Medical High School

Sharon B. Traylor

**** ****** ******

Columbus, OH 43224

Telephone: 614-***-****

Cell: 614-***-**** or 614-***-**** [Best Contact]

email address(es): abkodb@r.postjobfree.com / abkodb@r.postjobfree.com

Objective To work for a dynamic company where there is

potential for growth and the ability to utilize and

demonstrate my executive legal secretarial

expertise, as well as my paralegal skills and

transcription skills, my medical billing and

coding, office managerial skills; accounts

payable/accounts receivable, etc.

Experience 2/2007-11/2009 Schottenstein Law Offices, Columbus,

OH 43215

Office Manager, Legal Assistant, Accounts

Payable/Receivable

Open new cases by obtaining copy of police report

to ascertain the tortfeasor's insurance company,

the claim number, date of accident, adjuster name,

telephone number, fax number, address, etc. to send

letter of representation and discover whether there

is any med-pay involved.

Determine where client has treated in order to send

for medical records and invoices from hospitals for

UB-92s/UB-04s, emergency room physicians, radiology

departments, chiropractors, orthopedists, family

doctors, or any other treating physicians rendering

treatment to client for the MVA.

Contacting clients periodically to determine how

their treatment is progressing and contacting

doctors to find out treatment regimen for client is

progressing and length of treatment; and checking

on their invoices to see that client is not

over-treating for soft tissue injuries.

Preparation of demand package to insurance company

once client has finished treatment regimen and all

medical records/invoices have been received to

begin negotiations for resolution of case.

Preparation of Pre-Authorization Breakdown

Statement to be signed and approved by client so as

to make sure they are in agreement with settlement

amount being offered after checking file for any

Letters of Protections and/or subrogation liens

from any insurance carriers, Medicaid and/or

Medicare and/or BWC.

Discussion with insurance adjusters ordering draft

and release once Pre-Authorization Breakdown

Statement has been properly executed by client and

witnessed.

Preparation of Settlement Agreement to be properly

executed and witnessed, signing of Release and

draft, preparation of trust account checks and

distribution of same to all proper parties.

Posting of all deposits and checks in QuickBooks;

managing accounts receivables and accounts payable.

Banking.

Faxing and mailing of properly executed Releases to

insurance company issuing the draft in full and

final settlement of claim.

Dictation of correspondence, pleadings, memos, etc.

Answering of telephones and taking care of clients'

needs and questions.

Filing and array of other duties too numerous to

mention.

1997-2005 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.,

Columbus, OH

Word Processor/Multipractice Legal Secretary

Document Specialist in Document Processing

Department (evenings) [5 years] performing overflow

work from daily activities for all internal

departments of law firm, including, but not limited

to, workers' compensation, environmental law,

corporate law, mergers and acquisitions,

prospectuses and memoranda of agreement, public

law, labor, and litigation, scanning of image files

to .tiff files for clean-up to Word documents, as

well as scanning and coding of .pdf documents to

send via e-mail to various clientele. All

documents created and saved were through Docs Open.

Multipractice Legal Secretary performing

preparation of correspondence, litigation briefs,

obtaining discovery materials, creation of incoming

new files; locating files on-site as well as

off-site, answering of incoming telephone calls,

making travel arrangements, calendaring docket

dates for deadlines for responsive pleadings and

appointments, preparation of pleadings indices,

update of filing, copying, mailing, preparation of

UPS and FedEx package labels, facsimile

transmissions, scheduling of conference rooms, and

billing of attorneys and paralegals billable and

nonbillable time This also included completion of

projects for any additional tasks requested and/or

searched out during lapses of time to support other

secretarial staff in need of help in overflow

situations.

Computer programs utilized were MS Suite,

CompareRite, DeltaView, Lotus Notes, DTE, and

CaseMap.

1996-1997 The Columbus Bar Association, Columbus,

OH

Legal Secretary

Travel to and from different locales in the central

Ohio area as requested and confirmed by The

Columbus Bar Association.

Primary functions included all aspects of the legal

secretarial field, including, but not limited to,

calendaring and docketing of deadlines and

appointments, travel arrangements, conferences

calls, preparation of workers' compensation forms

and pleadings for temporary total, permanent

partial, permanent total and lump sum settlements

and correspondence to clients utilizing

above-listed computer software and programs.

1994-1996 Lane, Alton & Horst, Columbus, OH

Legal Secretary

Serve as liaison for attorneys and several

insurance companies dealing with products liability

cases and insurance defense matters.

Preparation of pleadings, review of medical records

and deposition transcripts for discovery requests

and production of documents to opposing counsel;

preparation of transcribed correspondence to

insurance companies for settlements and updates of

ongoing phases of litigation, answering of

telephones, copying, facsimile transmissions and

mailing of correspondence.

Identify and document system errors utilizing

above-listed computer programs as well as

WordPerfect and troubleshooting of same.

Education High School Graduate Riverview High School, Powell,

OH

Studied commercial and business courses throughout

high school.

American School of Technology

Certificate in Medical Billing and Coding - 4.00

GPA

ICD-9, CPT-4, and HCPC Coding

CMS-1500 and UB-92 Completion

Medical Manager Software Proficiency

Billing and Collection Procedures

Front Office, Medical

U.S. Careers. Inc.

Certificate in Medical Transcription - 4.00 GPA

Ethics and HIPAA Regulations

Anatomy

Medical Terminology

Medical Transcription.

Personal Attributes

. Hardworking individual.

. Team player.

. Expressive and creative about communicating and

responding to people's needs.

. Enjoys identifying problems and creatively solving same.

. Will work overtime or flexible hours.

References Available Upon Request.

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