Kylee Kwedar Ms, Pmp, Csm Email & Phone Number

Oversee Medicare and Medicaid systems and policy projects. - Ensure projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets. - Manage project scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that project team adheres to requirements.- Establish and maintain relationships with appropriate client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes.- Provide Medicare/Medicaid policy expertise as needed via formal briefings, white papers and system requirements documentation.

I currently serve as a Project Manager on multiple projects for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), providing policy analysis and project management expertise. I also maintain an active role on the IBM Section 508 Center of Excellence, leading system and documentation compliance efforts for various teams.Overview of projects:I lead the Medicare Post-Payment Reconsideration Reviews for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program. I also serve as a Project Manager supporting the development of the Medicaid and CHIP Financial System (MACFin), leading several programs using agile project management methods. Activities for each of these projects include detailed health policy analysis, review of provider data, schedule and stakeholder management and providing value-added recommendations to clients through formal briefings. I also served on the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) Children’s Oral Health Initiative Value-Based Payment Technical Support project, supporting publication of a formal issue brief for the Medicaid IAP through state interviews and research of state literature, and the Medicaid and CHIP Program System Contract, providing technical assistance to state users modifying Medicaid state plans, demonstrations, and waivers.

I supported the Administrative Simplification Enforcement and Testing Tool (ASETT) contract as a Project Lead coordinating software development and organizational improvement activities in support of the Division of National Standards (DNS) within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).Experience and Qualifications: Led the ASETT development team as a ScrumMaster, specializing in agile planning and management to provide leadership and support in execution of system releases Organized the day to day operations of the CMS Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Optimization Program Pilot effort, a project implemented to streamline reviews of administrative simplification transaction standards compliance Led meetings with project stakeholders to elicit and implement improvements in business processes to meet HIPAA compliance goals and objectives Participated in HIPAA policy development, planning and review to provide strategic recommendations for the client Provided analysis and insight into trending HIPAA violations filed through the ASETT systemOther relevant experience: Data migration project coordinator – coordinated the systems data migration effort when the ASETT application moved to the cloud environment, tasks included pre-migration project planning and initiation, landscape analysis - data mapping, solution design and test.  Maintained an active business development role for ActioNet, assisting in RFP responses and evaluation Planned and managed ASETT system accessibility efforts to comply with section 508 of the rehabilitation act of 1973

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Health Policy/Business Analyst SME servicing the National Standards Group within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):Duties included but were not limited to:-Requirements gathering and Business Process Modeling -Regulatory Analysis-Section 508 software compliance testing -Process Improvement -Data Analysis and Reporting

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Business analyst matrixed across several projects with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Responsible for a variety of tasks, including but not limited to writing business and system requirements, software testing, and technical writing.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Data Analyst servicing the Census Bureau in meeting goals and objectives for the 2020 Census Program throughout the 2017 Census Test.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Health Informatics Administration, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Upsilon Phi Delta: National Honor Society of the Association of University Programs in Health AdministrationThe.

Bachelor'S Degree, Health Administration And Policy

Extensive program study of American healthcare and it's health concerns, with a concentration in public health.