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YIKAURY CACERES

Parlin,NJ

Summary

Organized professional knowledgeable in regulatory standards and compliance requirements. Confident Prior Authorization Specialist with a background spent working in medical offices, communicating effectively verbally and through writing and developing prior authorization workflows.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Patient Care Coordinator/ Prior Authorization Specialist

Landa Spine and Orthopedic Center
08.2020 - Current
  • Perform data entry task
  • Answer patient calls, emails and questions, including verifying insurance benefits
  • Confidentially manage patient accounts
  • Schedule patient visits and answer pre-visit questions
  • Schedule patient appointments
  • Get prior authorizations for procedures.
  • Improved patient satisfaction by efficiently managing prior authorization requests and ensuring timely approvals.

Medical Assistant/ Front Desk

NJ Doctors Urgent Care
10.2015 - 01.2020
  • Responsible for scheduling and confirming appointments, answering phones
  • Verifying insurance, input medical information into EMR(Health Fusion), prescriptions refills, Nevinet
  • Drawing blood, taking patients vitals, performing EKGs, finger sticks
  • Injections, maintain and setup patient rooms, wound care, casting.

Medical Assistant

SAS Obgyn
01.2015 - 10.2015
  • Responsible for scheduling and confirming appointments, verifying insurances
  • Cleaned and prepped exam rooms before and after patient visits
  • Drew blood, collected specimens and recording results in the patient's medical chart.

Medical Assistant

Ivy Pediatric
06.2014 - 12.2014
  • Escort patients to exam rooms, interviews patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and document all information in patient’s chart
  • Answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patients' medical records
  • Traveled between 3 different offices.

Education

High School Diploma -

Perth Amboy Adult High School
Perth Amboy, NJ
06.2012

Medical Assistant Program -

Lincoln Technical Institute
Edison, NJ
03.2014

Skills

  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Medisoft and Centrisity EMR, Athena
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Authorizations
  • Insurance Verification
  • Medical terminology knowledge
  • Phlebotomy
  • Procedure Assistance
  • Data Entry
  • Filing and Recordkeeping
  • Patient Relations

Certification

CPR Certified 6/14/2022

References

REFERENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Patient Care Coordinator/ Prior Authorization Specialist

Landa Spine and Orthopedic Center
08.2020 - Current

Medical Assistant/ Front Desk

NJ Doctors Urgent Care
10.2015 - 01.2020

Medical Assistant

SAS Obgyn
01.2015 - 10.2015

Medical Assistant

Ivy Pediatric
06.2014 - 12.2014

High School Diploma -

Perth Amboy Adult High School

Medical Assistant Program -

Lincoln Technical Institute
YIKAURY CACERES