Theresa Nicholas
Hopewell, VA
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To obtain a clerical office position that enables me to use my over 20 years of medical billing, customer service and data entry experience.
Work Experience
Production/Front End Associate
Goodwill of Central, Short Pump
June 2012 to July 2024
Courteously greet customers and efficiently process transactions within a busy, fast-paced retail environment. Operate cash registers, scanners and computers to itemize and total customer purchases; collect payments and make change for transactions; assist with store stocking, employee training, sales for merchandising and opening closing procedures.
· Customer Service Excellence
· Merchandising & Stocking
· Loss Prevention
Medical Coder/Patient Account Representative
Medical Management Services-Chesapeake, VA
October 2003 to November 2010
Select, assign an audit diagnostic and procedure codes to patient records for Private practice and hospital locations with a variety of specialties. Work with the patient account department to ensure accurate billing and resolve claim denials and medical necessity issues.
· Maximize reimbursements by ensuring accurate ICD-9 and CPT coding.
· Managed a high-volume within a deadline driven environment. Constantly met performance benchmarks and all areas; speed accuracy and volume.
· Provided respectful and caring customer service to patient Medical Coder/Patient Account Representative
Per’se Technologies-Yorktown, VA
March 1991 to May 2003
Responsible for all medical billing and ICD-9-CM and CPT coding of radiology charts for numerous local emergency rooms.
· Rapidly mastered Soft Med ClinTrac Clinical Abstracting and 3 M clinical encoders’ software for fast, accurate encoding and abstracting.
· Provided ongoing training to staff on intricacies of insurance submissions codes and intake procedures to minimize rejections for referral and/or registration related reasons. Education
certification and CPT coding certification in Medical MSA Medical Management - Chesapeake, VA
August 2000 to June 2002
certification in Computer programming data entry
Virginia institute of Technologies - Norfolk, VA
August 1985 to May 1986
Skills
• ICD-9
• CPT Coding
• Medical Billing
• Medical Coding
• Insurance Verification
• Medical Terminology
• Hospital Experience
• ICD Coding
• Medical Office Experience
• Accounting
• Loss Prevention
• Medical Records
• Medical Scheduling
• Auditing
• Data Entry
Certifications and Licenses
Medical Coding Certification
Driver's License