Claims Specialist Business Administration

Patrycja Pienkowski

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201-***-**** *******************@*****.***

Education

Seton Hall University-September 2004-May 2008 South Orange, NJ

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance

Experience

Social Security Administration

Claims Specialist (Pay Grade 11) June 2012-present Clifton, NJ

Conducts reviews of the non-medical criteria of individuals already receiving Supplemental Security Income, such as foreign pensions, properties, and bank accounts, to see if they still qualify for benefits and resolves discrepancies that may lead to overpayments

Saves thousands in taxpayer dollars by reducing the Supplemental Security Income payments of many recipients after discovering entitlement to foreign pensions and ownership of foreign assets as well as eligibility to work related pensions

Processes to completion Social Security retirement, disability, and survivors’ claims, as well as Supplemental Security Income aged and disabled person’s claims

Researches and analyzes legal policies to approve or deny non-medical appeals and composes the written letters providing claimants with the decisions

Assesses and analyzes overpayments to see if claimants are at fault or not and if they can be waived under policies and laws

Composes reports for individuals seeking new social security numbers-such as domestic violence survivors-that explain police evidence provided and whether one should be issued or not

Claims Specialist (Pay Grade 9) June 2011-June 2012 Brooklyn, NY

Analyzed self employment tax documents to determine whether earnings could be properly added to individuals’ records

Obtained, analyzed, and investigated claimants’ personal information to determine what programs they qualified for

Completed continuing disablity reports so they could be sent off for medical review

Requested information for claims that could not be processed initially and kept track of needed follow up request letters

Input incoming death notifications and requested proofs of death from funeral homes and other institutions for death error inputs and discrepancies

Claims Specialist (Pay Grade 7) June 2010-June 2011 Brooklyn, NY

Analyzed immigration and identification documents to issue first time social security numbers and issued replacement social security cards as well

Input attorney information into claims and ensured they were paid the correct fees

Processed to completion Medicare Part A, B, and D applications, informed claimants of various enrollment periods, explained their eligibility options, and referred possibly entitled claimants to the Medicaid program

Skills-Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word as well as Adobe Acrobat

Languages-Fluent in Polish, can read and write

Hobbies-Bicycle riding, watching comedies from the 1940s and 50s

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