Jesleen Papneja Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

 Providing project leadership in all aspects of planning, preparation, coordination, and execution of multiple projects and anticipating the of needs as driven by project work plans. Developing implementation strategies for implementing national standards to the field. Creating work plans including project staffing, project approach, and resource requests to be reviewed with clients and Executives.  Producing thought leadership papers, presentations, blogs, case studies, and presence at national conferences/meetings. Managing resources and delivering all components of basic and stand-alone projects.  Planning and facilitating client meetings by anticipating needs as driven by the work plan, coordinate meetings with key stakeholders, develop data requests and documenting key questions to be answered throughout the engagement. Producing project documentation, research briefs, meeting materials, analysis, graphics, best practice presentations, benchmark info and interim and final deliverables.  Developing meaningful relationships with clients.

• Advising senior VHA leadership and other key VA internal and external stakeholders. Establishing the strategic foundation for VHA’s GAO HRL PMO.• Managing multiple workstreams for the GAO HRL PMO.• Leading and managing the business analysis, planning, coordination, monitoring, VHA submissions to GAO.• Leading performance management processes to enable VHA in addressing GAO’s policy and training concerns.• As product manager providing leadership and strategic guidance for the planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring for VHA’s knowledge management tool.• Leading and ensuring the 508 compliance of VA’s High-Risk List Action Plan.• Leading and managing VHA’s annual GAO HRL Strategic Conference.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• As Deputy Project Manager, provided leadership and oversight in strategic planning, roadmap development, qualitative and quantitative analysis, risk management and mitigation strategies to help modernize VHA training.• Helped develop VHA Training's GAO high-risk response action plan.• Helped facilitate change management through collaborating with other GAO High-Risk Areas, EES committees, VISNs and VA medical facilities.• Reduced the policy backlog by 10% and significantly reducing the number of ambiguous national policies and processes.• Helped develop VHA Policy's GAO high-risk response action plan.• Conducted business analysis and program evaluation to develop recommendations OBPI’s business processes.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Collaborated with ACC leadership, ACC Chapters/Governors and other organizational leaders on national health plan and policy issues. Primary lead for building a network of cardiology subject matter experts for issues related to private payers.• Led the review and drafting of responses to private-payer cardiovascular medical policies and tracked the acceptance of ACC feedback into health plan policies.• Served as primary client contact to and led the ACC collaboration of multi-payer groups to design Alternative Payment Methodologies for chronic cardiac disease.• Worked with public and private payers and quality organizations to create a core set of cardiology quality measures.• Led the review and recommendations for ACC’s nominations for quality committees.• Developed communications in the form of reports, briefing materials, position papers, educational services, and newsletters related to payer advocacy and other related topics and content for Payer Advocacy and Value Solutions website.• Conducted health plan market research and business analysis to establish best practices and trends for cardiovascular care.• Led the review and analysis of federal and state regulations for health insurance exchanges and reporting their impact on provider practices. • Developed and executed novel processes for reviewing, tracking, and monitoring health plan issues, trends and private payer initiatives.• Represented ACC at public or private payer related meetings, hearings, and conferences.

Federal Experience:• Development, maintenance and support for Outpatient Imaging Efficiency and Patient Safety Measures for CMS• Health Services Delivery (HSD) Reform Mapping for CMS• Project Management of Assets for Independence• Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) for AHRQ• Evaluation of Process Improvement Processes and Technical Assistance for HRSAPrivate Payer Experience:• Researched, reviewed and reported on contemporary literature & health indicators for the senior population in Washington D.C. to assess their physical activity and wellness needs• Lead designer for constructing a comprehensive and user-friendly database in MS Access to track and analyze health care transaction prices and their underlying costs for a private payerNon-profit Experience:• Project manager for a workforce supply and demand study for a non-profit organization. Results of the study were published in the Journal of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.Other Experience:For the city and county of San Francisco designed and led the literature review to support the estimation of health-related economic costs of the measurable, direct effects of alcohol consumption to the City and County of San FranciscoProposal WorkLed and managed various proposals e.g. for Federal clients, Non-Profit Organizations, Medical Specialty Societies etc.

• Analyzed proposed and final federal regulations for the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) and hospital outpatient prospective payment system (HOPPS). • Analyzed and drafted responses for the proposed and final National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) and Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs).• Led the research on comparing the cost effectiveness and utilization rates of radiation therapy, chemotherapy and surgery• Responded to numerous coding questions for radiation oncology submitted by members, the American Medical Association (AMA), Carrier Medical Doctors (CMDs), Private Managed Care/Insurance companies and other governmental entities.• Assisted the development of the ASTRO/ACR Guide to Radiation Oncology Coding.• Contributed articles in ASTRO's publications – ASTRONews and ASTROgram.• Drafted SOPs and process documents for the Health Policy department.

Masters In Health Systems Management (Mhs), Health Information Systems

Activities and Societies: 1. Selected by George Mason University for the Master’s Honors Program at Oxford University, London, 2..

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