Medical Billing and Coding Specialist

Bonnie Bench-Leake

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Professional Profile

Motivated, reliable, and dependable competent medical billing and coding specialist with exceptional patient skills, seeking an opportunity to grow personally and professionally within a quality organization.

Proficiencies: MS Excel; MS Word; MS PowerPoint; Typing Speed: 38 WPM

Skills: Written and verbal communication (letters, emails, presentations, face-to-face communications); Time management skills; Attention to detail; Data entry (experience using 10-key number pad); Data inventory (organizing, recording, storing, or saving information)

Honors/Awards: Ultimate Medical Academy Honor Roll Everest University 2014-2015 Honor Roll and Principle

Key Qualifications

Medical Billing Accounts Receivable Collections Co-Pay Deductibles Co-Insurance EOBs Revenue Cycle Management Posting Payments Government (Medicare & Medicaid) Third Party Payers Electronic Health Records (EHR) Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Managed Care (HMO PPO and POS) Workers Compensation Insurance Verification Insurance Claim Processing CMS 1500 CMS 1450 (UB-04) Front Office Operations Medical Office Procedures Scheduling Medical Terminology Anatomy & Physiology HIPAA Compliance Medical Coding (ICD-9-CM ICD-10-CM HCPCS CPT)

Certifications

National Certified Medical Assistant – Largo, FL

National Certified Medical Assistant

NCMA # 912844 National Center for Competency Testing- NCCT

American Heart Association – Largo, FL

CPR/BLS for Healthcare Professionals

Education

Ultimate Medical Academy Associate of Science Degree – Medical Billing and Coding, 2020

Fully accredited, accelerated program providing instruction in medical billing and ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS coding for diseases, surgeries and medical procedures. Program content includes electronic health record (EHR) systems, accounting methods, and processes for preparing and submitting healthcare claims. Research, professional writing, critical thinking and communications skills are emphasized throughout the program.

Everest University Medical Assistant Diploma Program, 2015

Fully accredited, accelerated program providing instruction in medical assistant including billing and ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS coding for diseases, surgeries and medical procedures. Program content includes electronic health record (EHR) systems, Injections, Phlebotomy, Vitals and EKG and Medical Office Procedures, Basic Clinical Procedure, processes for preparing and submitting healthcare claims. Injections and Pharmacology.

Edu-Tech Centers Medical Billing and Coding Specialist Diploma Program, 2006

Fully accredited, accelerated program providing instruction in medical billing and ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS coding for diseases, surgeries and medical procedures. Program content includes electronic health record (EHR) systems, accounting methods, and processes for preparing and submitting healthcare claims.

Florida Metropolitan University Medical Assistant Associate Degree Program, 2001

Fully accredited, accelerated program providing instruction in medical assistant including billing and ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS coding for diseases, surgeries and medical procedures. Program content includes electronic health record (EHR) systems, Injections, Phlebotomy, Vitals and EKG and Medical Office Procedures, Basic Clinical Procedure, processes for preparing and submitting healthcare claims. Injections and Pharmacology.

Experience

PM Medical Billing Corp- Tarpon Springs, FL 05/2021- Present

Medical Biller

Post payments Medicare, Medicaid, Secondary Insurance

Work A/R

Submit charges, Send patients payments, post patient payments

Insight Global (Temp for Optum)– Tampa, FL

12/2019-04/2021

Medical Scanner

Accurately Indexing documents

Work in different physician centers

Make the proper corrections when needed

Florida ENT and ALLERGY– Tampa, FL

09/2018-05/2019

Certified Medical Assistant

Vitals, Document Patient Demographics into E-clinicals

Help set up minor surgeries and Autoclave instruments

Allery Shots and Allergy Testing

Diagnostic Clinic Medical Group– Largo, FL

02/2017-05/2018

Certified Medical Assistant

Float Nurse, Referrals

Refill prescriptions medication

Update medication and allergy list

Adult Primary Care and AWV/IPPE

Specialty ENT, Pulmonary, Gastro, Rheumatology

Appointments, answering incoming phone calls after rooming patients

Injections B-12, Hep A/B, Give results of labs and imaging results

Prior prescriptions Authorizations on Cover My Meds

Documentation of things I did in EMR

Insight Global (Temp for JSA healthcare)– Tampa, FL

11/2015-02/2017

Certified Medical Assistant

EMR Document Conversion

Transfer manual documents for conversion from Practice Fusion EMR to Allscripts EMR

Indexing documents

Dr. Loren Miller– St. Petersburg, FL

09/2015-10/2015

Health Information Technician Externship/Practicum

Performed 200 hour student externship

Front desk duties, patient check in/patient check out

Called and confirm patients appointments

Verify Insurance

Autoclave instruments

Past Volunteer Experience

Veteran Association– St Petersburg, FL 09/2015-09/2015

Volunteer

Help patients when called

Assist patients find location to be seen

Input patient demographics into the computer

Well Medical Clinic Pinellas Park

Volunteer 11/2015-11/2015

Input patient demographics into the MD Logic

Room patients and took their vitals

File charts in proper locations.

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