Medical Billing Clerk

A medical billing clerk resume brings to the fore the candidate's proficiency in computing billing data and preparing invoices, statements, and accounting reports pertaining to medical activities within facilities such as hospitals, medical offices and institutions, clinics, insurance companies, pharmacy, third-party collections agencies etc. Besides quantifying your professional background, it also expresses your interests and goals pertaining to your career path. As an effective marketing tool and the only official medium that establishes communication with your employer, your application holds great significance in the job seeking process, and the quality of its contents will determine the reader's degree of involvement in your application. Typically, a resume that succeeds in gaining the confidence of the recruiter, is crafted with care, keeping all its contents employer-centered. Although the information projected in the resume should aim to highlight the essential elements that give value to your profile, they must be in compliance with the specifications of the job that you're seeking.

The Career Objective

The resume starts with a career objective, which lays down your aspirations and vision for the reader's taking. Now here, you need to know the vision of the company, understand it well, and match yours with it. The objective must hold somewhat relevance to the established objectives of the company, only then can you expect the chance of an interview. To get a clear picture on this, it is advised that you contact the company and talk to one of its recruiters to discuss their needs, and if time permits, may be your application too.

Now, jot down all that you can think of and pick those details that are completely relevant to the requirements put forth by the employer, and organize them effectively, taking help from the sample medical billing clerk resume, given below for your reference. Besides stating your objective, you need to craft it accordingly so that it also becomes a title for your profile. Take tips from the sample for efficient sentence formation and compiling many details into one concrete piece of information.

Summarize your professional background

Following the objective, include a profile summary, containing 6-8 bulleted points speaking your role as a medical billing clerk in the past. If you have no experience whatsoever in medical billing, then include your expertise in different areas like bookkeeping, account maintenance, preparation of invoices and bills etc. Observe the sample resume and you'll notice that each bulleted sentence is composed of two or more smaller details. This, you need to achieve via effective sentence construction. The act of customization has a major role to play in your job application, for it adds a personal appeal and keep your resume the most specific to the employer and the position you are seeking. Similarly, organize your potential strengths and fundamental skills and abilities into 5-6 highly informative points, where all general skill sets are left out to facilitate a worthwhile read. You may also include your accomplishments in a separate section following your educational details, or you may also include them along with the details of your previous employer, in the employment history, provided they are not commonplace achievements.

See below for a free sample of medical billing clerk resume and take tips for layout, organization, and the arrangement of information.

Belinda D. Peterson
414 Maryland Avenue
Pinellas, FL 34624
(727) 519-6767
belinda_peterson@email.com

Objective:

Medical Billing Clerk, having worked for over 4 years within health care facilities, seeks an opportunity to further gain expertise in medical billing and management, while applying the acquired skills and abilities to deliver optimal support and administration, ensuring growth for the organization, and myself as an active participant in an ever-ongoing process.

Profile Summary:

• Prepared, monitored, and verified records of outstanding credit balances from patients and distributors and debts owed to medical institutions and facilities
• Maintained patient payment records and updated regularly, filed claims for any unsettled bills of deceased patients
• Collaborated with medical facilities, courts, and collections agencies for the collection of past dues and delinquent accounts
• Coordinated all payroll deductions pertaining to the employees' medical care and insurance, ensuring adherence to federal, state, and local codes and regulations
• Estimated medical charges, and prepared itemized invoices and statements for billing and report generation
• Calculated the shipment rates and delivery charges of medical goods and equipments, maintained records of all medical equipments procured and used

Key Skills:

• Proficient in the use of computers and related applications and tools, type speed - 45 WPM
• Efficient in medical coding and the analysis and interpretation of medical as well as statistical data
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with sound ability to withstand judgments, for clear insight during crucial scenarios
• Expert in accounting and bookkeeping, with string administration skills
• Familiar with basic patient care principles and practices
• Experienced in time management, multitasking, and task prioritizing, with quick decisiveness considering random possibilities

Work Experience:

2008 - present
Creative Health Management - Largo, FL
Medical Biller

2005 - 2007
MerryMaking - St. Petersburg, FL
Accountant

Education:

Diploma in Medical Billing and Coding 2008
Keiser Career College - St. Petersburg, FL
Placed in grade A

Completed high school from Palm Harbor University High School 2005

References:

Available upon request

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