Beverly A. Ricks

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*** *. ***** ******, *****, LA 70422

985-***-****/Cell

OBJECTIVE

Motivated office professional with proven skills in managing appointments, meetings, and events. Able to independently organize resources to smoothly meet needs and complete special projects. Skilled communicator and problem-solver with the adaptability to handle changing demands.

EDUCATION

12/90-05/91 New Orleans Skill Training Center – Clerk Typist

01/89-01/90 Coastal Training Institute – Word Processing II

08/76-05/80 Booker T. Washington High School

WORK EXPERIENCE

08/21- Present North Oaks Health System, 15837 Paul Vega Drive, Hammond LA 70403 – (PFS) Hospital Billing Specialist: Responsibilities – Billing claims to payers, mail claims for payments to Medicaid and other Insurance Payers; Verify insurance eligibility, check status on claims, making calls to insurance payers for claim denials; change billed types; Send claim to other departments for review if necessary; Work in Workques with Claim Edits, Unbilled Claim, Credits and Balances, Billing External Edits, Follow-Up Edits and Needs Billing Review Edits; Mail request for Sterilization Consent forms for Abortions and Hysterectomies; Combine accounts; attaching insurance to claims, balancing EOBs and making necessary changes to claims through N-Thrive. Operating various types of office equipment such as: copier, printers, fax machines and assist with other staff members as needed. Human Resource 985-***-****. Supervisors, Jennifer Lambert 985-***-****.

03/19-08/21 North Oaks Health System, 15837 Paul Vega Drive, Hammond LA 70403 - Financial Assistant Specialist (FAC): Responsibilities - Verify and attach insurance to claims: Including, Worker’s Comp and Vehicle accident etc., answer multiple phone lines, advise patients of overdue balances, explain insurance coverage to patients such as: non-coverages, copays, deductibles, and coinsurance. Set up employee payroll deductions, flag return mail, collect claim information, update patient guarantor and demographics information, set up payment plans, place holds on billing statements, send accounts to collections, provide agency with payment update; assist Acadian Services in verifying insurance information, provide Attorneys with patient account balance, operate various types of office equipment such as: copier, printers, fax machines and assist with other staff members as needed. Human Resource 985-***-**** Supervisors, Velva Buckner 985-***-****.

03/18-03/19 North Oaks Health System, 15837 Paul Vega Drive, Hammond LA 70403 - Environmental Services Department: Housekeeper – Responsibilities - Generally cleaning patient’s rooms, cleaning business offices, and other area of the facility as needed. Human Resource 985-***-****

Supervisor, Melvin Carter 985-***-****

06/17-03/18 Hood Memorial Center: 301 Walnut Drive, Amite LA 70422

Environmental Services Department, Housekeeper – Responsibilities - Generally cleaning patient’s rooms, cleaning business offices, keeping the ER supplied with clean lining and refreshing rooms as needed. Human Resource 985-***-****

Supervisor, Barbara Brown 985-***-****

03/17-09/17 (Moved from New Orleans to Hammond)

Wal-Mart: 2799 W. Thomas Street, Hammond, LA 70401/Wal-Mart: Supercenter 4810 Lapalco Blvd., LA 70131 (Part –Time)

Cashier: Responsibilities - Greeting customers in a personalized, friendly, and inviting manner, operating the cash register, making sales, occasionally stocking and other various job duties.

Supervisor, David Johnson 985-***-****/Supervisor, Cheryl, 504-***-****

10/13-03/17 Vinson Guard Service: Armed Security Officer: 955 Howard Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113 Whitney Bank – Responsibilities - Keep the entire bank inside and outside secured, greet clients, patrol the parking lot, lobby, ATM machines area and make sure the staff is safe.

Supervisor, George Jackson 504 -2260 or 504-***-****

11/05-05/15 Algiers Charter Schools Association: Landry/Walker High School, 1200 L.B. Landry Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70114

School Secretary: Responsibilities - Greet Faculty/Staff, Parents, Students, and the Community in a personalized, friendly, and inviting manner. Data entry, answer multiple phone lines, payroll, typing, receive and responding to emails, billing, filing, scanning, compiling security incident reports, process incoming correspondences, update school stats daily. Provide information to outside agencies and to the community upon request, schedule and arrange appointments, perform bookkeeping tasks and in-put/update student data for immunization records, operate various types of office equipment such as: copier, fax machine, ID Maker, printers, and poster making machines. Also work a flexible schedule and/or expanded days when necessary to meet the needs of the organization.

Supervisor, Mary L.H. Laurie 504-***-****

SPECIAL SKILLS

Proficient in the use of EPIC, NThrive, Optimum, Experian, Insurance Verification, Work Ques, Cisco phone system, Jabber phone system, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Medical Terminology, and some Microsoft Power Point.

REFERENCES

Velva Buckner, Finance Assistant Specialist, Supervisor Barbara Brown, Housekeeping, Supervisor

adsljd@r.postjobfree.com 985-***-**** Hood Memorial Hospital, 985-***-****

Veronica L. Bean, Manager Robert Myers, JROTC Instructor

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Whitney Bank 504-***-**** Landry-Walker College and Career

Preparatory High School and Community Center

Jennifer Lambert, PFS Supervisors 504-***-****)

Hospital Billing, 985-***-****.

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