Linda F Nichols
Grand Gardens Unit 4L
Mt. Vernon, NY 10552
Phone: 914-***-****
E-Mail: *******@***.***
Career Overview
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR/MANAGER/BOOKKEEPER/SECRETARY SKILLS PROFILE Self-starter; highly motivated; trouble shooter and organized; proficient in detailed projects from start to finish providing supervision and follow up of any delegated tasks. Entering patient demographics and CPT coding and IDC coding; Peachtree One Write Plus Office Bookkeeping / Accounting and Microsoft Office Suite. Collection of $1,800,000.00 of past-due and current medical billing in a two year period. Initiating, creating and producing a company policy handbook and interdepartmental directory for Bronx and Scarsdale medical office.
Skill Highlights
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR/MANAGER/BOOKKEEPER/SECRETARY
SKILLS PROFILE
???Self-starter; highly motivated; trouble shooter and organized; proficient in detailed projects from start to finish providing supervision and follow up of any delegated tasks.
???Entering patient demographics and CPT coding and IDC coding; Quicken, Peachtree One Write Plus Office Bookkeeping / Accounting and Microsoft Office Suite.
???Collection of $1,800,000.00 of past-due and current medical billing in a two year period.
???Initiating, creating and producing a company policy handbook and interdepartmental directory for Bronx and Scarsdale medical office.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Law Assistant/Secretary
Gloria C. Markuson, Esq., Scarsdale, NY1995-2012
???Typed legal documents on civil matters including wills, summons, pleadings, real estate contracts, deeds, living wills, health proxies, estate planning, divorce, and elder care.
???Ordered and maintained law library with up to date supplements, specialized law newsletters and volumes.
???Researched law issues pertaining to individual client cases in conjunction with attorney to strategize the client's case.
???Kept current on document filing dates and service time deadlines for process servers, court appearances, client appointments, depositions, CLE seminars, and business meetings for the production and delivery of legal documents and exhibits, mailings, faxes and e-mails.
???Answered, screened and logged high volume of telephone calls providing information and handling issues that often required sensitivity and use of sound judgment; opened, logged and routed incoming and outgoing mail and confirmed conference and travel arrangements.
???Bookkeeping duties including client billing and accounts payable.
???Effectively evaluated and created techniques to increase organizational efficiency.
Office Manager
David Haft, M.D., Yonkers, NY1992-1994
???Managed proficiently a medical office practice specializing in billing and collections and demonstrating knowledge of CPT codes and IDC = International Diagnostic Codes.
???Scheduled patient office visits and surgical appointments, transcribed patient history and consultation letters to be mailed to all referring physicians, created and filed patient charts, completed daily accounting of cash receipts, handled banking and mail, scheduled and delegated work assignments to office staff with daily follow-ups, ordered all office supplies, furniture, fixtures and scheduled office maintenance workers.
???Collected $1,800,000.00 accounts receivable billing bringing medical practice with zero cash flow to cash solvency enabling sole proprietorship of practice to join a medical group and bringing with him a large financially profitable patient volume to the new medical enterprise.
EDUCATION
SUNY @ FARMINGDALEFarmingdale, NYMajor: Secretarial Science
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOLHuntington, NYMajor: Liberal Arts
Professional Experience
1995 to 2012
Gloria C. Markuson, Esq Scarsdale, NY
Law Assistant/Secretary
Typed legal documents on civil matters including wills, summons, pleadings, real estate contracts, deeds, living wills, health proxies, estate planning, divorce, and elder care.
Ordered and maintained law library with up to date supplements, specialized law newsletters and volumes.
Researched law issues pertaining to individual client cases in conjunction with attorney to strategize the client's case.
Kept current on document filing dates and service time deadlines for process servers, court appearances, client appointments, depositions, CLE seminars, and business meetings for the production and delivery of legal documents and exhibits, mailings, faxes and e-mails.
Answered, screened and logged high volume of telephone calls providing information and handling issues that often required sensitivity and use of sound judgment; opened, logged and routed incoming and outgoing mail and confirmed conference and travel arrangements.
Bookkeeping duties including client billing and accounts payable.
Effectively.
1992 to 1994
David Haft, M.D Yonkers, NY
Office Manager
Managed proficiently a medical office practice specializing in billing and collections and demonstrating knowledge of CPT codes and IDC = International Diagnostic Codes.
Scheduled patient office visits and surgical appointments, transcribed patient history and consultation letters to be mailed to all referring physicians, created and filed patient charts, completed daily accounting of cash receipts, handled banking and mail, scheduled and delegated work assignments to office staff with daily follow-ups, ordered all office supplies, furniture, fixtures and scheduled office maintenance workers.
Collected $1,800,000.00 accounts receivable billing bringing medical practice with zero cash flow to cash solvency enabling sole proprietorship of practice to join a medical group and bringing with him a large financially profitable patient volume to the new medical enterprise.
Education
SUNY @ FARMINGDALE Farmingdale, NY
Secretarial Science
WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL Huntington, NY
Liberal Arts