Katie Paro, Mha Email & Phone Number

St. Louis Park, MN

St Louis Park, MN

• Served as interim administrative leader for Midwives and Gender Services Departments, including a team of 14 rooming staff, 2 care coordinators, and 18 clinicians
• Implemented electronic consults throughout the HealthPartners enterprise, allowing clinician-to-clinician consultations to be documented and billed to multiple payers
• Developed business plans for Cardiology and Oncology Departments for the Western Minnesota market
• Created a new care model for benign hematology patients being seen in the Oncology Department, improving patient experience, increasing access, and reducing costs
• Participated in a cross-functional team of administrative leaders, clinicians, and quality improvement specialists in improving the experience, access, and care coordination for transgender patients across HealthPartners
• Led a team of six design and quality improvement specialists to compare design methodologies, principles, and values, and to develop a standardized approach to design and innovation at HealthPartners

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Center City, Minnesota

• Led a high-level evaluation of front end processes and performance, focusing on standardized workflows, management policies and procedures, and department structuring and budgeting
• Developed standardized performance management process, tools, and messaging for individual, team and department-wide assessments
• Created comprehensive project plan for continued improvement and optimization within the Patient Access Department, comparing the efforts and impacts of recommended tasks, as well as actionable steps for implementation
• Participated in all Executive Leadership, Operations Leadership, and Senior Leadership meetings, gaining exposure to a milieu of topics including system-wide process updates, annual budgeting and forecasting.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

• Identified, applied for, and managed over 6 million dollars in public funding assistance
• Developed project plans, budgets, logic models and strategic work plans for grant projects
• Tracked expenses and ensured compliance with grant contracts across departments
• Supervised all MNsure and ACA programming, including education, outreach, and enrollment assistance
• Manage clinical projects, revenue, expenses, and staff training for the Research Department

Greater Chicago Area

• Led Loyola University Chicago's feminist and social justice magazine, publishing content monthly
• Oversaw team members, columnists, contributors, advertising, layout, content, and social media
• Responsible for an average of 60 pages of content a month
• Heightened team management, writing, and creative thinking skills.
• Proficient in Adobe InDesign

Greater Chicago Area

• Taught students writing skills for academic papers, resumes, cover letters, and personal statements
• Fine-tuned editing, constructive feedback, and teamwork skills

Chicago

• Collaborated on grant proposals, donor relationships, and program development for refugee-serving organization targeting teenage girls aged 10-19.
• Managed social media efforts, posting both original articles and external content.

Master Of Healthcare Administration (Mha)

Activities and Societies: CLARION Board Member (2016-Present); CLARION Local Case Competition Participant - 2nd Place (2017); Center for.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Anthropology; Women'S Studies And Gender Studies

Activities and Societies: CARE: Loyola's Sexual Health Advocacy President (2012-2014)