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Reading, MA, US

Bethesda, Maryland, US

Southern New England, US

Canton, Massachusetts, US

• Lead 8-person team responsible for $2.5 billion commercial medical spend across hospital and physician network in MA, NH, RI, ME and VT totaling
• Consistently delivered year over year unit cost trends below budget; for calendar year 2021, the unit cost trend realized at 95% of budget
• Effectively developed and maintained total medical expense value-based arrangements across approximately 90% and 50% of the fully and local self-insured populations, respectively; these arrangements resulted in a 7%.
• While the department underwent organizational redesign, accountable for the management of over 35 staff charged with implementation of all provider agreements across the commercial, Medicaid and Medicare business lines.
• Implemented innovative care delivery initiatives including an orthopedic bundled payment arrangement (which resulted in a reduction of 32% of academic medical center usage) and a market-leading approach to the.

Canton, Massachusetts, US

• Led the development of the state-wide provider network (under mostly value-based terms) for the launch of a provider-sponsored Medicare Advantage plan (CarePartners of Connecticut)
• Developed innovative clinical partnerships between Tufts Health Freedom Plan (a joint venture provider-sponsored health plan) and Granite Health (a consortium of providers who were also the plan’s co-owners)
• Built innovative care delivery initiatives with Tufts Health Plan’s primary Rhode Island provider partner, Lifespan Health System; initiatives included real-time emergency department data exchange to prevent avoidable.

San Diego, CA, US

• Partnered with a 100-physician group based in New York to negotiate over $7 million in increased rates over a three-year period
• Assisted a Minnesota based health system with I) restructuring a value-based program with the dominant health plan resulting in savings due to the development of a more accurate cost benchmark II) assessing and.
• Advised a Georgia based health system with its public payer reimbursement strategy, which resulted in the narrowing of health plan partners and the development and implementation of value-based terms

Winchester, Massachusetts, US

• Effectively managed the revenue budget by independently negotiating terms, rates (at or above budgeted expectations) and value-based constructs for all commercial and Medicare agreements, totaling a combined annual.
• Led initiative to establish an accountable care organization with traditional Medicare resulting in shared savings in excess of $11 million in 2013
• Collaborated with clinical leaders to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement in commercial and Medicare value-based agreements

• Responsible for all financial management functions (forecasting and tracking expenditures, budgeting, cash management, accounting, federal revenue management and program integrity/provider compliance) for the $11.
• Served as executive sponsor responsible for the creation and development of the statewide accountable care organization procurement
• Effectively managed the grant process designed to provide funding to hospitals and health centers to further promote integrated and coordinated care

Winchester, Massachusetts, US

• Effectively managed the revenue budget by independently negotiating terms, rates (at or above budgeted expectations) and value-based constructs for all commercial and Medicare agreements, totaling a combined annual.
• Led initiative to establish an accountable care organization with traditional Medicare resulting in shared savings in excess of $11 million in 2013
• Collaborated with clinical leaders to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement in commercial and Medicare value-based agreements

Canton, Massachusetts, US

• Successfully managed the commercial medical cost budget of $2.1 billion, with unit cost trend arriving at approximately 1.0% below budgeted projection
• Re-engineered budgeting workflow resulting in future year projected unit cost trends more than 0.5% below historical trends
• Contributed to the development of value-based reimbursement models designed to reduce cost trends through the alignment of provider and health plan incentives

Canton, Massachusetts, US

• Managed workgroup responsible for supporting the financial needs and identifying prioritized areas of opportunity for improvement with the provider network delivering a medical budget of $2.1 billion
• Led initiative to develop benchmarking tools detailing trends/network performance
• Collaborated with reimbursement department in implementation of changes to policies resulting in over $12 million in savings over a three-year period

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Juris Doctorate