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Richarda Hughes

Milwaukee

Summary

Dynamic professional with over 15 years of experience in case management and customer service, including seven years at Milwaukee Enrollment Services (MILES) as an Income Maintenance Specialist. Expertise in determining eligibility for various economic assistance programs such as Medical Assistance, BadgerCare Plus, Child Care, and FoodShare, while ensuring compliance with regulations and policies. Proficient in conducting interviews, gathering financial and non-financial information, and performing accurate maintenance updates and calculations in a fast-paced call center environment. Recognized as a subject matter expert within team settings, collaborating effectively with peers and departments such as FSET to review determinations and submit referrals for fraud prevention and overpayment inquiries.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Part-time Pharmacy Fill Technician

Assisted Pharmacy Living Services
01.2023 - Current
  • Accurately read and efficiently filling prescription orders and preparing medication for delivery to assisted living facilities using various computer systems and basic math calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
  • Assisted pharmacist with prescription order Quality assurance (QA) audit corrections.
  • Adhered to HIPPA compliance and workplace policies.
  • Registered licensed pharmacy technician with the State of Wisconsin.

Income Maintenance Specialist

State of Wisconsin DHS/DMS/Miles
06.2019 - Current
  • Case management by phone in a high-volume call center and in person face to face for applicants and/or recipients of Medical Assistance, Badger Care Plus, Child Care, Food Share, and other economic assistance program benefits utilizing various computer systems to retrieve and enter information accurately including CARES/CWW, Mainframe/KIDS, Forward Healthcare and other databases to determine eligibility.
  • Conducted interviews gathering non-financial and financial information, answer general inquiries, performed income maintenance updates and basic math calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) on client’s case to determine eligibility for programs.
  • Reviewed & processed Work Items on case including documents, and applications or renewals.
  • Submitted Fraud Prevention/Overpayment Referrals & Out State benefits inquires..
  • Assisted with side-by-side job shadowing training for new hires..

Customer Service Rep I

HSA Bank
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Accurately handled inbound calls in a high-volume call center utilizing various computer databases to retrieve and enter information regarding Health Savings Accounts (HSA) & Flex Savings Accounts (FSA).
  • Assisted owners with general inquiries, processed payments via phone and billing issues.
  • Understand and explain to clients the benefits and impact of IRS Tax regulations in relationship to their HAS & FSA accounts.

Customer Service Rep

US Cellular
05.2017 - 11.2018
  • Accurately handled inbound customer calls in a high-volume call center utilizing various computer databases to retrieve and enter information on customers’ accounts.
  • Answered and assisted customers with general inquiries, processed payments via phone, billing issues and troubleshooting issues with online MyAccount.
  • Cross sold products and services. Skillfully negotiated to retain customers through positive customer relationship building.
  • Processed fraud disputes. Reported suspicious activity and protected customer’s account information to prevent fraud.

Advocate 1 Customer service Credit Specialist

Kohl’s Corporate
03.2016 - 05.2017
  • Accurately handled inbound customer calls in a high-volume call center utilizing various computer databases to retrieve and enter information on customers’ credit card accounts.
  • Answered and assisted customers with general inquiries, processed payments via phone, billing issues and troubleshooting issues with online shopping.
  • Processed fraud disputes. Reported suspicious activity and protected customer’s account information to prevent fraud.

Customer Retention Specialist

Time Warner Cable (Spectrum)
07.2015 - 03.2016
  • Accurately handled inbound customer calls in a high-volume call center utilizing various computer databases to retrieve and enter information on customers’ accounts.
  • Answered and assisted customers with general inquiries, processed payments via phone, billing issues and troubleshooting service technical issues.
  • Cross sold products and services. Skillfully negotiated to retain customers through positive customer relationship building.

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Collector 3B

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
11.2009 - 07.2015
  • Accurately handled inbound and outbound calls in a high-volume call center and face to face utilizing various computer databases to retrieve and enter information on customers mortgage account.
  • Conducted interviews gathering non-financial and financial information to negotiate and review payment arrangements to help customers cure delinquency on mortgage account.
  • Advised and stressed ramifications and possible retention or liquidation options to customers in delinquency or financial crisis.
  • Assisted with general inquiries and processing payments via phone and troubleshooting online banking issues.
  • Cross sold products and services.
  • Reported suspicious activity and protected customer’s account information to prevent fraud.
  • Assisted with side-by-side training for new hires.

Collector (temp work Wells Fargo)

Randstad
03.2009 - 11.2009
  • Accurately handled inbound and outbound calls in a high-volume call center and face to face utilizing various computer databases to retrieve and enter information on customers mortgage account.
  • Conducted interviews gathering non-financial and financial information to negotiate and review payment arrangements to help customers cure delinquency on mortgage account.
  • Advised and stressed ramifications and possible retention or liquidation options to customers in delinquency or financial crisis.
  • Assisted with general inquiries and processing payments via phone and troubleshooting online banking issues.
  • Cross sold products and services.

Education

High School diploma -

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Leadership Program -

DHS/DMS/ MiES
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
06.2022

Associate Degree - Business

Bryant & Stratton College
01-2017

Associate Degree - Business

Cardinal Stritch University
01-2006

Skills

  • Technical Skills: Case Management, Eligibility Assessment
  • Core Competencies: Customer Service, strong communication, detail-oriented, problem-solving and leadership skills
  • Tools & Programs: Microsoft Teams & Outlook, Zoom, CARES Worker Web (CWW) FDSH Wage Match, New Hire, Unemployment Query, Electronic Case File (ECF), Mainframe/KIDS, Forward Healthcare portal and other various date exchanges to help determine eligibility for economic assistance programs

Timeline

Part-time Pharmacy Fill Technician

Assisted Pharmacy Living Services
01.2023 - Current

Income Maintenance Specialist

State of Wisconsin DHS/DMS/Miles
06.2019 - Current

Customer Service Rep I

HSA Bank
01.2019 - 06.2019

Customer Service Rep

US Cellular
05.2017 - 11.2018

Advocate 1 Customer service Credit Specialist

Kohl’s Corporate
03.2016 - 05.2017

Customer Retention Specialist

Time Warner Cable (Spectrum)
07.2015 - 03.2016

Collector 3B

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
11.2009 - 07.2015

Collector (temp work Wells Fargo)

Randstad
03.2009 - 11.2009

High School diploma -

Leadership Program -

DHS/DMS/ MiES

Associate Degree - Business

Bryant & Stratton College

Associate Degree - Business

Cardinal Stritch University
Richarda Hughes