Kathleen Decker

• Triage all office telephone calls. Set up Radiology testing, scans, lab work, stool, referrals, obtain authorization for all procedures.
• Registered new patients in electronic medical records prior to appointment scheduling.
• Supported office staff and operational requirements with administrative tasks.
• Enhanced office productivity by handling high volume of callers per day.
• Answered phone calls and messages for 8-physician and 3 nurse practitioners at Gastroenterology medical facility, scheduling appointments, and handling patient questions, procedures, schedule all testing and obtain prior authorization.
• Medical secretary for several doctors and nurse practitioner's. Work in a very fasted pace large office.
• Supported physicians in delivering optimal care by accurately transcribing medical orders and maintaining up-to-date documentation.
• Reduced wait times for patients by effectively coordinating lab tests, imaging studies, and consultations with other healthcare providers.
• Assisted in training employee's on everything including Radiology testing and obtaining authorization.
• Handled inpatient billing, research to ensure billing codes and diagnosis are accurate.
• Used knowledge of medical terminology to transcribe patient information from written copy, electronic equipment, or verbal direction.
• Experienced in Medical Manager, Allscripts, and E clinical works.
• Past experience as Accounting assistant for Medicine Shoppe for 8 years. I handled account payable, receivables, payroll, balancing accounts and coding.

Medical secretary to doctors and nurse practitioner. I answered multi line phone system. I checked patients in/out. I processed payments, daily and monthly closing. I verified procedure codes. I covered all positions when needed.

• Processed payments and documents such as invoices, journal vouchers, employee reimbursements, and statements.
• Managed high-volume invoice processing tasks while consistently meeting tight deadlines for vendor payments.
• Expedited invoice processing with effective communication between internal departments and external vendors.
• Processed credit card payments and reconciled credit card statements for accuracy in accounting process.
• Maintained strict confidentiality of sensitive financial data, protecting company integrity and privacy rights of individuals involved.
• Reduced errors in account reconciliation through meticulous attention to detail and thorough review of transactions.
• Assisted in the preparation of monthly financial statements for timely and accurate reporting to management.