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Nicole Herrera

Houston,TX

Summary

Cordial Patient Access Specialist with demonstrated customer service skills in all interactions, with both external and internal customers. Social and communicative with high regard for sensitive and confidential information. Clear understanding of HIPAA rules and insurance protocols.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Patient Access specialist II

Lyndon B. Johnson Harris
09.2022 - Current

Obtain Accurate information including patients demographics, insurance and legal documentation with Epic, Open EMR.

  • Assists management with auditing/quality review to ensure accurate and appropriate scheduling and registration.
  • Capable of working and navigating several applications and websites related to registration simultaneously.
  • Use critical thinking skills and healthcare knowledge to manage through primary care and specialty care scheduling processes.
  • Utilize independent judgment to accommodate special requests from internal and external customers as indicated.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in consistent manner with customer service focus and application of positive language principles.
  • Organizes time effectively, minimizing incidental overtime, and sets priorities.
  • Utilizes time between heavy workloads efficiently and helps other team members.
  • Secured patient information and confidential medical records in compliance with HIPAA privacy rule standards to protect patient's privacy.

Account Specialist

Jp Morgan Chase
02.2021 - 09.2022
  • Comfortable engaging with customers in a metrics-driven environment.
  • Capable to navigate multiple technologies while staying engaged with our customers.
  • Reviewed account activity to assess financial status and evaluate discrepancies.
  • Capable to demonstrate and extreme adaptability in a fast-paced environment.
  • Able to have strong customer focus with ability to have detailed conversations with our customers.
  • Take full control of each customer interaction while treating customers with respect and responding with empathy.
  • Approach problems logically and with good judgment to ensure the appropriate customer outcome.
  • Was required to abide by all applicable regulatory and department practices and procedure.
  • Developed the ability to work independently and in a team environment.
  • Fielded customer complaints and facilitated negotiations, resolving issues and reaching mutual conclusions.

Administrator/ Coordinator

Target Co
05.2021 - 02.2022
  • Manage leaders to follow up on training completion, check for understanding, and provide continuous education opportunities.
  • Engage in consistent and meaningful development conversations throughout critical touch points with team leader's.
  • Create scheduling plan in partnership with your Team Leaders based off of monthly and weekly business workload and guest traffic.
  • Skills in recruiting, selecting and talent management of hourly team members and leaders.
  • Access all areas of building to respond to guest or team member issues.
  • Implemented project management techniques to overcome obstacles and increase team productivity.

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Lone Star College
Houston, TX
05.2025

Skills

  • Advanced proficiency in
  • Outlook, Excel, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint Type 70 Word Per Minute
  • Insurance Company Knowledge
  • Team Leadership
  • Referral Coordination
  • Money Handling
  • Insurance Verification
  • Claims Handling and Coverage Verification
  • Staff Management
  • Coaching and Mentoring

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Patient Access specialist II

Lyndon B. Johnson Harris
09.2022 - Current

Administrator/ Coordinator

Target Co
05.2021 - 02.2022

Account Specialist

Jp Morgan Chase
02.2021 - 09.2022

Bachelor of Science -

Lone Star College
Nicole Herrera