Experience

Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Clinical Coordinator for Dental and Mental Health

  • Nov 2019 - Present

• Certified Administrative Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - Nov 2019



Gila Regional Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Patient Access Director at Gila Regional Medical Center

  • Nov 2014 - Dec 2017

  Gila Regional Medical Center I was the Director of Patient Access at Gila Regional Medical Center. I ran the department and did all employee schedules. I was also involved in the new Meditech 6 build and was on several different modules for this build. I am certified in the Presumptive Eligibility Determination with the state of NM. I was also a trainer for new employees in the department. I am able to work in all of the areas of registration so this made me able to be a working director. I was certified in project… Show more I was the Director of Patient Access at Gila Regional Medical Center. I ran the department and did all employee schedules. I was also involved in the new Meditech 6 build and was on several different modules for this build. I am certified in the Presumptive Eligibility Determination with the state of NM. I was also a trainer for new employees in the department. I am able to work in all of the areas of registration so this made me able to be a working director. I was certified in project management with Essentials of Execution for Gila Regional Medical Center. I was committed to operational excellence in my department and this facility.

• Interim Registration Supervisor

  • Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

  Gila Regional Medical Center Supervised the Registration/Admission Department at Gila Regional Medical Center.

• Registration Clerk

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2014

  Gila Regional Medical Center As a registration clerk I registered patients coming in for outpatient lab, radiology and respiratory therapy procedures. I also registered emergency room patients and did orders for inpatients, direct admits and lab requisitions. Worked with several different eligibility programs in order to properly define each patient's insurance. Collected copayments and coinsurance balances.



Southwest Family Medicine

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Southwest Family Medicine I was the Office Manager at this practice. I did all physicians credentialing, accounts receivable, insurance contracting, scheduling for all providers and insurance electronic billing procedures. I managed all personnel and the issues relating to different job protocols and scheduling. I handled all staff meetings and scheduled all meetings for physicians with other entities relating to medicine and running a medical practice.



Dr. Donald Stinar’s Office

• Medical Assistant

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  With this practice I was hired as a Medical Assistant. While in this position, I roomed all patients and did all vital signs and patient histories. I did spirometry testing, gave injections and assisted with stress testing and pulmonary function tests. I later began doing billing, posting payments and eventually moved into the Interim Office Manager position. At this time I did all three jobs of medical assisting, billing, and office management.



Silver City Ophthalmology Associates

• United States
• Medical Practices

• Billing Specialist and Collection Manager

  • Jan 1995 - Jan 2005

  My job consisted of maintaining and overseeing all billing procedures regarding insurance and patient accounts. This included all electronic claim processing and reports. I posted all payment vouchers from the major insurance companies and also posted all mail payments. I did all collection procedures for patient aging and insurance accounts. I ran all end of month and end of year closes for the practice. I also did Visual Field testing on patients and covered any office duty whenever someone… Show more My job consisted of maintaining and overseeing all billing procedures regarding insurance and patient accounts. This included all electronic claim processing and reports. I posted all payment vouchers from the major insurance companies and also posted all mail payments. I did all collection procedures for patient aging and insurance accounts. I ran all end of month and end of year closes for the practice. I also did Visual Field testing on patients and covered any office duty whenever someone was not available. I did all computer upgrades and training. Show less

• Office and Collection Manager

  • Jan 1989 - Jan 1995

  I managed the practice doing all credentialing for the physicians. I also did all patient collections and shared management procedures with another manager, splitting up duties and responsibilities. I did all employee scheduling and took care of hours for the payroll department. Throughout my years of experience I have gained knowledge, appreciation and respect for the medical world. It is an ever changing environment in which we as workers on the front lines have to be flexible… Show more I managed the practice doing all credentialing for the physicians. I also did all patient collections and shared management procedures with another manager, splitting up duties and responsibilities. I did all employee scheduling and took care of hours for the payroll department. Throughout my years of experience I have gained knowledge, appreciation and respect for the medical world. It is an ever changing environment in which we as workers on the front lines have to be flexible and willing to keep up with the constant changes that happen. At times, these changes can be from minute to minute especially in hospital situations. Show less