Home Health Medical

Christina Farinha

Tel: 718-***-**** ● Email: *********.*******@*****.*** ● Miami Beach, FL 33141

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Education: College of Staten Island

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Anthropology

Graduated: May 2012

Cumulative GPA 3.3

Experience: Home Health & Hospice Care Amedisys, Inc. - Hackensack, NJ (June 2013 – April 2014)

Home Health Care Service Coordinator

Facilitated patient care processes through physician referrals and orders.

Maintained daily operations of a high volume certified agency with clinical oversight of

between 180 - 350 patients.

Coordinated systems and procedures with medical records, data entry, claims review, plan of

treatments and personnel functions to ensure efficiency and accuracy in operations.

Appropriately assigned cases to RN, LPN, HHA, MSW, PT, OT, and ST staff based on

patient needs, staff experience, and geographical location.

Insured compliance of all State and Federal Regulations of patient case records are

appropriately documented and updated according to policy and within standards to HIPAA,

OSHA, Medicare, etc. laws/regulations.

Accessed Central Intake System (CIS) by importing medical record numbers into Amedisys

Medical System II (AMS2) and creating patient entries.

Monitored Oasis assessments/documentations, tracking systems for physician orders, posting

transactions, running batch processes, back logs, and SYSAU reports.

Verified patient visit information, insurance authorizations, and approvals (Medicare,

Medicaid, private payor, and independent payor coverage).

Triaged calls from patients, families, physicians, field staff and hospital staff.

Annadale Family Pharmacy – Staten Island, NY (August 2005 – May 2013)

Pharmacy Assistant, Manager (Compounding Technician)

Operated OPUS system to bill/dispense prescriptions efficiently; served as a liaison between

the patients and insurance providers.

Mastered technique of extemporaneous pharmaceutical compounding such as oral, topical

and progesterone suppository preparations.

Directed and supervised the work of incoming employees with the proper instructional

methods and procedures appropriate for patient assistance.

Conducted pharmacy returns and inventory management using cost-effective techniques.

Established and implemented processes, kept records, prepared reports, estimated costs, and

maintained patient profiles/pharmacy files.

Processed invoices and managed payments to accounts for outside vendors/pharmaceutical

manufacturers.

Addressed medication reconciliation/patient counseling matters; monitor drug recalls,

incoming supplies, prescription drugs and over-the-counter, nonprescription medications.

Provided the required State, Federal, Medicaid and Medicare laws compliance support and

FDA, DEA regulations compliance for all medications.

Conducted and ensured that all controlled/narcotic substance inventory logs are in accordance

with professional practices and policies.

Communicated with healthcare professionals/physicians regarding refill authorizations, drug

alternative, prior authorizations, and prescription verification.

Technical Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook)

Amedisys Medical System II (AMS2)

Central Intake System (CIS)

OPUS (Pharmaceutical Management Software)

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