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How to write an authorization specialist resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:
Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.
Step 2: Include your years of experience in authorization specialist-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.
Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.
Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.
These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some authorization specialist interviews.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
- Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
- Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
- Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
- Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on an authorization specialist resume:
- Patients
- Customer Service
- Insurance Verification
- Medical Terminology
- Insurance Eligibility
- Veterans
- EMR
- Insurance Coverage
- Home Health
- CPT
- Insurance Benefits
- Medical Necessity
- Medicaid
- Clinical Data
- Medical Services
- Patient Service
- Insurance Carriers
- Patient Insurance
- ICD-10
- Durable Medical Equipment
- Procedure Codes
- Patient Care
- Authorization Process
- Medical Insurance
- Phone Calls
- Authorization Request
- Excellent Organizational
- HIPAA
- Clinical Documentation
- ICD-9
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How to structure your work experience
Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.
Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the authorization specialist.
How to write authorization specialist experience bullet points
Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.
Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.
Here are great bullet points from authorization specialist resumes:
Work history example #1
Authorization Specialist (Part-Time)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Trained and educated customers on their apple products and how to use them efficiently and effectively for business and personal use.
- Recommended Apple product solutions to all interested and computer prospecting customers.
- Practiced Advanced Conflict Management in solving difficult customer issues without compromising brand or customer relationship with Apple.
- Facilitated small-group workshops to educate public around Apple services and technology.
- Demonstrated excellent customer-centered service through effective communication, creative problem solving abilities, and educating customers on products and services.
Work history example #2
Authorization Specialist (Part-Time)
Eagle Rock Real Estate
- Maintained effective communication with physician office and ancillary departments within the hospital.
- Performed patient check-in/check-out process and entered demographic information into the Medical databases and updated demographics of clients.
- Reconciled incorrect payments and Explanation of Benefits (EOB) rejections, with emphasis on exceptional customer service.
- Coordinated check-in processes by contacting insurance providers to verify correct insurance information and get authorization for proper billing codes.
- Entered ICD9 codes CPT, Diagnosis codes for notification for medical services.
Work history example #3
Billing Associate
Comcast
- Tracked and maintained all aspects of multi-state payroll and updated all employee personnel and medical files.
- Communicated throughout multiple groups, while providing answers to all employee payroll and benefit questions.
- Maintained and processed all DDP/SQL collections programs for 16 Corp multiple call center 2 million subscriber region.
- Explained bills to customers and offered to sell and make them aware of the value of Comcast products.
- Interfaced with other departments with questions or projects relating to DDP/SQL.
Work history example #4
Authorization Specialist (Part-Time) (Part-Time)
Express Scripts
- Handled regular Commercial accounts, Medicare Part D accounts as well as Tricare accounts.
- Performed compliance reviews on Medicare Part D case builds, checking for accuracy compliant with CMS and company regulations.
- Completed approvals, denials for Medicare Part D cases for patients.
- Researched written and telephone inquiries regarding the patients RX coverage and benefit eligibility using PeopleSoft and Net claim software.
- Supported Commercial, Department of Defense (DoD), Medicare Part D and Core Premier client processes.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:
Bachelor's Degree in medical assisting services
Brown University, Providence, RI
2002 - 2005
Highlight your authorization specialist certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your authorization specialist resume:
- Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
- Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
- Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM)
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA)
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Nationally Certified Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA)
- Nationally Certified Insurance and Coding Specialist (NCICS)