Mackenzy Vaughan
@mackenzyvaughan
Detail-oriented medical billing and collections specialist improving revenue cycle performance.
What I'm looking for
I am a detail-oriented medical billing and collections specialist with over six years of experience across hospital and outpatient settings, focused on payment posting, AR management, benefits coordination, and reducing claim errors. I have led small teams, trained staff, and managed special projects that improved accounts payable processes and increased revenue.
I excel at reconciliations, claims scrubbing, insurer follow-up, and patient financial counseling, and I am proficient with Cerner, Epic, AllScripts, Waystar and multiple billing platforms. I bring a customer-focused mindset to collections and a track record of meeting and exceeding productivity metrics while maintaining HIPAA-compliant operations.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Customer Service Team Lead
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 2 months)
Manages a team of 6, oversees weekly inventory and financial reconciliation, trains staff, and resolves escalated customer complaints while driving upsell-focused service.
Data Annotator
Data Annotation
Feb 2024 - Nov 2024 (9 months)
Created and organized evaluation datasets, reviewed completed data for accuracy, and identified issues in AI model outputs for rework to improve model performance.
Payment Poster
Wakefield Associates
May 2023 - Sep 2023 (4 months)
Operated Cerner Soarian to scrub claims, posted insurance payments and reconciled batches daily, exceeded a 300-lines-per-day metric and prepared reconciliation spreadsheets for management.
Medical Billing Specialist
The Hand and Upper Extremity Center of GA
Apr 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 5 months)
Posted patient and insurance payments, reconciled daily batches and monthly reports, verified benefits and collected patient payments, initiated refunds/credits, and escalated accounts to collections when necessary.
Medical Billing & Collections Specialist
Aeroflow Healthcare
Oct 2018 - Apr 2021 (2 years 6 months)
Managed billing and collections for hospital-grade durable medical equipment, trained staff on PT AR systems, led projects to improve processes and doubled revenue in accounts payable improvements year-over-year.
ICU Patient Care Assistant
Holland Hospital
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018 (11 months)
Provided direct patient support in ICU/Telemetry, documented care in electronic charts, coordinated scheduling and communications across departments, and supported nurses with clinical and administrative tasks.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Florida Southern College
Bachelor of Science, Health Sciences and Healthcare Administration
Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and Healthcare Administration with a minor in Spanish, completed in May 2017.
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