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Vicky

Panchkula

Summary

Precise and efficient medical billing professional with more than 6 years of experience in managing various aspects of medical billing, including inpatient, outpatient, physician, DME and Dental billing. Expertise lies in accurately filing claims, effectively resolving rejected claims, and navigating complex insurance contracts, appeals, and Eobs. Additionally, possession of strong skills in quality control, reimbursement management, and implementing process improvements to ensure the utmost accuracy in business operations, billing procedures, and medical records departments.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Team Lead

Knack Global
Mohali
11.2023 - 04.2024
  • Company overview: Knack Global is a comprehensive solution provider for Revenue Cycle Management, Technology, and Staffing solutions for healthcare providers.
  • Lead and manage a team of 88 professionals, ensuring high productivity and quality in claims processing, payment posting, and denial management.
  • Oversee day-to-day billing operations, including claims submission, follow-up, and resolution of insurance claims for multiple clients.
  • Monitor team performance, set goals, and provide ongoing coaching and feedback to improve efficiency and accuracy.
  • Ensure compliance with industry regulations, payer-specific guidelines, and HIPAA standards to minimize risks.
  • Collaborate with other departments (coding, AR, client relations) to streamline processes and ensure timely and accurate claim submission and reimbursement.
  • Handle escalations and resolve complex claim issues, denials, and rejections to maximize collections and revenue.
  • Prepare regular reports on key performance indicators (KPIs), including claim turnaround time, collection rates, and denial rates, for senior management.
  • Coordinate training for team members on new policies, payer updates, and system changes to maintain high operational standards.
  • Maintain strong relationships with clients, providing regular updates and addressing any concerns or issues in a timely manner.

Team Lead

Unify Healthcare Services
Mohali
05.2019 - 10.2023
  • Company Overview: Unify Healthcare provides a wide range of services to the providers, which includes Scheduling, Insurance Verification, Demo Entry, Billing of Claims to Insurances, Payment Posting, Accounts Receivable, and Denial Management for Physician Billing, DME Billing, Hospital Billing, Laboratory Billing, and various other billing types.
  • Managing a 40-person team.
  • Team's assignment for AR & QA assignment to QA auditors.
  • Handling team's queries related to AR, as well as quality.
  • Quality supervisor.
  • Client Handling
  • Managing data of the team performance and reporting of the same to the process manager.
  • Point of contact for client escalations, conflicts, and challenging situations.
  • Creating training manuals targeted towards improvement of overall team quality and performance adhered to Client standards.

AR Cleanup Specialist (Physician & DME)

Unify Healthcare Services
Mohali
02.2022 - 08.2022
  • Managed and completed AR cleanup projects for multi-specialty physicians, focusing on outstanding claims and reducing AR days.
  • Independently handled commercial and government payers to ensure timely follow-up and resolution of denied or underpaid claims.
  • Collaborated with billing teams to improve claim workflows and reduce denials by analyzing trends and payer-specific issues.
  • Proficient in eClinicalWorks, utilizing the system for claim management, follow-up, and reporting, ensuring efficient project execution.
  • Consistently exceeded performance metrics, reducing AR backlog, and increasing revenue recovery for the healthcare provider.

Senior Process Associate

MModal Global Services
Pune
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Company Overview: Mmodal offers End-to-End solutions for all kind of healthcare needs such as Physician Billing Services, Hospital Billing Services and Durable Medical Equipment Services (DME Billing)
  • Ensure complete review of claims and forward them to the correct insurance companies
  • Contact insurance carriers or other responsible parties to confirm payment dates and details
  • Handle all claims on denials, rejections, and no response work queue, follow-up review, and document accordingly
  • Making adjustments to patient and insurance accounts
  • Perform timely and accurate submission of claims
  • Mmodal offers End-to-End solutions for all kind of healthcare needs such as Physician Billing Services, Hospital Billing Services and Durable Medical Equipment Services (DME Billing)

Process Associate

Access Healthcare
Pune
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Company Overview: Access Healthcare provides business process outsourcing and applications services, and robotic process automation tools to healthcare providers, payers, and related service providers
  • Insurance calling for Claim Status & denials Appeal disputes, and EDI Rejection
  • Access Healthcare provides business process outsourcing and applications services, and robotic process automation tools to healthcare providers, payers, and related service providers

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Higher Education, Accounting

Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce
Chandigarh, India
01.2015

Higher Education -

Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector-19
Chandigarh, India
01.2012

Skills

  • Communicative: I have the ability to translate technical jargon into layman's terms
  • Strategic Thinker: I think of myself as a very balanced and critical thinker, who always weighs up the outcomes
  • Client Service
  • Team Supervision
  • Work Planning
  • Leading Team Meetings

Additionalexperience

  • Payment Posting: Responsible for timely and accurate posting of payments and adjustments to all patient accounts., Interpreted the explanation for benefits (EOB) and balance transfers money to the secondary insurance or patient liability. Accountable for daily balancing and tracking of cash and adjustment posting., Balanced summary activity in the patient accounting system and reconciles the uncapped cash account on a daily basis., Posted denial information.,
  • Patient Eligibility: Gathered accurate and current insurance and demographic information to ensure the clean billing status of a patient encounter., Called individual insurance carriers and utilizes online verification services to verify benefits., Entered all insurance and demographic information into the system., Provided all information (i.e., co-payments, benefit limitations, deductibles, etc.) to locations in the form of 'notes' via the computer system.,
  • Prior-Authorization Request: Obtained timely authorizations from various insurance companies., Communicated with insurance carriers, both internal and external customers and patients via phone or written correspondence., Followed up on insurance determination., Reported to supervisor to assure accurate capture of services needing authorization., Responsible for selecting accurate medical records for patient safety and obtaining and validating demographic and insurance information.

Accomplishments

  • Successful Team Leadership: Led and mentored a high-performing AR team, fostering a collaborative and results-driven work environment. Implemented training programs and performance evaluation systems that resulted in increased employee productivity and satisfaction.
  • Improved Revenue Cycle Management: Implemented process improvements that resulted in a significant reduction in claim denials and an increase in clean claim submission rates.
  • Client Satisfaction and Relationship Management: Built and maintained strong relationships with clients, understanding their unique needs and providing exceptional service and support.
  • Achieved Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Implemented strategies that resulted in a notable increase in clean claim rate, substantial reduction in total days in AR, significant decrease in denial rate of claims, and successful reduction in aging of outstanding accounts receivable.

Softwareknowledge - Billingsoftware

  • MDIV Dot Base (Physician Billing)
  • Athena.net (Physician Billing)
  • ECW (Physician Billing)
  • Brightree (DME Billing)
  • CPR+ (DME Billing)
  • Dentrix (Dental Billing)
  • OnStaff (Facility & Phys. Billing)

Mytime

  • Reading and Staying up-to-date with Insurance updates
  • Building a winning team: hiring & retention
  • Strategy & planning
  • Focused in achieving KPI's

Personal Information

Hobbies: Watching Anime, Listening to Music, Sports

Languages

English: Proficient

Punjabi: Proficient

Hindi: Proficient

Timeline

Sr. Team Lead

Knack Global
11.2023 - 04.2024

AR Cleanup Specialist (Physician & DME)

Unify Healthcare Services
02.2022 - 08.2022

Team Lead

Unify Healthcare Services
05.2019 - 10.2023

Senior Process Associate

MModal Global Services
01.2018 - 01.2019

Process Associate

Access Healthcare
01.2017 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Commerce - Higher Education, Accounting

Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce

Higher Education -

Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector-19
Vicky