Regina H Blevins
P. O. Box ***
Marion, VA ****4
Phone: 276-***-****
E-Mail: ***********@*****.***
Professional Summary
Medical Coder with 2 years experience in emergency room and specialty coding. Certified in ICD9. Familiar with commercial and private insurance carriers.
Medical Biller with 15 years experience. Familiar with commercial and private insurance carriers.
Licenses
American Academy of Professional Coders License
Skill Highlights
Emergency coding
ICD-9
Patient referrals
HCPCS Coding Guidelines
Familiar with commercial and private insurance carriers
CPT and HCPCS coding
Insurance and collections procedures
Interpreting instruction
Understands insurance benefits
Composed professional demeanor
Strong planning skills
Excellent problem solver
Strong work ethic
Resourceful and reliable
Good written communication
Multi-tasking
Deadline-driven
Customer service
Flexible
Office support (phones, faxing, filing)
Exercises good judgment
Excellent verbal communication
Medical Terminology
Maintains strict confidentiality
ICD-10 (International Classification of Disease Systems)
Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid
Billing and collection procedures
OB-GYN, surgery, internal medicine, urology, optometry experience
Knowledge of anatomy/physiology
Medical billing software
Team player with positive attitude
Strong attention to detail
Professional Experience
April 2011 to July 2012
MD Associates, Inc Kilmarnock, VA
Medical Coder
804-***-**** Responsible for assigning ICD9 and CPT codes to emergency room encounters for contract hospitals and data entry.
February 2010 to April 2011
Mountain States Health Alliance Johnson City, TN
Clinical Coder II
423-***-**** Responsible for assigning ICD9 and CPT codes to patient encounters for procedures and surgeries performed at Smyth County Community Hospital for five specialty clinics, charge entry for all patient encounters, printing daily batch reports and retrieval of patient encounters from data base and data entry.
October 2009 to February 2010
Smyth Regional Orthopedics Marion, VA
Patient Service Representative
Responsible for greeting and registering patients, answering multi-line phones, scheduling appointments, maintaining schedules for multiple physicians, photocopying documents, collecting copays and applying to appropriate accounts, preparing new patient information packets, filing, purging old charts and maintaining patient information updates.
This private practice was bought out by Mountain States Health
Alliance.
August 1989 to June 2009
Smyth County Eye Associates Marion, VA
Insurance Administrator/Receptionist/Bookkeeper
276-***-**** Responsible for all insurance billing which included following up and investigating outstanding insurance claims and problem solving until all claims were paid, providing administrative support to the front office which included resolving problems, interviewing patients to obtain necessary information to determine eligibility for care credit assistance, assisting office personnel with scheduling appointments, scheduling referral appointments, answering multi-line telephone, managing inventory of supplies, photocopying documents, filing, collecting patient copays and account balances, posting insurance payments to appropriate accounts, preparing monthly patient statements, daily cash balancing and preparing daily deposits and data entry.
Education and Training
May 2010 Wytheville Community College Wytheville, VA
AAS Management
June 1979 Chilhowie High School Chilhowie, VA
Diploma
2010 American Academy of Professional Coders Salt Lake City Scranton, UT
Coding
Certificate of Professional Coders
1999 International Correspondence Schools Scranton, PA
Diploma Medical Transcription