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Lisa Thomas

Cleveland,OH

Summary

Resourceful Reimbursement Specialist known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Specialize in accurate claims processing, healthcare billing compliance, and effective patient advocacy. Excel in communication, problem-solving, and time management skills, ensuring seamless workflow and optimization of reimbursement processes.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Patient Account Representative

Medmetrix
Red Bank, NJ
04.2025 - Current
  • Managed patient account inquiries, ensuring accurate and timely responses to billing questions.
  • Processed insurance claims, utilizing Medmetrix systems to verify coverage and resolve discrepancies.
  • Collaborated with healthcare providers to obtain necessary documentation for claim submissions.
  • Assisted patients in understanding their financial responsibilities and available payment options.

Reimbursenent Specialist

Medical Service Company
Cleveland, OH
05.2018 - Current
  • Submitted claims to insurance companies.
  • Entered procedure codes, diagnosis codes and patient information into billing software to facilitate invoicing and account management.
  • Answered customer questions to maintain high satisfaction levels.
  • Developed strong professional rapport with vendors and clients.
  • Developed relationships with insurance companies to facilitate timely payments.
  • Investigated past due invoices and delinquent accounts to generate revenues and reduce number of unpaid and outstanding accounts.
  • Researched rejections, investigating problems to appeal claims.
  • Analyzed patient data to ensure accuracy of reimbursement information.
  • Reviewed engine assigned codes and modifiers to update and verify accuracy.
  • Responded to customer inquiries regarding the status of their reimbursement requests.

FC Associate I L1

Amazon
Twinsburg, OH
01.2021 - 10.2025
  • Review open packages, making decisions on whether the product should be donated or repacked,and shipped to the customer.
  • Reprint damaged shipping labels
  • checking open boxes for bio chemicals for damage and safety control trouble shooting on what location they belong to

Medical Biller

Kellison & Company
Warrensville Heights, OH
05.2017 - 03.2023
  • Reviewed claims for coding accuracy.
  • Researched discrepancies between billed charges and payments received from insurance companies or other third party payers.
  • Submitted claims to insurance companies.
  • Monitored customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments, and other irregularities.
  • Collected, posted and managed patient account payments.

Medical Billing Specialist

Execusearch
New York, NY
05.2016 - 04.2017
  • Making outbound follow up phone calls on ACO & HEDIS audits and receiving inbound calls
  • Clerical duties scanning, faxing, copying
  • Follow up working in queue with eligibility and registration correcting and updating insurance effective dates and
    termination dates
  • Experience with Navinet Xperian and all local and national health insurance websites

Customer Service Associate

Integrated Resources, Inc, IRI
Newark, NJ
04.2013 - 01.2015
  • Generated daily report to count how many emails and faxes that was received the prior day from different email
    accounts
  • While generating reports updating and maintaining spreadsheets to email the entire teams
  • Answer incoming phone calls from healthcare insurance members, assisting with password resets, registration, and signing into accounts.
  • Assisted with navigating once signed on website

Provider Services Representative

ACTIVE HEALTHCARE/AETNA
New Y, NY
05.2000 - 02.2010
  • Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
  • Determined accurate prices for customer services, consistently searching for deals and best prices.
  • Ensured all provider contracts were properly executed before initiating services or payment arrangements.
  • Identified discrepancies between invoices received from providers versus payments made by the company.
  • Utilized job-related software to prepare change of address records and issue service discontinuance orders.
  • Provided customer service to clients regarding their insurance coverage and billing inquiries.
  • Engaged in conversation with customers to understand needs, resolve issues and answer product questions.
  • Collaborated with team members to identify process improvement opportunities that could increase efficiency or reduce costs.
  • Answered incoming calls from clients and routed them to appropriate personnel for further assistance.

Updated and coordinated benefits researched and reprocessed claims

Education

Associate of Arts - Health Administration

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
01-2017

Skills

  • Insurance verification
  • ICD 9 coding
  • Commercial insurance
  • Medicaid
  • Client service
  • Copay collection
  • Appeals handling
  • Healthcare industry
  • Medical billing
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Claims processing
  • ICD-10 coding
  • HCPCS coding
  • Managed care
  • Policy evaluation
  • Insurance billing
  • Medical Billing Understanding
  • Follow-up skills
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Medical terminology knowledge
  • Coding
  • Attention to detail
  • Organizational skills

References

References available upon request.

Education and Training

other

Timeline

Patient Account Representative

Medmetrix
04.2025 - Current

FC Associate I L1

Amazon
01.2021 - 10.2025

Reimbursenent Specialist

Medical Service Company
05.2018 - Current

Medical Biller

Kellison & Company
05.2017 - 03.2023

Medical Billing Specialist

Execusearch
05.2016 - 04.2017

Customer Service Associate

Integrated Resources, Inc, IRI
04.2013 - 01.2015

Provider Services Representative

ACTIVE HEALTHCARE/AETNA
05.2000 - 02.2010

Associate of Arts - Health Administration

University of Phoenix
Lisa Thomas