Brenda Gallant
**** *. ****** ***** ********, Texas 77502
832-***-**** ***********@*******.***
Objective:
To secure a position in the medical/business field where my training, skills, and abilities will be of value.
Experience:
Alliance Ambulance, Inc. Houston, Texas August 2000-Present
Billing Supervisor/Appeals Specialist. Data entry of patient billing information; coding charges to highest level; filing electronic and paper claims with Medicare, Medicare Advantage programs, Texas Medicaid, Medicaid HMO’s, and regular health insurance plans; check status on claims; written and phone appeals of denied claims within time limits; posting payments; and monthly patient billing.
West Houston Dermatology Houston, Texas August 1994 – January 1999
Office Manager/Insurance Specialist. Filing electronic and paper HMO/PPO/Medicare claims; posting insurance payments; filing appeals of denied claims; monthly patient account billing; daily transcription of patient visits; typing referral letters; completed physician contracts with HMO/PPO’s; answer telephones; schedule appointments; checking in and out of patients; and taking medication refill requests.
February 1999 –January 2001 Contract employee. Daily transcription of patient visits for physician and physician assistant.
Affiliated Dermatologists of Houston Houston, Texas October 1992-June 1994 Medical Secretary. Post daily charges and payments of patient accounts; compute associate physician’s payroll; filing of group health and Medicare claims; check status on insurance claims; make daily bank deposits; type operative and pathology reports; file charts; schedule patient appointments; monthly patient billing; transcription of referral letters and reports.
Education:
Dickinson Business School-San Antonio, Texas Graduated 1989-Accounting
Our Lady of the Lake University – San Antonio, Texas 1987 -1988
Sharpstown Senior High School – Houston, Texas Graduated 1987
Skills: Typing 65 wpm; 10 key by touch; Microsoft Word/Excel; General Accounting; Medical Front Office Skills; ICD-9/ICD-10 and CPT coding; Medical Transcription; Paradox, Amazon, SweetSoft Medical Billing programs; Organizational Skills.