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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

UC Health, a $2.9B organization, is the only major Academic Health System in the Cincinnati region, comprised of University of Cincinnati Medical Center, West Chester Hospital, Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care and number physician network ambulatory locations.

Cincinnati, Ohio

• Lead a team of over 200 FTEs including hospital Finance Directors, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Government Reimbursement, Business Planning, Strategic Finance, Medical Records, Utilization Review and Case Management.• Key system leader demonstrating an understanding of the healthcare industry and market dynamics, trends, competitors, regulations and reimbursement, and implementing operational and financial moves to strategically position UC Health in the path of financial success.• Serve as an advisor and consultant to UC Health executive leadership team and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors on policies, operations, and financial positioning

Cincinnati, Ohio

• Lead a team of over 150 FTE’s, including compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, diversity, equity & inclusion, talent development, HR operations, and employee health and well-being.• Member of the Executive Team, Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors, leading the UC Family in management of the business to ensure sustainable and integrated solutions that complement system-wide goals and strategies.• Lead the organization through major initiatives including a reduction in force, reorganization of the workforce of over 9,000 positions and a redesign of the compensation structure and incentive programs.

Cincinnati, Ohio

• Responsible for leading all aspects of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer including Accounting, Revenue Cycle, Payor Relations and Ambulatory Finance Operations while continuing to lead Inpatient Finance Operations as the CFO served as interim CEO.• Member of the Executive Team and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors while educating board members, senior leadership, and physician leadership across the organization regarding financial outcomes and operational drivers, translating financial statistics into understandable and actionable results.• Lead UC Health through the management and tracking of expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including successful application for federal and state funding to assist in covering a portion of lost revenue and increased expenses.

Currently hold the position of Regional Executive for Region 6, 2018-2019, serving as a liaison to the national level of HFMA. For the Southwestern Ohio Chapter I have previously served as Past President, President, President-Elect, Chapter Secretary, Social Chair, Membership Co-Chair, as well as various other event and programming committees.

Cincinnati, Ohio

• Simultaneously serve as the Director of Finance for West Chester Hospital while also leading the UC Health system in government reimbursement, leading a team of over 70 FTE’s, including Finance, Registration and Financial Counseling, Utilization Review, Medical Records and Materials Management at West Chester Hospital.• Site finance leadership of annual budgeting, month end close process, pre-close analysis, performance analysis and variance trouble shooting to provide clear financial and operational performance measures including recommendations for improvement.• Collaborate with the health system Executive Team, Finance VPs and Medical Executive Committee on pertinent financial matters while streamlining Medicare Cost Report preparation, bad debt reporting and DSH improvements to result in improved reimbursement outcomes.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Catholic Health Partners (CHP) is the largest health system in Ohio and the fourth largest employer in Ohio, and CHP is also one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States. CHP employs more than 32,000 associates in more than 100 organizations –- including 24 hospitals –- that meet the healthcare needs of people in Ohio, Kentucky and contiguous states.• Lead a team of 8 individuals in completion of government reimbursement projects for the five regions of CHP.• Manage preparation of the annual Medicare Home Office and Hospital cost reports, Medicare disproportionate share (DSH) analysis, wage index and audit projects while researching complex reimbursement and regulatory issues to ensure compliance with all regulations.• Participate in providing education to Home Office, regional personnel and others on Medicare/Medicaid regulatory issues, preparing and delivering formal technical presentations to internal and external groups.

Emrhein & Associates is a reimbursement consulting firm which provides comprehensive health care consulting and assistance to health care facilities in reimbursement issues. The firm provides services to a variety of clients including; hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long term care facilities, home health agencies, health maintenance organizations and outpatient physical therapy providers. Emrhein & Associates home office is based in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.• Annual preparation and review of Medicare and Medicaid cost reports for a variety of clients, including PPS Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities and hospital based Home Health Agencies.• Extensive experience working with a facilities discharge list to identify Medicaid eligible days, compiling proper documentation to support the Medicare Disproportionate Share (DSH) calculation and reimbursement claim.• Analysis of Medicare inpatient, outpatient and crossover bad debts for multiple facilities and detailed work with analysis of bad debt logs from a variety of clients including the calculation of proper claim on write off totals for bad debt accounts, ensuring all standards and regulations are met among the patients listed and the proper documentation is obtained for each patient on the bad debt log. • Review of Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting adjustments and research of various reimbursement issues at the request of clients using CCH, Federal Register, CMS, OHA, ODJFS and other various websites.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science, Natural Sciences