Friendly and empathetic with excellent communication skills, dedicated to providing outstanding service and support. Possesses solid understanding of customer needs and conflict resolution, coupled with strong problem-solving abilities. Aiming to build positive customer relationships and contribute to customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Billing Specialist 2
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
01.2023 - Current
Medical billing responsibilities involve accurately coding diagnoses and procedures
Submitting claims to insurance companies or government programs
Following up on unpaid claims and ensuring compliance with billing regulations and policies
It also includes verifying patients' insurance coverage
Collecting payments and maintaining patient billing records
Misc
Tasks as Assigned
Communicated with insurance providers to resolve denied claims and resubmitted.
Identified and resolved patient billing and payment issues.
Communicated effectively and extensively with other departments to resolve claims issues.
Located errors and promptly refiled rejected claims.
Examined patients' insurance coverage, deductibles, insurance carrier payments and remaining balances not covered under policies when applicable.
Enhanced revenue collection through diligent follow-up on unpaid claims and denials with insurance companies.
Verified insurance of patients to determine eligibility.
Billing Specialist 1
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
01.2021 - 12.2022
Submit claims and invoices for payment or reimbursement from third-party payers
Maintain confidentiality according to regulations, policies, and procedures
Ensure proper charge capture, billing, and adjudication of claims per federal, state, and private billing guidelines
Identify, analyze, and reconcile billing errors or omissions
Act as liaison between CITC and clients regarding billing
Assist in sending past due accounts to collectors
Conduct billing audits
Monitor unbilled accounts to determine actions required to minimize the volume and value of held accounts
Identify and implement internal billing and collection processes, procedures, and guideline efficiencies
Researched and resolved billing discrepancies to enable accurate billing.
Obtain, process, and post all in-coming payments
Responded to customer concerns and questions on daily basis.
Provide accurate coding for billing activity
Resolve client and staff questions concerning billing statements or account information
Worked with staff and clients to ensure financial cost agreements are completed
Provide support to data collection efforts when needed
Payment Posting Tech 1
Southcenteral Foundation
01.2019 - 12.2021
Responsible for managing a variety of higher-level tasks with Revenue Cycle
Accurately post payments to the overall profitability of the hospital
Proficient in payment posting, coordination of benefits, and order of payers
Accept payments and process billing statements
Track of payment deposits from patients and insurance companies
Prepare payment batches
Assess explanation of benefits from insurance companies
Posting payments and verifying insurance and eligibility
Working with other departments and able to meet deadlines
Work in CerNer, N’Thrive, and all other insurance portals
Ability to read remittances from insurances
The ability to add insurance to encounters once verified
Insurance Verification Group
Southcenteral Foundation
01.2019 - 12.2021
Initial start of first team for SCF
Verify Insurance and apply to Encounters
Update Notes, and Chart In EHR
Train New Employees in the Team
General Maintenance Tech
CCI Industrial/Bristol Bay Industries
01.2016 - 12.2017
Removed asbestos materials and reinstalled segments on the Alaska Pipeline
Built and broke-down scaffolds and other preparation pads
Followed strict rules and regulations to maintain work permits associated with hazardous material
Followed standard operating procedures to ensure projects were completed safely and to code
Worked in extreme weather conditions where planning ahead was crucial to the safety of our team