.2015

Medical Biller, Accounts Receivable

Highpoint Health Center
04.1994 - 08.2020

High School Diploma -

South Brunswick High School
Dawn Hawkins