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Rebecca Hire

Elkhart

Summary

APPOINTMENT MANAGEMENT · ACCURATE MESSAGE TAKING · CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Switchboard Operator

Saint Joseph Health System
10.2023 - Current

▪ Operates multiple-line console to answer, transfer, and relay incoming telephone calls and assists in
placing local & long-distance telephone calls for colleagues as well as physicians
▪ Announces all emergency codes via public address system, STAT calls, notifying appropriate hospital personnel and outside agency personnel for quick response. Monitors all alarm panels including emergency data computer and notifies appropriate personnel when an alarm is activated.

Front Desk

Hampton Inn By Hilton
07.2021 - Current

▪ Performs all check-in and check-out tasks
▪ Manage phone reservations
▪ Inform customers about payment methods and verify their credit card data
▪ Register guests collecting necessary information (like contact details and exact dates of stay)
▪ Welcome guest upon their arrival and assign rooms
▪ Provide information about the hotel, available rooms, rates, and amenities
▪ Respond to clients’ complaints in a timely and professional manner

Procedure Scheduler

BMG Advanced Cardiovascular Specialist At RP
03.2020 - Current

• Scheduled procedures ordered by the provider and ensured if correction if necessary are handled efficiently
• Interpreting physician orders and scheduling procedures accordingly.
• Tracking all clearances and testing results for provider approval prior to surgery date.
• Remaining knowledgeable and compliant with insurance carrier guidelines.
• Ensuring pre-certification guidelines have been met for diagnostic testing and surgical procedures.
• Ensuring medical necessity is documented by complying with scheduling criteria for all insurance carriers.
• Organizing records for surgery and preparing surgery packet.
• Following multiple surgeon protocols for pending surgery cases.
• Maintained an effective working relationship with other departments, physicians and their office staff
• Followed all policies regarding HIPPA guidelines

Switchboard Operator

Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
02.2012 - 08.2021

▪ Operates multiple-line console to answer, transfer, and relay incoming telephone calls and assists in placing local & long-distance telephone calls for colleagues as well as physicians
▪ Announces all emergency codes via public address system, STAT calls, notifying appropriate hospital personnel and outside agency personnel for quick response. Monitors all alarm panels including emergency data computer and notifies appropriate personnel when an alarm is activated.
▪ Provides after-hours answering service for SJPN, and other physician offices and paging the on-call physician via digital/alpha pagers with correct messages.

Patient Care Specialist/Phone Triage

Ascendant Orthopedic Alliance
10.2017 - 11.2019

▪ Schedule patient appointments.
▪ Print off imaging orders and surgery orders for patients to get scheduled.
▪ Assist the provider's and the rest of the medical staff with obtaining records from other facilities.
▪ Provided phone triage during clinic operations for patients by consulting, gathering information, evaluating patient needs over the phone and entering of accurate patient data, prescription refill requests and forwarded it to the nurse

New Patient Referral/Telephone Operator

Urology Associates Of South Bend
11.2015 - 10.2017

▪ Answers and processes incoming telephone calls received on 15 lines
▪ Ensures phone lines are properly transferred
▪ Take messages for personnel or physicians as needed
▪ Schedules appointments for patients, accurately updates patients' demographics, insurance information, obtains referral authorizations when needed, documents New Patient Intake Sheets, and assist in maintaining wait list
▪ Assembles and sends, according to HIPPA guidelines, new patient packets

Switchboard/Admitting Registrar

Goshen Hospital
01.2005 - 11.2015

▪ Operates multiple-line console in order to answer high volume of inbound calls, transfer, and relay incoming telephone calls and maintains a response rate swiftly
▪ Announces all emergency codes via public address system
▪ Provides after-hours answering service for Goshen Physicians Network

▪ Responsible for accurately obtaining complete demographic and financial information on all patients being admitted for a hospital service, obtains necessary signatures on all required documents and insurance forms, obtains verification of insurance benefits, and may notify admission review companies to obtain pre-certification benefits approvals

Education

Bachelor of Arts -

Bethel College
Mishawaka, IN
05.2008

High School Diploma -

Concord High School
Elkhart, IN
06.1999

Skills

    A diligent and detail-oriented professional with extensive knowledge of all office functions and solid background in the education and medical fields A proactive leader offering broad experience in process improvement, quality, and people management Demonstrates solid business knowledge and propensity to initiate positive change Works well on multiple projects under tight deadlines without compromising quality and comfortably responds in stressful situations Consistently ensures high levels of customer satisfaction in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments

Certification

TESOL Business Certificate, TESOL Advanced Certificate, TESOL Children Certificate
Substitute Teaching Certificate for the State of Indiana and the State of Michigan
Licensed Life and Health Insurance for the State of Indiana and the State of Michigan

First Aid, AED, & CPR

Timeline

Switchboard Operator

Saint Joseph Health System
10.2023 - Current

Front Desk

Hampton Inn By Hilton
07.2021 - Current

Procedure Scheduler

BMG Advanced Cardiovascular Specialist At RP
03.2020 - Current

Patient Care Specialist/Phone Triage

Ascendant Orthopedic Alliance
10.2017 - 11.2019

New Patient Referral/Telephone Operator

Urology Associates Of South Bend
11.2015 - 10.2017

Switchboard Operator

Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
02.2012 - 08.2021

Switchboard/Admitting Registrar

Goshen Hospital
01.2005 - 11.2015

Bachelor of Arts -

Bethel College

High School Diploma -

Concord High School
Rebecca Hire