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Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

• Led all medical and behavioral health utilization and case management services provided to 14 Medicaid programs in eight states, five health and welfare funds, and a workers’ compensation plan including contracting.
• Achieved a 90% customer retention rate over 2 ½ years, retention of two contracts through competitive bid processes, and sole-source (extra-contractual) extension of six contracts without competitive bids as a result.
• Improved quality and meaningfulness of both external and internal reports leading to increased customer satisfaction and directors’ ability to manage using objective measures.
• Led activities necessary for successful URAC Health Utilization Management and Case Management re-accreditation with a perfect score. Current Member, URAC Health Standards Committee.

Greater Seattle Area

• Directed business development, marketing, admissions, and outpatient services to dramatically increase admissions from Medicare and Medicaid programs, crisis response teams, emergency departments, and managed care.
• Doubled the hospital census within the first 12 months by initiating a multi-phase community, professional, and payer marketing plan. This increase in census led to the early opening of two additional behavioral health.
• Launched profitable substance use disorder partial hospital, intensive outpatient, and medication-assisted treatment programs within a five-week timeline.
• Improved admissions timeliness and increased referral source satisfaction through revised admissions standard work to streamline operations.

Greater Seattle Area

• Directed all clinical and administrative operations including utilization management, case management, claims, and quality management. Expanded operations to include specialized, targeted Medicaid and Medicare programs.
• Improved timeliness and quality of services necessary to meet regulatory, accreditation, and contractual standards, resulting in retaining this customer and successfully obtaining an extension to the existing contract.
• Designed the service delivery model for the dual-eligible population that was used in the customer’s successful D-SNP application and which increased revenue by 20%.

Greater Seattle Area

• Led the behavioral health assessment, referral, and case management department of this integrated staff-model health plan.
• Redesigned the utilization management processes using LEAN principles which increased the reliability, the validity of clinical decision-making, and compliance with NCQA and Medicare requirements and achieved a.
• Orchestrated the behavioral health response to the 2014 eValue8 survey, earning the highest score for a health plan in the state of Washington used for employer’s purchasing decisions.
• Achieved a perfect score for behavioral health standards during the plan’s 2013 NCQA survey which contributed to an overall “excellent” classification and a five-star Medicare designation which increased the plan’s.

Greater Seattle Area

• Directed internal and external employee assistance program staff in 21 sites across the United States serving more than 350 Boeing locations.
• Successfully negotiated a five-year renewal by creating new procedures, training staff, and increasing responsiveness to improve alignment with Boeing expectations and policy requirements.
• Redesigned Drug-free Workplace and Threat of Violence programs to standardize processes, improve results, and increase FAA and DOT regulatory compliance.
• Managed and conducted critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) responses to industrial accidents, employee deaths, and aircraft occurrences which led to an increased partnership with Boeing executives.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

• Primary liaison to key C-level customers responsible for developing and maintaining partnering relationships, providing consultation in the strategic planning of benefit design, and ensuring high-level customer.
• Reduced PMPM medical costs through provider and customer-advocate partnerships by up to 56% with minimal member and provider complaints.
• Achieved perfect NCQA Utilization Management compliance scores during multiple surveys, and obtained full accreditation during the location’s initial URAC survey.
• Led a multidisciplinary team including internal staff and select providers to increase health plan HEDIS scores from 50th percentile to 90th percentile in one year.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd (Candidate), Psychology

Qualifying examinations completed Dissertation discontinued

Master Of Arts - Ma, Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society,