Priya K. Patel

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Education

Windsor University School of Medicine St. Kitts, British West Indies, Caribbean

Doctor of Medicine, October 2013

Work Experience

7/2014-Present

Clinical Information Manager Jersey City, NJ

Jersey City Medical Center

●Provide scribe services at the direction of a physician, allowing the physician to spend more time with the patient and work productively.

●Produce accurate and thorough documentation of the patient's complaint, history, physical exam and Emergency Department course and treatment.

●Help facilitate data flow by retrieving or locating diagnostic test results and facilitate patient flow by monitoring the patient's stay.

●Review the physician documentation for coding criteria and assist in selecting the appropriate codes.

8/2013-12/2013

Medical Case Manager Chicago, IL

RSA Medical

●Receive inbound calls from insurance applicants, review the case file and complete a medical interview to obtain the required information as designated by the TeleMed interview system.

●Use a consultative approach supported by medical knowledge and defined policies and procedures to uncover and collect additional critical details (calculated, expanded questioning) regarding conditions, treatment, medication usage, recovery etc.

●Proactively serve as an advocate to assist the applicant in the collection of vital medical information by contacting medical care facilities and medical offices, physicians etc. to obtain information required to fully complete the medical interview.

●Act as a courteous, professional medical representative and customer advocate to obtain necessary information, document collected information efficiently and credibly to ensure a complete and accurate medical interview is completed and filed with the insurance carrier.

4/2009-10/2011

Medical Receptionist/Medical Records Staten Island, NY

Dr. Seshadri Das (Endocrinologist)

●60-patients daily in a fast paced common practice.

●Interfaced with patients helping to answer their questions and concerns.

●Planned medical screenings and following ups of the patients to get the results.

●Handled medical front desk in computerized and manual scheduling, and health/insurance records supervision, including main carriers including Medicaid.

●Prepared necessary correspondence related to medical records of patients including sending lab results to outside physicians, requesting for copies of medical record from outside physicians, lawyers, collection agencies, and insurance companies and making copies of records.

●For proper filing, prepared all new charts with alphabetical and name labels.

Research Experience

4/2014-10/2014

Research Assistant Staten Island, NY

Staten Island University Hospital

Protocol title: Assessment of Lower Extremity Reamputation Rates in Patients who Undergo MRI on Initial Consultation for Diabetic Pedal Osteomyelitis

●Collect various forms of data pertaining to the research project

●Keep record of information obtained during research.

● Conduct analysis of data.

●Interpret, draw conclusions and discuss with principal investigator

●Prepare various reports containing descriptive, analytical and evaluative content that may be submitted for publication.

●Collaborate and present research material to fellow researchers.

Volunteer Experience

5/2013-7/2013

Patient Recovery Volunteer Chicago, IL

Access Community Health – Suboxone Clinic

●Assisted opioid dependents with their recovery process

●Met weekly with two social workers, pharmacist, doctor and other medical students.

●Collected weekly urine drops and would discuss the results of the previous drops.

●Reviewed weekly progress discussing any the occurrence and alleviation of stressors with the patient.

●Corresponded with insurance companies for prior coverage authorizations for medication.

6/2004-8/2004,

6/2005 -8/2005

Volunteer Brooklyn, NY

Kings County Hospital (Pediatric/PICU)

●Assisted nurses with medical duties and daily tasks.

●Watched over infants in the nursery, completed filing and chart work.

●Helped stock nursery supplies.

●Assisted in personal hygiene and changing of bed linens.

●Effectively and efficiently carried duties as a part of a healthcare team.

Technical Skills

●Microsoft Office Suite, Experience with EMR (Electronic medical records)

●Phlebotomy and Vaccinations

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