Christy Gause Email & Phone Number

Quad Cities Metropolitan Area

Rock Island, Illinois, United States

Integration Manager. Mergers and Acquisitions Synergy Team• Develop comprehensive due diligence and integration plans • Manage team of finance, human resources, and information technology professionals to execute on project plan to achieve integration objectives• Evaluate and document cross-functional risks, issues, decisions and dependencies for collaboration with functional department leaders

Bettendorf, Iowa

• Strategic and operational leader of 139 licensed bed growing community hospital; Trinity Bettendorf• Directed Surgical Services Division for Quad City based campuses including oversight responsibility for operational, quality, and financial performance including competitive market position• Collaborated with medical and nursing staff to advance clinical/surgical outcomes, safety and efficiency for nearly 14,000 procedures annually• Developed and implemented campus-specific and surgical plans/tactics which promoted employee engagement, positive patient experience, high provider satisfaction and ongoing community support• Ensured compliance with regulatory guidelines and accrediting standards including Joint Commission and Iowa Department of Inspections & Appeals• Provided regional, matrixed leadership support for Supply Chain operations at Quad City and Muscatine campuses

Bettendorf, Iowa

• Expanded responsibility beyond Physician Liaison team to include directing all of Physician Services Division, including Credentialing Verification Office, Medical Affairs Office and Continuing Medical Education for 500+ medical staff.• Finalized expansion of Accountable Care Organization (ACO) network to launch Medicare Advantage plan regionally• Responsible executive for Trinity Bettendorf campus operations with oversight of $6M expansion including $2M community capital campaign with the Trinity Health Foundation

* Developed and maintained marketable contracted physician, hospital, and ancillary provider insurance network• Marketed TPHO network and services to employers, health plans, third party administrators, and brokers to gain additional direct employer contracts• Ensured adherence to State legal and compliance regulations for insurance networks including Board of Director and By-law compliance• Ultimately led organization through planned business dissolution corporate and legal processes

Bettendorf, Iowa

• Responsible for regional development of ACO physician network and additional narrow network plans to support value-based contracting initiatives at local, regional and national levels• Collaborated with service line and subsidiary leadership to establish strategies relating to sales and service line objectives. Managed Physician Liaison Department to execute on these strategies in achievement of volume/revenue goals.

• Established and executed on long and short term strategies relating to strategic objectives in collaboration with service line leadership• Intermediary for education, communication and issue resolution for physicians and office staff; including employed and independent practices

• Performed product analysis, program evaluation and product performance monitoring of insurance brokerage wholesaler with $400 million+ of annual premium• Designed and marketed agent distribution channel incentive programs, nearing $1 million of cost, to promote increased sales volumes• Established marketing collateral development and implementation strategies including external rebranding

Acquistion and Integration project managerBusiness Planning and Development- Sr. Business Analyst with John Deere Health (acquired by UHC in 2006)