MARILYN FORD
JARRELL,USA
Summary
To continue with a position in the medical field where the knowledge of a variety of skills is desired and encouraged.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
OB/GYN Scheduler
Lone Star Circle of Care
Round Rock, TX
12.2009 - Current
- Schedules all GYN surgeries, C-Sections, Inductions, and LEEPs for multiple physicians based on provider orders, ensuring accuracy in dates, times and patient demographic and insurance information.
- Coordinates post-operative and follow up appointments as directed by providers.
- Verifies insurance coverage and obtain authorizations and referrals in a timely manner.
- Provides patients with clear instructions regarding surgical preparations, medication management, labs, and pre-/post-operative care.
- Communicates patient benefits and estimated financial responsibility prior to the scheduled procedure.
- Coordinates with hospital to confirm operating/procedure room time.
- Reviews schedules in advance to identify and resolve any scheduling errors, updates, or issues and communicates any scheduling concerns with providers and site manager.
- Maintain and process clinical supply orders via McKesson.
- Process all STAT referrals to Maternal Fetal Medicine and GYN Oncology.
- Process FMLA/disability forms, ROIs, and 3038s in a timely manner.
- Maintain and upload the clinic’s 'On Call' and 'Unassigned Doc' call schedules and distributes them out monthly.
- Provides a monthly log with all hospital charges, transfers out of clinic, and total deliveries to the coding department and VP of Operations.
- Provides cross coverage or administrative support to other areas as needed.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Medical Assistant/OBGYN & OBGYN Scheduler
Lone Star Circle of Care
Round Rock, TX
09.2008 - 12.2009
- Schedules all GYN surgeries, C-Sections, Inductions, and LEEPs for multiple physicians based on provider orders, ensuring accuracy in dates, times and patient demographic and insurance information.
- Coordinates post-operative and follow up appointments as directed by providers.
- Verifies insurance coverage and obtain authorizations and referrals in a timely manner.
- Provides patients with clear instructions regarding surgical preparations, medication management, labs, and pre-/post-operative care.
- Communicates patient benefits and estimated financial responsibility prior to the scheduled procedure.
- Coordinates with hospital to confirm operating/procedure room time.
- Reviews schedules in advance to identify and resolve any scheduling errors, updates, or issues and communicates any scheduling concerns with providers and site manager.
- Maintain and process clinical supply orders via McKesson.
- Process all STAT referrals to Maternal Fetal Medicine and GYN Oncology.
- Process FMLA/disability forms, ROIs, and 3038s in a timely manner.
- Maintain and upload the clinic’s 'On Call' and 'Unassigned Doc' call schedules and distributes them out monthly.
- Provide a monthly log with all hospital charges, transfers out of clinic, and total deliveries to the coding department and VP of Operations.
- Provide cross coverage as MA to other service lines as needed.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Assist with startup of new clinics for OB/GYN.
- Assist with nurse line calls, prescription refills, phone patients with results, sterilize instruments, maintain log for CLIA waive testing and autoclave, EKG’s, injections, veni-puncture, specimen collection, also assisted Physicians with exams and procedures.
Medical Assistant/ Family Practice, Pediatrics
Lone Star Circle of Care
Georgetown, TX
03.2008 - 09.2008
- Assist with nurse line calls, prescription refills, phone patients with results, referrals, sterilize instruments, maintain log for CLIA waive testing and autoclave, EKG’s, injections, veni-puncture, specimen collection, and also assisted Physicians and WHNPs with exams and procedures.
Medical Assistant/Neurology & Sports Med. - Float (all other positions)
Academic Physicians @ Trinity
Austin, TX
01.2005 - 03.2008
- Answer phones, filing, chart preparation, schedule and confirm appointments, referrals, insurance verification, check patients in and out, collect co-pays, triaged patients, phoned patients with results, answered all nurse calls, collect specimens, veni-puncture, assist Physicians and APNs and numerous Residents with exams and procedures, EKG’s, ordered supplies, maintained sample closet, called in prescriptions, injections, assisted as float Medical Asst. for OB/GYN, I.M., I.D., Surgery, Dermatology and GASTRO clinics, assisted Medical Records, trained several Medical Assistants in back office procedures.
Medical Assistant/Front & Back Office (OB-GYN)
Baylor, Irvin, & Parr, M.D.
