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Ellicott City, Md, Us

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

Lead Innovation and Partnerships for a new business unit at Aledade: Aledade Care Solutions (ACS). Develop innovation function for ACS that will identify, assess and support implementation of new patient care opportunities through outside partnerships.

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

Founded in 2013 by the former head of ONC Farzad Mostashari, MD, Aledade, Inc. provides infrastructure, technology and services to hundreds of independent primary care practices across the country to enable participation in Accountable Care Organizations and risk-based contracts.VP, Product, Transitions of Care• Product Development - Leads a team that designs and builds real-world, data-driven, scalable solutions that mitigate unnecessary emergency room, hospital, and post-acute utilization and improve the quality and value of care that patients receive during vulnerable transitions.

Founded in 2011, Remedy Partners is a private equity-backed services organization purpose-built to support provider participation in episode-based payment models through risk sharing arrangements, data analytics, a proprietary technology platform, and service operations. Remedy is the largest convener for the CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) program, managing 200,000 annual episodes ($5B medical spend) at over 500 hospital sites nationwide and has produced more than $500M of savings to the Medicare program.VP, Product Performance, Feb 2018 – April 2018• Product Strategy – Ensured cohesive development plans across technology, analytics and care redesign products, leading “product owner” process design and implementation of core product teams • Technology Partnerships – Identified and initiated key partnerships in the technology and interoperability space, specifically Electronic Health Records and Patient Engagement Software• Communications - Led messaging of development plans and delivery status to internal operations teams and to major external accounts including rollout management and implementation support• Product Performance – Developed processes to measure and manage product engagement, and synthesize “voice of the customer” feedback

• Operational Initiative Development - Designed, built and oversaw implementation of Remedy’s 2,500-member post-acute provider network via formation, management and oversight of corporate shared service team and cross-functional leadership, resulting in post-acute spending reduction across Remedy’s partner sites of more than $82.2M• Stakeholder Engagement - Sold “narrow post-acute network” concept to major Hospital and Physician Group partner accounts and oversaw implementation at over 430 hospital sites • Direct Report to COO – Directly reported of Chief Operations Officer with responsibility for quarterly board-level reporting on network development and impact• Provider Partnerships and Public Relations – Developed and maintained relationships with large national post-acute organizations and associations specifically in the skilled nursing facility and home health arenas, four-time speaker at Remedy’s National Innovation Collaborative, produced public webinars related to network impact and strategy

• Client Relations – Launched and managed three BPCI sites including executive relationship management as one of the three original business leaders on the Remedy operations team• Program Management – Directed implementation and management of dedicated care coordination teams, technology, governance structure and performance report development, with one hospital producing $1.5M in savings during the first year of participation

New Jersey arm of the American Hospice organization, a mission-driven hospice and palliative care provider with agencies and inpatient facilities in 13 states.Provider Relations, January 2013 – June 2014• Business Development and Growth – Guided provider engagement and lead generation efforts for newly opened Morris County branch, doubling market share • Client Management - Maintained referral source satisfaction with services provided to patients through systematic team-based collaboration

New Jersey’s largest senior care provider with business lines spanning the skilled nursing and assisted living facility, home care and hospice, institutional pharmacy and contract rehabilitation services.Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Facility Administrator, June 2009 – January 2013 Director of Marketing, Admissions and Assistant Administrator, April 2005 – June 2009• Healthcare Administration and Management - Operated 100-bed nursing home and 85-bed assisted living center with responsibility for over one-hundred employees• P&L Responsibility - Achieved dynamic financial growth by managing costs and increasing referrals, surpassing annual company goal by $500,000 in one year• Regulatory Compliance – Oversaw 3 successful annual survey processes and ad hoc investigations

Bachelors, Political Science

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