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Research, negotiate, procure and maintain network provider contracts with multiple health insurance companies. Train and supervise employees to check member eligibility, obtain authorizations, submit claims and write appeals and reconsiderations of denied claims. Manage day-to-day caseload of insurance patients.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Planned, organized and directed ground level opening of new branch office to serve the Salt Lake County area. Hired and supervised office and clinical staff. Marketed Home Health and Hospice services to physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. Developed and maintained referral sources by building working relationships in medical community. Developed, negotiated and maintained provider network contracts with insurance companies and government entities.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Education Program Specialist, 1990 - 1995Member of a five-person implementation team to implement the federal mandates of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, IDEA, statewide. Compiled and wrote the Transition Handbook for the project. Initiated a public awareness campaign for people with disabilities which resulted in the Think Ability campaign produced by KSL Television in Salt Lake City and won a national Telly Award in 1997. Campaign ran for two years. Collaborated to produce a media guide which was distributed to all television and radio stations and newspaper publishers statewide. Worked with colleges and universities to foster community involvement in the transition process. This transition planning process is still being utilized in the present Utah Special Education system.Education Specialist, 1995 - 2001Assisted in the statewide development and implementation of the School -to-Work initiative which was a 5-year, $14.8 million education enhancement grant. Wrote a continuation grant which was successful in acquiring an additional $150,000. Assigned to be the liaison with the Uintah region which included the Uintah, Duchesne and Daggett school districts and the Uintah Basin Applied Technology Center. Appointed as state's Work-based Learning, Apprenticeship and Tech Prep Specialist. Interfaced regularly with teachers, principals, district ATE directors, superintendents, and school boards, the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah State Board of Regents, and the Utah State Legislature. Made presentations to each of these groups and facilitated many members of these groups in self-directed work teams to work out implementation strategies for the School-to-Careers initiative. As the State Tech Prep Specialist I coordinated the implementation and monitored the progress of the five state regions in their roll-out strategies to insure the monies were utilized in accordance with the Tech Prep provisions.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communications

Activities and Societies: Cougar Club A Cappella Choir

Certifiate, Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (Emt Paramedic)

Certificate, Certified Ememgency Response Team

CERT Certification and CPR trained.