Beth Garrison Email & Phone Number

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Nashville, Tn

Litigation Specialist - March, 2015 - Present - Provides paralegal and administrative support for medical professional liability litigation and claims function. Coordinates internal and external claims reporting, tracking of claims and lawsuits and serves as primary contact for third party administrator and outside counsel on pro se litigation matters. Legal Assistant to Vice President of Contracts Management - September, 2013 - March, 2015 – Assists in management and oversight of over 300 state and federal healthcare related contracts; works with legal and operations management to develop new healthcare contracts, along with amendments and extensions; abstracts contracts to determine and prioritize compliance requirements; manages mortality review process in conjunction with the clinical department and physicians, which includes tracking, gathering information and managing database in connection with certain adverse medical events; assists in completing the credentialing process for all required providers; completes special projects as needed; develops and self directs project plan; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress.

Brentwood, Tennessee

Administrator of UHS Compliance Hotline – Served as administrator of UHS corporate hotline. Performed intake and provided initial response to highly confidential alleged compliance complaints for company with over 60,000 employees; notified appropriate management and leadership; assigned investigator and monitored progress of investigation to determine facts and circumstances; participated in resolution decisions and subsequent related training or action to be done by UHS if needed; organized, indexed and maintained database of all complaints via automated enterprise wide system.Executive Assistant to UHS Vice President of Development – Assisted in preparation of documents in connection with mergers and acquisitions; completed complex research; managed multiple virtual data rooms for due diligence process; maintained executive schedules, conference calls, business travel and expense reports; maintained client interaction on behalf of VP; oversaw management; correspondence; accounts payable. This job was done in conjunction with the Compliance Hotline administration.UHS Service Excellence Facilitator – Oversaw and trained new and existing employees on UHS’ philosophy of Service Excellence. This is mandatory training that all 60,000 employees must take.Legal Department Assistant: Oversaw aspects of contract management; maintained contract logs and monitored for deadlines; identified and assisted with EEOC claims and employee demand letters; handled components of litigation settlement; assisted outside counsel with discovery and document requests; prepared and edited legal related PowerPoint presentations; scheduled and calendared daily conference calls; handled travel arrangements and expenses reports.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Assisted four attorneys in Healthcare Department; prepared legal documents; assisted clients; handled time entries and expense reports. Position was eliminated due to company-wide significant cutbacks.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business

Ongoing

Paralegal Certificate, Paralegal, 3.75 Gpa

Accredited by Middle States Association of College and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools

Office Occupations

Honor Student