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Oakland, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Deliver FP&A services on a consulting basis for startup clients, providing modeling and guidance to ease a company’s growing pains and provide financial and operational insight to scale.

Sf California

Provided senior financial analytical consulting services to various UCSF departments and affiliates that included the public UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco and private UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland (BCHO). Projects included:Directed Payment Programs for UCSF (public) and BCHO (private)Initiative: The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) instituted enhanced payment initiative programs that focus on delivery system reform. These programs required hospitals and health plans to collaborate to submit accurate encounter data to the state with payment of funds dependent on the finalized data.Achievement: Provided and reconciled data at the encounter level working with billing department and programmers. Collaborated with the plans to rectify variances. Attained significant reimbursement for both UCSF and BCHO annually in allocation from state funds.Community Benefit Reporting and IRS 990 Schedule HInitiative: The Community Benefit Report communicates the amount of services provided to meet the health needs of the community.Achievement: As lead for the financial report section, accumulated figures summarizing Charity Care provided and other programs. In collaboration with various departments, developed methods that identified the community benefit portion of costs for both UCSF and BCHO.Other Government Reimbursement Projects:Extracted data from the financial systems (Peoplesoft and EPIC) to submit reports for BCHO:- Office of Statewide Health and Planning Department (OSHPD) Reporting- Federally Qualified Health Clinic - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grant Reporting- Trauma Funding and Alameda County Proposition A- 340B Application SubmissionReimbursement AnalysesDeveloped pricing model for implementation in EPIC, the billing system. Provided ad-hoc reimbursement analysis for various services.

San Francisco Bay Area

Provided controller, financial accounting, and overall financial management services to several technology startup companies including Red Bricks Media, Digital Island, Playlist.com, and Ustream.tv.Managed Financial Reporting, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Collections, Payroll, and Treasury functions.