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EPIC CERTIFIED RESOLUTE PROFESSIONAL BILLING/CLAIMS ADMINSTRATOR
Epic certified Resolute Professional Billing with experience in Epic
multiple implementations of healthcare information systems. Have a tendency
to gravitate toward challenging projects and take pride in being considered
a dedicated team player and requested resource. One word to describe me
would be 'Determined'.
Expertise Highlights
Certified Epic Resolute PB Epic System DBV, Maintenance and
Administrator Optimization
Certification for Claims Epic Resolute PB Workqueue Build and
Administrator 3/2011 Maintenance
Credentialed Epic Resolute Epic Masterfile and Specific Item
Facilitator Export/Import
Epic Fee Schedule Build and Multiple Epic Applications Collaborative
Maintenance Hands-on experience; Resolute PB/HB
Epic Security Build and Maintenance Billing, Inpatient/Ambulatory ADT/Prelude,
Epic Unit, Regression, Integrated Cadence
and Upgrade Scripting/Testing and Data/Business/Systems Analysis and
Support Strategic Technology Planning
Epic Resolute Professional and System Implementation, Upgrades,
Hospital Build. Optimization and Revenue Cycle Processes
Change Management Process. Perform On-call duties as required for all
Billing applications.
Professional Experience
SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER - SEATTLE, WA 2/2010 to 4/2011
Enterprise Applications Analyst - Epic Resolute
Professional Billing
Provide IT analysis and system build for Swedish CIS/Epic technology team.
Assist with large-scale enterprise Resolute PB Go-Live processes and
migration projects, systems conversions and performance tuning and monitoring
of Epic applications/systems. Coordinated PB Unit, Integrated and Regression
scripting and testing efforts. Performed PB Security processing for PB
Go-Live events and Production Support and general department support.
MERCY HEALTH SERVICES - ST. LOUIS, MO (stationed in 3/2008 to 2/2010
Rogers, AR)
Epic Resolute Professional Billing Administrator
Provide IT analysis and system build for Epic-Genesis technology team. Assist
with large-scale Resolute PB Go-Live processes and migration projects,
systems conversions and performance tuning and monitoring of Epic
applications/systems. Help set long-range technical direction and capacity
plans. Team Lead over six regions for EPP/EPM. Build and test Epic system
set-up prior to go-live activities and design/test custom modifications to
accommodate special requests/requirements depending on physician specialty.
Assist with Integrated and Regression testing. Gather and assess needs from
internal business units, create custom solutions to resolve issues and
develop functional specifications for Epic system optimization.
GOLDEN LIVING, INC. - FORT SMITH, ar 5/1994 to 2/2008
McKesson HBOC/Horizon Billing Systems Technical Supervisor
Provide object-oriented analysis/design, coding and testing of Hospice and
Home Health accounts receivable management software HBOC/Horizon
application by McKesson. Manage projects that affected the Accounts
Receivable billing and Collections systems. Provide direct support to
Billing Analysts on claim-processing functions. Maintained billing system
updates to include all annual plan billing rates as received, built new
insurance payors and plans (24,000+ plans). Build and update GL interface
mappings for all service types.
GOLDEN LIVING, INC. - FORT SMITH, AR (Cont'd.)
month-end close GL Interface and mapping processes. Support all Hospice and
Home Care locations with technical system support as needed related to
billing/collections system.
GOLDEN LIVING, INC. - FORT SMITH, AR (Cont'd.)
Business Office A/R Consultant
Manage the business office functions of eight long-term care facilities.
Conducted routine reviews of accounts receivable monthly reports and
assisted in resolving issues that prohibit the facility/district from being
successful. Regularly conduct training and consultations on scheduled
basis. Reviewed past due accounts receivables with Business Office Managers
and assisted with necessary corrections to resolve past due account
balances. Assess progress and action taken by ED/BOM and provide weekly
feedback to ensure aggressive and comprehensive collection efforts.
Collections Consultant
Manage revenue for seventeen Hospice agencies. Communicated and reviewed
accounts subject to audit with Executive Director and Business Office
Manager. Performed monthly line-by-line reviews of all outstanding revenue
over 90 days old. Documented procedures used to decrease and resolve aging
balances. Prepared account adjustments and write-off documentation for
processing to corporate. Team lead for Hospice centralized billing office
set-up. Initiated and mastered electronic billing for multiple state
Medicaid programs. Consult with Business Office Managers on rules and
regulations of state and federal insurance programs.
Education
Capella university - Online
Bachelor of Science Information Technology Administration December 2012
DRAUGHON'S BUSINESS COLLEGE - Jackson, MS
Associates Degree in Accounting with a concentration in Legal
Documentation, 1991
Technology Summary
Certification Epic Resolute Professional Billing Administrator 12/2008,
s: 2009NVT, 2010NVT
Epic Claims Administrator 3/2011
Epic Credentialed Resolute Professional Billing Facilitator
Applications Epic Resolute PB/HB, Horizon Homecare, McKesson HBOC, Emdeon
& Clearinghouse and Claims Processing, Mainframe, AS400,
Systems: Intranet/Internet, Microsoft Office.
References Available Upon Request