Summary
Overview
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Education
Skills
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Chemise Applewhite

Far Rockaway,NY

Summary

Medical professional ready for role of License Practical Nurse. Comprehensive nursing skills to ensure patient wellbeing and support medical staff. Focused on team collaboration and adaptable to changing needs. Known for strong organizational abilities and compassionate patient care.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Office Assistant

NYU Winthrop University Hospital
02.2020 - Current

Check-in patients for appointments

  • Collect patients Co-pays/outstanding balances
  • Update personal and insurance information
  • Assisting patients with billing inquiries
  • Perform special projects as requested by department upper level management.
  • Answer phone calls and direct inquires
  • Manage paperwork, file/organize documents, maintain records, receive and distribute mail/packages, data entry.
  • Coordinate with medical staff ensuring patient flow, preparing charts or intake documents.
  • Organized and maintained patient records in compliance with HIPAA regulations.

Billing Clerk

NYU Winthrop University Hospital
05.2013 - 02.2020
  • Processed and verified billing statements for accuracy and compliance with established protocols.
  • Managed patient accounts, ensuring timely invoicing and payment collection.
  • Collaborated with healthcare providers to resolve discrepancies in billing inquiries.
  • Maintained detailed records of transactions using advanced billing software systems.

Medical Billing Clerk

Continued Care of LI Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2013
  • Performed accounts receivable follow up and performed insurance eligibility verifications. Evaluated patients’ financial status and payment plan eligibility.
  • Identified trends and issues with patient and insurance accounts
  • Obtained authorizations according to company policy.

Education

Practical Nurse Diploma -

Hunter Business School
Levittown, NY
12-2025

High School Diploma -

Far Rockaway High School
Far Rockaway, NY
06.2001

Skills

  • Medication Administration
  • Urinary Catheterization
  • G-Tube Feeding
  • Obtaining Vital Signs
  • Delivering Respiratory therapy
  • Gathering Patient Data
  • Providing Catheter and Colostomy Care
  • Transfer patients
  • Basic Microsoft
  • Tracheostomy Care
  • Monitoring Intake and output
  • Wound Care

Clinical Experience

  • Excel Nursing Home
  • Daleview Nursing Home & Rehabilitation center
  • Wound care, interdisciplinary wound rounds. Medication administration, peg tube
  • Care of diverse population, with an emphasis on older patients
  • Tracheostomy care, respiratory, interventions, oxygen therapy
  • Medical- Surgical and telemetry Medical- Surgical setting

Timeline

Office Assistant

NYU Winthrop University Hospital
02.2020 - Current

Billing Clerk

NYU Winthrop University Hospital
05.2013 - 02.2020

Medical Billing Clerk

Continued Care of LI Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2013

Practical Nurse Diploma -

Hunter Business School

High School Diploma -

Far Rockaway High School