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San Carlos, Ca, Us

San Carlos, Ca, Us

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Responsible for the development and execution of detailed strategic plans for ten surgical service lines in partnership with senior executive leaders - Anesthesia, General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Urology, Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology, Interventional Radiology, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Pain and Audiology. Oversees over 60 clinical faculty, 10 clinic sites, and 4,900 annual surgeries.  Co-led launch of the interdepartmental forum to assess clinical, scheduling, and operating room utilization metrics and deployment of surgical value stream methodology to visualize, analyze and optimize the surgical care continuum. Achieved a 22% increase in surgical volumes during my first year. Responsible for the business and financial performance of the service lines, including budget development and revenue. Maintains strong partnerships with finance in managing service line accounting definitions, classifications, and reporting. Oversees over $600M in annual gross revenue, with a 105% increase in contribution margin, during my first year.  Oversee strategic marketing, outreach, and physician relations activities to support service line growth. Collaborates with senior leadership in ambulatory, inpatient, ancillary, and administrative services to develop and implement division access, service, quality, and financial goals. Partners with physician leadership and Stanford School of Medicine (SOM) administrators to formulate and implement new initiatives to enhance surgical programs.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Responsible for all aspects of business operations, business development, fiscal management, non-clinical service line activities, projects and programs, and development of strategic plans and implementation of strategic initiatives focused on improving the profitability and market share of Surgical Services. Direct oversight of seven surgical divisions including General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Urology, Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology, Ophthalmology, and Anesthesia Pain. Works closely with senior leadership in ambulatory services, inpatient services, ancillary and administrative services to implement all service-related division goals. Deployment of surgical value stream methodology to visualize, analyze and optimize our continuum of surgical care.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Development and management of the $1+ billion operating and capital budgets for the Operating Room, Anesthesia, Pre-op, Post-op (PACU), Short Stay Unit, Sterile Processing, and Anesthesia AssessmentCenter (PARC) departments. Oversight of department revenue - including the development, implementation, evaluation, and redesignof charge capture and charge reporting processes in collaboration with Patient Financial Services (PFS),Revenue Cycle, Patient Admitting Services (PAS), Health Information Management Services (HIMS), Information Technology (IT), Materials Management, Contracting, and Compliance. Collaborated with clinical leaders to adhere to the department budget and improve operations' efficiencyand cost-effectiveness. Trained and educated clinical managers in key financial and productivity metrics to support the optimization of department operations. Representative on the Non-Labor Spend Committee to evaluate and deploy hospital savings initiatives inpartnership with other institutional leaders. Over $3M in savings captured to date. Hospital Policy Program Review Committee member; responsible for reviewing and providing feedbackon all Stanford Children's policies.  Responsible for monthly operational and financial metric reporting and distribution – revenue, expense, productivity, monthly variance analysis, and annual goal metrics – quality, service, affordability, innovation and education, and respect for people. Facilitated staffing and productivity measures for 230 FTEs. Led interprofessional collaboration initiatives to develop, maintain and evaluate continuous qualityimprovement. Responsible for vendor and contract management and negotiation for equipment, consignment, service, and maintenance agreements in partnership with Stanford Medicine Contract Administration and Legal departments.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Responsible for leading charge workflow, charge capture, clinical documentation optimization, and denialreduction initiatives. Interventional Services saw a 277% cost-per-case revenue increase during the timeof employment. Facilitated interdepartmental coordination for clinical, operational, and financial optimization projects incollaboration with LPCH revenue cycle teams (HB and PB), supply chain, sourcing, categorymanagement, IS teams, finance analysts, and HIM. Responsible for monthly operational and financial metric reporting and distribution – revenue,productivity, procedural volume, room utilization, labor/supply flex, and fiscal year variance analysis. Partnered with supply chain teams to support onboarding of ARC Helios inventory management systemand EPIC charge integration. Oversaw supply and implant charge capture optimization initiatives, the bill only workflow, the Value-Based Selection (VBS) committee, new supply and implant integration, andcharge build. WQ oversight and management in partnership with revenue cycle for account billing management. Annual utilization metric reporting for OSHPD, ACS, and Stanford University residency and fellowshipprograms. Collaborated with the Analytics team in developing and validating the Treatment Center andInterventional Radiology utilization dashboards (Tableau).

San Diego, Ca, Us

 Pillar of Excellence Award – Finance Pillar: recognition for success and results through innovative andexemplary ways related to expense reduction, cost avoidance, cash collections, efficiency improvements,and net operating income enhancements. Led interdepartmental coordination for charge optimization and process improvement projects. Collaborated with HIM leadership on charge description master (CDM) updates and maintenance of charges. Responsible for coding and charge audit review in collaboration with the Compliance department. Developed and implemented department- and physician-specific education on clinical documentation and medical necessity requirements. Responsible for ICD9/10 diagnosis coding and CPT charge review for interventional radiology, nuclearmedicine, diagnostic radiology, outpatient wound center, hyperbaric oxygen therapy clinic, cancer andoutpatient infusion center, perinatal diagnostics, and emergency department. Led new coder training and onboarding.

 4000+ hours of direct patient care at an orthopedic surgery private practice- patient physicals, pre-operative examinations, wound care, casting, charting/scribing. Practice Management – ICD9/CPT code assignments, insurance authorizations, surgery scheduling,appointment scheduling, new patient intake, facilitated onboarding and transition to Allscripts EHRsystem, managed physician credentialing and hospital reappointments. Research – Managed IRB and WIRB clinical research studies. Chart review, data collection, and analysisfor clinical study of NFL player injury evaluations, recovery, and long-term clinical outcomes. Wrote post-op patient protocols, diagnosis and treatment plans, and other patient education documents for the clinic website. Wrote and prepared presentations for medical conferences (ASSH and AAOS).

La Jolla, California, Us

 Research – Role of de novo DNA Methyltransferases in the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Signature. Laboratory work – cell culture, DNA/RNA preparation and extraction, amplification – qRT-PCR, PCR,western blot, immunofluorescence, FACS cell cycle analysis, construction of whole genome bisulfiteconverted library. Conference Poster Presentations – 2012 SDSU Student Research Symposium, 2012 World Stem CellSummit, 2012 Stem Cells on the Mesa Meeting.Abstract: "Contribution of de novo DNA methyltransferases in human embryonic stem cell signature"

Master Of Science - Ms, Healthcare Administration And Interprofessional Leadership

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology