Certified Medical Coder
Resume:
Michele Dvorak CPC, COSC
Rolla, MO 65401
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Objective
To obtain a position which will allow me to grow within a company and which will allow me to be valued as an important asset to my employer.
Education
GED Acquired in 1998
American Academy of Professional Coders
2480 South 3850 West Suite B
Salt Lake City, UT 84120
Certified Orthopaedic Surgery Coder received December, 2010
American Academy of Professional Coders
2480 South 3850 West Suite B
Salt Lake City, UT 84120
Certified Professional Coder received June, 2011
Employment History
PCRMC Medical Group
1050 West 10th Street
Rolla, MO 65401
Dates Employed: August 25, 2008 – Present
Position: Certified Coder/CPC, COSC
Responsibilities Include: Coding and billing for multi-specialties including Orthopedics, General Surgery, Gastro and Sports Medicine/Family Medicine. Use of Meditech, EMR and LSS systems, 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, diagnoses and procedures meet current coding requirements and accurate reflection of scope and practice for unique specialty through knowledge of ICD-9, HCPCS, NCCI, CMS, physician desk references, AMA and current procedural terminology of CPT. Prior authorization for treatment, custodian of medical records, coding and billing of inpatient and outpatient services including surgeries, locums tenens billing. I work as a liaison between the doctors and the insurance companies to verify services rendered are properly reimbursed, aging, motivated self starter, training new employees, etc.
Cardiac Care Specialists
Orlando, Florida
Dates Employed: July 2007 – May 2008
Position: Referral Coordinator
Responsibilities Included: Obtaining prior authorizations from insurance companies for testing and procedures, verifying eligibility and benefits for patients, answering multi-line telephone, check in and check out patients, collect money, daily deposits, work with the physicians to make sure we had medical documentation needed to obtain the prior authorizations, scheduling peer-to-peer reviews between the physicians and the insurance companies, coding medical disease/injury diagnoses and procedures in an outpatient setting, provide assistance to the professional medical staff.
J Punzalan Medical
Salem, MO 65560
Dates Employed: October 2005 – January 2007
Position: Office Manager/MA
Responsibilities Included: Scheduling patient appointments in the office as well as for procedures and testing, answering the telephone, taking patient vitals, getting supplies ready for the physician to do procedures, performing hearing tests, assisting the physician with procedures, ordering supplies, custodian of medical records, obtaining prior authorizations from insurance companies, maintaining the clinic, collecting payments and daily deposits.
References
Keith Frederick, DO
Orthopedic Physician
Co-Worker
Jimmy Bell, FNP
Nurse Practitioner
Co-Worker
Christine Steelman
CPC, CIMC
Co-Worker
Machelle Morningstar
CPC, COSC
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