Supply Chain Revenue Cycle

Darlene Manuel

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504-***-**** – ***************@*****.***

Talented revenue cycle leader with a strong healthcare background looking for a rewarding career with opportunity for challenge and growth. Client-focused, looking to drive results and process improvement. Dedicated leader with a heart and passion for the client, patient, and the organization focused on results.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE –

12 years of hospital and physician experience

Staffing and management capabilities

Conflict resolution

Personal and professional integrity

Relationship and team-building skills

Sound decision making

Critical thinking proficiency

Effectively influences others

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Supply Chain Health Trust February 2017 – Present

OR Internal Control Coordinator

Responsible for setting up items for timely patient billing.

Vendors will bring in non-hospital owned products for use in surgical cases.

Adds items to SMART through the VIRA process to ensure supplies are set up with billing codes within 72 hours of discharge.

Responsible to ensure items are built in SMART and Meditech.

Remains in constant daily contact with the facility billing specialist to ensure patients receive charges for products used in the surgery.

Oversees all processes and ensures new vendor-owned products (bill only) are built in SMART through the VIRA process and Meditech for patient charging.

The ORICC must keep track of all Bill Only and Bill and Replace requisitions that they were unable to create a PO for that month. At months end, the ORICC gathers all vendor invoices that have no PO and forward those to the Director of Supply Chain

Tulane Health System January 2010 – May 2021

Surgery Tech/ Central Sterile

Unloads dirty case carts and prepares instruments, supplies, and equipment for decontamination. Decontaminates instruments, supplies, and equipment per manufacturer's instructions and departmental policies and procedures. Inspects decontaminated items for cleanliness and damages. Tests decontaminated items to ensure proper functioning prior to sterilization.

Handles items carefully and prevents damage to delicate instruments. Identifies broken, damaged instruments and malfunctioning equipment and removes them from service. Communicates items removed from service to the Central Sterile Processing Coordinator promptly.

Identifies proper method of sterilization per item to be sterilized. Prepares and assembles instruments, supplies, and equipment per the proper method of sterilization. Selects and uses packaging and wrapping materials and container systems for methods of sterilization and aseptic presentation.

Performs correct biological monitoring and testing per method of sterilization. Recognizes positive test results of biological monitoring and immediately re-challenges sterilizer. Communicates positive test results to the healthcare team and declares the method of sterilization unsafe for use.

Inspects and cleans steam sterilizers on a routine basis.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Health Care Management April 2016

Herzing University – Kenner, La

Bachelors’ Degree of Science, Health Care Management April 2012

Herzing University – Kenner, La

Associate Degree of Science, Surgical Technology Dec. 2009

Herzing University – Kenner, La

Surgical Technology

EKG Technician Certified

Crescent City Coders – Gretna, La

SKILLS

MS Office

ICD-10, CPT, and Medical Terminology

Professional References- Available upon request.

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