Joseph Pace Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Infinity Healthcare Solutions is a health care strategy and consulting firm that provides Clinical Transformation, EMR Implementation, Health IT & Operations Strategy, and Operations Performance Improvement advisory services to hospitals, health systems and, physician practices.I am thrilled to join Infinity's multi-specialty team of healthcare executives, physicians, nursing executives, project managers, revenue cycle professionals, and analytics professionals with focus on performance improvement services, clinical and business transformation solutions, interim management, and executive advisory services.

+ Respected senior-level project manager and workforce consultant with over 15 years-experience collaborating within matrix environments to provide consultative, educational, and continuous improvement support services to diverse management populations across all levels. + Recognized for high-level ability to manage multiple, concurrent assignments and balance both priorities and resources to achieve objectives through clear communication and quick mitigation of issues. + Progressively responsible experience in profit, non-profit, and public healthcare settings, including operations and consulting. Broad and thorough knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices in healthcare finance, labor management, and hospital operations. Subject matter expert in healthcare labor expense cost containment and optimizationAreas of Healthcare Labor Management Experience & Expertise Include:+ Productivity Monitoring/Measurement/Improvement+ Internal/External Benchmarking+ Daily Staffing & Scheduling Practices+ Matching Staffing to Demand and Budget+ Position Control and Vacancy Review+ Overtime and Agency Mitigiation+ Workforce Software Implementation & Optimization - Time & Attendance, Scheduling, Acuity/Staff Assignments, Productivity, & Benchmarking

London, Gb

+ Partner with senior leadership to implement Kronos software to streamline time and attendance, scheduling, labor, and productivity analysis across 15 hospitals consisting of over 29,000 employees+ Oversee multiple professional resource consulting groups serving as a workforce management subject-matter expert across multiple project lifecycles+ Collaborate with C-level executives and department managers to analyze current processes and procedures and design improved best practices to ensure continuous improvement across multiple business lines and labor practice opportunities+ Key contributor for software RFI, final vendor selection, and negotiating system-wide contracts to ensure optimal cost and terms+ Key contributor for architecture of software solution and business process redesign for all three integrated applications across the enterprise

Dallas, Texas, Us

Support both operational & financial leadership in providing guidance and strategic vision for all activities related to labor utilization and process improvement initiatives.Lead actions that encompass people, processes, and technology, accelerating development of a world-class labor management program consistent with the mission, vision, and values of Parkland Hospital & the county board of managers.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Provided account & project management to Premier’s Catholic Contracting Group, which represents 5 member healthcare systems that manage over 110 acute care hospitals (+18,500 staffed beds) in many states across the U.S in their labor operations, supporting use of Operations Advisor benchmarking & productivity applications for labor & supply expense reduction initiatives.

Senior Management Consultant - led implementation efforts at one of the largest & most prestigious children's hospital in the Northeast for Kronos Workforce Analytics - both Core & Productivity modules.Workforce Insight is a leading provider of strategic workforce management consulting & implementation services. They focus solely on Timekeeping, Labor Scheduling, Absence Management, & Workforce Analytics across most industries. Their expertise is significant in assisting clients to achieve maximum return on investments in technology.

Houston, Tx, Us

- Project manager that successfully implemented Kronos Visionware, Health Care Advisory Board’s Optilink, McKesson’s Ansos One-Staff, and API Time & Attendance software applications during course of employment – integrating scheduling, demand forecasting and budgeting, patient assignment and acuity measurement, productivity reporting, and position control for the hospital’s technical staff. Also performed duties of system/database administrator for all applications. Additionally was lead project manager for initial Visionware implementations for two other HPA managed hospitals. - Experienced in developing annual salary and labor budgets as well as productivity targets for hospital nursing and ancillary departments. Work directly with managers, directors and executives regarding labor usage and cost control. Experienced in setting annual productivity targets as well as performing labor analytics, forecasting, and budgeting. Review current performance against targets, redesign staffing models, perform what if analysis, review and analyze current and future scheduling and labor usage against both historical and benchmark data. - Responsible for management of payroll & personnel in processing the hospital's bi-weekly payroll. Work directly with accounting & HR directors and managers to administer benefits. Responsible for external audit reconciliations. Assisted in the conversion of payroll systems with ADP from PCPW to Payforce. Functioned as project manager assisting hospital conversion of outsourced payroll to in-house processing on Lawson for new owner. - Controlled, coordinated, and disbursed all payments from hospital to physicians and other providers under executed contract as well as payments to physicians for treating non-resource patients (charity & self pay). Managed over 100 active contracts for a full range of general and specialist acute professional services.

Houston, Tx, Us

- Developed, implemented and led project efforts to recover Medicare bad debts & charity care for FY98 – 05 cost reports, successfully recovering over $16 million in unpaid coinsurance & deductibles for both indigent and non-indigent beneficiaries from the Medicare program. - Developed technical charge amount (UB04) for use of BrainLab OR Suite – new highly integrated state of the art neurosurgical operating environment with wide bore fixed MRI, automated pivoting surgical table, robotic surgical microscopes, & eight 64” imaging screens.

- Attended firm’s six week course at Center for Professional Development, St. Charles, Ill, for the development of consulting skills such as interviewing techniques, effective structuring of written and visual communication, application of critical judgment, dealing with ambiguity, working under pressure, and operating within a team of diverse backgrounds and skill sets. - Clients included U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Advanced Paradigm (publicly traded mail pharmacy benefit management corporation), & Unity Health Systems – St. Louis, Ill.

Bacholor Of Arts, Psychology, Minor In General Business

Master'S Of Public Administration, Health Care Management

Bachelor Of Science Candidate, General Business