HIBA Q. SYEDA ** Bolivar St
Email: *********@*****.*** Staten Island, NY 10314
Cell: 734-***-****
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I want to excel in a stimulating and challenging environment; building the success of the company and helping it surpass its goals using my education and experience as an appeals coordinator. I want to further advance and evolve myself in this role and having an opportunity to be in a position that will help me utilize knowledge, talents and skillset.
SKILLS
Customer Service - Team Building - Leadership -Interpersonal Skills - Microsoft Office - Problem Solving - Medical Terminology -Management Skills -Organizational Skills - Multilingual (English, Urdu, Hindi) - HIPPA compliance - Familiarized with CMS regulations (Prior Authorization and Appeal) - CSRF- Salesforce – AS400 -Servicenow
PROFRESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Appeals Coordinator December 2016 – Present
OPTUMRx, UnitedHealth Group, Oklahoma City, OK
Regularly review company job aids and work instructions to ensure process accuracy.
Familiar with CMS regulations, CSRF, Salesforce, AS400, and Servicenow
Troubleshoot and respond quickly to appeals questions and problems to provide guidance and manage escalations.
Navigate computer systems to research appeals clinical information
Point of Contact (POC) and validator for both internal and external appeal request.
Provide continuous feedback and assistance on appeal process improvement to internal and external team members
Assist internal teams with subject matter expertise for appeals department
Ensure complaint and quality has been categorized correctly.
Process Part-D, commercial, and Medicaid appeals.
Experience in creating filtering, sorting, data input, editing, saving excel reports (IRO Response Check) for appeal cases.
Designed a Job Aid that managed the streamlining of my divisions production processes and improved Georgia Medicaid appeals fax and email entering and retrieval process in PAS
Prior Authorization Coordinator June 2014 – December 2016
OPTUMRx, UnitedHealth Group, Oklahoma City, OK
Processed fax prescriptions and prior authorization requests.
Contacted patients, pharmacists and doctor's offices to resolve claims issues and customer problems
Familiarized with CMS regulations, ICD-10 coding, guidelines, procedures.
Educated members and providers regarding status on previously submitted Prior Authorization
Handled escalated claims.
Utilized leadership skills by facilitating, consulting team members, troubleshooting, answered complex questions related to this area of expertise and the field where the competency is used, and teaching a new PAS system.
Certified Pharmacy Technician August 2013 – June 2014
CVS Pharmacy, Oklahoma City OK
Pharmacy Technician February 2012 – June 2013
Rite Aid Pharmacy, Livonia MI
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
MBA, Management, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK March 2017– Present
Anticipated Graduation: August 2018
Principles of Effective Training Delivery Assistant (POET D.A) January 2017
Bachelors of Science, Educational Studies, Walden University, Baltimore, MD February 2013
National Pharmacy Technician Board Certification (NPTB) November 2012
Associate in Science, Schoolcraft College, Livonia MI August 2009
Salem High School, Canton, MI June 2006