Versatile Administrative Team Lead offering 11 years of experience in efficient front desk management. Successful at prioritizing tasks, maintaining organization and optimizing workflow. Accustomed to balancing high-volume inquiries with administrative needs for 40-member staff including 9 providers.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Patient Access
South County Health
08.2023 - 04.2024
Provided excellent customer service through active listening skills, understanding patient needs, and offering tailored solutions where applicable.
Contributed to a positive work environment by fostering strong relationships among colleagues, promoting teamwork, and sharing best practices.
Provided excellent customer service to patients and medical staff.
Worked with patients to ascertain issues and make referrals to appropriate specialists.
Educated patients on importance of preventive health care and insurance coverage.
Administrative Team Lead
South County Center for Women's Health
10.2012 - 08.2023
Overseeing administrative personnel over 3 office locations.
Responsible for building and overseeing complex providers schedules for optimal patient experience.
Enhancing patient access and improving patient experience in the office by 30%.
Constructed policies and procedures within the Practice to improve accuracy, efficiency and quality service.
Conducts Performance reviews and disciplinary action using just culture algorithm.
Assists director in any other required task or reporting necessary.
Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis
Functioned as key resource within department on administrative matters and independently resolved issues and questions
Maintained daily reports and advised executive leaders in decision-making processes
Maximized clerical staff productivity by reorganizing training program and effectively supervising 11 employees
Successfully helped create and implement new EMR
Billing Account Manager
Optum; Formally Light House Medical
01.2004 - 10.2012
Accountable for High volume OBGYN practice.
Significantly decreased A/R over 90days from over 13% to less than 3% within first year.
Programming data analytics.
Managing OBGYN, primary care, dermatology, and GYN oncology practices.
Actively keeping accounts under 10% percent over 90 days.
Performed billing, collection and reporting functions for office generating over $1 Million annually.
Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic
Reviewed billing problems, researched issues and resolved concerns
Workers Comp Claims Specialist
Optum; Formally Light House Medical
01.2003 - 01.2004
Collaboratively worked with ConnCare located over multiple sites throughout CT to ensure payment for services.
Resubmission of claims and reports within workers comp insurance.
Actively tending to claims from beginning to end of receiving payments and denials.
Cashier Specialist
Optum; Formally Light House Medical
01.2002 - 01.2003
Sorted insurance payments for over 50 different Medical Practice
Completed spreadsheet of deposit amounts with 100% accuracy .
Verified checks for bank deposit completion.
Assisted cashier team with resolving problems and maintaining efficiency.
Assisted cashier team with resolving problems and maintaining efficiency
Customer Service Representative
Lighthouse Medical Management
04.1999 - 01.2002
Organized claims transmission to Medicare Part B for customers using CVS Pharmacy to purchase diabetic supplies and receiving proper reimbursement from Medicare Part B
Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns
Answered 100 customer telephone calls promptly on daily basis
Used Access database to pull more than 1000 claims from CVS and scrubbed file for errors
Clarified customer issues and determined root cause of problems to resolve product or service complaints
Education
No Degree - Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, RI
05.2026
Certified Professional Coder course through the AAPC -
Enos Medical Coding
Providence, RI
2008
High School Diploma -
Glens Falls Senior High School
Glens Falls, NY
06.1992
Skills
15 plus years of Experience with Medical Practices and Providers
Microsoft Office including Excel and Power point
Judgment and Decision Making
Document and File Management
Professional and Courteous
Multitasking and Time Management
Verbal and Written Communication
Customer Experience
Customer and client relations
Process Improvements
Call Center
Policies And Procedures
General Office Duties
Customer Service
Timeline
Patient Access
South County Health
08.2023 - 04.2024
Administrative Team Lead
South County Center for Women's Health
10.2012 - 08.2023
Billing Account Manager
Optum; Formally Light House Medical
01.2004 - 10.2012
Workers Comp Claims Specialist
Optum; Formally Light House Medical
01.2003 - 01.2004
Cashier Specialist
Optum; Formally Light House Medical
01.2002 - 01.2003
Customer Service Representative
Lighthouse Medical Management
04.1999 - 01.2002
No Degree - Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Community College of Rhode Island
Certified Professional Coder course through the AAPC -