Lewis W. Irish

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Cheektowaga, New York 14206-3344 adyhy9@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

I have 12 years of proven experience here at Health Force in the Payroll / Billing / Accounts Receivable department. I have worked well with multiple Insurance entities working diligently on payment and reimbursement. I have also been instrumental in the payroll aspects ensuring staff information has been processed efficiently to ensure payroll was completed. I have effectively and efficiently handled stressful situations presented by field staff and I am well known and respected by many field staff employees. I have been chosen to be the trainer in the department on several occasions due to my experience, attention to detail and leadership ability.

Professional Experience

Health Force, Cheektowaga, New York 10/2011 – Present

Payroll / Billing / Accounts Receivable

Analyze time slips and activity reports submitted by the 600+ health care aides for accuracy.

Enter the aide’s hours, by client, by shift into the payroll software.

Calculate when employees qualify for bonuses.

Create the payroll check in-house.

Verify employee banking information for direct deposits.

Post court order deductions.

Transfer funds to the payroll banking account.

Trained staff on payroll procedures and operations.

Lead Biller for the company.

Review every invoice for accuracy.

Post cash and reconcile accounts.

Retrieve over $200,000 in money that the company was going to write off.

Determine the cause of unpaid claims by insurance companies.

Generate the account receivables and contact insurance companies for payment of claims.

Develop company SOPs and training manuals for the Payroll / Billing Department.

Develop reports weekly for the CEO /CFO /COO.

Health Force, Cheektowaga, New York 01/2010 – 10/2011

Auditor / Record Specialist

To ensure 100% accountability on the submissions from the personal home care aides.

Reorganize the entire filing of documents.

Establish a standard for filing, tracking, and categorizing documents.

Developed a tool for tracking accountability for all clients.

Computer specialist.

Bankers Conseco Life Insurance Company, Williamsville, New York 04/2009 – 03/2010

Insurance Agent

New York State Licensed Insurance Agent to advise and sell clients on Life Insurance, Home Care Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicare Supplemental Policies and Annuities.

BlueCross & BlueShield of WNY, Buffalo, New York 04/1989 – 06/2008

Applications Developer

Analyzed, designed, developed, tested, and implemented high quality system designs. I coded each program for accurate reporting and archiving data for the company’s computer databases. Every program I wrote could be easily maintained by other staff, through a logical path. Ensured deadlines were met -- no matter how much off-shifted time was needed. I always assisted co-workers throughout the business in solving problems while retrieving archived data.

Payroll programming specialist (3 years).

Lead COBOL programmer for all code – during the decommission of the company’s mainframe

Served as Lead Programmer (10 years) for coding the HealthNow ID cards for the entire subscriber/member community. Created 100,000+ ID cards (yearly) on-time and 100% error-free for numerous years.

Sole programmer for the pharmaceutical business (WellPoint). Successfully captured and maintained all drug related prescriptions for over 8 years. Received raw data from outside vendors and updated by writing programs to extract subscriber, member, and current coverage to apply to each of the claims submitted.

Wrote all the COBOL programs to report the business’ Government related pharmacy claims to New York State’s MEDS II program allowing reimbursement for Government sponsored claims. This secure system saved the business over $100,000 in loss returns, late fees and fines.

Designed and coded the document described all coverage and benefits their health plans offers in user-friendly terminology. This guide is still being deployed as the industry’s standard for the last decade. This complete reference guide was enclosed in a bound book.

Sovran Bank (Mortgage), Richmond, Virginia 01/1988 – 04/1989

Computer Programmer

Assigned to ensure that the escrow payments were categorized, documented and payables were made to the taxing county authorities. Automated the bank’s method of generating and housing the escrow account information.

Designed, created and produce a reportable mechanism on verifying that duties were performed ensure that taxable payments to the countries were prior to the mandated timelines.

American Tobacco Company, Richmond, Virginia 01/1987 – 06/1987

Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable

Credit/Debit accounts from the many vendors. Research account activity to ensure proper posting for each vendor.

W.F. Filban (Transportation), Buffalo, New York 10/1985 – 12/1986

Customs Broker

Verify and clear shipments through the U.S. Customs. To authorize each shipment and to bill the shipping company for the duties/tariffs for each transaction.

Other Part Time Employment

Zion Church, Tonawanda, New York 01/1998 – 04/2008

Treasurer / Accountant / Payroll / Account Payable / Budget (01/1998 – 01/2008)

I performed accurate accounting transactions using CDM plus software. Performed Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Taxes and Yearly Forecasting. Also, I produced a monthly report on bank balances, check writing activities, outstanding payables and projections based on year-end forecasting. There were 3 outside accounting audits during my tenure which were all completely error free.

Secretary (10/2004 – 04/2008)

Developed error-free weekly worship program bulletin. I typed the Minister’s weekly sermons.

Military Experience

United States Army 09/1978 – 06/2002

United States Army - Active Reserves (01/1982 – 06/2002)

Instructor for the Military Leadership Academy (BNCOC) - Instructed a six-weekend course for Sergeant’s qualified for promotion. I maintained the highest graduation rate (100 %) for the entire 98th Division (Northeastern States) for the five years in this capacity.

Instructor for the Military Leadership Academy (ROTC) - Trained my Reserve unit in Land Navigation to evaluate the new future, Army Officers. The unit successfully had students reach to 90th percentile. The active Army component had met the 60th percentile in past years. Served for two years before the military downsizing.

Civil Affairs - Responsibility to rebuild governments from a hostile attack.

Administration - Performed the duties of Admin. Sgt.

United States Army – Active (09/1978 – 09/1981)

Artillery

Education

Erie Community College, Williamsville, New York

AAS Degree in Data Processing, May 1983

Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, New York

C++ Course, June 2003

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