Jeff Craig Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Synergy Healthcare Services (formerly Consulate Healthcare) is a privately held post-acute care management company managing a portfolio of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities with $1.2B in annual revenue.– Lead a team of as many as 13 professionals that prepare Medicaid and Medicare cost reports and rate analyses for facilities in as many as 21 states.– Support the FP&A teams with revenue, rate, and cash forecasting data for company forecasts, cash forecasts, Medicare and Medicaid settlement forecasts, stakeholder presentations, and M&A work.– Participate in annual budget and periodic forecasting processes; prepare rate and provider tax forecasts for the upcoming periods.– Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to optimize revenue. Partner with the Operations, Strategy, and Minimum Data Set (MDS) departments. Provide data to the Treasury department for cash forecasting.– Work to improve case mix in states where reimbursement is impacted. This includes creation of weekly tracking reports and identification of opportunities to improve processes.– Develop and implement tools to increase reimbursement through targeted spending. In one state (Michigan) for instance, recently implemented a program that increased revenue by $3M.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Signature is a privately held post-acute company with 73 skilled nursing facilities and $700M in annual revenue.– Led a team of five professionals that prepared Medicaid and Medicare cost reports, facility licensures, and rate analyses for facilities in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. – Participated in Acquisition / Change of Ownership teams, providing analyses related to target acquisitions and then ensuring licensure paperwork was filed on time.– Identified provider tax overpayments; achieved $2M+ in refunds.

Carrollton, Tx, Us

Cantex is a privately held post-acute company with 21 skilled nursing facilities, one hospice company, a pharmacy, and $200M in annual revenue.– Led the accounting and finance team of 20 professionals. Responsible for month-end close, financial statement preparation, variance analysis, Accounts Payable (AP) and payroll processing, and Accounts Receivable (AR) management.– Completed annual budgets and pro formas for new buildings and home health and hospice agencies.– Maintained long-term cash forecast for the company.

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

Skilled Healthcare was a publicly traded long-term care (LTC) company with 90 facilities and $750M in annual revenue.– Completed annual facility budgets and pro formas for acquisition properties in coordination with all levels of operations management.– Supervised and prepared Medicare and Medicaid cost reports for nursing facilities and hospice agencies in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, California, Nevada, Iowa, and New Mexico. – Performed monthly review of financial statements and reconciled Medicare and Medicaid settlement accounts.– Named Administrative Services Employee of the Year (200+ eligible) for providing outstanding service to internal customers during the annual budgeting process.– Implemented reimbursement tracking tools for the Texas Medicaid Program; reduced paybacks from 2003 to 2005 by $500K.– Coordinated projects targeting Medicaid funds previously deemed uncollectible; collected over $600K.– Prepared and distributed weekly Case-Mix Index (CMI) trend report and worked with clinical reimbursement directors to identify possible opportunities for improvement. Efforts resulted in an increase in Medicaid reimbursement of $1M.

Ballantrae was a nursing home management company with 28 facilities and $100M in annual revenue.– Developed and implemented an Excel-based budgeting system to improve budget flexibility and improve the quality and quantity of budgeting metrics.– Initiated use of the Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) measurement of AR performance. Set facility cash goals instrumental in reducing DSO from 67 to 47 in one year.– Reviewed potential acquisition facilities and advised management of potential profitability.– Prepared Medicare and Medicaid cost reports for facilities in Texas, Illinois, and Missouri. – Identified opportunities to maximize Medicaid reimbursement; saved $200K per year.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

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