John Kalivas Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Port Washington, Ny, Us

Port Washington, Ny, Us

Senior Director, Payer Solutions at Sandata Technologies

Port Washington, Ny, Us

Greenwood Village, Colorado, Us

Be Great With Catalyst. Great health plans are not created overnight. That’s why, for over 17 years, Catalyst has partnered exclusively with payers to help them become great health plans. Great health plans are always thinking about what it takes to be different and know that apathy in potential membership is just as detrimental to business as a fierce competitor. Being in business for years can have a complicating effect- tangled technology roadmaps, overly complex or absentee business process, and configuration that doesn’t serve the business. With costs and member expectations soaring and the competition getting wiser every day, being a “good” or “ok” health plan just doesn’t cut it anymore.Catalyst Helps You Be Different:-Think like the Competition (only better)-Create a Brand that’s Authentic-Customer Experience that “WOWS”-Organizational Ethos that’s Deliberate and ActionableCatalyst Helps You Be Effective:-Reduce Cost per Member-Optimize Business Process-Configuration that Supports your Business-Improve Quality of Care Management-Make Data Driven Decisions-Eliminate Technology Inefficiencies - Nimbly Digest Mandates -Efficient Member ContactAdditionally, the core of our business is helping clients assess, implement, upgrade, and enhance core and ancillary systems and processes. PAYER SYSTEMS/TECHNOLOGIES EXPERTISE: Facets, QNXT, Diamond/Xcelys, Amisys Advance, CareAdvance, Oracle OHI, NetworX, MetaVance, Epic Tapestry, HealthRules, CTP, Pega, home grown systems and numerous others. Please contact info@catalystsolutions.com or visit our website at www.catalystsolutions.com

Nashville, Tn, Us

I currently manage client engagements for national healthcare payers acting as the main point of contact for our company. A key focus of each engagement is to building solid relationships to solidify a working partnerships with each client allow our team to solve for current future business needs. Possessing the ability to work with and present to all level within an organization, including senior level executives, has allowed me retain current clients and to expand on offerings designed for the client.Highlights include:• Solidify and enhance client relationships to create a business partnership mutually beneficial to both organization• Provide solutions that help drive additional revenue streams• Lead onsite project teams to complete work as detailed by project plans• Create and present project estimates and statement of work proposals to internal and external stakeholders• Lead executive steering committee meetings to ensure project stakeholders remain informed and have a forum to voice future consideration and project needs.• Mentor project team staff to help define a career path for future successes• Participate in technical review with solution architecture team to ensure solution is viable and adheres to future client needs or direction• Strong capacity to identify, communicate and sell product innovation to help with revenue growth • Ability to provide consulting services to review business operation workflows, define future needs through the automation of manual processes, and present recommendation of finding• Direct and indirect management of up to twenty resources

Nashville, Tn, Us

Received promotion June 2011I lead the implement and release of key initiatives resulting in better customer satisfaction, improved software stability and enhanced usability. I ensure each project delivery/implementation is on time and within the budgetary constraints. Working and leading several cross-functional teams enables a smooth customer experience and limits system downtime. Highlights include:• Lead engineer on the largest web development project to date by successful implementation of Online Health Hub. Successful implementation has led to increased sales successes in this new product offering while allowing integration with Provider Portal connectivity.• Responsibility for deliver of Online Personal Health Record, Secure Message Center, My Health Tools and Live Nurse chat for memberships over 20 million.• Direct management of full staff • Management of multiple project budgets, cost estimates for RPF process, contractor hiring and vendor management• Lead and conduct cross-functional architecture and implementation meetings• Leader of agile development consisting of between six and ten staff depending on project size• Oversee entire process for all internal and external web site, application and services• Provide project planning and future direction to senior management, strong LOE delivery• Process improvements/enhancements to ensure data integrity adhering to all HIPPA regulations• Responsible for infrastructure/architecture changes to accommodate projected growth• Oversight of all system upgrades, including source code, server platform, and server patches for nine core applications deployed on 12 application and/or web servers.

Nashville, Tn, Us

Promoted - May 2010

Nashville, Tn, Us

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

Throughout my time with Great West Life, I contributed to several key initiatives within the IT department, which have been driven, from a developer role and more recently as a manager/project manager role. My duties included items such as time/project estimating, analysis and release documentation, scheduling and staffing and overall accountability for the entire project life cycle. I also contributed to several key projects and implantations.