Megan Sierra

Temporary Position:

• Multi Specialty, MDP building: Cardiology, Pulmonology, Endocrinology, Gastro, Nephrology, Infectious disease, Renal, Nutrition, and ENT
• EMR systems: NextGen, SCM, SCI
• Conducted EKGs
• Assisted physicians with patient care by taking vital signs, patient histories and preparing patients for examinations.
• Provided assistance to medical staff in performing minor surgical procedures.

• Assisted physicians with patient care by taking vital signs, patient histories and preparing patients for examinations.
• Provided assistance to medical staff in performing minor surgical procedures.
• Performed multiple in-house POC tests such as Rapid antigen testing, (COVID-19, FLU A&B, RSV, Strep A, Mono), Urinalysis, hCG, and Blood glucose testing.
• Performed venipuncture and other blood collection procedures according to established standards.
• Managed incoming and outgoing mail, courier services, faxes and other correspondence.
• Answered incoming calls, redirected callers to the appropriate personnel or department and took messages as needed.

Temporary Position

• Pediatric cardiology dept. MDP Building
• EMR systems: NextGen/SCI
• Assisted physicians with patient care by taking vital signs, patient histories and preparing patients for examinations.
• Conducted EKGs and Zio patches
• Scheduled appointments for patients via phone and in person.
• Verified insurance eligibility prior to providing services.

• Patient charting, phlebotomy, flu/strep testing, Covid testing, Charting for Covid vaccines,(Moderna & Janssen), drug screening, physicals such as DOT/non-DOT, Hazmat, etc., sending out specimens to lab companies, EKG, answering/making phone calls
• Supervisor Duties include OCMED, ( occupational medicine), zoom meetings for clinical updates, inventory, Administrative work, scheduling appointments for Bone marrow physicals, inventory, patient flow, checking over Medical assistance work, setting up staff work schedule, interviewing on-boarding MA's, training new employees, maintaining patient satisfactory.

• Take patients vitals, fill out patients file/chart on system (EMR), fill out chief complaint, ask patients questions Such as symptoms they're feeling, past medical/surgical history, family/social history, medications, and allergies
• Check their lower extremities/ VCSS
• Fill out an assessment plan/counseling treatment plan
• Work with UFE (Uterine Fibroid Embolization) patients
• Fill out their charts/files as well using same system
• Ask about GYN history, about theirs symptoms, etc
• Prepare procedure set up for doctors depending on which procedure would be given, clean up patients area where procedure was performed on, clean up procedure area.

• Call patients to confirm appointments, schedule patients for upcoming appointments, answer multiple phone lines, make calls to insurance companies/ doctors offices,m/ Agencies
• Send out orders for patients such as incontinence supplies, DME's, & referrals for rx medications, PT, OT, HHA, Social work, pain management, specialty referrals such as lab results, nutrition, vascular surgery, etc
• Find and fill patients for nurse practitioners and/or doctors to go see patients at home daily
• Create a route for providers of patients home addresses
• Use ECW (Clinical Works), use email (outlook,Gmail)
• Work with other insurance companies such as Emblem, VNSNY, Aetna, Medicare, Medicaid, etc
• Send referrals to insurance companies electronically (PRN), Verifying insurance eligibility, EMR, send out labs, diagnostic images, Responsible for collecting copays, deductibles and obtaining necessary authorizations
• Confirm accurate physician information including name, address, phone number, license number, and NPI and enters/ updates in system.