Round Rock, TX
06.2002 - 11.2004
- Answer phones, filing, chart preparation, schedule appointments, referrals, insurance verification, check patients in and out, collect co-pays, maintained petty cash, triaged patients, set up lab for daily activities, collect specimens, veni-puncture, assist Physicians, with exams and procedures, NST’s, ordered supplies, called in prescriptions, injections, sterilized instruments, trained several Medical Assistants in back office procedures.
Medical Assistant (GYN)
L. Raul Takagi, M.D.
Riverdale, GA
03.2000 - 06.2002
- Opened and closed office, answered phones, filing, chart preparation, schedule and confirm appointments, referrals, insurance verification, check patients in and out, collect co-pays, triaged patients, called patients with results, answered all nurse calls, collect specimens, veni-puncture, assist Physician with exams and procedures, sterilized instruments, injections, ordered supplies, maintained sample closet, called in prescriptions, trained several Medical Assistants in back office procedures.
Medical Assistant/Front Desk
My OB/GYN
Riverdale, GA
01.1999 - 09.1999
- Answer phones, filing, chart preparation, schedule and confirm appointments, referrals, insurance verification, check patients in and out, collect co-pays, triaged patients, called patients with results, collect specimens, veni-puncture, assist Physicians and Midwives with exams and procedures, sterilized instruments, injections, NST’s, traveled with Physician between offices, ordered supplies, maintained sample closet, called in prescriptions, trained several Medical Assistants in front and back office duties and procedures.
Medical Assistant/Back Office (Internal Medicine)
Charles Bailey, M.D.
Atlanta, GA
09.1998 - 01.1999
- Answered phones, filing, chart preparation, triaged patients, assisted Physician with exams, EKG’s, and collect specimens.
Education
Diploma - Medical Assistant (Certified)
Advanced Career Training
Riverdale, GA09-1998
Training
- 02/98-09/98, Advanced Career Training, Riverdale, GA, Diploma – Medical Assistant (Certified)
- 12/09, Lone Star Circle of Care, Round Rock, TX, 78681, OB/GYN Scheduler, Schedules all GYN surgeries, C-Sections, Inductions, and LEEPs for multiple physicians based on provider orders, ensuring accuracy in dates, times and patient demographic and insurance information., Coordinates post-operative and follow up appointments as directed by providers., Verifies insurance coverage and obtain authorizations and referrals in a timely manner., Provides patients with clear instructions regarding surgical preparations, medication management, labs, and pre-/post-operative care., Communicates patient benefits and estimated financial responsibility prior to the scheduled procedure., Coordinates with hospital to confirm operating/procedure room time., Reviews schedules in advance to identify and resolve any scheduling errors, updates, or issues and communicates any scheduling concerns with providers and site manager., Maintain and process clinical supply orders via McKesson., Process all STAT referrals to Maternal Fetal Medicine and GYN Oncology., Process FMLA/disability forms, ROIs, and 3038s in a timely manner., Maintain and upload the clinic’s 'On Call' and 'Unassigned Doc' call schedules and distributes them out monthly., Provides a monthly log with all hospital charges, transfers out of clinic, and total deliveries to the coding department and VP of Operations., Provides cross coverage or administrative support to other areas as needed., Performs other related duties as assigned.
- 09/08-12/09, Lone Star Circle of Care, Round Rock, TX, 78664, Medical Assistant/OBGYN & OBGYN Scheduler, Schedules all GYN surgeries, C-Sections, Inductions, and LEEPs for multiple physicians based on provider orders, ensuring accuracy in dates, times and patient demographic and insurance information., Coordinates post-operative and follow up appointments as directed by providers., Verifies insurance coverage and obtain authorizations and referrals in a timely manner., Provides patients with clear instructions regarding surgical preparations, medication management, labs, and pre-/post-operative care., Communicates patient benefits and estimated financial responsibility prior to the scheduled procedure., Coordinates with hospital to confirm operating/procedure room time., Reviews schedules in advance to identify and resolve any scheduling errors, updates, or issues and communicates any scheduling concerns with providers and site manager., Maintain and process clinical supply orders via McKesson., Process all STAT referrals to Maternal Fetal Medicine and GYN Oncology., Process FMLA/disability forms, ROIs, and 3038s in a timely manner., Maintain and upload the clinic’s 'On Call' and 'Unassigned Doc' call schedules and distributes them out monthly., Provide a monthly log with all hospital charges, transfers out of clinic, and total deliveries to the coding department and VP of Operations., Provide cross coverage as MA to other service lines as needed., Performs other related duties as assigned., Assist with startup of new clinics for OB/GYN., Assist with nurse line calls, prescription refills, phone patients with results, sterilize instruments, maintain log for CLIA waive testing and autoclave, EKG’s, injections, veni-puncture, specimen collection, also assisted Physicians with exams and procedures.
