finance

EXPERIENCE:

Credit Analyst – Surgical Division

Bausch Health Companies formally Valeant Pharmaceuticals International- Bridgewater, NJ

Analyze credit data to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit.

Make decisions to approve/deny the extension of credit within set credit authority established by senior management.

Assist customers daily on invoices, credit approvals based on credit report (Experian and D&B) refunds, on account payments as well as credits and offsets

Identifying offsets, deductions, on account payments

Reconciling accounts as needed, following up on credits and also identifying and making adjustments for write offs and bad debt

Responsible for Solta Division as well as Surgical Division and follow up on collection efforts

Responsible for all consumables as well as capital equipment and follow up on accounts providing updates on all collection efforts, updates on aged receivables

Monitoring credit limits and orders on hold for assigned accounts

Assistant Manager Optometry – Accounts Receivable Dept. 5/2012 - Present

Contact Lens and Vision Associates - Edison, NJ

Review and prepare daily billing

Review contract rates

Cash application process applying payments to patient accounts

Review patient accounts for past due balance and insurance verifications

Reviewed denials for coding errors, resubmitted HFCA’s hardcopy with corrections (added modifiers, or coding error)

Verify that payments comply with contracted rates, policies and procedures

Accounts Receivable follow-up on rejections, authorizations

Experience with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid, Aetna, Medicare and secondary insurance

Resubmitted with supporting documentation. (Medical records, medical necessity)

Credit and A/R Billing Management – Finance Department 2/2014 – 5/2015

Samsung Electronics America - Ridgefield Park, NJ

Full cycle accounts receivable, cash receipts, cash applications and exposure to collections. Analyze business transactions

Create invoices, prepare intercompany billing

Contract/credit memos/chargeback and related processing functions.

Analyzing warranty parts chargeback’s usually involve billing errors

Creating and processing adjustments memos for various reasons; returned checks and excess unapplied cash

Cash application process applying payments/credits to debits/invoices, and ACH wire Transfers, credit card payments

Compile and analyze the monthly chargeback’s and contract rebate accrual account reconciliations.

Compile and analyze weekly and monthly account reconciliations for invoice mailing

Analyze and evaluated credit applications for new lines of credit. Run D&B Reports for credit limit decisions

Develop and maintain strong relationships with the Regional Sales Managers and Authorized Service Centers

Receive and verify invoices and requisitions for parts and service

Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures

Prepared audits for all outstanding accounts that were overdue

Created credit holds daily for Authorized Service Center that were past due using excel to export data

Manage the weekly check run

Maintain listing of accounts receivable and payable

Maintain updated credit blocks for accounts that were past due and over their line of credit

Print and distribute monthly and weekly financial reports

Collections Coordinator 11/2012 – 12/2013

Once Call Medical – Parsippany, NJ

Executed numerous outbound calls to various insurance carriers in order to resolve overdue and incorrect payments.

Worked closely with department liaisons, verified services performed by doctors in accordance with providers contracts.

Disputed claims that were processed incorrectly

Reviewed and researched customers billing complaints and issues

Prepared and arranged aging reports for employees

Reviewed accounts for possible adjustments and appeals

Daily contact with PIP carriers and workers compensation for reimbursements

Submitted claims to adjusters for workers comp and automobile adjusters for payments and denials

Multiple disciplines that are addressed are outpatient diagnostics, inpatient/outpatient hospital based charges, auto claims, and workman compensation claims

A/R Representative 2007 - 2011

McKesson Revenue Cycle Outsourcing Corporation - Somerset, NJ

Disputed claims, made high-volume outbound calls to resolve discrepancies.

Reviewed and researched customers billing complaints and issues

Consistently achieved or exceeded monthly quotas of $7 million in revenue

Assisted Director in special projects.

Posted payments via ACH as well as wire transfers and ERA’s

Daily contact with all insurances, including Medicare, Medicare replacement HMO's, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans, Commercial Insurances, HMO/PPO/EPO plans for reimbursement and appeals

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