Linda FrenchLinda L. French, CMA-C (AAMA), NCICS, CPC, is a certified medical assistant-clinical specialist (AAMA), nationally certified insurance and coding specialist (NCCT) and certified professional coder (AAPC). Prior to teaching, she worked for 15 years ina variety of physician office settings as a clinical and administrative medical assistant, medical insurance biller and office manager. In addition to consulting to physicians and providing customized employee training, Ms. French has spent more than a decade teaching allied health courses at community colleges, adult schools, post-secondary institutions and private corporations through UCSB-Extension. Read More Read Less