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San Diego, CA, US

San Diego, California, US

• Administer plan, including program planning and operations, policy and procedural development, administration, fiscal management, activities, and events. Direct oversight and performance of outsourced services such as.
• Showcase top performer and/or leading performer designations for the role’s duties in manager and employee evaluations, and earn relevant credentials, such as licensure requirements with filings, surveys, and audits.
• Achieve a restricted Knox-Keene license from the DMHC to collaborate with UHC and other partner plans to form a pediatric-focused health plan, simplify contracting efforts, and ensure access to an integrated delivery.
• Surpass or attain the payor contract budget targets, and ensure quality, membership growth, and financial success.

Escondido, CA, US

• Headed the managed care department’s supervisory duties and operations, and the contract management and analyst team. Oversaw risk pool performance, the MSO vendor, stop loss recoveries, the contract provider network.
• Assessed the MSO’s vendor relations and formulated a new contract with enhanced performance metrics, boosted the business analyst’s productivity by 50 percent, reduced overpayments, and increased overpayment recoveries.
• Persuaded the health plans, network providers, and vendors to devise new agreements, and saved $11mm.
• Transformed the revenue cycle to streamline workloads, resolve payment issues, and expand collections abilities.
• Revamped the department, and fostered exceptional talent management to accomplish goals.

Long Beach, California, US

• Managed contractual matters, including those that pertained to operations and activities; the IPAs; the Provider Contracts Department; and physicians. Complied with the Knox-Keene network access and availability.
• Unified with a partner and spearheaded a physician program that ensured there is a case manager for high-risk patients and to coordinate home services, and decreased emergency department nonessential admissions.
• Arranged a contract with numerous federal health centers, and maximized service quality and accessibility by institutionalizing care and increasing funding when measures are reached.
• Built communications channels and advocated for a policy alteration that overhauled the authorization process, improved provider satisfaction, and enabled necessary care.
• Supervised the team through a force reduction and completed a smooth transition.

San Diego, California, US

• Handled contract negotiations for commercial and Medi-Cal lines of business for Rady Children’s Hospital integrated delivery system with health plans. Trained team members on managed care practices, payer and provider.
• Convinced health plans and payers to adopt contracts for the integrated delivery system, and secured fee-for-service and capitated agreements.
• Led the negotiation for a multimillion-dollar Accountable Care pilot project for children enrolled in California Children’s Services, and achieved a global capitation agreement with the Department of Health Care.
• Formalized the contracts for the Crisis Stabilization Unit which improved emergency room throughput and reduced inpatient admissions.
• Managed the negotiation of three capitated contracts for the integrated delivery system, and oversaw coworkers in the implementation of the agreements.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US