# Chinenye Opara Chinenye Opara is a remote worker on Himalayas, HMO Liaison & Claims Officer at St. Nicholas Hospital, based in Nigeria. Source: https://himalayas.app/@chinenyeopara ```text HMO Liaison & Claims Officer at St. Nicholas Hospital, coordinating patient approvals and managing claims. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | Nigeria | | Authorized to work in | Nigeria | | Salary expectations | 53k+ USD | | Job categories | Health Information Officer, Health Records Officer, Billing Officer, Desk Officer | | Skills | HMO Medical Insurance Claims, HMO Liaison and Authorisations, Medical Billing, Health Information Management, Medical Records Management, Electronic Medical Records, Patient Eligibility, Claims Reconciliation, Appointment Booking, Patient Registration, NHMIS, Microsoft Office | ## What I'm looking for ```text I’m looking for an opportunity to responsibly and professionally discharge my duties, improve my work output and performance, and contribute to the organization’s productivity, profitability, and reliability in an enabling environment. ``` ## About ```text At St. Nicholas Hospital, I serve as the liaison between the hospital and HMOs, coordinating patient eligibility, service authorizations, and approvals. I process claims, follow up on outstanding submissions, and help resolve billing and tariff discrepancies. Previously, I worked as a Medical Records Officer at Avon Medical Practice, where I scanned paper records into electronic records, booked appointments, and handled HMO liaison. My experience also includes medical billing and claims management, patient registration, and compiling health facility statistics. ``` ## Experience ### HMO Liaison & Claims Officer (current) St. Nicholas Hospital. Oct 2025 - Present ```text Serve as primary liaison between the hospital and HMOs, coordinating patient eligibility, authorizations, and claims. Process and manage HMO claims, monitor outstanding claims, and support reconciliation of HMO accounts. ``` Skills: HMO-Liaison-and-Authorisations, Claims-Management, Patient-Eligibility, Service-Authorization, billing-documentation, Reconciliations, Medical-Records, Revenue-Cycle-Management ### Medical Records Officer Avon Medical Practice. Jul 2025 - Sep 2025 ```text Managed specialist clinic appointment booking and transposed paper-based patient records to electronic records. Processed medical reports, handled client correspondence, and liaised with HMOs via mail, portal, and calls. ``` Skills: Appointment-Booking, Electronic-Records, Scanning, Medical-Reporting, HMO-Liaison-and-Authorisations, Customer-Service, Payment-Processing ### Billing Officer Avon Medical Practice. Mar 2023 - Nov 2023 ```text Prepared and issued invoices, resolved billing inquiries and disputes, and received payments while issuing receipts. Liaised with HMOs via mail, portal, and calls. ``` Skills: Invoicing, Billing, Payment-Processing, HMO-Liaison-and-Authorisations, Dispute-Resolution ### Front Desk Officer St. Mary Catholic General Hospital. Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 ```text Registered new patients and compiled monthly statistics. ``` Skills: Patient-Registration, Statistical-Compilation ### Industrial Training St. Nicholas Hospital. Feb 2021 - Oct 2021 ```text Processed electronic records and transposed paper-based patient records to electronic format. Managed medical billing and claims, liaised with medical insurance clients, and compiled NHMIS monthly summary reports. ``` Skills: Electronic-Records, Scanning, Medical-Billing, Claims-Management, Medical-Records, NHMIS, Insurance-Liaison ### Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) Randle General Hospital. Jul 2019 - Aug 2019 ```text Registered new patients, booked appointments, filed and archived medical records, and engaged in statistical analysis and computation. ``` Skills: Patient-Registration, Appointment-Booking, Filing, Archiving, Statistical-Analysis ## Education ### Lead City University Bachelor of Health Information Management, Health Information Management. 2021 - 2024 ```text Bachelor of Health Information Management degree from Lead City University, Ibadan, from 2021 to 2024. ``` ### School of Health Information Management LUTH National Diploma, Health Information Management. 2018 - 2021 ```text National Diploma in Health Information Management from the School of Health Information Management, LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos, from 2018 to 2021. ``` ### Command Day Secondary School Senior Secondary School Certificate, General Studies. 2009 - 2015 ```text Senior Secondary School Certificate from Command Day Secondary School, Oshodi, Lagos, from 2009 to 2015. ``` ### Eby Primary School Primary School Leaving Certificate, Primary Education. 2004 - 2009 ```text Primary School Leaving Certificate from Eby Primary School, Coker, Lagos, from 2004 to 2009. ``` ## Tech stack - Microsoft Office To contact Chinenye, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Olajide Orikogbo](https://himalayas.app/@olajideorikogbo): Team Lead, Billing Department, R JOLAD HOSPITAL - [Chigozie Eze](https://himalayas.app/@chigozieeze): Administrative Manager / HMO Manager, Nova Medi Clinic - [Olamide Adetona](https://himalayas.app/@olamideadetona): Health Information Officer, Maternal and Child Centre - [Adeniyi Ayotosimi](https://himalayas.app/@adeniyiayotosimi): HMO Billing Officer, Wellahealth Technologies - [Akinola Gbemileke](https://himalayas.app/@akinolagbemileke): Hospital Administrator, Bien Sante Hospital - [Confidence Anyaka](https://himalayas.app/@confidenceanyaka): Medical Billing Officer, Limi Hospital & Maternity Ltd - [Fowowe Mabel](https://himalayas.app/@fowowemabel): Front Desk Patient Information, J&B Hospital Equipment Benin Store - [Victoria Rasak](https://himalayas.app/@victoriarasak): HMO Officer, Cathem Eye Hospital - [Faith Olabinjo](https://himalayas.app/@faitholabinjo): Laison officer , Venus Medicare - [Feyikemi Adedoyin](https://himalayas.app/@feyikemiadedoyin): Health Records Officer, Molly Specialist Hospital