
Registered Nursing Student with over 9 years of experience as a Hospital Secretary supporting highvolume hospital operations. Expertise in optimizing scheduling, admissions, and triage, with specialized experience in Women's Health, NICU, Pediatric Care, and Adult Critical Care and Health Services. Practical experience coordinating surgery, and radiology scheduling. Dedicated to providing exceptional department-specific patient care while maintaining high standards in documentation accuracy, healthcare compliance, and EMR data integrity.
• Responsible for performing all functions of patient admissions, including registration, tracking, pre-registration, insurance verification, and proper use of MediFax for Medicare/Medicaid patients, and is familiar with and follows hospital policies and procedures established by the Admitting and Financial Departments.
• Follows policies and procedures for the protection of the release of protected health information.Managed appointment coordination per physician's directives. Maintains andprotects patient rights under HIPAA privacy standards.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of communication skills to meet customer requests for information.
• Communicate efficiently with patients, physicians, and staff within the clinic.Organizes processes, ensuring all paperwork aligns with physician requirements.
• Analyzed resource requirements for each project, and identified potential conflicts or delays.
• Coordinated with other departments regarding the resources needed for specific projects.
• Performed a full range of administrative medical support services while ensuring the highest level of patient care.
• Acted as a patient advocate and liaison in coordinating healthcare services by partnering with a care team.
• Verified patient insurance coverage and eligibility utilizing computer-based patient registration / scheduling system.
• Collected patient co-payments and other outstanding balances, maintaining a daily cash deposit as needed.
• Addressed patient-care-related telephone calls via an incoming work queue, aligning with department metrics.
• Documented appropriate information in patients' charts using an electronic medical records system.
• Completed and maintained physicians' schedules, coordinating patient visits and medical procedures.