Certified Medical Coder
Resume:
Christine Steelman, CPC, CIMC
Rolla MO 65401
fwz30y@r.postjobfree.com
Objective
To obtain a career position which will allow me to grow and prosper within a company and which will allow me to be a valued asset to my employer.
Education
Crawford County R-II
208 Elm Street
Cuba, MO 65453
Diploma received: May, 1993
American Academy of Professional Coders
2480 South 3850 West Suite B
Salt Lake City, UT 84120
Certified Internal Medicine Coder Certification received: June, 2010
American Academy of Professional Coders
2480 South 3850 West Suite B
Salt Lake City, UT 84120
Certified Professional Coder Certification received: October, 2011
Employment History
PCRMC Medical Group
1050 W 10th St
Rolla, MO 65401
Dates Employed: July, 2009 - present
Position Held: CPC/CIMC
Responsibilities Include: Coding and billing for multi specialties including internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, orthopedics, OG/GYN, physical medicine, sports medicine, hospitalist, general surgery, and podiatry. Use of Meditech, medisoft, medical manager systems, work closely with electronic medical records, coding medical disease/injury diagnoses and procedures in an inpatient and outpatient setting, provide assistance to the professional medical staff, perform qualitative analysis to ensure accuracy, ensure diagnoses and procedures meet current coding requirements and accurate reflection of scope and practice for unique specialty, thorough knowledge of ICD-9, HCPCS, NCCI, CMS, physicians desk references, American Medical Association of current procedural terminology CPT, billing in a rural health setting, prior authorization for treatment, custodian of medical records, coding and billing for inpatient and outpatient services, locum tenens billing, work as the liaison between the doctors and the insurance companies to verify services rendered are properly reimbursed, aging, motivated self starter, training new employees, test pilot for implementation of EAR system, etc.
Anderson Foot Clinic
1210 Homelife Plaza
Rolla, MO 65401
Dates Employed: September, 2002 - July, 2009
Position Held: Medical Billing Manager
Responsibilities Included: Accounts receivable, establishing patient accounts, bank deposits, estimating care cost, coding medical disease/injury diagnoses and procedures in an inpatient and outpatient setting, provide assistance to the professional medical staff, perform qualitative analysis to ensure accuracy, ensure diagnoses and procedures meet current coding requirements and accurate reflection of scope and practice for unique specialty, thorough knowledge of ICD-9, HCPCS, NCCI, CMS, physicians desk references, American Medical Association of current procedural terminology , created and implemented lien waiver system for all injury claims, UB92 billing for surgical suite, denials, appeals, credentialing all doctors in the practice, updating CME hours for all doctors, submitting current CME hours to the state, preparing paperwork for surgical candidates, prior authorization for treatment, custodian of medical records, completed and filed all short term disability paperwork and benefits for patients, surgery billing, surgery scheduling, preparing end of the month reports for the practice manager and doctors review, work as the liaison between the doctors and the insurance companies to verify services rendered are properly reimbursed, aging, implemented new medical computer software to improve timely payments, etc.
References
Jimmy Bell, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Co-Worker
Christopher Johnson, DPM
Podiatrist
Former Co-Worker
Michele Dvorak
CPC, COSC
Co-Worker
Kara Watson
Office Manager
Former Supervisor
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