Padma Patel

• Code/Validate inpatient charts 20 per 8 hour workday.
• Meticulously identified and rectified inconsistencies, deficiencies and discrepancies in medical documentation.
• Maintain updated knowledge of coding requirements, through continuing education and certification renewal. • Audit/Code high dollar and high volume complex inpatient records(Transplants, Cardiac, Interventional Radiology, Cancer, Neurology, OB, Newborn, Gastrointestinal, Trauma etc).

• Compiled and tracked outstanding balances owed to medical facilities.
• Processed billing calls and answered questions from patients and third-party carriers.
• Corrected, completed and processed claims for multiple payer codes.
• Assisted in reconciling deposit and patient collections.
• Used EMR and application of orders for patient bills

• Communicated with patients to collect information about prescriptions and medical conditions or arrange consultations with pharmacists.
• Consulted with insurance company representatives to complete claims processing, resolve concerns and reconcile payments.
• Assisted patients in minimizing medical expenses by recommending generic alternative prescription medications.