Sandra Acosta -Warzynski
Medical Biller and Coding Professional
Certified Medical Coding and Biller
Medical Billing and Coding
PCI College - Los Angeles, CA
Work Experience
Billing Specialist
South Palm Orthopaedics - Delray, FL
May 2021 to Present
•Responsible for entering Physical and occupational therapy daily charges.
•Prepare surgery operative reports and forward to billers.
•Enter new patients’ demographic information, update address or insurance. Information.
•Post and managed insurance and patients’ payments.
•Utilizes EHR to file medical records, documents etc.
•Obtain elective surgery authorizations.
•Process requested medical records from insurance companies
•Verify insurance eligibility .
•Process cash and credit card payments.
•Follow up on outstanding claims within cycle period.
Insurance Representative
Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale, FL
February 2020 to May 2021
oVerify Insurance Benefits
oVerify ins Insurance authorizations
oMake outbound phone calls to doctors’ offices to resolve any issues with the authorizations.,
oCpt codes ICD10
Patient Care Assistant
Contract (Regent Park Nursing Home) - Aventura, FL August 2019 to February 2020
Pick up Patient medical records from nurse station.
Pick up Patient from their room and take it to doctor’s office for an appointment.
When Doctors appointment is finished, I return with patient to Nursing home
Medical Coder and Biller Tri-City Medical Center - Vista, CA February 2017 to 2018
Insurance/ Patient Billing - total claims process, resolves NCCI edits
Coding - Ensures accurate coding for physicians’ diagnosis and procedures, assigns proper modifiers based on guidelines. Maintains accurate and complete EMR's.
Audits/Compliance - claims follow up, rebilling, collections, quotations. Translates to Spanish patients.
Utilizes EHR for any documentation needed to support claim.
Scheduler
Pinnacle Imaging Diagnostics - Miami, FL 2014 to 2014
•Scheduling appointments
•Obtain Authorizations
•Check Patient Eligibility
•Answer Phones
Billing Coordinator
Jeffrey P. Bernicker M.D Medical Corp - San Diego, CA 2005 to 2011
•Responsibilities encompassed all aspects of client and insurance billing
•Negotiated claims, received, and posted payments
•Processed data related to client depositions and surgery
•Managed billing, re-billing, and bi-weekly deposits
Skills
•Medical Billing
•Medical Insurance
•Medical Coding
•CPC
•DME
•Data Entry
•ICD-9
•CPT Coding
•ICD-10
•Medical Collection
•Medical Office Experience
•Microsoft Office
•Excel
•Accounts Receivable
•Accounts Payable
•Hospital Experience
•Insurance Verification
•EMR Systems
•Microsoft Excel
•Clerical Experience
•Medical Terminology
•Customer Service
•Microsoft Outlook
•Medical Records
•Anatomy Knowledge
•HIPAA
•Experience Administering Injections
•Medical Scheduling
•ICD coding
•Medical receptionist
•HCPCS
•Phone etiquette
•Documentation review
•Auditing
•Patient care
•Ten key calculators
•Medicare
•Laboratory experience
Certifications and Licenses
Medical Billing and Coding
November 2013 to Present
Assessments
Medical Billing — Proficient
October 2019
Understanding the procedures and forms used for medical billing. Full results: Proficient
Attention to Detail — Completed
October 2019
Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting information.
Full results: Completed
Electronic Health Records: Best Practices — Completed
October 2019
Knowledge of EHR data, associated privacy regulations, and best practices for EHR use Full results: Completed