Kathy Zeppenfeld, CPC

Kathy is a Certified Professional Coder and the Team Leader of billing for hospitalists and nursing homes. She attends workshops and monthly chapter meetings staying current with AAPC. She manages accounts from charge entry to collections. She has had extensive experience billing for family practices and vascular access centers.

Deborah Hair

Deborah is a Certified Professional Coder and Treasurer of the local Chapter of the American Academy of Professional Coders. In 2009, she graduated from Everest University with an Associates Degree in Medical Insurance Billing and Coding. She is also a Notary Public for the State of Florida. Deborah is currently the Medical Billing and Collection Account Representative for physicians.

Amanda Karson

Amanda is our credentialing specialist. Originally from Illinois, she received her Bachelor of Science degree from Jacksonville University in 2009. She provides credentialing services for our clients.

Karen VanSchenck

Karen started her career with hearing aid production and management. She obtained her Bookkeeping Certification in 04 from St Petersburg Community College and graduated from the Career Institute of Florida in 2009 with honors in medical coding and billing. She is a Certified Professional Coder.

Edna Sumner

Edna is our team leader in the collection area. She previously worked in the medical field for 30 years. Her career spans from Nurse Aide, EMT, Emergency Dispatcher, Accounts Payables, and Medical Billing to Collections.

Lena Skakavac

Lena is a registered nurse in Germany.  While awaiting the transfer of her license to the United States she recently graduated from Everest University where she studied Medical Insurance Billing and Coding.   She currently assists Kathy with our hospitalists accounts. As communication today is so important, we wanted to mention that Lena not only speaks english, but German, Serbo-Croation, Macedonian, and some Russian.

Stephanie Wayne

Stephanie is a Certified Professional Coder and attends monthly meetings of the local chapter of the American Academy of Certified Coders. In 2007, she graduated from Florida Metropolitan University with an associate in science degree in medical billing and coding. She is currently specializing in medical laboratory billing.

Tina Clarke

Tina is a Credentialing Specialist originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. Tina recently graduated from The Career Institute of Florida with a Medical Coding and Billing diploma and has her CPC certification. Tina attends the local chapter of AAPC meetings.

Julie Bouckenooghe, B.S., CPC

Julie has attended multiple workshops and lectures for the local chapter of the American Academy of Certified Coders. Julie has expertise in all areas of billing, collections, and credentialing. She has done extensive billing for dialysis, nephrology, internal medicine, family practice, chiropractors, physical therapy, and hospitalists. Julie also has experience in billing for physician owned vascular access centers. Currently she has been asked to be the client liaison for new accounts and to facilitate the seamless transition of  these  accounts to AMS. She oversees all credentialing and practice set-up.

Systems Engineer

Tony Kujawski

Tony is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. He is responsible for ensuring that the practices  have, secure, reliable, constant access to their account information. He ensures that all information exchanges are HIPAA compliant. Tony also will provide computer and network administration for practices who desire this additional service.