Sandy Rangel
Chicago,IL
Summary
Versatile Billing Coordinator bringing 20+ years of healthcare experience. Familiar with confidentiality requirements, patient care standards and insurance claims processes. Flexible, reliable and goal-focused.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Billing Coordinator
Practice Alternatives
Chicago, IL
04.2004 - Current
- Updated documentation, reports and spreadsheets with financial information.
- Answered telephone with friendly demeanor and full knowledge of billing department processes.
- Maintained detailed understanding of PI and WC insurance plans
- Performed ASC, Chiropractic and MD billing, collection and reporting functions for office.
- Oversaw daily operations for billing department.
- Referred past due payments to collections department.
- Entered details into accounts and tracked payments.
- Collected payments and applied to patient accounts.
- Filed and updated patient information and medical records.
- Posted payments and collections on regular basis.
- Prepared billing statements for patients and verified correct diagnostic coding.
- Reviewed patient records, identified medical codes and created invoices for billing purposes.
- Reviewed patient diagnosis codes to verify accuracy and completeness.
- Trained new employees on multiple medical billing programs and data entry software.
Tax Services Biller
American Express
Chicago, IL
05.1998 - 01.2003
- Participated with management to standardize workflows and improve processes.
- Communicated payer address changes to management for system updates.
- Identified trends in rejections and payor contract issues and communicated to management.
- Resolved incoming payer correspondence.
- Executed billing tasks and recorded information in company databases.
- Generated financial statements and reports detailing accounts receivable status
- Trained and mentored new team members and managers on accounts payable systems and policies to build cohesive groups and promote operational performance.
- Utilized talents and expertise to complete on-time and accurate monthly closing processes, journal entries and accruals.
Medical Records Specialist
Rush Medical Group
Chicago, IL
09.1989 - 04.1998
- Maintained patient records in compliance with security regulations.
- Processed medical records requests from outside providers according to facility, state and federal law.
- Maintained patient charts and accurately recorded new information.
- Kept accurate log of requests for medical information and records.
- Accurately pulled patient records for upcoming appointments and procedures, typically within [Number]-hour period.
- Maintained relationships with medical providers.
- Obtained necessary signatures on information release forms to obtain medical and treatment records from other service providers.
- Utilized [Software] to manage and confirm patient data, such as insurance, demographic and medical history information.
- Uploaded physician progress notes, history and physicals into medical records.
- Delivered charts to assigned areas of clinic by following established routing procedures.
- Created new medical records and retrieved existing medical records by gathering appropriate record folders and contents and assigning and recording new record numbers.
Education
High School Diploma -
John F. Kennedy High School
Chicago, IL05.1986
Skills
- Month-End Closing Procedures
- Error Revision
- Itemized Statement Preparation
- Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Statement Distribution
- Records Organization and Review
- Billing Systems and Software
- Account Posting
- Adding, Calculating and Billing Machines
- Billing Data Verification
- Customer Contact
- Medical Billing and Collections
- Fee and Charge Computation
- Claim Processing
- Benefits Verifications
- Monthly Reconciliations
- Check Endorsing
- Digital Postal Meters
- Patient Correspondence
- Billing Document Creation
- 10-Key Data Entry
- Statement Billings
- Spreadsheet Tracking
- General Surgery
- Physician Interaction
- Correspondence Writing
Timeline
Billing Coordinator
Practice Alternatives
04.2004 - Current
Tax Services Biller
American Express
05.1998 - 01.2003
Medical Records Specialist
Rush Medical Group
09.1989 - 04.1998
High School Diploma -
John F. Kennedy High School
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