Lakisha Smith

1450 V street #102 Phone: 202-507-8484

Washington DC 20009 kisha.smith @comcast.net

Objective: Medical Billing and Coding graduate eager to join a professional team and contribute to a successful medical practice.

Education:

University of the District of Columbia – Business Technology, AAS Degree Dec. 2006

Everest College Mclean, VA - Medical Insurance Billing and Coding, Diploma Jan.2008

President’s list- GPA 4.0

Skills:

ICD-9 and CPT coding and medical billing; Computerized office management software; Medical Insurance Processing; Medicaid and Medicare; Electronic Data Interchange and modifier; familiar with various computer claims systems including carrier-direct and clearinghouse and medical terminology; Medical documentation, Evaluation and Management; Collection strategies and tracing delinquent accounts. Hands-on experience with processing claim forms i.e. CMS 1500 and UB-92; steps to process state and federal disability claims. Trained on Medi-Soft and Medware. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint. Gained knowledge of AS-400 Data Entry system (SSA).

Experience:

Social Security Administration Nov.2007 – March 2008

Medical support Assistant (TEMP)

• Proofread, edit, and submitted confidential medical documentation for the Disability Determination Service.

• Answered inbound calls from physicians and hospitals in reference to reports and billing inquiries.

• Assisted in the preparation of weekly reports and billing transactions.

• Reviewed confidential medical documents and invoices for accuracy.

Social Security Administration May 2007 – Nov. 2007

Disability Examiner Assistant (TEMP)

• Directly assisted case examiners by contacting up to 60 hospitals, clinics, schools and claimants to retrieve the necessary information needed to expedite disability claims.

• Use data entry system AS-400 to retrieve the needed information on client’s applying for disability.

• Performed manual research to obtain demographic information on claimants

• Completed individual projects for the case examiners, such as using online medical retrieval tool to obtain confidential information on urgent cases.

• Filed individual claimant’s information in their designated file per request of the case examiner.

• Answered up to 20 calls daily from claimants requesting the status on their claims.

• Mailed and faxed confidential Disability Determination Division documents to the listed recipients.

University of District of Columbia June 2006 – Dec.2006

Office Assistant

• Communicated with students and administration to disseminate information.

• Assisted staff with administrative functions for daily operations.

• Filed and maintained records.

• Routed multi- line calls.

Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Jan.2004 – May 2006

Office Assistant

• Received and routed calls to the appropriate personnel

• Assisted staff with administrative functions for daily operations.

• Scheduled meeting and appointments.

References available upon request