- 03/08-09/08, Lone Star Circle of Care, Georgetown, TX, 78628, Medical Assistant/ Family Practice, Pediatrics, Assist with nurse line calls, prescription refills, phone patients with results, referrals, sterilize instruments, maintain log for CLIA waive testing and autoclave, EKG’s, injections, veni-puncture, specimen collection, and also assisted Physicians and WHNPs with exams and procedures.
- 01/05-03/08, Academic Physicians @ Trinity, Austin, TX, 78701, Medical Assistant/Neurology & Sports Med. - Float (all other positions), Answer phones, filing, chart preparation, schedule and confirm appointments, referrals, insurance verification, check patients in and out, collect co-pays, triaged patients, phoned patients with results, answered all nurse calls, collect specimens, veni-puncture, assist Physicians and APNs and numerous Residents with exams and procedures, EKG’s, ordered supplies, maintained sample closet, called in prescriptions, injections, assisted as float Medical Asst. for OB/GYN, I.M., I.D., Surgery, Dermatology and GASTRO clinics, assisted Medical Records, trained several Medical Assistants in back office procedures.
- 06/02-11/04, Baylor, Irvin, & Parr, M.D., Round Rock, TX, 78681, Medical Assistant/Front & Back Office (OB-GYN), Answer phones, filing, chart preparation, schedule appointments, referrals, insurance verification, check patients in and out, collect co-pays, maintained petty cash, triaged patients, set up lab for daily activities, collect specimens, veni-puncture, assist Physicians, with exams and procedures, NST’s, ordered supplies, called in prescriptions, injections, sterilized instruments, trained several Medical Assistants in back office procedures.
- 03/00-06/02, L. Raul Takagi, M.D., Riverdale, GA, 30296, Medical Assistant (GYN), Opened and closed office, answered phones, filing, chart preparation, schedule and confirm appointments, referrals, insurance verification, check patients in and out, collect co-pays, triaged patients, called patients with results, answered all nurse calls, collect specimens, veni-puncture, assist Physician with exams and procedures, sterilized instruments, injections, ordered supplies, maintained sample closet, called in prescriptions, trained several Medical Assistants in back office procedures.
- 01/99-09/99, My OB/GYN, Riverdale, GA, 30274, Medical Assistant/Front Desk, Answer phones, filing, chart preparation, schedule and confirm appointments, referrals, insurance verification, check patients in and out, collect co-pays, triaged patients, called patients with results, collect specimens, veni-puncture, assist Physicians and Midwives with exams and procedures, sterilized instruments, injections, NST’s, traveled with Physician between offices, ordered supplies, maintained sample closet, called in prescriptions, trained several Medical Assistants in front and back office duties and procedures.
- 09/98-01/99, Charles Bailey, M.D., Atlanta, GA, 30308, Medical Assistant/Back Office (Internal Medicine), Answered phones, filing, chart preparation, triaged patients, assisted Physician with exams, EKG’s, and collect specimens.
References
Available upon request.
Character Summary
Highly motivated and hard working individual who approaches each task as a learning experience. Very reliable, quick to learn and a team player.
Timeline
OB/GYN Scheduler
Lone Star Circle of Care
12.2009 - Current
Medical Assistant/OBGYN & OBGYN Scheduler
Lone Star Circle of Care
09.2008 - 12.2009
Medical Assistant/ Family Practice, Pediatrics
Lone Star Circle of Care
03.2008 - 09.2008
Medical Assistant/Neurology & Sports Med. - Float (all other positions)
Academic Physicians @ Trinity
01.2005 - 03.2008
Medical Assistant/Front & Back Office (OB-GYN)
Baylor, Irvin, & Parr, M.D.
06.2002 - 11.2004
Medical Assistant (GYN)
L. Raul Takagi, M.D.
03.2000 - 06.2002
Medical Assistant/Front Desk
My OB/GYN
01.1999 - 09.1999
Medical Assistant/Back Office (Internal Medicine)
Charles Bailey, M.D.
09.1998 - 01.1999
Diploma - Medical Assistant (Certified)
Advanced Career Training