Tameka Kamano
Victorville,CA
Summary
Enthusiastic, multi-skilled health care professional with excellent people skills and dedicated work ethic. Looking for a challenging position in healthcare where my profound medical, professional and practical experience will be fully utilized. I am diversely experienced in the healthcare profession and have a comprehensive medical background in pediatric/adult care, clinical/hospital settings, emergency room/urgent care and private practice. Have over 20 years of experience in health care and have been will found to be a diligent and dedicated employee. Passionate coding and auditing.
Overview
43
43
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Billing and Coding Specialist/Auditor
Excellent Billing Services
San Diego, CA
01.2021 - Current
- Assign diagnosis and procedure using ICD10-CM, and CPT codes.
- I review medical records and other documentation to identify under and over coded services, prepare reports of findings and meet with management including CFO and CEO to educate on improving coding practices.
- Interacted with physicians and other healthcare staff to ask questions regarding patient services.
- Initiated, performed and documented quarterly coding audits for physicians.
- Provide daily QA reports.
- Provider auditing and make corrections.
Advanced Medical Support
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
03.2016 - 03.2020
- Provided backup support to office staff by completing billing and filing tasks, answering phones and scheduling appointments.
- Assists with clinic access contingency plans by adjusting appointment times, location, or dates as well as shifts patients to other healthcare providers as conflict with staffing and/or coverage occur.
- Verify eligibility status of patient.
- Resolve medical claim issues.
- Check out patients, analyzed medical records to assign appropriate CPT, ICD-9-CM, and HCPCS codes.
Self-Pay Surgery Specialist
University Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV
01.2000 - 09.2018
- Work with self-pay patients to get them approved for surgery and/or procedures.
- Coding for inpatient, outpatient, and physicians’ offices.
- Responsible for extracting pertinent information from chart to get patients surgery and/or procedure approved.
- Work with psychologists, psychiatrist, social workers, therapist, financial programs, physicians and other head of departments in order to co-manage patient.
- Build medical file on patient and submit to surgery team for review for approval.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Admission/discharge Representative
University Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV
01.2000 - 09.2018
- Admit Patients to emergency room by obtaining personal and insurance information.
- Addressing and resolving medical claims.
- Discharging patients and collecting payments making certain demographics are correct.
- Bed assignments.
- Claims resolutions.
- Handled over hundred calls on any given day to address customer inquiries and concerns,
- Developed team communications and information for meetings,
Education
Bachelor of Science - Professional Development And Advanced Patient Care
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ05.2013
Skills
- Excellent multi-tasking skills
- Very good understanding of ICD-10-CM and CPT procedures
- Strong ability to work in extremely active medical environment
- Solid knowledge of medical terminology
- Problem solving, served on hospital resolution board
- Very attentive to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Microsoft
Certification
- Certified Billing and Coding Specialist, -02/2014, Las Vegas Professional Institute, AHIMA
- Certified Vocational Nurse, -02/1987, Institute of Medical Studies
- Certified Medical Office Management/Medical Assistant, -08/1985 Pacific Coast college
Timeline
Certified Billing and Coding Specialist/Auditor
Excellent Billing Services
01.2021 - Current
Advanced Medical Support
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
03.2016 - 03.2020
Self-Pay Surgery Specialist
University Medical Center
01.2000 - 09.2018
Admission/discharge Representative
University Medical Center
01.2000 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Science - Professional Development And Advanced Patient Care
Grand Canyon University