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LaDawn Brown

Caldwell,ID

Summary

Medical Billing and Coding Specialist with 25+ years providing administrative and patient support in hospital and medical office settings. Advanced knowledge of private insurance processes and codes.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Medical Coding and Billing Specialist

Columbia Asthma and Allergy
10.2019 - Current
  • Processed insurance company denials by auditing patient files, researching procedures, and diagnostic codes to determine proper reimbursement.
  • Attained up-to-date knowledge of coding requirements through continuing education courses and certification renewal.
  • Interacted with physicians and other healthcare staff to ask questions regarding patient services.
  • Utilized active listening, interpersonal, and telephone etiquette skills when communicating with others.

Co-owner

Boise Elite Medical Billing
01.2012 - 01.2021
  • We did the billing for several different clinics in the treasure valley, from dermatology billing, Allergy billing, mental health, eye care and speech therapy billing as contract employees

Billing and Coding Specialist

Idaho Allergy
01.2015 - 10.2019
  • I worked as a contract employee doing all aspects of the billing and coding
  • Columbia Asthma and Allergy bought Idaho Allergy in 2018 and I became an employee to them
  • My job duties include claims editing, sending and working the AR, working with insurance companies on denials
  • I also handle all patient, employee phone calls, enter all payments (insurance and patient), send medical records, along with maintaining spreadsheets that apply to our Idaho office

Billing Specialist

Valley Information Systems
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • I worked at Valley Information Systems in billing and also training on their software (DataPulse)
  • Valley had clients from all over Idaho maintaining their software and any billing/coding questions they had

Manager

McMillan Medical Center
01.2005 - 01.2010
  • Managing a busy walk-in/family practice clinic from hiring and firing employees, credentialling new providers, billing/coding, payroll, spreadsheets, daily running a busy clinic

Education

BBA - Business Administration

AAU
Chicago, IL
03-2011

Skills

  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Medical transcription
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Claims processing
  • Medical billing software
  • Patient confidentiality
  • Insurance verification
  • Medical record review
  • Medical billing procedures
  • Continuing education
  • Medical office administration
  • Payment posting
  • Insurance coding (ICD-9 and CPT)
  • Revenue cycle management
  • CPT coding
  • Medicare insurance regulations
  • Statement analysis
  • Data entry and management
  • Record assessment
  • Medical coding and abstracting
  • Training and mentoring
  • Healthcare claim coding
  • Insurance claims analysis
  • Medical claims coding
  • Medical terminology
  • Coding error resolution
  • Coding appeals
  • Data entry
  • Medical billing

Certification

  • CPC - Certified Professional Coder

Timeline

Medical Coding and Billing Specialist

Columbia Asthma and Allergy
10.2019 - Current

Billing and Coding Specialist

Idaho Allergy
01.2015 - 10.2019

Co-owner

Boise Elite Medical Billing
01.2012 - 01.2021

Billing Specialist

Valley Information Systems
01.2010 - 01.2012

Manager

McMillan Medical Center
01.2005 - 01.2010

BBA - Business Administration

AAU

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