Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Current Designation
RCM Knowledge
Team Management
Client Communication
Hobbies and Interests
Languages
Websites
Conclusion
Timeline
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A H Navas

Chennai

Summary

A skillful Revenue cycle management professional, with abundant knowledge on the process, keeping renovated with recurrent changes/updates happening in the billing process, aiding the providers and hospitals collects the maximal reimbursement for their exceptional service, a motivated leader to the team, a great resource to the serving organization to obtain client success.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager - RCM

Bristol Healthcare Services
Chennai
02.2023 - Current
  • Providing optimal assistance to the General Manager and handled a variety of task
  • Managing direct clients and helping and resolving any escalations on time
  • Managing the Data transactions process and the AR follow up including Patient AR process teams
  • Helping the practices in reducing the denial and rejection rates by fixing the causes of denials and rejections
  • Guiding the team lead and associates with required training and feedbacks in improving overall efficiency of work and quality productivity.
  • Handling New client onboarding process and setting up EDI, ERA enrollments, performing software billing set up.
  • Managed daily invoices, reports and proposals.
  • Coordinated meeting and work schedules for staff teams and executives.
  • Conducting meetings monthly or per client requirements and presenting the billing and AR reports with them.
  • Working closely with the quality/audit team and leads in reviewing the quality scores of the associates and planning for essential training for the staff in improving their efficiency and quality of work.
  • Provided feedback on performance reviews of employees under supervision of the GM.
  • Maintained company confidence and protected business operations by keeping sensitive information confidential.
  • Earned best Manager award for fixing the long tem denial issues

Assistant Manager - Operations

ASP RCM Solutions
Chennai
09.2022 - 01.2023
  • Providing optimal assistance to the General Manager and handled a variety of tasks
  • Helping the ABA providers/Clinics' by managing the RCM process for their practices with the team
  • Creating SOPs, Process flows for the different teams/departments/tasks
  • Focusing on accurate billing, ensuring prompt collection, reduced denials, quality improvement by educating and mentoring the team leads and staff
  • Creating billing, transactions and AR reports/dashboard PPTs and presenting to the client on the scheduled meetings with them
  • Addressing the areas of improvement by setting up a plan within the team to achieve it.

Revenue Resource Consultant

Revelemd
Chennai
06.2014 - 08.2022
  • Started as AR Reimbursement Specialist and got promoted to Team Coach- AR (10 months tenure) before promoted to become an Revenue Resource Consultant (Accounts Manager) (26 months tenure) managing entire RCM Team operations fot the accounts / practices assigned for
  • Roles of work: Team Management: Managing entire RCM teams including account receivable/reimbursement, collection, payments/charges teams and partially the coding team
  • Managing the team's progress with better monitoring and provide them with guidance and helping them out to get productive and accurate output
  • Getting them the right resources/tools required to improve efficiency of work
  • Making sure tasks are being done in TAT & Analyzing performance measures and putting in a strategy on achieving the goals of efficiency of work
  • Making sure company policies and HIPAA compliance are being strictly followed by the team/organization
  • Client co-ordination: Presenting the scorecards to the clients portraying the billing stats while ensuring to maintain real time good level of quality numbers
  • Providing the stats on their account with planning/giving suggestion to robust the collections
  • Take initiatives/plans to reach the practice goals and to educate the clinic staff on the parts that need their involvement to resolve issues related to clinic front end such as Authorization, eligibility, credentialing related denials/issues
  • Meet with them regularly on discussing things when needed and make sure they are in complete trust on us taking care of their practice management
  • Working towards achieving Improved/timely collection for practices
  • Achievements: Discovered underpayments from the few payers and initiated special projects and get the practice paid for correct fee schedule contract rate
  • Identified non billing of Medicaid supplemental/wraparound portion one of FQHC facility and presenting with the complete knowledge base and getting for huge amount of money deserved by filing those non-billed claims to the payer and streamline the process
  • Fixing issues identifying root cause and educating the staff/client on various practices
  • Maintains the denial rate & 60+ AR below threshold % rates on clients/specialties
  • Fixing the error rates of RCM departments in the team consulting with audit team

