About

Linda has over thirty years of experience in healthcare and practice management, specializing
in cardiovascular and thoracic (CVT) surgery and risk adjustment with an emphasis on
diagnostic coding. She has served as an AAPC ®  local chapter president, secretary, and education
officer. Linda has presented various audio conferences and workshops nationally and has
spoken at HEALTHCON and RISKCON. She served as a representative on the AAPC National
Advisory Board (NAB) and as Secretary to the NAB. Linda managed practices for CVT surgeons
for 24 years and served in various roles at Optum – national trainer, Medicare Consultant, as a
director for a risk adjustment incentive program and as a director for national coding
education. She is the owner/instructor/consultant of Medisense, a private occupational school, teaching coding certification courses online from Colorado with a stated mission of “Making
Sense of Medical Coding.”™