Elsa Brinkman
Medical Coder at Illinois Gastroenterology Group, LLC- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Certified Evaluation and Management Coder (CEMC)
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Certified Gastroenterology Coder (CGIC)
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Certified medical coder
AAPC
Experience
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Illinois Gastroenterology Group, LLC
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United States
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Medical Practices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Medical Coder
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Feb 2022 - Present
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Messiah Lutheran Church
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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100 - 200 Employee
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Office Administrator
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Feb 2020 - Present
Responsible for daily office operations including payroll, paying bills, managing monthly and yearly financial reports. Maintain and schedule all building use by both internal and outside groups. Coordinated with numerous internal committees to assist navigating worship transition from in person to remote and online services and back to in person during COVID-19 pandemic. Worked remotely March 2020-June 2020 and returned to full time in office in July 2020. Responsible for daily office operations including payroll, paying bills, managing monthly and yearly financial reports. Maintain and schedule all building use by both internal and outside groups. Coordinated with numerous internal committees to assist navigating worship transition from in person to remote and online services and back to in person during COVID-19 pandemic. Worked remotely March 2020-June 2020 and returned to full time in office in July 2020.
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Illinois Gastroenterology Group, LLC
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United States
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Medical Practices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Medical Coder
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Jun 2015 - Feb 2020
As one of two CPCs on staff (eight coders total) I was responsible for coding gastroenterology procedures, pathology, anesthesia, and consultations. I was assigned to code for one internal Service Billing Unit (SBU) (twelve doctors of a multi doctor practice (highest volume SBU of practice) as well as services performed as inpatient and outpatient procedures at five area hospitals. Worked remotely four days per week beginning April 2016. I also educated physicians on ways to improve their documentation for auditing purposes and provided assistance and clarity on annual coding changes and updates Show less
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Premier Pain & Spine
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United States
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Medical Practices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Medical BIlle
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Apr 2014 - Mar 2015
Developed and assisted with transition from third-party billing service to in-house billing for a Pain Management Office of seven doctors. Duties included: Entering charges, Anesthesia billing, pursuit of payment for denied claims, writing appeal letters, collections on delinquent accounts, and preparing weekly and monthly financial reports. Worked to ensure contracting with insurance companies was completed and reimbursement rates were correct. Initiated contracting and negotiating for implementing eClinicalWorks EMR software for the practice. Show less
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Education
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McHenry County College
Associate of Science - AS, Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General