Sheri Lynnette Smith
Health first Physician Services / St. Anthony’s Hospital - St. Anthony Physicians North / Optum / SSM Health Revenue Cycle
Edmond,Ok.
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Language
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Certification
30
years of professional experience
To become a team player for a major organization. To achieve a full time position with opportunity for advancement and continuous education.
Work History
Certified Medical Coder II
19 Years 4 Months- Coding for Behavioral Health department and Counselors within the SSM groups.
- Coding procedures: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Spravato injections
- Processed tasks in specialty work queues to maintain productivity.
- Managed follow-up work queue for denial cases to facilitate prompt processing.
- Reviewed and corrected errors in claim edit work queue to maintain accuracy.
- Completed all charges on time to meet end-of-month goals.
- Collaborated with The Coding Network / Ebridge to ensure accurate coding of procedures/surgeries, addressing any issues that could delay charges and resolving errors proactively.
- Work (Epic) IPC work queue for physician charges. Make sure all information is correct before sending to insurance.
- Work in evenings and weekends to ensure charges are complete before closing / end of month.
- Check for duplicates on charges to make sure they aren’t entered twice.
- Fix errors on back end work queue (Epic), after batch has been processed.
- Correct all registration (Epic) before entering each patient.
- Check LCD/NCD through Novitas solutions.
- Used Encoder, OHCA, Availity, Novitas solutions, AAPC, etc.
- Work with LCDs.
- Work on Epic, Encoder, Codify, Work, Excel & PowerPoint software.
- Work with ICD-9 & ICD-10 codes, CPT codes on a daily basis.
- Complete all Referrals for 6 physicians.
- Work in evenings and weekends to ensure charges are complete before closing / end of month.
- Enter physicians hospital visits, surgeries, readings, outpatient procedures, office visits etc. Outside of St. Anthony’s also (OMRF).
- Have worked multiple books of many kinds of specialists and hospitalists.
- Communicate with doctors, managers and staff to get answers to any question that will hold up a charge. Via email or interoffice.
- Back up / entering appointments on HBOC for billing.
- Complete all letters and processes to terminate patients from clinic.
- Work with EPIC EMR program on a daily basis.
- Trained as a super user for EPIC EMR program / Went live with SPN/ extracted from paper charts to EPIC electronic charts.
- Schedule patients for office visit appointments and specialty clinics.
- Work with several different health insurance company referral / prior authorization websites.
- Obtained approvals for referrals and prior authorizations (CT, MRI, PET scan, nuclear medicine, etc.) to facilitate patient care.
- Order office supplies for clinic when needed.
- Participated in patient satisfaction committee to enhance service quality.
- Back up for checking in patients, collecting copay.
- Mailed out reminder cards for upcoming appointments.
- Certification #: 0159291 / Coder I / Specialty Coding for Behavioral Health / Current Position
- AAPC -CPC 7/23/22
- AAPC-CEMC 12/15/18
- I was just recently promoted to a Coder II position
- AAPC-CEMC 12/15/18
- I was just recently promoted to a Coder II position working in Infectious disease, BHM and Wound Care
Medical Receptionist / Office Staff / Technician
1 Year 9 Months- Answered phones and converted consultations to appointments, enhancing patient access.
- Patient billing
- Organized and compiled medical charts for efficient record-keeping.
- Filing and putting together medical charts
- Answer phones and convert consultations.
- Facilitated the preparation and organization of medical copies for patient records.
- Coordinated surgery schedules and finalized all necessary paperwork for processing surgery dates and times.
- Work with CPT-procedure codes and ICD-9 diagnosis codes.
- Received award for Best Converter on multiple occasions.
- Certified Technician for Silklight Cellulite Therapy and Epilight Hair Removal.
Fleet Clerk-Shipping Clerk
3 Years 10 Months- Complete Bill of Ladings and Packing Lists for outbound shipments to Mexico for Custom Brokers.
- Managed payroll for truck drivers, including mileage, timecards, vacation, and sick pay.
- Generated weekly reports on hot parts tracking, transportation operations, overtime, and payroll.
- Ensured seamless dispatching by backing up primary dispatcher when needed.
- Auditing invoices.
- Weekly reports on hot parts tracking, transportation operations, overtime, and weekly payroll.
- Verify part numbers and quantities of units on customer order during loading.
- Processed all paperwork for loads delivered to customers.
- Computer experience in Word and Excel.
Education
High School Diploma
- Some college coursework completed / USAO.
- Online medical terminology course.
- Several, employment supplied, Excel and Word Classes.
- CEMC Certification through AAPC / 12/15/18
- CPC Certification through AAPC / 7/23/22
Associate of Arts - I received a Art Scholarship and went one semester
Skills
Medical claims coding
Coding compliance
Coding accuracy
HIPAA compliance
Electronic health records navigation
Documentation review
Appeals and adjustments handling
Professional development
ICD-10 proficiency
Accomplishments
I meet productivity on a daily bases.
Certification
AAPC -CPC 7/23/22, AAPC-CEMC 12/15/18
Interests
Motorcycle riding
gardening
horseback riding and drawing.
Awards
Received award for Best Converter on multiple occasions.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Certified Medical Coder II
Health first Physician Services / St. Anthony’s Hospital - St. Anthony Physicians North / Optum / SSM Health Revenue Cycle
06.2007 - CurrentRead More
Medical Receptionist / Office Staff / Technician
Juan A. Brou, MD
10.2000 - 07.2002Read More
Fleet Clerk-Shipping Clerk
Unit Parts
12.1996 - 10.2000Read More
A.J Terrell
High School Diploma
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USAO
Associate of Arts from I received a Art Scholarship and went one semester
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