Experienced medical office professional with a solid background in administrative tasks, patient care and office management.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Surgical Coordinator
OCLI/NYVISIONGROUP
04.2022 - Current
Educate patients about surgeries, premium services, out of pocket fees (copayments, deductibles, & coinsurance)
Provide comprehensive education materials for patients regarding their upcoming surgery and alleviate concerns related to the procedure itself or recovery expectations afterward.
Arranged pre-operative, post-operative appointments, sign consent forms and provide documentation for scheduled surgery.
Verify insurance coverage and obtained pre-authorizations if required.
Create excel spreadsheet for each surgical date to track pending authorizations, owed money, and medical clearances
Create separate excel sheet with booked time, ordered lenses and or type of procedure.
Collect all due payments before surgery date
Follow up patient/doctors for any missing medical clearances
Ensure all charts are prepped and given in time to Surgeon before surgery date.
Answer emails, phone calls and assist walk ins
Medical Technician/Receptionist
Laser and Corneal Surgical Associates (Both locations)
06.2020 - 03.2022
Prep Charts (paper/electronic) for patients scheduled for annuals, follow ups, pre-ops, & clinical procedures - Document history of present illness, check vision acuity, iop & dilate (according to doctor's follow up notes). - Prep/Sanitize equipments/instruments - Assist surgeons on days of procedures such as Cross-linking/Superficial Keratectomy - Perform medical testings(Pentacams, Topolyzer, Oct Ret/Glaucoma/Pachymetry, IOL Master, Visual Fields & Refractions). - Schedule new patients & reschedule/schedule established patients. - Verify insurances, eligibility, copays & coverage.
Manager/Receptionist/Ophthalmic Technician
New York Optical
04.2015 - 02.2020
Update records and verify patient's insurance
- Schedule/cancel appointments and call pharmacies
- Conduct medical exams such as Refractions, Measuring eye pressures, Oct Retina, Angio retina, Oct Glaucoma, GCC, Pachymeter, Fundus Photos, Visual Field, Color test, Corneal Hysteresis, Ultrasound Biomicroscopy, A-scan, and B-scan.
- Dilate patients and take fundus photos
- Order contacts and train patients on how to wear them
- Submit weekly reports updating on insurance types encountered, appointments and walk-ins ∙ Billing Insurances (Health first, Fidelis, Medicare, and United HealthCare/Community Plan ∙ Review billing to ensure exams were paid if not rebill the insurance
- Train new employees
- Translate for Non-English speaking patients
Education
Business Administration
BORICUA COLLEGE
01.2018
Skills
Bilingual (English and Spanish)
Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excell, Google Docs
Medical Office Experience
Medical Terminology
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Surgical Coordinator
OCLI/NYVISIONGROUP
04.2022 - Current
Medical Technician/Receptionist
Laser and Corneal Surgical Associates (Both locations)