Medical Billing Specialist

Posted on: 2006-02-27

Pamela J Bond P.O. Box 540, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732 phone (410) 257-1487 cell phone (443) 404-7521 email [email protected] EMPLOYMENT Employer: M&K Yazdani, PA, M.D. HISTORY Specialties: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Infectious Diseases Title: Office Manager/Billing Specialist Location: Huntingtown, MD Duration: 05/2004 - Present Job Duties: File medical claims, for in-house visits and all hospital care given, with various insurance companies, medical coding using CPT and ICD-9 codes, applying payments and adjustments to the correct accounts. File appeals with insurance companies as needed on various types of claims. Keep up with all the changes in the insurance companies policies and procedures for claims filing. Prepare daily deposit, use QuickBooks to track activities in the business accounts, place supply orders (medical & misc.), schedule maintenance, on all office equipment, arrange building maintenance as needed, assist in making appointments, handling prescription refills, assisting patients with their billing and insurance questions, making arrangements for new hires as needed. Work with accountant as needed. Assist physicians in scheduling personal matters outside of office as needed, keep track of front office activities to ensure Hippa standards are applied as necessary, attend quarterly meetings with local hospital to stay up to date on their changes, etc. Employer: Copenhaver Asphalt Services Title: Sealcoating Specialist Location: Hollywood, MD Duration: 05/2003 - 05/2004 Job Duties: Prepared asphalt driveways and parking lots for sealcoating, and striping. Mixed sealcoating mixture accordingly to job. Cleaned and Sealed areas needed, Applied Sealcoating, Assisted in striping areas needed. Employer: Geotechnical Laboratories Title: Technician Location: Elkridge, MD Duration: 10/2002 - 12/2002 Job Duties: Geotechnical Inspections on construction sites. Soils, Concrete, reinforcing steel Employer: F.O. Day Title: Field Technician Location: Forestville, MD Duration: 07/2002 - 10/2002 Job Duties: inspect asphalt behind paver Employer: Geotechnical Laboratories Title: Technician Location: Elkridge, MD Duration: 10/2002 - 12/2002 Job Duties: Geotechnical Inspections on construction sites. Soils, Concrete, reinforcing steel Employer: Fleming Brothers Inc. Title: Wire Technician Location: Shreveport, LA Duration: 11/1995 - 09/1998 Job Duties: compose a list of what we need at the start of the day, load wire on wire trailer, load sprinkler heads as needed, load pipe fittings needed, help load pipe trailer, operated equipment (backhoe, ditchwitch, ground tamp, (case) roadrunner), helped install pipe, sprinkler heads, fittings, dug out thrust holes, mixed and poured concrete, ran wires to run system, wired sprinkler heads, wired controllers, helped install main pump, training for construction superintendent, finished up two jobs for other superintendents, and ran a small job on my own. Ordered supplies, inventory, read blueprints, worked with designer, hired employees, did asbuilts, and worked with site plans extensively. EDUCATION Major: Advanced Microsoft Windows School: Software Technologies Location: MD Degree: Certificate Completion Date: 02/2003 Major: Microsoft Windows School: Software Technologies Location: MD Degree: Certificate Completion Date: 01/2003 Major: Hot Mix Asphalt School: State Highway Administration Location: MD Degree: HMA Certified Completion Date: 10/2002 Major: Radiological Safety School: OCHS\' Technical Services Location: MD Degree: Certificate Completion Date: 09/2001 SKILLS/ Office Skills: Computer knowledge, Medical Manager, Medical Terminology, CPT, ICD-9, ABILITIES Supervisory Skills, Fax, Copier, Multi-line phone system, Microsoft Software, Quick Books, Minor repairs on stand alone computers, computer system installations. Misc. Skills: working with low voltage wires, operating backhoe, ditchwitch, ground tamp. Working with pipe sizes from 1\" to 4\". Worked with larger but can no longer handle myself. General Construction skills, Light supervisory skills. NOTES AND Currently working as a Medical Office Manager/Billing Specialist, specializing in Medicare OTHER Medicare Policies and procedures. INFORMATION Advanced Microsoft Windows Certificate; Misc: Ran two small-scale irrigation jobs myself. HMA MD State Certified; Radiological Safety Certified.