Medical Assistant Billing Coordinator
Resume:
TONYA HOWSER
Florence, Ky. 41042
Finance
Talbert House
Various billing duties including using CATT program to bill MACSIS
claims to the State Mental Health Board. Responsible for Medicare/Medicaid crossover claims and follow up. Work with open balance reports as well as denial claims follow up.
Practice Manager/Assistant
10/2004 to 6/2009 Physician Services
Corporation Hillsboro, Oh.
Office manager of Community Health Clinic in Hillsboro Ohio.
Community Health is a family practice and Ob/Gyn. Rural Health Facility.
My duties included time management for 3 Physicians, a Nurse
Practitioner, and 2 Nurse Mid-Wives. Payroll, employee scheduling as well
as all other human resource responsibilities. I also tracked compliance,
control books and issues. On an as needed basis would fill in as Medical
Assistant and do Phlebotomy if we were short or I was needed.
Practice Manager/Medical Assistant
5/2002 to 2/2004
Brown County Ob/Gyn Georgetown, Oh.
As manager of a one doctor practice, I used Medic/Misys system to do all
patient billing, insurance processing, fee schedule updating, all the
patient charge input, claims follow up, and account collections. Also
took care of employee benefits, scheduling, payroll, performance reviews,
hiring and dismissals. Financial responsibilities were inputting all
money that came in and out of the office into quicken program. Logging
all insurance payments to patient accounts. Paying all vendor invoices
while also ordering all front and back office supplies. Bank and tax
account deposits. As medical assistant, patient appointments, check in
registration, medical history, blood pressures, lab work, blood draws,
and assist with minor surgical procedures.
Physician Billing
5/2001 to 5/2002
Brown County Family Physicians Georgetown, Oh.
Duties included, using Meditech to input patient copayments and account
payments for main and satellite offices. Filed secondary and Medicaid
Office/Billing Coordinator
3/2000 to 5/2001
Physician Assistant & X-ray Tech.
Eastern Hills Chiropractic Cincinnati, Oh.
Assist with patient care and therapy. Took spinal x-rays of all patients
that required them per
Dr. Everhart. Marked and developed film, kept maintenance/cleaning of
film developer. Using Raintree System input all patient and insurance
account payments. Processed patient bills to be sent out. Filed account
to collections agency when needed. I also ran bank deposits.
Medical Assistant
1999 to 2000
Ruth Ann Cooper DPM Cincinnati, Oh.
This consisted of patient medical history, taking and developing of
patient x-rays. Assisting with minor surgical procedures, giving local
anesthetic and cortisone injections. Scheduling hospital surgical
procedures. I also ordered office supplies for back office, cast and fit
orthotic shoe insert devices. Applied soft and hard fiberglass casts to
patients for broken bones.
Medical Assistant
1993 to 1999
Cincinnati Eye Institute Cincinnati, Oh
From this I have a broad knowledge of the eyes,
conditions, and disease and trauma experience. Visual
field testing with Goldman and Humphrey machines.
Patient care, history taking, MRI, CT, and X-ray. Also
urgent care, assisting with minor surgical procedures,
billing, collections, insurance filing, surgery and
appointment scheduling. Pre- certification of all
surgical and outpatient testing procedures.
Benefit Analyst
1990 to 1993
CignaHealthcare Cincinnati, Oh.
Processed medical claims for payment or denial according to specific
policy guidelines. Entered CPT and ICD-9 codes into computer system.
Transferred all medical claims onto micro-film, developed film, and
cataloged by dates received.
1999 to 2000
Ruth Ann Cooper DPM Cincinnati, Oh.
This consisted of patient medical history, taking and developing of
patient x-rays. Assisting with minor surgical procedures, giving local
anesthetic and cortisone injections. Scheduling hospital surgical
procedures. I also ordered office supplies for back office, cast and fit
orthotic shoe insert devices. Applied soft and hard fiberglass casts to
patients for broken bones.
EDUCATION
Associate of Arts Degree in Business Administration - AIU
Graduated July 2005
General X-ray Medical Office - Ohio Department of Health (Current)
CME - American Council for Continuing Medical Education
Paul Schreibman M.D. Lynchburg Medical Center
8900St Rt 134
Lynchburg, Oh. 45142
Cathy Walker Phys. Services Corp.
2919 Sharpsville Rd.
Lynchburg, Oh. 45142
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