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Senior Implementation consultant in the Software division of Kaufman Hall. Responsibilities included the implementation of budgeting, provider level budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, scenario management, variance analysis and reporting for both Operating and Capital budgets. Led software implementations for both small single entity hospitals to large complex multi-entity healthcare systems across the country, with a strong focus on optimizing, streamlining and calendarizing of internal processes with a focus on the Financial Management cycle. More than 30 years of experience in both healthcare finance and decision support.

Director of Decision Support with the responsibilities of cost accounting, service line utilization, program optimization, packaged pricing for tertiary care services across a multi-entity delivery network, as well as managed care contracting, modeling and payment tracking. - Worked with the VP of Managed Care for contracting on both the hospital and provider side, as well as ensuring all contactual obligations were put into place. - Worked directly with payers to ensure contract was interpreted correctly. - Worked with Chief Medical Officer to identify opportunities to reduce length of stay, specifically for Spinal Fusion cases, as well as Cystic Fibrosis cases. - Utilized Master Patient Index for the development of packaged pricing for tertiary care patients. - Provided patient accounting periodic service listings to better serve parents when shopping around for services.

Software Implementation consultant for HCm (now Med Assets).Opened Southeast Regional office for HCm and implemented budgeting, cost accounting and decision support for the southeast region.Lead implementation consultant for HCA and their use of cost accounting and decision support.

Served as lead implementation consultant for cost accounting, budgeting and decision support in the Southeast Region