Esther Hamovitz

Review and posting of office charges (including procedures) patient accounts receivable (collections calls, letters, send to collections, etc.) Insurance aging, denials & appeals research Post insurance and patient payments

Billing Specialist - Oregon Dermatology - Springfield, OR

(2024-03)

• Review and posting of office charges (including procedures) patient accounts receivable (collections calls, letters, send to collections, etc.)
• Insurance aging, denials & appeals research
• Post insurance and patient payments
• Reconcile monthly A/R reports
• Educate providers on proper billing practices

Billing Specialist - Journey Family Medicine - Eugene, OR

(2022-08 - 2024-03)

• Register patient demographic insurance, schedule appointments
• Send referrals out to other facilities for various services
• Request PAs for a variety of services (e.g. MRI's, CT, Prescriptions, etc...)
• Process ROIs from patient and facilities
• Working collections for patient balances
• Setting up insurance portals
• Helping with credentialing
• Enter and verify insurance information and daily charges
• Transmit electronic claims and submit paper claims accurately within a timely manner
• Post all payments from patients and insurance companies as well as contractual adjustments and deductibles
• Follow up on all unpaid claims aged over 30 days (Patient, Primary and Secondary)
• Decrease denials

Billing Specialist - Oregon Neurology Associates - Eugene, OR

(2022-07 - 2022-08)

• Enter all patient demographics, insurance information and daily charges
• Transmit electronic claims and submit paper claims accurately within a timely manner
• Post all payments from patients and insurance companies as well as contractual adjustments and deductibles
• Follow up on all unpaid claims aged over 30 days (Patient, Primary and Secondary)
• Decrease denials

Medical Billing Specialist - Twin Oaks Medical - Eugene, OR

(2020-02 - 2022-07)

Twin Oaks Medical: Billing Specialist

• Working collections for patient balances
• Setting up insurance portals
• Helping with credentialing paperwork
• Enter all patient demographics, insurance information and daily charges
• Transmit electronic claims and submit paper claims accurately within a timely manner
• Post all payments from patients and insurance companies as well as contractual adjustments and deductibles
• Follow up on all unpaid claims aged over 30 days (Patient, Primary and Secondary)
• Decrease denials
• Writing appeals

Receptionist - Benessere Chiropractic - Eugene, OR

(2019-12 - 2020-02)

• Front Desk (to check-in patients and communicate effectively with patients)
• Check in patients
• Verify insurance
• Schedule patient appointments

Medical Records Assistant - Pathology Consultants

(2019-07 - 2020-02)

Clerical duties: faxing, phone calls (answering and calling), scanning, etc

• Routes correspondence, pathologist's order to pathologist for review and signature on a timely manner
• Auditing medical records
• Data entry of medical information
• Sending/receiving packages with sensitive material to and from facilities
• Dictating medical information from pathologist's
• Informing Health Information Manager of any problems and/or discrepancies in charts in a timely manner

Internship - Springfield Family Physicians

(2019-06 - 2019-08)

• Front Desk (to check-in patients and communicate effectively with patients)
• Check in patients
• Verify insurance
• Schedule patient appointments
• Pod Clerk (to efficiently schedule patient with providers)
• Obtain patient information
• Schedule patients and document what they need to be seen for
• Prioritizing tasks given (phone service; provider patient attention based on provider schedule; and faxing, mailing, scanning documents)

Waitress and Cashier - Dairy Queen - Pleasant Hill, OR

(2012-07 - 2015-03)

• Served 40 to 90 customers daily, listening and guiding through menu options in a proficient and prompt manner
• Accurately entered customer orders, and processed cash and credit transactions
• Maintained a clean and safe work environment
• Demonstrated positive, effective communication with the customers with the aim of producing satisfaction and generating return business

Waitress and Cashier - Taco Bell - Woodland Park, CO

(2011-10 - 2012-02)

Associate of Applied Science - Health Information Technology - Lane Community College