Insurance billing, coding, collections

Martha I. Vargas

Tel: 832-***-**** E-mail:

*********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: Seeking a challenging position where my professional experience

and education will be to the full benefit of the company,

with opportunities for growth and advancement.

EXPERIENCE: Mar. 2002-Present Southwest Medical Mgmt.

Accounts Receivable Representative

Multiple medical coding, submit/retrieve electronic claims'

reports through THIN & review/correct rejections, provide

bilingual customer service over the phone, perform

patients' account follow-up by correcting/appealing claims

as well as calling commercial/managed care insurance

companies including Medicaid and Medicare, mail-out

multiple letters, copy/file documents, as well as other

duties. Work the accounts receivable, post charges and

payments and applied corresponding refunds and adjustments

to patients, accounts and insurance.

Sept. 1999-Jan. 2002 Donald C. Young III, M.D.

Occupational Medicine Coordinator

Scheduled multiple appointments for diagnostic procedures,

answered multi-phone line system, worked-up and checked out

patients, collected payments, data entry of demographics

and charges, verified and obtained authorization for

Health/Workers compensation insurance, released/requested

medical records, served as translator for Spanish speaking

patients, copied/filed documents, as well as other duties.

Called/ verified insurance primarily responsible for the

Ocuppational Department and Assisted with various day to

day Tasks as a medical assistant as well as billing

insurance.

Feb. 1997-Aug. 1999 Durham Physicians Clinic

Occupational Medicine Coordinator

In charge of the Ocupational Department and insurance

billing.

Nov. 1991-Nov. 1996 TX Industrial Clinic/Latin

American Clinic

Insurance Clerk

Physical Therapy technician and insurance billing.

EDUCATION : Texas Medical and Dental College Houston TX

Administrative Health Assistant Certificate.

University of Houston 1980

University of St Thomas 1978

CERTIFICATES: National Certified Medical Office Assistant from 1996 to

present

Certificate of Completion of ICD-9 Coding since 1992

SKILLS : Computer Literate: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint,

& Medical software (Logos/Accuterm, Meditech, MedTrack)

Exemplary phone etiquette and customer service skills

Bilingual (Read, write, and speak Spanish fluently)

Typing speed: 50 wpm

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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