Medical Administrative Assistant

Education: Certified Coding Associate received October 2012

Northwestern College, Chicago, IL

Associate in Applied Science Degree

Major: Health Information Technology

CAHIIM approved program and RHIT eligible

Anticipated Gradation: August 2013

GPA 3.76

PCCTI IT and Healthcare School Chicago, IL

Certificate of Completion April 2010

Loyola University, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science, Psychology Magna cum Laude 1997

Applicable Academic Experience, Skills/Abilities

CPT Coding

ICD-10-CM/PCS

Health Care Reimbursement

3M Encoder

ICD-9 CM Coding

Medical Terminology

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

Electronic Medical Record Systems

Employment Experience

Rush University Medical Center 6/28 to present

Temporary Administrative Support Associate

Provided Excel datasheet for Risk Management legal team at Rush University

Medical Center

Entered data for Risk Management reports

Chicago Regional Extension Center/ Alliance of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Healthcare Information Technology Intern

Provided support for implementing EHR systems to community healthcare

organizations in transition to Patient Centered Medical Home.

Illinois Health Advocacy Program (IHAP), Chicago, IL 09/10 to 12/10

Administrative Assistant/Reception (part time)

Provided reception and administrative services, including processing medical

records requests, spreadsheets, word processing, and mail merges.

U.S. Census Bureau Chicago, IL 3/09 to 04/09

Enumerator, Address Canvasser

Conducting interviews with persons who did not respond to U. S. Census

mailings.

Listed and mapped living quarters in designated areas using hand held GPS

computer. Amended maps to reflect current conditions. Entered new addresses

into database and marked addresses that no longer existed. Provided information

to the public about the 2010 U.S. Census.

Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter, Glenview, Illinois 2/1994 to 4/2007

Provided technical support to workers in information processing departments.

Wrote, designed and produced staff intranet.

Applied knowledge of programming techniques and computer systems

Trained staff in Microsoft Office and achieved significant improvements in

their productivity.

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