Medical Coding and Data Specialist

Kevin Walsh

*** ****** ****

Madison, CT *****

Phone: 203-***-****

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

Summary of Experience

Ten years experience in record keeping, billing, and data entry. Responsible for keeping entire companies abreast of production schedules and gathering updates from all departments, clients, and contractors. Extensive experience in book and media production, as well as trafficking research in international publishing and distribution companies. Excellent project management skills, overseeing several media projects at a time from conception to publication. Outstanding organization, attention to detail and communication skills. Proficient in the use of leading edge communications software and proficient in ICD10, CPT, HCPCS Coding, and HIPAA Compliance, Claims Processing (EDI/Manual transmission), Precertification’s, Accounts Receivables/Payables using Practice Manager (Med iSOFT); Knowledgeable regarding Private, Federal and State programs. Creative eye and a progressive attitude, able to thrive in a highly competitive, ever-changing fast-paced industry.

Professional Accomplishments

Robert Half Office Team, New Haven, CT 09/15/2015-Present

Consultant 40 Hours per Week

555 Long Warf Drive 9th Floor, New Haven, CT 06511 $20,000 per year

Permission to Contact Supervisor: Lorri Bacon Smith, Phone 203-***-****

Preformed accounts receivable duties for Comcast in Clinton Connecticut by facilitating the making of payments, the swapping, return, and issuing of equipment, and closing of accounts.

Acted as a customer service representative at Comcast in Clinton Connecticut by vastly accelerating the flow of customers and increasing their satisfaction by separating out and personally dealing with those with the simplest needs.

Identified and corrected over 1,000 errors from previous stages and created the corresponding notifications while working as a proofreader for Cengage Learning in Meriden Connecticut.

Completed and verified bibliographical information on thousands of out of print publications to make the records as comprehensive as humanly possible.

LUX Consulting Group, Silver Spring, MD 06/25/2013-10/05/2014

Grant Applications Specialist 40 Hours per Week

8405 Colesville Rd Suite 320, Silver Spring, MD 20910 $20,000 per year

Permission to Contact Supervisor: Donna Davis, Phone 301-***-****

Reviewed over 200 applications for major government grants of up to $4 million each for compliance to Grant Solutions guidelines. Advised management on the status of individual applications, including problems encountered regarding adherence to policy and procedure, their possible outcomes and causes, recommended corrective actions, and eligibility.

Managed under deadline the organization of reviewers’ findings into easily understandable formats. Loaded the proofreading results into a database shared with the clients using a systematic application of key points meant to streamline the wide range of responses.

Prepared applications for presentation and for the archives, including the categorizing of their compliance and noncompliance to the terms of agreement and according to their adherence to sensitive contractual outlines.

Organized applications for distribution to grant application specialists and quality control specialists and for inclusion into the filing system. Ensured the faultlessness of these preparations by locating all outstanding applications before presentation to the client under strict, difficult to meet deadlines.

DC Media Marketing, Las Vegas, NV 11/6/2006-06/8/2012

Data Specialist 40 Hours per Week

5524 S Fort Apache Rd Suite 110, Las Vegas, NV 89148 $24,000 per year

Permission to Contact Supervisor: Terry Whalen, Phone 203-***-****

Identified cost saving opportunities by spotting differences between the graphics that were measured out and those that were to be ordered. Every template from every one of the company’s designers had to be approved by me in Adobe Illustrator before getting sent off to the producers. Once I was included in this process the rate of error dropped off to zero.

Tracked down over 20,000 potential accounts in neighborhoods with targeted demographics in just a few weeks by multitasking, prioritizing, and streamlined research. The campaign was considered a major success for both the salesmen and the clients.

Had sole responsibility for assembling a customized database of 10,000 installations of advertisement graphics at venues in the United States and China. Verified and confirmed every address and phone number.

Produced maps, charts, and spreadsheets on demand for any and all regions where our graphics had been installed.

Averted hundreds of potential missed deliveries by identifying and correcting erroneous addresses. Kept all contractors and suppliers on schedule by remaining in contact with them to collect updates and maintain objectives.

Slashed by 80% the time needed to recover information in the database by conversion to Excel and through the use of Pivot Tables, macros, and application of VLOOKUP functions.

