Full scope OMS consulting firm. Start-ups, accounting services, financial planning, mergers & acquisitions, practice transitions, practice evaluations, leadership and staff training.

A large multi-site integrated advanced private oral and maxillofacial surgery practice with a nationally recognized educational fellowship training program. The practice consists of 9 providers within a level I trauma (Mercy) center and four satellite locations.• Established operating and capital budgets for all 4 locations. • Designed detailed end-of-the month and dash board financial reports.• Developed de novo 3 full-time clinical locations. • Grew the practice size from 1 provider to 7.• Developed all marketing materials including brochures, ads, and website.• Updated corporate, state and national compliance standards and regulations. • Developed and implemented clinical, business and billing policies and procedures. • Established an advanced technological centralized billing department cutting billing errors resulting in more than $50,000 in savings.• Established a nationally recognized not-for-profit 501(c)3 full-scope hospital based educational fellowship program, training two fellows per year.• Identified the opportunity and negotiated contracts with skilled nursing home facilities, the State Mental Health Department and a large Illinois government sponsored program, resulting in over $100,000 in annual new revenue.

Private orthopedic practice located within a level I trauma (Mercy) center. 4 providers, two mid-level practitioners and over 20 + support staff.• Reorganized the structure of patient flow and billing processes resulting in $150,000 of new revenue.• Designed and implemented detailed end-of-the month and dash board financial reports. • Led planning and implementation of new imaging equipment resulting in $75,000 in new revenue. • Developed and implemented a branding strategy for the growing practice resulting in a new website and increased referrals.• Implemented workers’ compensation policies and procedures resulting in $50,000 of new revenue.• Developed MGMA standards/benchmarking for performance measurements. • Designed a checklist for utilization review and proper coding for optimal reimbursement.• Negotiated successful physician and physician assistant contracts. • Recruited and integrated physicians and mid-levels doubling group size.

A not-for-profit multisystem healthcare organization with 350 employed physicians, 7 hospitals, 12,000 employees and 40 physician practice locations.Responsible for the day-to-day strategic operations of 7 multispecialty locations with over 17 providers and 100+ support staff. • Integrated five separate providers into one large group practice/location.• Revised and updated multiple fee schedules into one.• Developed an efficient tracking system for hospital/outpatient admissions.• Developed MGMA performance standards/benchmarking.• Improved collections by 5% and decreased the A/R by 10 days.

Mid-size healthcare consulting firm that specialized in consulting services to hospitals, medical groups, surgery centers and other healthcare organizations.• Conducted multiple comprehensive billing audits, medical chart reviews, fee schedule analysis and reimbursement analysis to clients. • Implemented benchmarks for A/R management; reduced A/R by 20 days for a client. • Provided strategic leadership in bringing together a large hospital and physicians for the purpose of conceptualizing, articulating and implementing a shared vision and mission.• Designed compliance standards for 30 large physician groups. • Developed healthcare integrated business plan for a client.• Led start-up of a Federal Certified Rural Health Clinic.• Negotiated DOT physical exam contracts resulting in $20,000 in new revenue.• Designed a checklist for utilization review and proper coding for optimal reimbursement for client.