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EDUCATION - PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Citone Institute - Medical Assistant / Diploma

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Westchester Jewish Community Services Accounts Receivable
845 North Broadway Specialists
White Plains, New York June 1981 to Present

Essential Responsibility:
Manage all billing tasks related to private, government, 3rd Party, Self-pay, an
d other funding sources.
Duties:
Prepares, process/reconcile all billing and daily cash receipt postings from thi
rd (3rd) party insurance carriers. Complete monthly reconciliation of accounts
and reconciled cash receipts for various insurance parties between the bank depo
sits, the general ledger and the electronic billing system. Maintains required
records and files to support the billing and collection process.
Generate self-pay bills to respective clients and send invoices to DSS District
attorney for court and JSO treatment programs. Print checks (bi-weekly) for acc
ounts payable.
Perform all the necessary support functions as required to meet departmental del
inquency and past due collection goals, such as analyzing, researching and follo
w-up. Advise and inform management of delinquent accounts to avoid loss of reve
nue and any major issues or changes, related to accounts. Track and resolve out
standing payment issues by generating weekly aging reports in a timely manner.
Work and communicate with internal finance group to review to identify coordinat
ion of billing is done timely and correctly. Calculate monthly payroll figures.
Ensure compliance with accounting deadlines.
Perform cooperative tasks related to the department (i.e. banking and internal s
upport staff when needed as well as the Accounts Receivable Supervisor in specia
l projects.

Westchester Jewish Community Services Senior A/P Clerk

White Plains, New York
Duties:
Process the monthly payroll for specific programs as well as generated the weekl
y account payable checks from Fez/Create system. Handled cash receipts posting
for 3rd party insurance carriers. Processed billing, bookkeeping, posting of c
ash, collections, bank deposits, for DDS, Day Care, CDT and Self-Pay programs.
Generated month-end account reconciliation from the general ledger to the AR sys
tem. Prepared the CDT monthly statistics to be used for billing 3rd party insur
ance carriers (i.e Medicaid, Medicare, etc.) and Self-Pay accounts.
Work closely with aging reports to ensure proper and timely collection of old ou
tstanding balances. Assisted on various task as assigned by management.
Westchester Jewish Community Services A/P Clerk
White Plains, New York
Duties:
Handled monthly payroll for CKW Consultants. Generated weekly account payable c
hecks from electronic check system. Posted cash receipts for 3rd party insuranc
e carriers. Managed billing, deposits, posted cash receipts and created monthly
/quarterly reports for DSS Day Care and Self-Pay program.
Generated CDT monthly statics billing (Medicaid, Medicare) and Self-Pay as well
as managed the aged receivables for the CDT program. Contacted Medicaid weekly
regarding incoming cash receipts and also assisted Medicaid with transmittals.

Brief Accomplishments:
I have completed Westchester Jewish community Services supplementary training an
d development courses in:
Child-Care subsidy program workshop - 2006
Business Writing workshop - 2004

Knowledge / Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Knowledge of billing/collections related to private, government, (3rd Party, Se

lf-pay).
Proficient use of all MS Office applications including but not limited to Outlo
ok,
PowerPoint Knowledge of Accounts Receivable systems
Proficient with various computer applications
Ability to work with multiple computer systems (billing and general ledger)
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and written

References furnished upon request