Penny Kennedy
Purvis,Mississippi
Summary
Competent [Registered Health Information Technology] with 4 years of experience in handling wide variety of medical coding and billing tasks. Sophisticated and hardworking individual with excellent analytical and multitasking abilities. Coordinates with insurance companies and expedites claims processes. Expertise in accurately inputting procedure and diagnosis codes into billing software to generate invoices.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Outpatient Coder
Southwest Regional Medical Center
McComb, Mississippi
10.2017 - 07.2022
- Added codes to medical record for billing health insurance
- Work with doctors’ office to add diagnosis codes to cover medical necessity
- Work Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicare denials
- Work reoccurring accounts, Rehab, Hyperbaric, Oncology and Series accounts.
HIM Specialist
Southwest Regional Medical Center
McComb, Mississippi
07.2015 - 10.2017
- Run coding reports, deficiencies list report
- Analyze charts to make sure history, physical and operative report are completed in adequate time
- Review charts making sure the correct documents are complete and in the correct chart
- Retrieve charts from nurse’s station
- Prep, scan, index, and log charts
- Report any deficiencies and any missing charts.
Clerical/Case
Management/St. Luke Home Health
McComb, Mississippi
02.2015 - 09.2016
- Analyze hospital inpatient list and locate St
- Luke patients in order to ensure accurate home health and hospice care
- Collect the patient’s information during their hospital stay and sending to correct care provider
- Obtain referrals for home health
- Review new referrals confirming patient’s personal information, retrieve a copy of patient’s medical records, and fax information to correct office associated with the patient’s address
- Assist nurses with reviewing charts and ensuring all documents are complete and accurate, verifying that the office is up to date with all the current information on patients’ medical records.
Release of Information Clerk/HealthPort
Alpharetta, GA
06.2012 - 02.2015
- Complete release of information requests including retrieving patient’s medical chart
- Scanning medical records accurately and correctly and transmitting daily, according to requests
- Established procedures and standards of quality and productivity
- Date stamps all requests and highlights pertinent data to facilitate processing
- Validate requests and authorizations for release of medical information according to established procedures
- Perform quality checks on all work to assure accuracy of the release, confidentiality, and proper invoicing
- Provide excellent customer service by being attentive and respectful: insuring understanding of customer request and follows through as promised, and being proactive in identifying client concerns or problems
- Receive incoming request including opening mail, assisting walk-ins, telephone inquiries and retrieving facsimile inquiries, depending on the needs of the client
- Maintain confidentiality, security and standards of ethics with all HealthPort and medical records information including during transport, storage and disposal
- Work with privileged information in a conscientious manner while releasing medical records in an efficient, effective, and accurate manner.
Student Intern/TempStaff
McComb, Mississippi
07.2011 - 06.2012
- Answer phone, file, fax, and email
- Orientate applicants to resource room, computer lab, resume writing and typing test
- Help customers find jobs by job referral, job development etc
- Submit applications to employers, refer qualified applicant to job orders
- Interview applicants and obtain necessary information to complete applications
- Submit I-9 information on customers
- Assign applicants occupational codes according to skills, needs and work experience.
Clerical/Sales Associate/Phone
Connection
Tylertown, Mississippi
04.2008 - 08.2011
- Start new land line and cellular phone service, take payments, submit repair orders for phone problems
- Measure/order for tuxedo/dresses
- Open/Close store, answer phone, end of the day report, make deposits, make supply orders and stock inventory.
Tax Preparer/Foxworth Tax Service
, Mississippi
01.2007 - 04.2007
- Prepare federal income taxes, e-file and print checks
- Take payments, answer phones for customer service, and file.
Cashier/Deli Associate
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Columbia, Mississippi
04.2004 - 12.2006
- Received payments from customers by cash, check, credit, or debit
- Stocked/restocked merchandise on selves
- Assist customers with orders in timely fashion for bakery items
- Markdown items and inventory.
Receptionist
Barbara’s Tax Service
, Mississippi
01.2004 - 04.2004
- E-file, print checks, arrange income taxes to be mailed
- Fix errors on E-file returns
- Answer phones for customer service and file.
Education
Associated Degree - Health Information Technology
Southwest Community College
Skills
- Experienced with McKesson
- OneContent
- 3M Coding and Reimbursement System
- Paragon Electronic Health records
- Mosaiq
- OncoChart
- Teams
- Zoom
Additional Information
- 2
Timeline
Outpatient Coder
Southwest Regional Medical Center
10.2017 - 07.2022
HIM Specialist
Southwest Regional Medical Center
07.2015 - 10.2017
Clerical/Case
Management/St. Luke Home Health
02.2015 - 09.2016
Release of Information Clerk/HealthPort
06.2012 - 02.2015
Student Intern/TempStaff
07.2011 - 06.2012
Clerical/Sales Associate/Phone
Connection
04.2008 - 08.2011
Tax Preparer/Foxworth Tax Service
01.2007 - 04.2007
Cashier/Deli Associate
Wal-Mart Supercenter
04.2004 - 12.2006
Receptionist
Barbara’s Tax Service
01.2004 - 04.2004
Associated Degree - Health Information Technology
Southwest Community College
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