To secure employment in a healthcare environment where my skills and talent will be fully utilized to promote organizational and personal growth.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Practice Manager
University of Md St. Josephs Medical Center
12.2023 - Current
Main goal is to ensure effective operation of Perinatal Center, allowing clinical providers to focus on direct patient care.
Specific areas of responsibility include directing and coordinating staff in management of appointment scheduling, patient records oversight (paper and electronic), office supply inventory, equipment needs and maintenance, supply and equipment contract negotiations, departmental budgeting, patient billing and payroll processes, enhancement of the patient experience, regulatory compliance and risk management (including work safety and HIPAA training), and overall EHR performance.
Success is achieved through effective staff recruitment-training-evaluation-team building, ongoing measurement and improvement of patient satisfaction, and overall monitoring-compliance of workplace safety and risk management regulations.
Senior Medical Secretary
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Towson
07.2019 - 12.2023
General responsibilities include fielding phone calls, coordinating meetings (scheduling, room reservations, catering, minutes, etc.), communicating through mail and fax, managing database and filing systems
Patent specific responsibilities include EHR-EPIC patient registration, office visit and surgery appointment scheduling and follow up, insurance authorization and coverage verification, patient and insurance claims billing, and patient checkout process (including assistance with scheduling of follow up ancillary services and prescription filling).
Unit Secretary Manager / Medical Records Coordinator
Stella Maris Mercy Medical Center
Timonium
08.2002 - 07.2019
Manage unit secretarial staff within 9 units of a 412 bed facility; involves hiring, training, evaluating and rewarding staff. Requires effective communication skills to meet the needs of the Nurse Managers and clinical staff throughout the facility.
Responsibilities include management of chart access (internal and external), chart documentation, archival and destruction policies, support for patient billing services (ICD 10 coding, data collection to determine appropriate levels of resident care, and entering MDS information into EHR system), assisting resident families complete of facility required documentation, conducting and reporting on QA audits (Keypro and Delmarva), conduct administrative rounds, and contributing to interim and annual state survey preparation, and departmental budget.
Unit Secretary Leader / Medical Records Coordinator
Genesis Elder Care
Lutherville
01.1997 - 01.2002
Responsibilities include:
Coordination of chart access (internal and external), chart documentation, archival and destruction policies of chart documentation, completion of outside and inside chart request, completion of chart audits, obtaining required chart authorizations, and management of medical records requests.
Management of all unit secretarial staff to include hiring, training, evaluating and rewarding staff, including communication system and supply inventory processes
Touring families, assisting families with admission process completion.
Assisting MDS Coordinator with data entry and reconciliation with Delmarva quarterly audits.
Medical Records Coordinator
Overlea Gardens
Baltimore
01.1992 - 01.1997
Responsibilities include, coordination of all chart documentation maintenance and destruction, internal and external chart request, chart audits, required authorizations, and payment for release of medical records.
Medical Records Coordinator
Hope Retirement
Red Springs
01.1990 - 01.1992
Responsibilities include, coordination of all chart documentation maintenance and destruction, internal and external chart request, chart audits, required authorizations, and payment for release of medical records.
Education
High school -
Red Springs High School
Red Springs, NC
Westside Skill Center
Baltimore, Md.
CCBC Essex
Essex, MD
Skills
Experience in EMR systems: Vista Keane, Cue Shift, Point Click Care, EPIC, Athena
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint
Timeline
Practice Manager
University of Md St. Josephs Medical Center
12.2023 - Current
Senior Medical Secretary
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
07.2019 - 12.2023
Unit Secretary Manager / Medical Records Coordinator
Stella Maris Mercy Medical Center
08.2002 - 07.2019
Unit Secretary Leader / Medical Records Coordinator