Conduent is a spinoff from Xerox Services. Midas was virtually unaffected.Support Midas+ clients in the Central region (Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, as well as bring in new clients in the region.

Spun off to Conduent 1/2017. Support Midas+ clients in the Central region (Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, as well as bring in new clients in the region.

Primary role is to sell Midas+ Live, the rebranded CredenceHealth product, as part of the Midas+ product suite.

Freelance consulting to the health care industry, with a focus on integrating sales, finance, strategy, and operations.If you need excel modeling for budgets or sales tools, I will build or upgrade models for you with special emphasis on flexibility and annotations.

Healthways (formerly American Healthways), is the largest provider of health and wellness services in the world with over 2 million members in its programs.- Managed 7 customers for three years, five of which purchased additional services for their members and are still with the company- Primary finance responsibility for the sales team (new sales and up sells), assisting the company to grow from $75 million of revenue in 2001 to $450 million of revenue in 2006, including contracting and negotiations- Analyzed data for more than 100 health plans and employers, developed national benchmarks for disease prevalence, costs, and other markers- Primary responsibility for education of market place (prospects, customers, and internal employees) on disease management measurement methodologies and outcomes, averaging 50 presentations a year- Manage 18 sales support staff. All eight current or former direct reports are still with the company and all have been promoted at least once

I founded Creative Healthcare Solutions in order to provide a low cost alternative consulting company providing strategic planning, business planning, transaction and turnaround assistance, managed care contract analysis, and other services to hospitals, medical groups, and health systems.- Developed financial feasibility analysis for a general acute care hospital- Developed financial feasibility analysis for an outpatient services building with cardiac rehab, physical therapy, and a wellness center- Performed interim management for a Medicaid HMO. Created policies and procedures for a Provider Reimbursement Department, analyzed sub-capitation contracts and reporting mechanisms- Audited capitation contracts to determine correct payments and charges for client; saved one client over $600,000 in one year- Analyzed physician compensation contracts in litigation support effort- Performed contract reviews to illuminate unwarranted silent PPO discounts

Quorum (bought by Triad Hospitals, Inc., then by Community Health Systems) was the largest manager of not-for-profit hospitals (200+) and the third largest (20+) for-profit hospital company in the country. Quorum recruited me as a Senior Consultant for its internal consulting group and promoted me to Director in 1998.- Created equity joint venture transactions (negotiations, structure, valuation, legal documents, etc.)- Developed comprehensive business plans for MSOs, PHOs, and group practices- Developed financial analyses for joint ventures- Developed strategic plans and business plans for hospitals and health systems- Conducted board retreats and education presentations- Completed due diligence for physician practice acquisitions

KPMG Peat Marwick is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. I was recruited to KPMG to be a part of the national practice based on the west coast. It proved to be a solid foundation for a consulting career.- Developed business plans, strategic plans, and financial proformas for physician-hospital organizations and management service organizations- Benchmarked operations, performance, and contract management, and performed market analyses for hospital and medical group mergers and acquisitions- Performed hospital management information system vendor analysis and selection for hospitals

Kaiser Permanente - Los Angeles is a 300+ bed tertiary urban medical center and is part of a 6 million member national Health Maintenance Organization. Kaiser retained me after completing my administrative residency.

The University of Michigan Medical Center is a multi-hospital tertiary medical center and referral center based in an academic setting and serving southeastern Michigan.- Worked closely with administrative, medical, and faculty figures in research grant preparation, processing, procurement, accounting, and reporting- Responsible for payroll, personnel management, budgeting, and expenditure reporting- Major projects were computerization of 150+ research grant accounts and creation of procedure manual for the position