AR Analyst

Ecare India (Pvt) Limited
Chennai
01.2012 - 06.2014
  • Worked as an AR Analyst and made a culture of working as a team player and complete the tasks within TAT and maintained very good accuracy of work

Education

DECE -

Kamaraj Polytechnic College
05.2009

HSC (+2) -

Govt. Higher Secondary School
05.2007

SSLC -

Govt. Higher Secondary School
05.2005

Skills

  • Multitasking Skills Expert
  • Problem Solving Skills Expert
  • Leaderships Skills Expert
  • Strong Communication Skills Expert
  • Strategic Planning Expert
  • Analytical Thinking Expert
  • Team Management Expert
  • Strong Knowledge in RCM process
  • Microsoft Office Tools Experienced
  • Recruiting and Interviewing
  • Operations Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Performance Evaluations
  • Staff Supervision
  • Customer Relations
  • Compliance Understanding
  • Staff Training and Development
  • Employee Performance Evaluation

Current Designation

Assistant Manager RCM Operations

RCM Knowledge

  • Possess strong end-end process knowledge on RCM, Proficiency in AR process and good knowledge and working experience in departments such payments, EDI, Credits and patient AR/collections.,
  • Have worked across difference specialties/different US state providers, and experienced in professional/institutional/FQHC billing and ABA billing.
  • Working experience of major EHR softwares like eCW, CR, Kareo, Modmed, Traknet and more other practice management tools.,
  • Working knowledge including multiple clearing houses like waystar, office ally, trizetto., Managing experience of 10+ clients at once from various specialties including Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, OB/GYN, surgical, Ophthalmology, FQHC, ABA, Mental Health, Podiatry….
  • Renovating own RCM knowledge by keeping an eye on regular billing updates from CMS/major payers to implement when needed.

Team Management

  • Exposure of managing team size of 50+ from all RCM departments including AR, Payments posting, EDI, Credits & collections/patient AR staff and partially managing the coding team.,
  • Monitoring team performance and correlate the effect of it in client's numbers on collection and reduced 60+ AR.,
  • Mentoring the teams to achieve the organization goals and training them if required.,
  • Guiding teams to find the root cause and fix the persisting denials to bring down the denial rate of the clients.,
  • Reviewing performance scorecards/KPI to study the improvements required to implement for team's/clients' better performance.,
  • Monitoring company's SLA are being followed and maintaining the strict adherence to HIPAA compliance across organization/team staff.,
  • Meeting with the team leads/coaches/team members when needed to address/present the topics regarding process improvement.

Client Communication

  • Presenting the scorecards to the clients portraying and maintain real time good level of quality numbers.,
  • Providing the stats on their account with planning/giving suggestion to robust the collections.,
  • Take initiatives/plans to reach the practice goals and to educate the clinic staff on the parts that need their involvement to resolve issues related to clinic front end such as Authorization, eligibility, credentialing related denials/issues.,
  • Meet with them regularly on discussing things when needed and make sure they are in complete trust on us taking care of their practice management.,
  • Working towards achieving Improved/timely collection for practices

Hobbies and Interests

  • Cycling/Biking
  • Reading books
  • Following World sporting events and leagues
  • Travelling

Languages

  • English - Highly proficient
  • Tamil - Native speaker

Conclusion

The information provided above given by me are true and reflecting the rightness of data.

Timeline

Assistant Manager - RCM

Bristol Healthcare Services
02.2023 - Current

Assistant Manager - Operations

ASP RCM Solutions
09.2022 - 01.2023

Revenue Resource Consultant

Revelemd
06.2014 - 08.2022

AR Analyst

Ecare India (Pvt) Limited
01.2012 - 06.2014

DECE -

Kamaraj Polytechnic College

HSC (+2) -

Govt. Higher Secondary School

SSLC -

Govt. Higher Secondary School
A H Navas