MARA I. SEGURA
925-***-**** *********.*@*****.***
Objective:
I would like the opportunity to obtain a position in your organization.
Skills:
Answering Phones/Returning Messages
Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Bookkeeping/Medical Records
Communicating with Physicians, Patients, and other Professionals
Ease to learn new software programs
Interpreting Medical Records
Medical Administration/Billing
Medical Terminology
Customer Service
Organize New Patient Orientations
VISTA, ICB, CPRS, EDIS
Performing procedural and diagnosis coding for submission to insurance companies
Typing +35 WPM
Word, Excel, Power Point, Windows 8, Vista 7,
Experience:
Medical Support Assistant 12/27/15 – 09/05/2017
Volunteered- Medical Support Assistant (02/15- 11/2015)
Veterans Affair 150 Muir Rd. Martinez, CA
Duties: Provide clerical and administrative support for Primary Care, Urgent Care, and specialty clinics. Answering phones, checking in/out patients for scheduled appointments, obtaining medical records, release of information, new patient orientations, scheduling /cancelling/rescheduling appointments, update patients’ demographics through VISTA, verify third party insurance thru ICB. Record physicians’ orders, verify patients’ eligibility. Worked with PACT, data input, abstract/retrieve EKG, MRI, or lab reports, worked in Urgent Care setting, EDIS board, preparing paperwork for admitted patients, making 911 call to request transportation for patients who needed emergency medical care, faxing, scanning, uploading, and requesting patients’ records.
Food Service, 05/18/15- 12/25/15
Veterans Affair, Martinez, CA
Duties: Food service, food prep and cooking, customer service, and cleaning for VA Canteen. Taking meals to Vets, Prepping meal trays, collecting meal trays from patients.
Housekeeping, 05/14 –09/30/14
ADS &Meyers, VA, Martinez,
Duties: Cleaning and disinfecting patients’ rooms, bathrooms, and hallways. Terminal cleanings, buffing, dusting, mopping, stocking, dispose of garbage, bio hazard material, use of cleaning chemicals and equipment.
Interpreter, 11/11- 03/14
Lylia Valladolid Interpreting Service, Richmond, CA
Vatche Cabayan M.D. Orthopedic Surgeon, Vladimir Bokarious, M.D., Psychiatric
Duties: Interpret (Spanish/ English) between patient and doctor, nurse, medical assistants’, and/or attorneys in regular visits appointments, pre-ops, or post-ops, making new charts, filling workers compensation forms, lab forms, and new patients packet forms, interviewing patients to obtain a history report, translate and type new patient’s reports, contacting patients to coordinate follow-up care, explained the usage of medical equipment, rooming patients, filing, faxing, taking patients’ blood pressure and weight.
Front Office/ Medical Administration, 11/08-02/09
Broussard Chiropractic, Brentwood, CA
Duties: Internship: Schedule and coordinate appointments for patients, collecting co-payments, billing insurances, verifying eligibility coverage with insurances, rooming patients, answering phones, returning calls, appointment reminders, making new charts, medical records, filing, faxing.
Lead Representative, 03/2001-08/2001
Bay Area Credit, Antioch, CA
Duties: Answering inbound calls for different organizations. Collecting payments on overdue accounts, logging in information, data entry, customer service. Min requirement for job duty is to collect 14+ payments. Avarage about 200 inbound calls per day. I became Lead Representative-Bilingual in 3 months.
Education:
Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA 01/2016- 05/2018
oMedical Office Administration A.S.
Western Career College, Pleasant Hill, CA, 01/2009
oHealth Information Technology/ Medical Administration /Billing and Coding
Antioch High School, Diploma 06/1995
oOffice Careers with Computer Applications 06/1995
References:
Dr. Jamila Fields, M.D. Psychiatrist,
Veterans Affair, Martinez, CA 925-***-****
Joy Cinotto, RN
Veterans Affair, Martinez, CA 925-***-****
Salimu Coleman, MSA Supervisor
Veteran Affair, Martinez, CA 925-***-**** ext 6601
Janet Marshall, Assistant Chief
Veterans Affair, Martinez, CA 925-***-****
Arlicia Allen, MSA
Veterans Affair, Martinez, CA 925-***-****