Office Manager, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Excel, Payroll

Kathy Barfield

*** **** ***** ***. **** 931-***-****

Tullahoma, TN 37388 Home 931-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

To secure a position with a facility that offers the opportunity to grow professionally, while contributing to

the success of the organization. Proficient in excel & reconciliations makes me an asset in my objective.

EXPERIENCE

EMPLOYMENT:

Business Office Manager July 2, 2007 - August 2012

Lynchburg Nursing Center Lynchburg, TN 37352

Report to Divisional Field Controller & Executive Director. Responsible for all billing, Medicare PPS,

Medicaid, Commercial, Private Payor; all collections; posting of all payments for all payor sources.

Balance census daily & monthly. Input new admits & discharges in Keane Financial System. Have to keep

an Excel log for Medicare Benefits Exhaust & No Pay Bills. Have to keep a log for all PAE's (Preadmission

Evaluation for Nursing Facility Care) approvals & denials for long term care in Excel. Have to submit proper

paperwork to Dept. of Human Services for applicants seeking nursing home medicaid. Close accounts

receivable each month. Supervisor over payroll & accounts payable. Also learned to prepare diagnosis

sheets for billing and inputting in clinical software for assessments.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Learned Life Care data systems for billing & admissions. Reduced collections from -9 (negative) to

positive 5.92 days for December 2007, in 6 months. Added extra collections of $187,000 for months

of November & December 2007. Have been positive to standard in days & collections since Nov. 2007.

Days in accounts receivable is between 27 and 30 days on average. Had no bad debt write-offs for 2009.

Staff Accountant May 2, 2005-July 2007

Tepro, Inc. Winchester, TN 37398

Reports to Accounting Manager. Month end and yr end process including jornal entries and accruals.

Reconciling G/L account numbers to balance sheet. Reconciling fixed assets, dispositions, acquisitions,

and depreciation in FAS system. Balance accounts receivable to sales and general ledger & collections.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Fixed asset project for impairment; built database and balanced to General Ledger saving company $15,200.

Reduced bad debt accounts from $2,155,256 to $1,877,709 - an 87% reduction in 2 months with no write-offs.

EMPLOYMENT: Accounting Manager Dec. 6, 1999-April 2004

Stones River Hospital Woodbury, TN

Reports to CEO and board members. Month end and yr end process including journal entries and accruals.

Balancing Medicare accounts; reconciling other contractual and balance sheet accounts. Preparing monthly

financial statements for presentation at board meetings. Accumulate information for Medicare Cost Report.

Budget preparation. Familiar with all aspects of Patient Accounting. Supervisor Business Office, Accounts

Payable, Payroll.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Saved hospital $100,000 per month due to Medicare & HMO/PPO contractuals booked incorrectly

due to logging system not reducing the patients accounts when payments were posted .

Accounts Receivable Days from 188 to 55. Bad Debt reduced by 50%. Instrumental in computer

conversion October 1, 2000.

EMPLOYMENT Medicare Third Party Coordinator/Accounts Payable Aug. 1995-Dec. 3, 1999

Southern Tennessee Medical Center Winchester, TN 37398

Reported directly to the Controller. Responsible for Accounts Payable Department. Prosess invoices, AP checks,

month-end process, monthly accruals, balance A/P reports, reconcile GL accounts. Handle all vendor written

and oral correspondence. Responsible for all Medicare transactions & posting payments. Balance Medicare

reports to GL and prepare month-end journal entries, etc.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Implemented new medicare logging system . Internal audit found no accounting errors for medicare logging

KATHY BARFIELD (CONTINUED)

EMPLOYMENT Accounting and Purchasing Coordinator Feb. 1994-Aug. 1995

T & W Sales, Inc. Tullahoma, TN 37388

Reported directly to the President. responsible for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions.

Prepared journal entries, processed invoices, customer statements; and responsible for collections.

Purchased quality products at the lowest possible cost.

EMPLOYMENT Staff Accountant - Staff Accountant-Temporary Feb. 1992-Jan. 1993

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. McMinnville, TN

Reported directly to the Division Controller. Responsible for GL account reconciliations, petty cash, preparation

and entering journal entries, prepared accruals, assisted in the budget process, etc. Responsible for Accounts

Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Fixed Asset functions. Implemented new Accounts Payable System. Left

after assignment was completed.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Excel and Lotus spreadsheets, Wordperfect, Word, AS400, MSAS, MACS Purchasing System, FAS (Fixed Asset System)

Keane Financial Systems & AHT Clinical System

EDUCATION

Accounting & Business Classes

Motlow State Community College Tullahoma, TN

Member of Gamma Betta Phi Honor Society, Secretary-Treasurer Tullahoma Quarterback Club, Member of Grace Baptist

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