With over 30 years of experience in diverse health care settings, Freda understands how patient care is delivered in America.  As a certified medical assistant in an oncology practice she cared for patients hands-on.  She demonstrated skill as an effective administrative manager for various medical practices, including laboratory/x-ray, pediatrics, and urgent care.  Moving to the health insurance arena, (her professional colleagues called it "going to the dark side") Freda's management of a satellite customer service office for a major US health insurance company helped her understand the health insurance industry's perspective on health care delivery.  Freda's was most recently Benefit Manager for the health and welfare plans of the State of Alaska's 75,000 retirees, employees, and their families.  Helping these beneficiaries over the years completed her understanding of the health service purchase triangle, including the balance employers face in providing affordable health coverage to employees.  Since retiring from State service in 2009, HealthCare Considerations is Freda's full focus.

Freda received the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) credential of Certified Medical Assistant in 1988.  The American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) credential of Certified Professional Coder was earned by Freda in October 2003.  The American College of Medical Coding Specialists (ACMCS) credential of Provider Coding Specialist was received in August 2007.     

Freda is a member of the Alaska Medical Assistant Society, an affiliate of the American Association of Medical Assistants.  She is a featured speaker for many continuing health education programs, including Medical Terminology, Managed Care Survival In The Medical Office and Current Procedural Terminology Coding.  Freda serves as current Vice-president for the Alaska Medical Assistant Society and is delegate to the 2010 AAMA House of Delegates.     

Freda is married with seven adult children, seven of the most wonderful grandchildren in the world, a magic dog, a noisy bird and an old cat.  She landed in Fairbanks, Alaska in February 1966 and moved with her family to the capitol city, Juneau, in the fall of 1967. The temperature on her first day in Alaska was 60 degrees...
below zero.