Asif Merchant Email and Phone Number
I am a healthcare performance improvement leader with over a decade of experience in developing, implementing, and analyzing efficacy of strategic initiatives. I specialize in total cost of care improvement within the network and clinical domains for healthcare payers, within both consulting and industry. I have a deep passion for creating and monitoring leading trends and KPIs to monitor performance and identifying areas for improvement.I am a lifelong Chicagoan and received my Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago and my Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In my free time you can find me blasting the trumpet at the Arlington Heights Community Concert Band, playing pick-up basketball, or on a stroll with my loving wife and daughter.
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Senior Manager, Network StrategyHealth Care Service Corporation Nov 2023 - Present -
Director, Network PerformanceCentene Corporation Oct 2022 - Nov 2023Led network performance management efforts across four Marketplace product offerings in 30 market segments. Closely collaborated with local market contracting leaders to remediate network underperformance and identify new networks in line with product growth and expansion targets. -
Senior Manager, Network PerformanceCentene Corporation Nov 2021 - Oct 2022Implemented network contracting cost savings strategies and monitored financial performance for multiple product lines and markets totaling $200M plus of annual cost savings.
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Manager, Healthcare ConsultingAarete Dec 2019 - Nov 2021Led several consulting engagements to improve total cost of care for large Medicaid and Commercial payers. Managed pre-implementation of claims adjudication platform migration for large east cost Commercial payer and secured multiple expansion contracts. -
Senior Healthcare ConsultantAarete Dec 2018 - Dec 2019Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging SQL to analyze payer claims data to identify areas of high utilization. Partnered with multiple Medicaid payers to implement new cost-savings initiatives.
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Healthcare ConsultantAarete Jan 2018 - Dec 2018Greater Chicago AreaAnalyzed healthcare claims overpayments in excess of $1M and reported anomalies to multiple Medicaid clients. Partnered directly with Claims Operations Teams to further investigate and submit recoveries.
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Consulting AnalystAccenture Sep 2015 - Jan 2018Greater Chicago AreaAnalyzed inpatient and outpatient reimbursement trends for large Midwest payer and benchmarked over $100M of paid utilization against competitive intelligence for reimbursement renegotiation efforts. -
Financial Strategy Analyst - BudgetsChicago Public Schools Jun 2014 - Aug 2015Greater Chicago AreaOversaw annual budgeting allocation process for 10 public schools across Chicagoland area. -
Specialty Pharmacy Finance InternCvs Health Mar 2013 - Dec 2013Greater Chicago AreaOversaw P&L for three specialty drugs and reported monthly financials to Specialty Finance leadership.
Asif Merchant Education Details
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Entrepreneurship & Strategic Innovation, Mergers & Acquisitions -
Economics
Frequently Asked Questions about Asif Merchant
What company does Asif Merchant work for?
Asif Merchant works for Guidehouse
What is Asif Merchant's role at the current company?
Asif Merchant's current role is Individual and Group Network Strategy | Healthcare Performance Management | MBA, PMP.
What schools did Asif Merchant attend?
Asif Merchant attended University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Loyola University Chicago.
Who are Asif Merchant's colleagues?
Asif Merchant's colleagues are Manimaran K, Monika Venkateshan, Donia Hashimi, Kelsey Rush, Cpa, Cfe, Ananthalakshmi A G, Nghia Le, Catina Pruitt.
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