Miranda Simmons
Greenville,SC
Summary
Highly motivated and committed Medical Assistant with proven history of superior performance at individual, team and organizational levels. Multitasks and prioritizes workloads with little or no supervision. Detail-oriented professional looking to bring medical background and team-building skills to deadline-driven environment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Assistant / Surgical Coordinator / Registered Orthopedic Tech
Southern Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
01.2022 - Current
- Surgery Scheduling (i.e., Obtain appropriate authorizations for surgery and diagnostic imaging, verify eligibility)
- New patient intake: medical legal, private, and workers' compensation
- Front / Back office duties
- Scheduling depositions and IME exams, arranged and negotiated payments.
Practice Admin / Surgery Scheduler/ Medical Assistant
The Spine Pro
01.2022 - 01.2022
- Trained and led a multi-disciplinary team in duties including medical assistant, patient intake, clinical care, surgery scheduling, patient cost negotiation, and insurance negotiation
- Performed clinical tasks such as managing patient imaging and follow-up appointments, sending out referrals for other offices, checking in patients on the day of clinic, managing patient intake, calling in medications for patients, conducting initial consults, tracking physical exams during consult appointments, using Outcome MD to keep track of patient progress, using DocuSign for all consents and demographic information
- Acted as a central resource in the evolution of the practice to streamline all day-to-day processes
- Managed, aided, and supplemented all discussions between patients, surgeons, and insurance
- Scheduled and coordinated all surgical procedures, booked operating rooms, coordinated special assist surgeons, coordinated imaging for surgery, obtained pre-authorization for procedures, checked out-of-network benefits for patients, arranged and negotiated payments, coordinated deliveries of medication and DMEs for post-operative procedures, drafted and sent out all consent forms involved in procedures, coached patients through procedures mentally and emotionally, scheduled representatives for implants' formal individual cases, scheduled, coordinated, and retrieved preoperative clearance, conducted and scheduled peer-to-peer discussions for authorization, acted as a liaison between the hospital and all facilities the practice worked with, scheduled surgeries and negotiated contracts.
Practice Manager / Medical Assistant / Registered Orthopedic Tech
Frederic Nicola MD
01.2011 - 01.2022
- Responsible for supporting and maintaining the administrative and operational functions of the medical practice
- Surgery Scheduling (i.e., Obtain appropriate authorizations for surgery and diagnostic imaging, verify eligibility)
- Responsible for updating physician's privileges, reappointment, and credentialing
- Responsible for managing and improving operational efficiencies within the practice
- New patient intake: medical-legal, private, and workers compensation
- Traveling to several office locations to see Med legal exams
- PRP Platelet Plasma Injections
- Ordering / Obtaining authorization for hyaluronic acid injections
- Ordering, Maintaining, and coordinating DME equipment for surgery procedures
- Exam set up
- Responsible for Medication refills
- Billing Insurance claims, CPT/ICD coding
- Maintain inventory and other medical supplies and materials as needed
- Obtain appropriate authorizations for diagnostic studies
- PRP (platelet-rich plasma injection, Blood draws
- Ordering, Maintaining, and coordinating DME equipment for surgery procedures
- New patient intake: Med legal /private and workers' compensation
- Prepared new patient charts
- Front / Back office duties
- Uploaded x-rays into Pacs system.
Medical Assistant, Registered Orthopedic Tech
Dr. Andrew Bulczynski
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Scheduling patient appointments, follow-up visits
- New patient intake: medical legal, private, and workers' compensation
- Front office and back office duties
- Helped facilitate appointments for Red Bull athletes
- PRP (platelet-rich plasma injection, Blood draws.
Education
Bachelors in Health Care Administration -
Medical Assisting Diploma -
Registered Orthopedic Technologist -
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification -
Bachelor of Science - Health Administration
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL06.2026
Skills
- HIPAA Compliance
- Patient Scheduling
- Customer Service
- Medical terminology knowledge
- Medical Terminology
- EMR / EHR
- Direct Patient Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Patient-focused care
- Data Entry
- Reliable team player
- Procedure Assistance
- Electronic Health Records
- Electronic Medical Records
- Compassionate
- CPR
- Immunization Administration
- Specimens collection and processing
- Patient Assessments
- Medical Procedures
- Laboratory Specimen Collection
- Professionalism and Ethics
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Insurance Verification
- Appointment Setting
- Compassionate caregiver
- Medical Records Management
- Patient Care Coordination
- Patient Flow Management
- Sterilization techniques
- First Aid
- Anatomy and Physiology Knowledge
- Medical supply inventory
- Equipment Sterilization
- Medical office administration
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Patient Management
- Simple dressings
- Prioritizing stat orders
- Payment Collection
References
Available upon request
Certification
Registered Orthopedic Tech
Timeline
Medical Assistant / Surgical Coordinator / Registered Orthopedic Tech
Southern Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
01.2022 - Current
Practice Admin / Surgery Scheduler/ Medical Assistant
The Spine Pro
01.2022 - 01.2022
Medical Assistant, Registered Orthopedic Tech
Dr. Andrew Bulczynski
01.2018 - 01.2021
Practice Manager / Medical Assistant / Registered Orthopedic Tech
Frederic Nicola MD
01.2011 - 01.2022
Bachelors in Health Care Administration -
Medical Assisting Diploma -
Registered Orthopedic Technologist -
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification -
Bachelor of Science - Health Administration
Columbia Southern University