Pamela Foreman
Bennettsville,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
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Medical Assistant
McLeod OB/GYN Dillon
06.2008 - Current
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Documented vital signs and health history for patients in clinic and hospital environments.
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Communicated clearly and effectively with patients to verify information, determine purpose of visit and record medical history.
- Prepared and administered medications to alleviate patient symptoms.
- Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies.
- Assisted physicians with minor surgeries, including preparing operating room and sterilizing instruments.
- Follows all work processes, procedures, while maintaining compliance to the rules and regulations set forth by the company.
- Protects and keeps all patient and hospital information confidential
Insurance Billing Clerk
McLeod Pediatrics
06.2000 - 04.2008
- Responded to customer concerns and questions on daily basis.
- Handled account payments and provided information regarding outstanding balances.
- Organizes inpatient and outpatient claims for electronic or hard copy mail and forwards them to appropriate third party payers.
- Review claims to make sure that payer specific billing requirements are met, follows-up on billing , determines and applies appropriate adjustments answers inquiries, and updates accounts as necessary.
- Collects payments on past due accounts.
- Proudly services the company by following all HIPAA, JCAHO, state and federal laws and standards,
- Protects and keeps all patient and hospital information confidential.
- Prepares bills and invoices for medical services/treatments
Office Manager
McLeod Family Medicine
04.1998 - 06.2000
- Maintained computer and physical filing systems.
- Created, maintained and updated filing systems for paper and electronic documents.
- Provide providers with the resources required to meet patient need and meet the operational objectives of the group practice.
- Ensures that mail is opened and processed.
- Oversees daily operations and clinic flow.
- Oversaw office inventory activities by ordering and requisitions and stocking and shipment receiving.
- Evaluated employee records and productivity and submitted evaluation reports.
- Delivered performance reviews, recommending additional training or advancements.
- Ensures that the offices are open and closed according to McLeod Policy.
Clerical Associate
McLeod Pediatrics
06.1995 - 04.1998
- Handles daily responsibilities in a customer service fashion. This includes all telephone calls, patients, visitors, employees and other communication
- Verify patients' insurance prior to the visit.
- Completed clerical tasks such as filing, copying, and distributing mail.
- Welcomed office visitors and alerted staff to arrivals of scheduled appointments.
- Monitored security to help maintain equipment, data and information safety.
- Reviewed files, records and other documents to obtain information to respond to requests.
- Responsible for timely and accurate patient registration and check-in.
- Responsible for processing medical records request.
- Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patient, visitors, physicians and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.
ER Registration Clerk
Saint Eugene Hospital
12.1993 - 06.1995
- Answered telephone calls to offer office information, answer questions, and direct calls to staff.
- Performed various administrative tasks by filing, copying and faxing documents.
- Greeted and interacted with patients to provide information, answer questions and assist with appointment scheduling.
- Scheduled patient appointments in respective doctors' calendars and followed up with reminder phone calls.
- Registered and verified patient records before triage with most up-to-date information.
- Greeted visitors and initiated triage processes for clients to streamline patient flow.
- Received and routed laboratory results to correct clinical staff members.
- Organized and maintained patient chart filing system to promote quick data finding for staff.
- Obtained payments from patients and scanned identification and insurance cards.
Education
High School Diploma -
Dillon High School
Dillon, SC06.1981
Skills
- Patient Admission
- Vital Sign Monitoring
- Injection Administration
- Coordinating Drug Refills
- Specimen Collection
- Medical Records Management
- Inventory and Supply Management
- EPIC EMR
- Patient Documentation
- Exam Room Preparation
- HIPAA Compliance
- Vitals Collection and Documentation
- Medical Terminology
- Administering Immunizations
- Lab Specimens and Collections
- Patient Assessments
Certification
- CMA - Certified Medical Assistant
Timeline
Certified Medical Assistant
McLeod OB/GYN Dillon
06.2008 - Current
Insurance Billing Clerk
McLeod Pediatrics
06.2000 - 04.2008
Office Manager
McLeod Family Medicine
04.1998 - 06.2000
Clerical Associate
McLeod Pediatrics
06.1995 - 04.1998
ER Registration Clerk
Saint Eugene Hospital
12.1993 - 06.1995
High School Diploma -
Dillon High School
- CMA - Certified Medical Assistant
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