Kimberly Hawkins

**** ******** **** *******, ** *0331

770-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a Medical Biller/Coder position in a clinic/hospital setting where I can utilize my extensive computer and medical knowledge, strong organizational abilities, demonstrating quality communications skills and patient service.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JW Medical Care Atlanta, GA

Medical Billing Coding/ Supervisor 2009- 2012

Responsible for coordinating office functions for two separate offices and manage a team of ten medical professionals

Developed job descriptions to enhance staff accountability and to accommodate increasing responsibility arising from busy medical practice

Obtain and submits copies of medical documentation with physicians charges to support billing to third-party payors

Increased cash flow by implementing process to ensure insurance is properly verified and co-pays, co-insurances, and deductible are collected at the time service is rendered

Prepared accounts for collections; post encounters for physician’s office, hospital, assisted living, and independent living billing; complete 30, 60, 90 day aging reports; post payments for Medicare and Medicaid, commercials and self-pay accounts

May resolve routine patient billing inquiries and problems follow up on self-pay patient balances

Schedule patient appointments; patient check in and out; on-line insurance verifications, pre-certification, and referrals

Atlanta Medical Care Atlanta, GA

Medical Billing/Coding 2006-2009

Completed daily paperwork needed for reports and spreadsheets to be given to management to use in meetings.

Assigns appropriate CPT-4 procedure and ICD-9 code(s) to accurately report the physician services provided to the patients

Organized and directed health fairs in the community to promote wellness and health education, increasing patient census by 15%

Review medical record documentation to identify all services provided by the physicians

Assists with the submission of billing data to the Health Services Foundation

Able to managed front desk such as intake inputting patient demographics into the system

Assisted with verifying third party payments, insurance coverage, confirmed insurance status

Complete understanding of the use for ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS codes

Kimberly Hawkins

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SKILLS

Medical Terminology

Medisoft

Ethics & HIPAA

CPT/ICD 9 Coding

Medical Manager

Microsoft Office Suite

Medical Collections

Insurance Claims Processing

Administrative Assistant

Account Preparation

Electronic Medical Records

Electronic Claims Submission

CMS-1500

E-medsys

Lytec

EDUCATION

Booker T. Washington High School

Atlanta, GA

Javelin Technical Institute

Morrow, GA

REFERENCES

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