peggy wood

Manager of 50+ staff members including coders, customer service, billers and insurance follow up staff. Our department codes, bills out and follows up on 80 clinics/180 providers.

* Memorial Hospital/Medical Foundation of South MS , Gulfport MS * Manage 30 employees of central billing office for 150 providers! 30 clinics including primary care and specialty * Oversee all aspects of coding, accounts receivable, insurance billing, and patient collections * Provider Credentialing * Responsible for hiring, annual evaluations, and terminations * Input employee payroll hours on API system * Hold monthly department meetings with staff, coding seminars for providers, assist clinic staff * Perform monthly !ycar end closes on practice management system and financial reporting to Dire<..1:or, CFO * Maintain high collection % * Responsible for audits with carriers such as Medicare, Malicaid, and Blue Cross * Chart Auditing