Transcription And Record Completion Manager, Project Manager
Project Manager for multi-facility dictation platform implementation. Negotiated contracts with vendors to save over 30% in transcription costs. Implemented new transcription vendors. Developed QA program. Developed and implemented new billing process for transcription services.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 4/07-7/09Health Information Services Transcription and Record Completion Manager Managed $1.2M budget for outsourcing transcription services including 10M lines of dictation per year at DHMC main campus and 20M ancillary. · Led first-ever DHMC multi-enterprise (Lebanon, Southern Clinics and Cheshire-Keene Medical Center) group project to install the Arrendale dictation platform over a two year period.· Negotiated contracts and implemented two new transcription vendors, saving over 30% on transcription services.· Created and implemented Transcription Quality Review program and Vendor Report Card, including customized reports for productivity and quality assurance, to measure and compare vendors’ quality, cost, and turn-around-times for the purpose of work allocation.· Created and distributed monthly and quarterly Practice Managers Reports for DHMC, demonstrating a breakdown of transcription costs per physician and total departmental costs for transcription services. · Converted cost calculations for vendor services from “per line” rate to VBC (visual black character) rate. This conversion enabled DHMC to pay exact transcription costs, eliminating possible hidden costs in formatting and demographics.· Developed and analyzed cost/benefit comparisons on new and existing vendors.· Developed billing program to bill for services provided by vendor, eliminating hidden costs and providing uniform billing with all vendors.· Managed five employees with performance management duties including but not limited to hiring, coaching, evaluations, training and scheduling.