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Yashoda Reddy

Minneapolis

Summary

Dependable employee seeking opportunity to expand skills and contribute to company success. Considered hardworking, ethical and detail oriented.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Patient Financial Service Coordinator

SUMMIT ORTHOPEDICS
10.2024 - Current
  • Verifying insurance eligibility and obtaining necessary authorizations from insurance companies for medical services, procedures or prescriptions before they are provided.
  • Reviewing medical policy to verify what is covered under patient’s benefits for services.
  • Work with care team and insurance companies to appeal or reconsider denied authorizations, providing cost estimate to patients for services, patients who are self-pay or uninsured, obtaining payments from patients prior to services being done, working with patients to bring account balance to zero if they are in collections or have an outstanding balance.
  • Helping patients understand payments and requirements for authorization or why it was denied.

Patient Placement Coordinator

Allina Health
05.2024 - 09.2024
  • Assess patient admission and facilitate transfer from outside facilities and internal departments, assigned patients to appropriate beds, pre-assigned expected surgical patients, obtained patient information from outside referral sources, facilitate phone requests from referring sites and communication between physicians, monitor emergency track board for potential admits, monitor and managed physicians’ assignment for admissions and consults.

Community Referral Specialist

UMPHYSICIANS
06.2022 - 05.2024
  • Reviewing referrals for specialty clinics, making outbound calls to patients in attempt to schedule appointment per referral, using appropriate department protocols to schedule patients, reviewing charts and sending telephone encounter to follow up on referrals if needed, scheduling new patient appointments, follow up appointments, test and procedures as needed, completing registration, sending letters to family via mail or MyChart, updating providers of referral outcome, managing MyChart messages and online appointment request, transcribe referral orders as they come in through right fax, using right fax to request or send records to HIM.

Prior Authorization Specialist

Park Nicollet Health Services
11.2020 - 02.2022
  • Prioritize authorization requests according to DOS, obtaining pre-certifications and pre-authorizations for procedures, submitting authorization via payer website or by phone, follow up on pending cases, maintain individual payer files to include up to date requirements that are needed to successfully obtain authorizations, initiate appeals for denied authorizations, contact patients to discuss authorization status and other assigned duties.

Medical Assistant (Float)

Fairview Highland & Hiawatha Clinic
08.2019 - 11.2021
  • Verifying patient information by interviewing patient, recording medical history and chief complaint, taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature, charting patient's information, explaining treatment procedures to patients, assisting the physician during exams, preparing and administering medications ordered by physician, and transmitting, assisting in telemedicine and virtual visits, calling patients to prep for telemedicine and virtual visits.
  • Following COVID standards to assist COVID patients with direct contact.

Patient Access Representative

Park Nicollet – Methodist Hospital
06.2018 - 11.2020
  • Complete pre-registration, registration, and insurance verification for patients coming into emergency room and hospital; set up hospital accounts and appointments; meet ambulances at door to arrive patients into computer; monitor pager for emergencies; and interview patients and guarantor to obtain information to see if patients needs financial counseling.
  • Following COVID standards to assist patients with direct contact.

Patient Access Service Representative

U of M Medical Center – Fairview
01.2015 - 12.2017
  • Completed pre-registration, registration, insurance verification, and benefits verification for patients coming into the emergency room and hospital; interviewed patients and guarantor to obtain information and to see if patients needs financial counseling; and work with medical staff, nursing staff, insurance providers and external sources to assist patients and families in obtaining healthcare and financial services.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Business Management

Rasmussen University
Bloomington, MN
11.2021

Diploma - Medical Assistant

Minneapolis Business College
Roseville, Minnesota
06.2019

Skills

  • Telephone communication
  • Accurate recordkeeping
  • Client advocacy
  • Notetaking and documentation

Timeline

Patient Financial Service Coordinator

SUMMIT ORTHOPEDICS
10.2024 - Current

Patient Placement Coordinator

Allina Health
05.2024 - 09.2024

Community Referral Specialist

UMPHYSICIANS
06.2022 - 05.2024

Prior Authorization Specialist

Park Nicollet Health Services
11.2020 - 02.2022

Medical Assistant (Float)

Fairview Highland & Hiawatha Clinic
08.2019 - 11.2021

Patient Access Representative

Park Nicollet – Methodist Hospital
06.2018 - 11.2020

Patient Access Service Representative

U of M Medical Center – Fairview
01.2015 - 12.2017

Diploma - Medical Assistant

Minneapolis Business College

Associate of Applied Science - Business Management

Rasmussen University

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