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Las Cruces, New Mexico, Us

Columbia, Missouri, Us

A $350 million net revenue county hospital and clinic network, (398 beds, ADC 180)Corporate level leadership for Financial Management, Revenue Management, Supply Chain Management, EVS & Linen, Planning, Design & Construction, Security, Switchboard, Social Services, and End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management.• Build support services/corporate infrastructure for newly independent organization• Communicate and report regularly to Finance Committee• Responsible for financial monthly operating reporting and resultsHighlight of Accomplishments:• Oversight for team that completed the transition plan from over 100 work plan items within 6 months• Improved standardized reporting, committees, and P&P for areas of responsibility• Moved from pay period end (PPE) to daily productivity reporting• Successful improvements for Patient Access communications, metrics, and AI efficiency• Developed plan for Supply Chain transformation in newly created shared services structure• Lead the team to create accurate financial statements and reporting tools in Meditech

Fort Lauderdale, Us

A $420 million net revenue county academic health network including a level one trauma and comprehensive stroke center, Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital including a 60-bed level III NICU, 60-bed Psychiatric Facility, and academic center (716 beds, ADC 425)Leadership responsibility for Financial Management, Revenue Management, Supply Chain Management, Case Management and Utilization Review, Social Services, HIM including CDI and Coding, and Physician Advisory services Provide reporting to executive team to support operational decision-making including service line data trends and market share changes using various data intelligence tools. Engaged with physicians for recruitment agreements, contract compliance, supply needs/requests, LOS improvements, and service expansionHighlight of Accomplishments:• Increased collections for POS to goal due to changes in processes for elective cases • Reduced first pass denials 11.2%• Created CDI program with an increase of 23% in reviews along with a physician education program

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

A $1.0 billion net revenue county health network including a level one trauma and academic center (573 beds, ADC 525), an ASC, and multiple off-campus Clinics, Outpatient Centers, & Ancillary Services locations that are spread throughout Tarrant County. System level leadership for Financial Operations; Central Accounting Office including Treasury, Grants, & Foundation; Supply Chain Management including Value Analysis & Recalls; Budget & Planning; Decision Support Services; Labor Management; Capital Management• Act as the strategic financial business partner to senior executive leadership team for strategic initiatives. • Lead Policy and Process improvements and implementations for improved stewardship• Oversight of cost control processes for supply chain and productivityHighlight of Accomplishments:• Developed initiative-based budget structure to control overall YOY spend• Create financial approval workflows and requirements for labor, contracting, and capital• Reduction of supply cost $4M through first year• Streamlined capital planning process and negotiated reductions in capital procurement of $1.5M• Preceptor for first finance-focused Fellow within the organization.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

A $450M net revenue market, spanning two counties with a total of (380 beds, ADC 260), this includes an acute rehab unit (20 beds), an adult and geri-psych unit with outpatient services (42 beds), free-standing ED, two ASCs, and multiple off-site ancillary services locations.Matrix organization with dual oversight and responsibility for Financial Operations, Case Management, Managed Care, Central Accounting Office, Supply Chain including BioMed, site Patient Access and Central Revenue Cycle support model through Ensemble. Act as the strategic financial business partner to senior executive leadership team for strategic initiatives. Assess and evaluate financial performance of organization including long-term operational goals, budgets and forecasts and use this data to further align goals across the organization. Highlight of Accomplishments:• Year over Year (YOY) financial improvement of $4.6M Operating Margin• Reduction in labor costs by $800K Net YoY per AA CMI adjusted• Reduced supply cost $1.8M through approval controls and variance analysis team. • Streamlined capital request process, allowing for a 3-year capital plan, improving communication to physicians, elimination of emergency capital requests, and improved ROI• Successfully facilitating the first aCFO program for the ministry along with serving on the regional and ministry level diversity and inclusion council

San Antonio, Tx, Us

Albuquerque, Nm, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Master Of Health Administration, Health/Health Care Administration/Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accountancy & Information System Mgmt