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Naresh Thula

Kumar
14 N Juliet St, Apt1,Iselin,NJ

Summary

Recent Health Informatics graduate with a degree in Health Informatics and Certified SAS programmer. Gained 8 months of experience in SAS programming and reporting in the Pharmaceutical industry. Eager to apply analytical and problem-solving skills in an entry-level Biostatistician role. Looking to learn and grow with a dynamic team.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Clinical SAS Programmer

Amgen
Fairfield, NJ
01.2024 - Current
  • Assist in developing and maintaining SAS programs for data analysis and reporting
  • Write and test SAS code for data validation, data cleaning, and data transformation
  • Create data visualizations and reports using SAS procedures (PROC PRINT, PROC TABULATE PROC SGPLOT)
  • Assist in data management tasks, including data import/export and data quality checks
  • Collaborate with data analysts and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and develop solutions
  • Participate in quality assurance and testing of SAS programs and data outputs.
  • Actively participated in project team meetings, providing insight on programming-related topics and ensuring alignment with overall study objectives

Senior Medical Coder

Omega Health Care
Bangalore, Karnataka
03.2019 - 07.2022
  • Accurate Coding: Assign consistent codes for diagnoses and procedures (ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS)
  • Team Leadership: Lead and mentor junior coders, develop coding policies
  • Clinical Expertise: Provide guidance on complex coding cases, stay updated on regulations
  • Project Management: Manage coding projects, ensure timely completion and data accuracy
  • Quality Improvement: Identify areas for improvement, develop and implement quality initiatives.
  • Established strong relationships with insurance companies, facilitating smoother claim processing and payment negotiations
  • Reduced claim denials by identifying and addressing common errors in coding process

Medical Coder

Phycare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad, Telanagan
10.2017 - 02.2019
  • Sustaining accuracy of data inserted in company software and completing around 80 claims every day
  • Besides, ensuring that productivity objectives determined by the company are met all times during the performance of the assigned duties
  • Knowledge in inpatient/outpatient coding with an emphasis on Medicare and Affordable Care Act HCC coding
  • Processing different types of claims related to ER, HCC, Denials Management
  • Looking after the common team duties.
  • Reviewed outpatient records and interpreted documentation to identify diagnoses and procedures

Education

MS Medical Informatics -

New England College
98 Bridge Street, Henniker, NH 03242
08.2022 - 12.2023

B Pharmacy -

St. Mary's Group of Institutions
India
07.2012 - 05.2016

Skills

MS WINDOWS

UNIX

LINUX

MS Word

Excel

Access

Open CDISC validator tool

PowerPoint

Graph pad prism

WinNonlin & Simcyp software

JMP software

SAS Administrative

SAS Enterprise Guide 51

PC SAS 94

Certificationsawards

  • Certified Professional coder -American Academy of professional coder (AAPC-ID:01680494)
  • SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4

Timeline

Clinical SAS Programmer

Amgen
01.2024 - Current

MS Medical Informatics -

New England College
08.2022 - 12.2023

Senior Medical Coder

Omega Health Care
03.2019 - 07.2022

Medical Coder

Phycare Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
10.2017 - 02.2019

B Pharmacy -

St. Mary's Group of Institutions
07.2012 - 05.2016

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