Latrena R. Cooper
**** ****** ***, **** *****, CA 90805, Cell: 562-***-****, Email: ***********@*****.***
Objective: Enthusiastic, positive individual with over six years of customer service background seeking to obtain a
position that will allow me to utilize my education, enhance my skills and abilities to help achieve greater success for
the organization.
Education:
2006-2011 ITT Technical Institute San Dimas, CA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration
Graduate June 2011
GPA 3.5 Highest Honors
Summary Qualifications:
• MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Office experience
• Over six years of customer service experience
• Knowledgeable in Account principles
• DME Collections (HCFA 1500/CMN Claims)
• Hospital Billing: HMO, PPO, IPA
• Familiar with ICD-9 and CPT codes
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Learns new technology and skills at an accelerated rate
• Strong work ethic
• Dedicated and loyal employee
• Team Player
• Motivated Self-Starter
Work Experience:
Claims Biller/Collector Comprehensive Behavioral Health Mgmt. Cerritos, CA 11/07- Present
• Enters billing services for provider and payers on the MIS system.
• Prepares weekly billing to payers, post payments to accounts.
• Reconciles and pays provider claims from Kaiser, and Anthem Blue Cross.
• Follow up on all outstanding account balances.
• Provides claims support by entering billing data from providers and payers in the MIS System.
• Researches and corrects account information, as well as, verifies eligibility for an assigned payer account(s).
• Work as an administrative assistant under Case Managers for Substance Abuse as well as for Mental Health.
• Take incoming calls from facilities for patients’ benefits for mental health, chemical dependency and
rehabilitation to contracted facilities.
• Verify patients’ eligibility, create and mail out patients’ admission and discharge letters, prepare admissions and
create authorizations for case managers.
• Keeping track of currently admitted patients.
Claims Office Assistant Comprehensive Behavioral Health Mgmt. Cerritos, CA 11/06- 11/07
• Match and mail checks.
• Receive and distribute mail.
• Separate claims by insurance plans.
• Pull claims by processors request and filing.
• Keep inventory of daily claims.
• Check eligibility of patient’s insurance.
• Create and mail denial letters.