Tara Lounder
Washington,PA
Summary
Well-qualified accounting professional with 9 years of experience in accounts payable operations. Committed to on-time payments, maintaining detailed records and reconciling accounts. Detail-oriented worker with proven resourcefulness and reliability.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator
Aires
02.2015 - Current
- Accounts Payable Coordinator. Responsible for paying all rents, utilities, international payroll, some domestic payroll, employee expense reports, AR refunds and all other invoices averaging 230 invoices, 85 expense reports 25 credit card reconciliations and 40 refunds per month.
- American Express Corporate Card Program Administrator. Duties consist of paying, retrieving, distributing and reconciling monthly statements. As well as handling disputes and card management.
- Concur Travel & Expense Administrator and Trainer. Duties consist of user management, performing all updates, providing training and support to all employees including troubleshooting and fixing all errors that occur.
- Travel & Expense Policy owner. Duties include, enforcing the policy when approving expense reports as well as performing the annual review and updates to the policy.
Payer Resolution Specialist
Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy
04.2012 - 02.2015
- Analyze data on a daily basis to identify user error patterns and report to management
- Work with contracting, implementation and operations to build new pay plans
- Maintain and report the monthly compliance rate scorecard for all sites
- Manage the addition of new split fill requests and maintain and distribute an up-to-date split fill client list monthly
- Prepare and distribute daily, weekly and monthly status reports for Walgreen's Specialty Pharmacy Directors and General Managers for all applicable sites
- Manage all additions, deletions and changes to the Client Payer Reporting key and distribute on a monthly basis
- Troubleshoot claim rejections for all Walgreen's Specialty Pharmacy sites
Reimbursement Team Lead
Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy
09.2009 - 04.2012
- Managed a team of 8 direct report employees for the secondary billing team
- Oversaw the billing of Medicare for Oncology and Transplant patients
- Oversaw the billing of Medicare supplemental policies on CMS 1500 as needed
- Adjudicated secondary claims
- Generated and distributed the secondary billing report daily
- Processed Medicare, insurance, and patient refunds.
Reimbursement Specialist
Matrix Health Group
12.2006 - 09.2009
- Coordinated with Regional Care Managers to enroll new patients and verify insurance eligibility and benefits
- Authorized the release of all medications
- Oversaw electronic and paper billing to primary and secondary insurances
- Facilitated collection calls to patients and insurance companies
- Managed patient lifetime maximums and assisted with determining alternate coverage options
- Completed and maintained contracts with insurance payers
- Prepared the daily bank deposits and maintained records of all deposits.
Billing Supervisor
ICORE Healthcare LLC
07.2005 - 11.2006
- Managed an employee team of 5 direct reports and 2 indirect reports
- Audited cash posting and claims processed by the billing staff
- Responsible for the month end closing for the New York Pharmacy
- Responsible for the monthly ordering of office supplies and their distribution for the Ft
- Lauderdale Pharmacy.
Education
Some College (No Degree) -
Community College of Beaver County
Monaca, PAHigh School Diploma -
Burgettstown High School
Burgettstown, PA06.1995
Skills
- Proactive and Self-Motivated
- Credit Card Reconciliation
- Account Reconciliation
- Expense Reimbursements
- Travel & Expense Policies
- SAP Concur
- Oracle
- Microsoft Office Products
- Quickbooks
Timeline
Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator
Aires
02.2015 - Current
Payer Resolution Specialist
Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy
04.2012 - 02.2015
Reimbursement Team Lead
Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy
09.2009 - 04.2012
Reimbursement Specialist
Matrix Health Group
12.2006 - 09.2009
Billing Supervisor
ICORE Healthcare LLC
07.2005 - 11.2006
Some College (No Degree) -
Community College of Beaver County
High School Diploma -
Burgettstown High School
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