asmaa arefaey,      Senior Insurance officer, Revenue Cycle Management

asmaa arefaey

Senior Insurance officer, Revenue Cycle Management

Nation Hospital

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, 70%
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Senior Insurance officer, Revenue Cycle Management at Nation Hospital
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since March 2017

• Create schedule of benefits template in the system and maintain updated data of existing plans.
• Ensure active standard provider contracts (SPCs) with insurance companies and maintain renewal terms and conditions.
• Preparing documents and Empaneling with insurance companies.
• Updating the price factor in the system and monitoring the price applied properly.
• Handles patient’s complaints concerning insurance coverage.
• Maintaining documents for the renewal process.
• Communicate with Insurance companies related to the coverage and networks.
• Reflect agreed prices, specific conditions of approvals, policies exclusions in the system.
• Educates other patient access staff on health insurance regulations, updates and changes.
• Review of agreements, renewal of contracts, negotiations, network selection
• Will have to possess and maintain an insurance assistance options such as special approvals and GOPs in liaison with the prior authorization team.
• Rounds in the hospital emergency department to ensure patient payment liability is resolved post patient stabilization.
• Handles all complex insurance (coverage) discussions with patients and families for cases not covered by insurance and performs scheduling functions for self - pay patients.
• Resolves work queues for insurance claims clearance within slAs to ensure scheduling for patient’s appointment is not delayed.
• Proactively liaise with finance team to discuss patient’s financial issues and works with patients and families towards finding the most appropriate solution.
• Performs financial analyses and reporting as required by director and monitors performance dashboards that reflect access to patient care, patient flow and patient cost -share collection.
• Liaise with finance to obtain and collect necessary financial data to help qualify patients for the best financing option.
• Handles patients’ complaints concerning insurance coverage.
• Develops forms, letters to communicate with insurers @ HAAD.
• Flexibility in handling international patients including coordination, follow -up and understanding of international health insurance business programs.
• patient registration, patient scheduling or patient billing in a supervisory or team leader capacity.
• Possess a wide knowledge of the market health insurance plans.
• Vast knowledge of medical terminology, insurance, hospital operations is required.
• Ability to demonstrate genuine concern for patients and patient satisfaction

Claims Officer, Revenue Cycle Management at Al Mafraq Hospital
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2009 to April 2017

• MAFRAQ HOSPITAL, Abu Dhabi, UAE (February 2009 -July2016 )


Assistant Claims Officer in Business office, Revenue Cycle Management:
(April 2009 - August 2012)

 Complying by the rules and the contractual terms and agreement with the insurance companies.
 Complying by the facility pricing structure and the rules for the different patient categories (including self-payer) with implementation.
 Checking and reviewing the approved procedures codes (for inpatient) from the insurance company, with the facility coders and the service points.
 Collecting and receiving the outpatient and inpatient claims from the service points and admission office.
 Checking the claim invoices ( inpatient and outpatient )
 Generating and regenerating the missed and incorrect invoices.
 Processing each claim in the system.
 Assisting the officer in preparing statement of accounts.
 Following-up the claims submission to the insurance company.
 Maintaining claims documentation.





Claims Officer in Business office, Revenue Cycle Management:
(October 2012-July2016)

 Monitoring compliance the rules and the contractual terms and agreement with the Insurance companies.
 Ensuring compliance by the facility pricing structure and the rules for the different patient categories (including self-payer) with implementation.
 Validating the claimed outpatient services ( Laboratory, Radiology and Pharmaceuticals )
 Checking the claim invoices (inpatient and outpatient).
 Generating and regenerate the missed and incorrect invoices.
 Processing each claim in the system.
 Attending answering about financial matters, to patient and Specialty clinics inquiries.
 Preparing statement of accounts.
 Assisting the Assistant Officer Following -up the claims submission to the insurance company.
 Ensuring that all insurance documents been properly filled and claiming related amount.
 Comparing the cancelled receipts received from cashiers on monthly basis to ensure that there are no manipulations in canceling transaction.
 Resubmitting the rejected claims with a wrong reason or without reason and unpaid claims.
 Responding to verbal and written financial inquiries in a timely manner.
 Providing technical expertise in identifying potential financial /Accounting issues.
 Discussing with Manger/Senior/Officer if necessary, before recommending solutions after obtaining and verifying information.
 Participating in cross-functional teams and committees as appropriate.
 Serving as subject and enhancing team procedure manual and processes and discussed with Manger/Senior/Officer.
 Developing and enhancing team procedure manual and processes and discussed with Manager/Senior Officer.
 Complying with Policies, Procedures and Practices of the SEHA facilities and other regulatory requirements.
 Maintaining positive and effective working relationships within the department / division and also with other departments /sections within facility.
 Performing any other duties as may be assigned relevant to the basic responsibilities of the role
 Effectively lead a team of 5 Inpatient Billers to bill a back log of inpatient claims for Mafraq Hospital with total revenue of $500 Million/year
 Create a monthly report for the self-pay collections.
 Making the statement for Self-Pay patient and check all the diagnosis add






• MAFRAQ HOSPITAL, Abu Dhabi, UAE (February 2009 -July2016)

Administration Assistance with Patient Financial Services Manager:
 Schedule the calendar for meeting.
 Connect with HR to any issues with the staff and follow up with them.
 Prepare all the notes for SPFS meeting.
 Monitored department stock inventory and coordinated with central stores as needed.
 Create monthly reports for the staff productivity & attendance.
 Perform all secretarial duties as required.
 Make the Project for Patient Financial Services.

Education

Bachelor's degree, 70%
  • at Medical Science College / Biology & Geology
  • August 2008

Medical Science College / Biology & Geology

Specialties & Skills

Auditing
Insurance
Healthcare
Adjustments
Cerner System
Cerner system
Adjustment Claim
Orcal system
computer skills
Adjustment Claim
network selection
Insurance Coordinator

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Hobbies

  • reading