Medical Insurance
Resume:
TERESA MARIE PLATT
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11219
***********@*****.***
Career Objective: To continue in an administrative capacity in Healthcare.
I wish to be an asset using my experience and knowledge to the best of my
abilities.
Work Experience:
July 2014 to January 2015:
Advantage Care Physicians Group
2791 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314
Insurance Verification Specialist: Maintain daily updates to patient
demographics and insurance; contact patients to obtain demographic and
insurance information and verify that existing patient demographic
information and insurance information is accurate to validate proof of
coverage; update patient management systems with all insurance coverage
updates with the appropriate coverage and guarantor information, including
patient demographics, guarantor demographics, subscriber demographics and
complete coverage information; verify patient insurance coverage to ensure
necessary procedures are covered by an individual's subscriber; review and
correct insurance information.
December 2013 - March, 2014:
Greater NY Home Care, 6321 New Utrecht Avenue. Brooklyn, NY 11219, 212- 687-
7464
Temporary Position: Home Care Biller/Collections Administrator:Made daily
calls to Insurance Companies and third party handling companies to obtain
reimbursements on outstanding and overdue accounts; maintain and update
daily spreadsheets and distribute to Management through emails. Handle
collections calls and contact all necessary personal to ensure accounts are
current.
August 2013 - November 2013:
Lerman Diagnostics, 6511 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11219, 718-491-
4545
Insurance Verifications/Authorization Specialist: Verify all insurance for
daily schedules; ensure all information up to date and valid; update
patient schedules; provide all authorizations and validate for dates of
service and modality; billing inquiries, other insurance verification
responsibilities.
Hanger, Inc., 5308 New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 718-***-****
February 2009 - March 2013: Office Administrator:Scheduled patients,
maintained charts, internet researches, verified insurance and prior
approvals, interacted with interoffice personnel and other medical offices,
maintained all data pertaining to patients, data and word processing, check
processing, posted payments, managed all incoming and outgoing mail and
calls.
Ala Mesh, MD, 325 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY
March - September 2008:
Medical Secretary: Performed all duties of Front Office, managed
assistant, scheduled appointments, verified insurance, obtained prior
approvals, ordered medical testing, internet researches, compiled billing.
Brooklyn Heights Rheumatology/Daniel D Ricciardi,MD, 100 Clinton St,
Brooklyn, NY
June 2006 - January 2008:
Medical Secretary: Performed all Front Office duties, scheduled
appointments, maintained paperwork, prepared and maintained charts,
internet researching, verified insurance and obtained prior approvals,
interacted with other medical offices, obtained and ordered medical
testing.
From June, 2005 throughout June, 2006:
Various Medical Receptionist/Administrative positions, Including: Warren
Wexelman, MD, Joseph Caruana, MD, Narrows Radiology, Verde & L'Insalata,
MD, John Bakoss, MD: Scheduled appointments, verified insurance and
obtained prior approvals, ordered medical testing; billing, claims,
maintained payments, coding, chart preparation, all front desk duties.
December 2003 -January 2005:
Maimonides Medical Center, Anesthesia Billing Dept, 4802 10th Ave, Bklyn,
NY
Accounts Representative/Medical Coder/Biller: Maintained coding and
billing including processing charts, verified insurance, medical coding,
processing all ends of billing cycle, claims and insurance problems, credit
and collections, interacted with hospital departments.
May to September 2003:
Paul K Wein, MD, Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY
Medical Secretary: Performed medical secretary duties, scheduled patients,
verified insurance and obtained prior approvals, ordered all cardiac
testing, collected payments, data processing, maintained charts, closed out
data and office daily.
October 1995 - August 2002:
Fernaine and Bustros, MD, PC, 217 Ovington Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 718-***-****
Medical Assistant/Front Desk: Managed all front office responsibilities,
verified insurance, obtained prior authorizations, collected payments,
maintained all patient rooms, prepared charts, filed, ordered medical
testing, data and word processing, performed various cardiac testing
including EKGs, Holter Monitoring, Signal Averages, PFTs.
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