Managing team of 6 data scientistsDevelop analytic roadmap for cost and reimbursement analytic work

Product Manager for Clinical Data Base Report Builder, a clinical benchmarking tool with over 1,000 hospitals. Served as Product Manager for Resource Manager and Core Measures

Developed and implemented a hierarchical chronic condition-based Risk Adjustment methodology across healthcare settings Conducts analysis to support Shared Savings within a Chicago-area Accountable Care OrganizationCreates actionable information that results in identifying trends and opportunities for improvement in medical expense, utilization initiatives, and quality improvementDesign, program, test and standardize processes and reports for Federally Qualified Health CentersDevelop core financial statistics for healthcare including Medical Loss Ratio, Savings, and Per Member Per Month statisticsManaged and onboarded analytic team

Provide leadership in cost initiatives from concept to post deployment to help academic medical centers better understand variation in the cost of delivering careDevelop more useful estimates of cost across the patient encounter, including new metrics for lab, imaging, blood, cardio/vascular, and ancillary servicesUse pharmaceutical supply chain data to develop cost estimates for pharmaceutical drugsDevelop business requirements and system edits for healthcare benchmarking and metricsDevelop training and education plans for internal and external stakeholders regarding different cost methodologiesIdentify losses across academic medical centers due to outpatient hospital coding changesDevelop a methodology and template quantifying the effects of national coding changes on physician productivity and paymentQuantify revenue per unit of work across all payer mixes for physician specialties such as orthopedic surgeons and surgical oncologistsProvide analysis on the impact of nurse practitioners on physician work to assist in hiring practices and staffing models

I perform national evaluations of programs within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The DHHS budget is approximately $800 billion, supporting programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, FDA, IHS, and Head Start. I have in-depth knowledge of Medicare coding and pricing. I am experienced in qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. I am proficient in SAS, SQL, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel.

Managed scheduled programs for AMA’s Older Driver ProjectIncreased the number of program evaluations Managed financial requests and budgets from an interdisciplinary teams of health care professionalsDeveloped and distributed quarterly reports to send to the project fundersCollaborated with AMA staff members to develop a strategic plan for Healthy Lifestyles and Aging

Organized forums educating Emergency Department faculty on new policies and initiativesIncreased compliance among staff members increased by 75%Used Excel to analyze effectiveness of policy initiatives in the Emergency DepartmentPresented data and outcomes at inter-department meetingsPublished abstract on project at hospital-wide Quality Fair Co-designed and executed a research project assessing professionalism in Emergency Medicine residents