Advantage, Premier Group, Staffing Now, Danbury, CT 02/27/2002-11/6/2006

Consultant 40 Hours per Week

27 and 275 and 98 Mill Plain Rd, Danbury, CT 06811 $20,000 per year

Permission to Contact Supervisors: Rose Rutledge, Phone: 203-***-****. Emily Cooper, Phone: 212-***-****

Proofread over 200 pharmaceutical advertisements, informational pamphlets and other publications for pharmaceutical corporation Boehringer Ingelheim. Verified and edited facts for medical journals by attending production meetings to discuss journal content, thereby detecting dozens of possible mistakes.

Researched thousands of dollars per day worth of insurance and medical records on file and on microfiche for in and out of house medical billing departments for the Danbury office of Physician Services. Averted hundreds of possible accounting errors through the maintaining and provision of their records.

Reviewed and assured that all copies of Fuel Cell Energy’s training manual, which was several hundred pages long, were perfectly organized and that the typing, grammar, punctuation, and format were all accurate. Maintained the training presentations for over for over two dozen lesson plans which allowed Fuel Cell Energy to prepare the companies who bought their products to use them in a manner applicable to their needs.

Maintained the nationwide inventory of provisions ready for shipping by reviewing stock records, registers, files, and logs to make my reports to factories, warehouses and headquarters as the substitute for the planning manager at Honeywell in Danbury. Compiled reports of sales projections on a seasonal, product by product basis.

Millbrook Press, Brookfield, CT 10/26/1998-02/27/2002

Assistant Production Manager 40 Hours per Week

2 Old New Milford Rd, Brookfield, CT 06804 $22,000 per year

May Contact Supervisor: Laura Lamorte, Phone 203-***-****

Prepared and produced five biweekly special production and investment reports, more than anyone who had held the position previously, for distribution to all departments of the company, including the internal, executive, and contractor levels, to provide data that was up to date and accurate.

Input updates gathered from over 20 sources to trace the developments of books for over 400 documents to keep the entire company updated while correcting inappropriate data and revising antiquated schedules for production records, logs, registers, and the files for new and reprinted titles.

Administrated efforts of overseas editors, publishers, and importing, shipping, warehousing companies, and contractors to assure that all functions in connection with contractual clauses were adhered to, especially in regards to meeting outlined manufacturing deadlines and customs clearance.

Managed the production of the entire Copper Beech label as well as all of the imported titles published by the Millbrook Press, by maintaining contact with and coordinating with foreign publishers and importers to assure that the provisions set forth in the contract clauses were maintained.

Headway Corporate Staffing, White Plains, NY 11/8/1997-02/13/1998

Editorial Assistant 40 Hours per Week

1133 Westchester Ave Ste 334, White Plains, NY 10604 $26,000 per year

May Contact Supervisor: Roland C. Ames, Phone 914-***-****

Edited and formatted announcements, press releases, and newsletters promoting IBM’s newest products and software for both digital and printed publications covering all English speaking markets in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.

Organized and categorized responses to Internet consumer surveys in addition to reorganizing and reintegrating the entire department’s filing system, including the entire hardcopy file room, the permanent archives, and the customer and contacts vault.

ABC News Radio, New York, NY 2/1/1995-6/25/1997

Assistant Correspondent 10 Hours per Week

125 W End Ave, New York, NY 10025 College Credit

May Contact Supervisor: Bill Diehl, Phone: 212-***-****

Assisted Entertainment Correspondent Bill Diehl in the studio as he interviewed actors, musicians, writers, and other celebrities for his show Bill Diehl’s Spotlight, as well as accompanying him to press junkets, movie screenings, pageants, contests, and information gathering expeditions for his reviews, promotional pieces, and hard news stories.

Became the only assistant up to that time entrusted with drafting sets of interview questions, with reorganizing the entire entertainment filing room and film closet, with assisting him choosing sound bites, background music and then having input in the cutting together of commercials and news stories for his show.

Education

Certified Medical Biller and Coder from National Healthcareers Association, Training Direct

Bridgeport, CT 06606, 2014

Masters of Arts in English, Writing Literature, Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, CT 06810, 2005

Bachelor of Arts in English, Manhattan College

Riverdale, NY 10471, 1997

Diploma, Brookfield High School, Brookfield, CT 06804, 1993

Awards

4/07 – Received Employee of the Month award for outstanding performance from Staffing Now’s Danbury office.

3/99 – Received Employee of the Month award for outstanding performance from Westaff’s Danbury office.

Film Publications

B-Girl (2009) feature film. NYC Unit Production Assistant. Two Camels Films and Screen Media Films.

Dead Canaries (2003) feature film. Second Production Assistant. RAS Films and Showcase Entertainment.

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