MonaLisa Vasquez
P.O. Box ****, Alamo, CA. *****
Cell: 925-***-****(mailing address, reside in Dublin)
**********@*****.***
Objective:
To succeed in a challenging position in which my talents and abilities can be utilized towards
growth and advancement.
Qualifications / Skills & Education :
San Joaquin Delta College/DeAnza College/ Business & Psychology
Fluent in English & Spanish.
Good at problem solving, resourceful & competent.
Knowledge & experience in MS Word & Excel.
Knowledge & experience in EMR & scanning.
Knowledge & experience in outpatient surgery & medical office duties.
Strong inter-personal skills, fast learner, motivated to succeed.
Skilled & experience in assisting in AR/AP department.
Employment History:
January 2013-September 2014 Warren J. Strudwick, MD/
Medical Assistant
Coordinate and schedule in office surgical procedures and outpatient surgeries. Obtain
authorizations, RFA’s for, orthopedic surgeries, special studies, medical referrals, physical
therapy, Synvisc and Orthovisc injections, DME and Medical Legal exams . Assist, surgeons in
exam rooms. Interfacing with various health insurances, especially Worker’s Compensation,
HMO’s, & PPO’s. Work closely with Adjusters and Nurse Case Manager’s, giving update status
upon patients visits, faxing PR-2’s and final dictation & operative reports. Answer phones,
schedule appointments, entering demographics and insurance information,& collect co pays.
Billing & coding with ICD-9 and CPT codes. Computer programs used, Onstaff and Patient
Chart Manager/Prime Clinical Manager, X-1 and Myisis. EMR experienced and scanning. Order
all office supplies, of medical and clerical.
October 2011-December 2012 Lamont Cardon, MD/ Surgery
Coordinator/Administrative Medical Assistant
Schedule and coordinate of surgical procedures in office and outpatient hand surgeries. Obtain
authorizations from various health insurances, for surgeries, special studies, medications, DME
equipment & physical therapy. Skilled & experienced setting up Medical/Legal exams, QME and
AME and setting up depositions. Billing & coding with ICD-9/CPT codes. Answering phones,
greet patients, enter demographics, scan insurance cards. Close out daily ledger’s of co pays,
credit cards & insurance payments. Experience in EMR & chart scanning, of patients medical
records. Computer programs used Chart Logic & Advanced MD.
June 2009-March 2010 Pain Medical Consultants/Administrative Medical
Assistant
Greet patients, answer phones, collect co pays, closing daily end batches, enter demographics &
schedule appointments in computer, along with verifying various health insurances, & EMR and
scanning of patients medical records. Obtain authorizations, for in office procedures & outpatient
surgical procedures, from Workers Compensation, HMO’s, & PPO’s of, MRI’s, CT’s, DME,
medications, referrals, & physical therapy. Experienced in setting up Medical Legal exams,
QME/AME exams and depositions. Also assisted doctors with patients exams, obtain vital signs
& administrating injections. Ordering of all medical supplies.
June 2008-May 2009 Muir Pulmonary Critical Care/ Medical Assistant
Coordinating the doctors schedules, including computer scheduling appointments, greeting
patients, collecting co-pays, verify insurances and closing end of day batches. Obtaining prior
authorizations for various medical testing and surgeries and coordinating with facility and
patients. Also assisted doctors with patients exams, obtaining vital signs and administrating
injections and verifying prescriptions with doctors approval. Ordering of office & medical
supplies & medications. Programs used Tiny Term and various insurance websites.
September 2005-December 2007 Muir OB/GYN, Inc./ Supervisor
Managing front office medical staff. Also coordinating doctors schedules including, computer
scheduling, greeting patients, collecting co-pays, medical records scanning and closing daily end
batches. Input various patients data information and entering daily ICD-9/CPT codes for billing
purposes. Scheduling surgeries and obtaining prior authorizations with various medical
insurances.
September 2003-March 2004 Muir Orthopedic Specialists/Patient Service
Representative
Worked in call center environment, answering 200 plus calls daily, directing calls to appropriate
departments and also scheduled appointments for patients. Obtained referrals and dealt directly
with private health insurances, patients, doctors, and pharmacies. Processed claims for worker’s
compensation, obtaining authorizations, referrals, and scheduled various appointments as needed.
Referred doctors reports to Claims Adjusters and Nurse Case Managers. Knowledge of Millbrook
program.
May 2002-December 2002 NCBH/Patient Ser. Rep./Cust. Svc. Supervisor
Oversaw front office staff in 3 offices and trained new employees on Medical Manager Program.
Obtained referrals and dealt directly with private health insurances, and patients, doctors and
pharmacies and reported directly to Chief Operation Officer. Processed daily invoices at end of
day accounting dealing with patients accounts and reporting to corporate office. Worked on
spreadsheets and manage front office administrative duties.
August 1998–April 2002 Telesensory, Inc./Sales Service/ Administrator
Inside sales for close-circuit TV’s, of monthly revenues of $1M. Processed sales orders, issue
credit and debit memos, invoicing. Obtained Return Material Authorizations for our products.
Oversaw domestic and international sales orders and shipping documents. Inventory control for
our units and spare parts.