Ozarks Profile - Kathy Iman

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What is your job?|ret||ret||tab|

Kathy Iman is the owner of KJI Enterprises in Nixa.|ret||ret||tab|

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Please tell us about your company.|ret||ret||tab|

"KJI Enterprises provides medical-bill-review services for patients of all ages," Iman said. "I am also a subcontractor for the Southwest Missouri Office on Aging, assisting seniors in their homes with their paperwork and bill paying."|ret||ret||tab|

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What prepared you for work in your field?|ret||ret||tab|

"I uncovered a nationwide Medicare fraud involving my grandmother's medical bills," Iman said. "I then realized that many people are overwhelmed with the complicated and confusing volumes of medical bill and insurance paperwork they receive. My experience working many years for CPA firms allowed me to begin reviewing medical bills on a contingency fee arrangement. If I don't find mistakes, my clients pay me nothing."|ret||ret||tab|

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Iman was appointed by Speaker of the House Jim Kreider to the Missouri Senior Rx Drug Commission that helped create the Missouri Senior Rx Drug Program to provide pharmaceutical assistance to seniors. She said, "So many of our seniors suffer both financially and physically due to the high costs of prescription drugs. It is wrong for any senior to have to choose between eating or taking their medicine. This is a very personal issue for me. I intend to work diligently toward finding a way to assist the thousands of affected seniors."|ret||ret||tab|

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What is the best part of your job?|ret||ret||tab|

"My work allows me to meet so many really neat people that I might not meet otherwise," Iman said. She described it as "truly a joy" when she feels like she's been able help keep seniors in their homes longer, protect them from exploitation or just "get to be a part of their lives." She added, "When reviewing medical bills, it is very fulfilling when I save my clients money." She cited one client who had been paying $20 a month on a $2,400 bill that he didn't owe. "I enjoyed making that phone call," she said. Her favorite case, she added, was "the error I found where a male friend's insurance had paid 80 percent of his pap smear."|ret||ret||tab|

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Can you tell us something about your personal life and family?|ret||ret||tab|

Iman has been married 17 years to Joe Iman, a salesman for Meek's Lumber in Nixa. They have a son, Tyler, who is 13 and in junior high. "We have lived in Nixa for the last eight years and love it," she said.|ret||ret||tab|

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How do you like to spend your leisure time?|ret||ret||tab|

"I treasure time spent with my family and friends," Iman said. She added that she also serves as treasurer and on the board of directors of the Nixa Area Chamber of Commerce, is active in Aldersgate Methodist Church, is a member of the Seniors and Lawmen Together Council, serves on Christian Healthcare's board of ethics, graduated from the Springfield Citizens Police Academy and is chairman of Nixa's Sky High 4th of July celebration.|ret||ret||tab|

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