Mary Angela Zuniga
Hollister ,CA
Summary
Highly motivated and committed Medical Assistant/ Receptionist offering over 10 years experience of proven history of superior performance at individual, team and organizational levels. Multitasks and prioritize with little or no supervision. Detail-oriented professional looking to bring medical background and team-building skills to deadline-driven environment.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Patient Service Coordinator
Salud Para La Gente
12.2023 - Current
- Checking patients in, managing patient registration process, and confirming data accuracy and completeness.
- Assisting patients in completing documents, scanning, and answering questions pertaining to their appointment.
- Verifying insurance eligibility and coverage daily and entering it into patient chart.
- Collecting payments, issuing receipt, and logging into a daily journal.
- Contacting patients to recall to clinic.
- Scheduling appointments accordingly in providers' schedule.
- Communicating with staff and providers to maximize patient care.
Medical Assistant / Receptionist
Pacific Point Podiatry
07.2018 - 02.2023
- Answered telephone calls, provided office information, answered questions, scheduled appointments and followed up with reminder phone calls.
- Collected patient identification, insurance information, and payments.
- Prepared and processed patient referrals and transferred requests.
- Greeted patients and initiated triage processes by documenting patients medical history such as vitals and test results for interpretation by physician.
- Performed various administrative tasks by electronically filing, scanning, copying and faxing documents to other Providers, Imaging, and Surgical facilities.
- Conducted insurance verification for Prior Authorizations to insurance companies for medications, imaging and surgeries.
- Prepared treatment rooms and set up sterile environment for patients.
- Assisted in minor clinical procedures and office based Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS).
- Explained treatment procedures, post operative care, and medication instructions to patients.
- Prepared injections, sent out wound cultures, removed and applied dressings, casts, wound vacuums, and sutures.
- Cleaned and sterilized instruments and disposed of contaminated supplies.
- Kept medical supplies in sufficient stock by monitoring levels and submitting replenishment orders before depleted.
Medical Assistant / Receptionist
The Foot Doctors Of Santa Cruz County
11.2007 - 07.2018
- Answered telephone calls, provided office information, answered questions, scheduled appointments in respective doctors' calendars and followed up with reminder phone calls.
- Collected patient identification, insurance information, and payments.
- Prepared and processed patient referrals and transferred requests.
- Greeted patients and initiated triage processes by documenting patients medical history such as vitals and test results for interpretation by physician.
- Performed various administrative tasks by electronically filing, scanning, copying and faxing documents to other Providers, Imaging, and Surgical facilities.
- Conducted insurance verification for Prior Authorizations to insurance companies for medications.
- Prepared treatment rooms for patients.
- Assisted in minor clinical procedures.
- Explained treatment procedures and medications instructions to patients.
- Prepared injections, sent out wound cultures, removed dressings, removed casts, wound vacuums, and sutures.
- Cleaned and sterilized instruments and disposed of contaminated supplies.
- Kept medical supplies in sufficient stock by monitoring levels and submitting replenishment orders before depleted.
Education
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Cabrillo College
Aptos, CA08.2023
High School Diploma -
Watsonville High School
Watsonville, CA06.2002
Skills
- Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) 2015
- MS Word
- Excel
- HIPAA Certified 2022
- Biliterate in English/ Spanish
- EMR/ EHR Knowledge
- Supervising and Training
Timeline
Patient Service Coordinator
Salud Para La Gente
12.2023 - Current
Medical Assistant / Receptionist
Pacific Point Podiatry
07.2018 - 02.2023
Medical Assistant / Receptionist
The Foot Doctors Of Santa Cruz County
11.2007 - 07.2018
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Cabrillo College
High School Diploma -
Watsonville High School
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