Health Economist
Data Analytics lead for Cost of Care Analytics / Provider Insights for the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.Led Cost of Care scoping, evaluation and implementation for Kentucky market and collaborated extensively with Health Economists across the Anthem Enterprise to drive management of CoC efficiencies. DRG Outlier Targeted patient review saving $.6MAssessed and implemented Milliman specs for 2-day Observation diagnoses with projected savings of $1.2MInitiated Emergency Room Frequent Utilizers Analysis and Customer Contact saving $.4MIdentified and assessed faulty reimbursement rate load and modeled $4.8M recovery effort.Collaborated with enterprise Data Science team to evaluate and refine First Defense prepay claims audit model.Extensive use Teradata SQL Assistant accessing Enterprise Data Warehouse, Enterprise Data Models and Tableau. Cited as 2019 Person to Know in the Insurance Industry by Business First