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Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Tracking Industry Trends such as Anesthesiology, Physician Group Practice, Provider Relations & Network Development.

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Adminstrative Director of Provider Relations and Network DevelopmentResponsible for cultivating and fostering robust, trusting relationships with ANI providers, practice leaders, and insurance company representatives, creating alignment with Aspirus Inc. Accountable Care Platform strategies, and facilitating engagement of providers in the integrated care continuum. This position also leads and directs the core operational areas of the networks delegated payor credentialing program, provider data information, and customer service for a provider network of 80 entities, 1,350 providers, 8 hospitals, and 10 surgery centers operating in two states with 28 commercial payor contracts. • Provide leadership and strategic direction to two of the four core network governance committees: o Network Engagement to achieve multi-channel communication approaches that foster relationship building two-way communication between members, payors, and the network. o Credentialing Committee to streamline administration of the delegated credentialing agreements, assure compliance, and navigate payor audits of the agreements. • Facilitate relationships between member practices and the Aspirus Health system and commercial payors to enhance relationships that improve care coordination and expand community access to the Aspirus Health system.• Arbitrate high level/complex issue resolution between ANI member practices and commercial insurance companies to an appropriate and fair conclusion.• Co-chair of the Physician Relations Counsel: An Aspirus Health System senior leadership counsel responsible for understanding and improving the relationship of the health system with its provider practices, particularly relative to the impact of strategic and operational decisions made by the health system.

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Responsible for overall practice operations, payor contracting, strategic planning, facility relationships, CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) relationships, non-provider staff development, maintaining effective lines of communication, financial and operational impact analysis, recruitment, and facilitation of board meetings for a practice that grew to 14 physicians and 22 CRNAs serving four facilities. • Facilitate physician consensus and decision making through effective communication, identification of practice goals, investigation of alternative solutions, presentation of financial and operational impact analysis, and comparisons to goals and best practices. • Implement and maintain the physician/administrator team concept to garner physician input and streamline decision-making and establish physician/administrator committees to address specific practice areas such as behavioral standards, compliance, scheduling, clinical care, and surgery center operations. • Liaison on behalf of the practice to its facilities, other private practices, and the health system working collaboratively to identify and resolve issues and plan for future needs. • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with private practices and the hospital/health system to improve communication, knowledge transfer, and clinical integration through active participation in the Independent Administrator Group, Aspirus Network Board, CEO Private Practice Advisory Counsel, Aspirus Compact Oversight Committee, and Pre-Operative Clinic workgroup.

Manage client relationships, understand client needs and coordinate resources to meet client expectations by working collaboratively with practice managers and physicians to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the practice. • Provided strategic, operational, financial, and payor contracting advisory services to physician groups: o Financial and operational benchmarking, analysis, planning and development of related strategies and budgets. o Implemented revenue cycle benchmarking and developed pricing strategies and fee schedules. o Negotiated payor contracts. o Explained complex subject matter and facilitated consensus among practice shareholders for operational, strategic and governance decisions. • Developed the firm’s third-party payor contract evaluation and negotiation service line.

Marshfield, Wi

Managed the inherent risk of fair pricing from the standpoint of customer satisfaction and financial optimization for over one billion dollars of gross charges. • Led the development and implementation of major pricing methodology revisions affecting over 700 providers in 84 specialties by working directly with leadership, division administrators, physicians and department managers to: o Develop consensus among varied interest on complex subject matter. o Facilitate understanding of the effect of fees and reimbursement issues. o Integrate pricing related issues into budgets. • Chairperson – Operational Pricing Strategies Workgroup. Also, led various cross-functional teams to identify issues and improve processes e.g. drug acquisition cost reporting for evaluation of clinically appropriate treatment alternatives and revenue cycle performance evaluations. • Participated in legislative advocacy projects including direct workings with the Clinic’s Washington lobbyist and participated in a presentation to CMS.

Marshfield, Wi

Major responsibilities included:• Coordination, preparation, and interpretation of annual audited and interim external financial statements. • Participated in work groups for practice acquisitions and mergers, capital equipment budgets, reimbursement and fee schedule issues, revenue bond issuance.• Revenue bond compliance and reporting.• Oversight of fixed asset accounting and reporting.

Marshfield, Wi

Marshfield, Wi

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting And Business/Management