Sheila Brown
Upper Darby, PA ***82
267-***-**** ************@*****.***
Professional Summary
Billing Representative Professional with over 20+ years of experience in providing an innovative approach to all types of billing issues. A creative thinker who can analyze any and all situations in assuring bills are paid in a timely manner while maintaining the patient relationship. Able to determine trends and issues and provide a variety of solutions to Senior Management. A highly organized individual with strong ethical standards.
Professional Experience
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1992 - 2013
Billing Representative
Processing of all hospital bills as well as the follow-up process. Analyze trends to determine issues for possible work processing changes.
• Processed manual bills to approximately 30 commercial insurance carriers and electronic billing to all HMOs for submission utilizing various systems.
• Monitored edits for trends and issues and report finding to billing management team.
• Documented billing activity on patient accounts in EPIC to ensure hospital compliance and federal regulation (HIPA).
• Researched and resolved all Explanation of Benefits (EOB) cases that were rejected as well as other issues on outstanding accounts.
• Monitored and researched all unpaid claims and resolved the majority of cases.
• Submitted secondary claims upon processing of patient’s primary insurance.
Osteopathic Medical Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1989 - 1992
Inpatient Biller
Responsible for processing all inpatient billing as well as resolving patient’s concerns on outstanding issues.
• Processed all Medicaid, HMO and commercial carriers both electronically and manually. Interacted with both insurance carriers and patients.
• Handled all correspondence from insurance companies.
• Maintained database on a consistent basis as well as keeping all patient demographics current.
• Ensured all financial records met appropriate confidentiality requirements.
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Education
Community College Of Philadelphia (Associates Degree) 1991 - 1993
Technical Skills
Knowledge of: Premis, EPremis, IDX, SMS, NEIC, Claims Logic, EMC, Payer Websites, MS Excel, Epic