Insurance Medical

Karen Edwards

Objective: Finding a company where I can continue to grow and bring my experience of being

in the medical field with 40 years experience. I worked from medical assistant to clerical and

specialist.

Experience:

Family Practice Front Desk

June 2009- December 20012 Dr. Hunaid Dollar Magnolia, Texas

• Checked in patients, collected co pays, answered phones, schedule

appointments, verified insurance.

• Worked with Home Health, face to face and plan of care and obtained doctors signature

with completion of orders.

Family Practice Referral Coordinator

June 2013-September 2014 Texas Family Medicine Center

Tomball, Texas

• Processed referrals to specialist through Aetna HMO, UHC Select, Texan Plus, BCBS

Advantage Plan, and Medicare Replacement Plans.

• Faxed all corresponding labs and clinical to specialist office, precertification for out patient

MRI and CT Scans.

• Verified insurance, answered phones, scheduled appointments, patient cases to nurses.

Cardiology Medical Secretary

October 2008- August 2009 Woodlands North Houston Cardiology

Houston, TX

Verified insurance for new patients and updated insurance information past 6 month

Scanned information in to patient chart and created new insurance for patient and

Created insured status, address and home and work numbers if patient had change.

Procedures (u sound, nuclear stress test, echo cardiograms, 24 hour monitors.)

Cardiology Medical Secretary

December 2007- June 2008 Sadler Clinic,

Woodlands, TX

Answered phones, schedule appointments and out patient diagnostic testing, obtain

insurance benefits and pre-certification for required procedures.

Gathered all data from hospital to send in for consult charges, completed all forms

used for each Insurance PPO and HMO plans to provide clinical information.

Obtained messages for doctor and nurse from patients in appropriate details, ICD-9 and

CPT coding.

Medical Secretary

October 2003 to November 2007 Sadler Clinic,

Woodlands, TX

Gastroenterology, answered phone, scheduled appointments, completed hospital

charges for consult and sub visits.

Sent out letter for patients due for their repeat colonoscopy or endoscopy procedure,

Called on benefits and obtained re certification for required

insurance plan. ICD-9 and CPT coding.

Referral Coordinator

November 1999- October 2003 Northeast Primary Care Associates,

Humble, TX

Obtained referrals to specialty doctors for patients at time of their visit.

Scheduled appointment for the patient with the specialist. Helped with front desk

answer phones, scheduled patients, to messages. Help with back office if needed,

called on delinquent accounts, purged in o the year charts .

Front Desk Check Out/ Receptionist

October 1998- September 1999 Texas Nose and Throat

Woodlands, TX

Check out patients and collect office visit copay's, scheduled follow up appointments

Answered phones and scheduled appointments, filed charts and paper work.

Closed out and balanced in of day transaction, made out deposit and took to bank.

Education: GED and Medical Terminology

1972 and 1973

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