Nationwide System Integration, Financial Planning and Reporting, Project and Change Management Consultant. RGP is a global consulting firm that enables rapid business outcomes by bringing together the right people to create transformative change.

Manage finance team with Financial Planning and Business Intelligence responsibility for 2 Acute Care Hospitals, a Critical Access Hospital, Surgery Center, Urgent Care Center, and other satellite locations  Manage SQL team and creation of web-app functionalities Responsible for overall financial operations, budgetary, and decision support activities Data Governance chair in insuring the accuracy in integrating multiple systems into the Decision Support data warehouse and accurate reporting from each system Design practices to anticipate and execute Hospital Authority Board of Director goals Change Agent  Strategic Initiative Proformas Liaison to all levels of Operational/Clinical Leadership in interpreting financial and statistical results as well as educating on the effects in planning future programs Monthly Financial Performance Analytics reporting to the Finance Committee and Hospital Authority BoardProcess improvements: Within first 2 months, recommended and implemented a C-Suite early planning budget retreat with full proforma and strategic planning for the 10/1 fiscal year Redesign of the capital approval and procurement process Education of leaders and staff on the productivity index methodology o Implemented 25th percentile targets Proforma education and standardizationo Cash Flow, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, and Return on Investment Integration of EPIC report writers and our team for cross functionality of reporting emphasizing accurate reporting Physician education on EPIC procedures to maximize data captureo Insured contract adherence in calculating bonuses Implemented culture throughout the organization taking ownership of data by investigating root causes of inaccuracieso Emphasized collaborating with other departments on front end solutions versus simply correcting on the back end with continued rework LEAN process improvements

Manage finance team with Financial Planning responsibility for the Southern Indiana Region including an Acute Care Hospital, 4 Critical Access Hospitals, 2 Surgery Centers, 4 Urgent Care Centers and Medical Group  Develop and implement strategic objectives, including financial planning, general accounting, cost accounting, budgeting, and reimbursement analysis Implement procedural changes to insure accuracy of and advance the impact of financial data presented Perform financial analyses of both existing and proposed programs, services, capital expenditures and provide recommendations to managementProcess improvements: Led team to function with an operational financial model o Liaison interaction redesign with operational leaders focused on future improvements/action plans versus past budget variance reporting focus o Design and introduction of new weekly and monthly meetings with operational leaders o Ended traditional non-value added meetings  Reengineered month end close processo Automated standard variance explanations saving liaison time 20% o Moved up statistical reporting 1 business day o Replaced manual reporting with smartview and hyperion reporting Developed a systematic forecasting tool increasing the accuracy of projections  Budget Planning o Initiated computer learning labs for operational leaders to review and approve department budgets replacing CFO meetings with each department o Early multiple scenario calendar planning dependent on budget initialization timeline  Capital and operational proforma standardization o Team Lead in Hybrid OR $5.8M project  Increased finance team productivity 25% by streamlining board of directors and executive team reporting Enhanced system wide new and replacement position approval process based on productivity standards Redesigned physician bonus approval and review process for increased accuracy and adherence to contracts

 Team Lead in the development of a system wide continuum of care cutting-edge cost accounting technology highlighting the shift from volume-based reimbursement to episodic bundled payment methodologies emerging in the healthcare environment.  Collaboration, engagement, and influence developed with system developers and engineers in enacting the finance led concepts and designs. Statewide finance and accounting lead for cardiovascular, orthopedics, trauma, and sports medicine strategic service lines. Led trauma expansion to 3 hospitals outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area, developing and presenting a financial and quality key indicators dashboard at quarterly statewide meetings with trauma providers and staff.  Multidisciplinary initiative team lead, strong relationship with clinical leadership, decision support financial operations and accounting super user, proforma and financial feasibility analyses, founding member of financial operations mentoring committee, benchmarking and trend analysis, primary finance contact for service line leaders, and financial liaison for LEAN initiatives.  Responsible for budgeting, finance, and decision support reporting for Academic Health Centers (IUH Methodist, University, and Riley Hospital for Children) and Suburban (IUH North and West) hospitals.

Finance Director for Children’s Acute Care and Rehabilitative Hospital Responsible for Medical Records, Outpatient Scheduling, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Accounting Presentation of Financials to Board of Directors Hospital On Call Rotation

Finance Director for a 240-bed, long-term care facility, Acute care hospital accounting senior Managed long-term care accounting and budgeting, accounts receivable, and patient trust funds o Selected and implemented new long-term care fully integrated financial, revenue cycle and clinical documentation system  Acute care hospital budgeting and financial reporting

 National reimbursement consultant for home care and hospice Proforma analysis, cost reporting, and client system training

 Trained nationwide new hire Long-Term Care Accounting System Coordinators Hired, trained, and supported all business office employees within the Connecticut and Northeast Indiana regions