Maria L. Ribeiro
*** ******** ****** ********, ** 02301
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Mobile 781-***-****
Medical Billing and Coding Specialist/Office Support Staff
Career objective To obtain a career that offers growth and opportunity to contribute to my education in the medical field, work experience, and multi-lingual abilities as a medical billing and coding specialist.
Employment History
Brockton Neighborhood Healthcare Center Brockton, MA
Medical Billing Clerk 11/2011 - Present
Perform tasks required to maintain accurate accounts receivable system and maximization of cash flow, prepare routine claim processing, and initiate appropriate action to collect on aging account balances. Ensures all encounters and over-the-counter cash collections are input in a timely manner. Sends a written report of errors to appropriate personnel for correction before processing. Inputs cash receipts into the health center’s practice management system. Compares EOBs and batch totals to the daily bank deposit and cash receipt journal. Reviews status of aged patient and insurance balances and initiates collection action. Prepares electronic medical and paper claims for all appropriate insurance carriers. Reviews all claims for possible errors in coding[ i . e . non billable services, identification numbers, policy numbers, group numbers, provider numbers, diagnoses, procedure codes, etc.]
Reebok Distribution Center Stoughton, MA
Distribution Center Selector and Checker October 2002-September 2010
Warehouse distribution worker
Packed orders and shipped to appropriate locations
Reviewed, selected, packed and shipped distribution, orders in designated time.
Responsible for new staff training
Education Summary
Brockton High School Class of 1998
Healthcare Training Center 02/2010 - 06/2011
Medical Terminology- Body System overview, creating complex words, prefixes and suffixes, medical abbreviation.
Medical Billing- Insurance program & contracts, private Contracts, various methods of reimbursement, billing forms & issues, Medicare, Tricare, Medicaid, tracing, insurance form coding. Internship completed at Brockton neighborhood healthcare center.
Medical Coding- Translate written descriptions into diagnostic codes, domestic coding conventions, abstract medical conditions from records.
Speaks and comprehends three languages, English, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole.
References Upon Request
Maria L. Ribeiro
215 Prospect Street Brockton, MA 02301
****************@*****.***
Mobile 781-***-****
Medical Billing and Coding Specialist/Office Support Staff
Career objective To obtain a career that offers growth and opportunity to contribute to my education in the medical field, work experience, and multi-lingual abilities as a medical billing and coding specialist.
Employment History
Brockton Neighborhood Healthcare Center Brockton, MA
Medical Billing Clerk 11/2011 - Present
Perform tasks required to maintain accurate accounts receivable system and maximization of cash flow, prepare routine claim processing, and initiate appropriate action to collect on aging account balances. Ensures all encounters and over-the-counter cash collections are input in a timely manner. Sends a written report of errors to appropriate personnel for correction before processing. Inputs cash receipts into the health center’s practice management system. Compares EOBs and batch totals to the daily bank deposit and cash receipt journal. Reviews status of aged patient and insurance balances and initiates collection action. Prepares electronic medical and paper claims for all appropriate insurance carriers. Reviews all claims for possible errors in coding[ i . e . non billable services, identification numbers, policy numbers, group numbers, provider numbers, diagnoses, procedure codes, etc.]
Reebok Distribution Center Stoughton, MA
Distribution Center Selector and Checker October 2002-September 2010
Warehouse distribution worker
Packed orders and shipped to appropriate locations
Reviewed, selected, packed and shipped distribution, orders in designated time.
Responsible for new staff training
Education Summary
Brockton High School Class of 1998
Healthcare Training Center 02/2010 - 06/2011
Medical Terminology- Body System overview, creating complex words, prefixes and suffixes, medical abbreviation.
Medical Billing- Insurance program & contracts, private Contracts, various methods of reimbursement, billing forms & issues, Medicare, Tricare, Medicaid, tracing, insurance form coding. Internship completed at Brockton neighborhood healthcare center.
Medical Coding- Translate written descriptions into diagnostic codes, domestic coding conventions, abstract medical conditions from records.
Speaks and comprehends three languages, English, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole.
References Upon Request