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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information - Description
Personal Information
Assessments
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Kathaline Holston

Ironton,OH

Summary

Requesting long term employment with a reputable company.

Versatile Billing Coordinator bringing 20 years of healthcare experience. Familiar with confidentiality requirements, patient care standards and insurance claims processes. Flexible, reliable, and goal-focused.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Billing Coordinator

Portsmouth City Health Dept.
07.2024 - Current
  • Identified, researched, and resolved billing variances to maintain system accuracy and currency.
  • Updated documentation, reports, and spreadsheets with financial information.
  • Answered over 30 telephone calls and in person inquiries with friendly demeanor and full knowledge of billing department processes.
  • Completed appeals of denied claims on patient bills.
  • Delivered timely and accurate charge submissions.
  • Collected payments and applied to patient accounts.
  • Filed and updated patient information and medical records.
  • Verified insurance of patients to determine eligibility.
  • Posting insurance payments daily.

Director of Medical Records/Purchasing Manager

Buckeye Forest Skilled Nursing
03.2024 - 06.2024

Director of Medical Records

I managed the credentialing process with all insurance companies for over 20 patients

Fulfilled medical records request.

Purchasing Manager

  • Stocking the backroom with the new shipment.
  • Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
  • Reported issues to higher management with great detail.
  • Apply proactive maintenance management measures
  • Digitize inventory management and asset tracking
  • Conduct regular in-house audits and assessments
  • Prioritize assets with a direct impact on patient well-being

Billing Specialist

Tri-State Ophthalmology
03.2022 - 02.2024
  • Posting payments, claim denials and authorizations
  • Placed approximately 15 calls per day as well as managing emails and faxes.
  • Identified, researched, and resolved billing variances to maintain system accuracy and currency.
  • Researched and resolved billing discrepancies to enable accurate billing.
  • Generated monthly billing and posting reports for management review.
  • Audited and corrected billing and posting documents for accuracy.

House Cleaner

CottageCare
01.2022 - 02.2022
  • Delivered quality customer service to address urgent needs and cleaning requests.
  • Removed bed sheets and towels from rooms and pre-treated stains to maintain and restore linen condition.
  • Mopped hardwood, laminate, ceramic, vinyl, glass and wood surfaces.
  • Emptied trashcans and transported waste to collection areas.
  • Adhered to professional house cleaning checklist.

Medical Assistant

Dr. Jerrod Darnell
07.2021 - 11.2021
  • Review history and currents issues with approximately 20 patients a day.
  • Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
  • Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
  • Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.

Wire Technician

Vertiv
03.2021 - 06.2021
  • Wiring of all electric and electronically controlled components
  • Wired air conditioning units for Facebook etc

Billing Specialist

KDMC
04.2019 - 02.2021
  • Physician billing
  • Billed workers comp, Medicaid, Medicare and third party insurances
  • Verified accuracy of accounts payable payments, resulting in 40% reduction in payment errors and check reissues.

Intake/billing Manager

TECH MEDICAL
08.2018 - 04.2019
  • Waiver billing
  • Home health billing
  • Completed multiple tasks for the Human Resources dept.
  • Successfully transferred personnel information into electronic medical records

Billing Specialist

MPMS
01.2013 - 02.2018
  • Experience in several different operating systems for billing and electronic medical records
  • Such as Cerner, Micro MD and EMR
  • Have experience in Home Medical billing, Family practice, Massage therapy, behavioral health, Surgery and Orthopedic surgery
  • Front desk for behavioral site.Fluent in typing, posting payments, insurance denials, workers comp, collections, billing and coding, creating charges, moving charges, creating invoices and Medicare denial process

Billing Specialist

WeCare Medical
09.2011 - 12.2012
  • Claims, moving charges, posting payments, insurance denials and Medicare denial process
  • Billed for Home Medical Equipment

Manager

McDonalds
06.2011 - 09.2011
  • Manager: Handled day to day tasks, unloading and inventory of arriving merchandise

Billing Specialist

KDMC Home Medical
02.2007 - 01.2011
  • Specialized in Medicare billing of home medical supplies
  • Fluent in Medicare denial process
  • Assisted as team leader before they did away with team leaders

Education

Associate - Administration

Ashland Community And Technical College
Ashland, KY
06.2006

Skills

  • Medical office experience
  • Medical receptionist
  • Medical scheduling
  • Phone etiquette
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Filing
  • Microsoft Office
  • Collections
  • Accounts Payable
  • Medical Coding
  • Insurance Verification
  • Medical Terminology
  • EMR Systems
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Additional Information - Description

Experience in several different operating systems for billing and electronic medical records. Such as Cerner, Micro MD, Fastrak and more. Have experience in Home Medical billing, Family practice, Massage therapy, Surgery and Orthopedic surgery. Fluent in typing, posting payments, insurance denials, workers comp, collections, billing and coding, creating charges, moving charges, creating invoices and Medicare denial process.

Personal Information

  • Title: Career seeker
  • Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Assessments

Attention to Detail Skills, Proficient, 10/01/18, Measures a candidate's ability to use diligence when drafting and editing documents.

Timeline

Billing Coordinator

Portsmouth City Health Dept.
07.2024 - Current

Director of Medical Records/Purchasing Manager

Buckeye Forest Skilled Nursing
03.2024 - 06.2024

Billing Specialist

Tri-State Ophthalmology
03.2022 - 02.2024

House Cleaner

CottageCare
01.2022 - 02.2022

Medical Assistant

Dr. Jerrod Darnell
07.2021 - 11.2021

Wire Technician

Vertiv
03.2021 - 06.2021

Billing Specialist

KDMC
04.2019 - 02.2021

Intake/billing Manager

TECH MEDICAL
08.2018 - 04.2019

Billing Specialist

MPMS
01.2013 - 02.2018

Billing Specialist

WeCare Medical
09.2011 - 12.2012

Manager

McDonalds
06.2011 - 09.2011

Billing Specialist

KDMC Home Medical
02.2007 - 01.2011

Associate - Administration

Ashland Community And Technical College
Kathaline Holston